diff --git a/src/EventListener/IndexPageListener.php b/src/EventListener/IndexPageListener.php
index 672879d..008910e 100644
--- a/src/EventListener/IndexPageListener.php
+++ b/src/EventListener/IndexPageListener.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace MummertMedia\ContaoMeilisearchBundle\EventListener;
 
+use Contao\Config;
 use Contao\System;
 use MummertMedia\ContaoMeilisearchBundle\Service\PdfIndexService;
 
@@ -11,7 +12,22 @@ class IndexPageListener
 
     public function onIndexPage(string $content, array &$data, array &$set): void
     {
-        // 🔑 Service einmal pro Crawl initialisieren + Reset ausführen
+        /*
+         * =====================================================
+         * PDF-Indexierung global deaktiviert?
+         * → sofort raus, nichts anfassen
+         * =====================================================
+         */
+        if (!Config::get('meilisearch_index_pdfs')) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * =====================================================
+         * PDF-Service einmal pro Crawl initialisieren
+         * + Tabelle initial leeren
+         * =====================================================
+         */
         if ($this->pdfIndexService === null) {
             $this->pdfIndexService = System::getContainer()->get(PdfIndexService::class);
             $this->pdfIndexService->resetTableOnce();
@@ -127,7 +143,7 @@ class IndexPageListener
     }
 
     /* =====================================================
-     * PDF-Links im HTML finden
+     * PDF-Links + Linktext aus HTML extrahieren
      * ===================================================== */
     private function findPdfLinks(string $content): array
     {
@@ -143,7 +159,7 @@ class IndexPageListener
 
         foreach ($matches[1] as $i => $href) {
             $result[] = [
-                'url' => html_entity_decode($href),
+                'url'      => html_entity_decode($href),
                 'linkText' => trim(strip_tags($matches[2][$i])) ?: null,
             ];
         }
diff --git a/src/Resources/contao/dca/tl_settings.php b/src/Resources/contao/dca/tl_settings.php
index dcd63d6..9612545 100644
--- a/src/Resources/contao/dca/tl_settings.php
+++ b/src/Resources/contao/dca/tl_settings.php
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ $GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_settings']['fields']['meilisearch_fallback_image'] = [
     'sql' => "varbinary(16) NULL",
 ];
 
+$GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_settings']['fields']['meilisearch_index_pdfs'] = [
+    'label'     => &$GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['tl_settings']['meilisearch_index_pdfs'],
+    'inputType' => 'checkbox',
+    'eval'      => [
+        'tl_class' => 'w50',
+    ],
+    'sql'       => "char(1) NOT NULL default '1'",
+];
+
 /**
  * Palette
  */
@@ -80,4 +89,5 @@ PaletteManipulator::create()
     ->addField('meilisearch_imagesize', 'meilisearch_legend')
     ->addField('meilisearch_fallback_image', 'meilisearch_legend')
     ->addField('meilisearch_index_past_events', 'meilisearch_legend')
+    ->addField('meilisearch_index_pdfs', 'meilisearch_legend')
     ->applyToPalette('default', 'tl_settings');
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diff --git a/src/Resources/contao/languages/de/tl_settings.php b/src/Resources/contao/languages/de/tl_settings.php
index 0739190..da45b92 100644
--- a/src/Resources/contao/languages/de/tl_settings.php
+++ b/src/Resources/contao/languages/de/tl_settings.php
@@ -23,4 +23,9 @@ $GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['tl_settings']['meilisearch_index_past_events'][0]
     = 'Abgelaufene Events indexieren';
 
 $GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['tl_settings']['meilisearch_index_past_events'][1]
-    = 'Vergangene Kalender-Events werden ebenfalls in Meilisearch indexiert.';
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+    = 'Vergangene Kalender-Events werden ebenfalls in Meilisearch indexiert.';
+
+$GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['tl_settings']['meilisearch_index_pdfs'] = [
+    'PDFs indexieren',
+    'Aktiviert die Indexierung von PDF-Dateien für die Suche.',
+];
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