diff --git a/archrepo.ini b/archrepo.ini
index 282e0f1..3489200 100644
--- a/archrepo.ini
+++ b/archrepo.ini
@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@ wait-time: 3
 notification-type: simple-udp
 notification-address: 127.0.0.1:9900
 notification-secret: JiUHuGY987G76djItfOskOj
+
+# If for any reason, you don't want actual database creation or update:
+#without-db: true
diff --git a/repomon.py b/repomon.py
index 27e1825..49adaae 100755
--- a/repomon.py
+++ b/repomon.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class RepoMan:
     self._command_add = config.get('command-add', 'repo-add')
     self._command_remove = config.get('command-remove', 'repo-remove')
     self._wait_time = config.getint('wait-time', 10)
+    self._without_db = config.getboolean('without-db', False)
 
     notification_type = config.get('notification-type', 'null')
     if notification_type != 'null':
@@ -110,12 +111,22 @@ class RepoMan:
   def _do_add(self, toadd):
     if toadd:
       files, callbacks = zip(*toadd)
-      self._do_cmd(self._command_add, files, callbacks)
+      if self._without_db:
+        self._do_callbacks(callbacks)
+      else:
+        self._do_cmd(self._command_add, files, callbacks)
 
   def _do_remove(self, toremove):
     if toremove:
       files, callbacks = zip(*toremove)
-      self._do_cmd(self._command_remove, files, callbacks)
+      if self._without_db:
+        self._do_callbacks(callbacks)
+      else:
+        self._do_cmd(self._command_remove, files, callbacks)
+
+  def _do_callbacks(self, callbacks):
+    for cb in callbacks:
+      cb()
 
   def add_action(self, action):
     logger.info('Adding action %r to db %r', action, self._db_name)