diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/ExpressLocals.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/ExpressLocals.coffee
index c99cc2935e..bd65daf49c 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/ExpressLocals.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/ExpressLocals.coffee
@@ -307,4 +307,5 @@ module.exports = (app, webRouter, privateApiRouter, publicApiRouter)->
 			chatMessageBorderLightness : if isOl then "40%" else "70%"
 			chatMessageBgSaturation    : if isOl then "85%" else "60%"
 			chatMessageBgLightness     : if isOl then "40%" else "97%"
+			renderAnnouncements        : if isOl then false else true
 		next()
diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/list.pug b/services/web/app/views/project/list.pug
index 7ee28763a8..4ef8df3697 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/project/list.pug
+++ b/services/web/app/views/project/list.pug
@@ -16,45 +16,46 @@ block content
 			}
 		};
 
-	.announcements(
-		ng-controller="AnnouncementsController"
-		ng-class="{ 'announcements-open': ui.isOpen }"
-		ng-cloak
-	)
-		.announcements-backdrop(
-			ng-if="ui.isOpen"
-			ng-click="toggleAnnouncementsUI();"
+	if uiConfig.renderAnnouncements
+		.announcements(
+			ng-controller="AnnouncementsController"
+			ng-class="{ 'announcements-open': ui.isOpen }"
+			ng-cloak
 		)
-		a.announcements-btn(
-			href
-			ng-if="announcements.length"
-			ng-click="toggleAnnouncementsUI();"
-			ng-class="{ 'announcements-btn-open': ui.isOpen, 'announcements-btn-has-new': ui.newItems }"
-		)
-			span.announcements-badge(ng-if="ui.newItems") {{ ui.newItems }}
-		.announcements-body(
-			ng-if="ui.isOpen"
-		)
-			.announcements-scroller
-				.announcement(
-					ng-repeat="announcement in announcements | filter:(ui.newItems ? { read: false } : '') track by announcement.id"
-				)
-					h2.announcement-header {{ announcement.title }}
-					p.announcement-description(ng-bind-html="announcement.excerpt")
-					.announcement-meta
-						p.announcement-date {{ announcement.date | date:"longDate" }}
-						a.announcement-link(
-							ng-href="{{ announcement.url }}"
-							ng-click="logAnnouncementClick()",
-							target="_blank"
-						) Read more
-				div.text-center(
-					ng-if="ui.newItems > 0 && ui.newItems < announcements.length"
-				)
-					a.btn.btn-default.btn-sm(
-						href
-						ng-click="showAll();"
-					) Show all
+			.announcements-backdrop(
+				ng-if="ui.isOpen"
+				ng-click="toggleAnnouncementsUI();"
+			)
+			a.announcements-btn(
+				href
+				ng-if="announcements.length"
+				ng-click="toggleAnnouncementsUI();"
+				ng-class="{ 'announcements-btn-open': ui.isOpen, 'announcements-btn-has-new': ui.newItems }"
+			)
+				span.announcements-badge(ng-if="ui.newItems") {{ ui.newItems }}
+			.announcements-body(
+				ng-if="ui.isOpen"
+			)
+				.announcements-scroller
+					.announcement(
+						ng-repeat="announcement in announcements | filter:(ui.newItems ? { read: false } : '') track by announcement.id"
+					)
+						h2.announcement-header {{ announcement.title }}
+						p.announcement-description(ng-bind-html="announcement.excerpt")
+						.announcement-meta
+							p.announcement-date {{ announcement.date | date:"longDate" }}
+							a.announcement-link(
+								ng-href="{{ announcement.url }}"
+								ng-click="logAnnouncementClick()",
+								target="_blank"
+							) Read more
+					div.text-center(
+						ng-if="ui.newItems > 0 && ui.newItems < announcements.length"
+					)
+						a.btn.btn-default.btn-sm(
+							href
+							ng-click="showAll();"
+						) Show all
 	.content.content-alt.project-list-page(ng-controller="ProjectPageController")
 		.project-list-content