diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c193a5..7ff5c83 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,19 +28,20 @@ docker run \
 ### Disabling sonos device discovery entirely
 ```
 docker run \
-    -e BONOB_SONOS_SEED_HOST=disabled \
+    -e BONOB_SONOS_DEVICE_DISCOVERY=false \
     -p 4534 \
     simojenki/bonob
 ```
 
 ## Configuration
 
-item | default value | description 
+item | default value | description
 ---- | ------------- | -----------
 BONOB_PORT | 4534 | Default http port for bonob to listen on
 BONOB_WEB_ADDRESS | http://localhost:4534 | Web address for bonob
 BONOB_SECRET | bonob | secret used for encrypting credentials
-BONOB_SONOS_SEED_HOST | undefined | sonos device seed host for auto-discovery, or 'disabled' to turn off device discovery entirely
+BONOB_SONOS_DEVICE_DISCOVERY | true | whether or not sonos device discovery should be enabled
+BONOB_SONOS_SEED_HOST | undefined | sonos device seed host for discovery, or ommitted for for auto-discovery
 BONOB_SONOS_SERVICE_NAME | bonob | service name for sonos
 BONOB_SONOS_SERVICE_ID | 246 | service id for sonos
 BONOB_NAVIDROME_URL | http://localhost:4533 | URL for navidrome
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index e103e9d..210d85f 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ const PORT = +(process.env["BONOB_PORT"] || 4534);
 const WEB_ADDRESS =
   process.env["BONOB_WEB_ADDRESS"] || `http://localhost:${PORT}`;
 
+const SONOS_DEVICE_DISCOVERY =
+  (process.env["BONOB_SONOS_DEVICE_DISCOVERY"] || "true") == "true";
+const SONOS_SEED_HOST = process.env["BONOB_SONOS_SEED_HOST"];
+
 const bonob = bonobService(
   process.env["BONOB_SONOS_SERVICE_NAME"] || "bonob",
   Number(process.env["BONOS_SONOS_SERVICE_ID"] || "246"),
@@ -15,10 +19,13 @@ const bonob = bonobService(
   "AppLink"
 );
 const app = server(
-  sonos(process.env["BONOB_SONOS_SEED_HOST"]),
+  sonos(SONOS_DEVICE_DISCOVERY, SONOS_SEED_HOST),
   bonob,
   WEB_ADDRESS,
-  new Navidrome(process.env["BONOB_NAVIDROME_URL"] || "http://localhost:4533", encryption(process.env["BONOB_SECRET"] || "bonob"))
+  new Navidrome(
+    process.env["BONOB_NAVIDROME_URL"] || "http://localhost:4533",
+    encryption(process.env["BONOB_SECRET"] || "bonob")
+  )
 );
 
 app.listen(PORT, () => {
diff --git a/src/sonos.ts b/src/sonos.ts
index 6a8594b..da7ecc5 100644
--- a/src/sonos.ts
+++ b/src/sonos.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import { parse } from "node-html-parser";
 import { MusicService } from "@svrooij/sonos/lib/services";
 import { head } from "underscore";
 import logger from "./logger";
-import STRINGS from './strings';
-import { SOAP_PATH, STRINGS_ROUTE, PRESENTATION_MAP_ROUTE } from './smapi';
+import STRINGS from "./strings";
+import { SOAP_PATH, STRINGS_ROUTE, PRESENTATION_MAP_ROUTE } from "./smapi";
 
 export type Device = {
   name: string;
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export type Service = {
   strings: { uri?: string; version?: string };
   presentation: { uri?: string; version?: string };
   pollInterval?: number;
-  authType: 'Anonymous' | 'AppLink' | 'DeviceLink' | 'UserId';
+  authType: "Anonymous" | "AppLink" | "DeviceLink" | "UserId";
 };
 
 const stripTailingSlash = (url: string) =>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const bonobService = (
   name: string,
   sid: number,
   bonobRoot: string,
-  authType: 'Anonymous' | 'AppLink' | 'DeviceLink' | 'UserId' = 'AppLink'
+  authType: "Anonymous" | "AppLink" | "DeviceLink" | "UserId" = "AppLink"
 ): Service => ({
   name,
   sid,
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ export function autoDiscoverySonos(sonosSeedHost?: string): Sonos {
       const anyDevice = await sonosDevices().then((devices) => head(devices));
 
       if (!anyDevice) {
-        logger.warn("Failed to find a device to register with...")
-        return false
-      };
+        logger.warn("Failed to find a device to register with...");
+        return false;
+      }
 
       const customd = `http://${anyDevice.Host}:${anyDevice.Port}/customsd`;
 
@@ -164,9 +164,11 @@ export function autoDiscoverySonos(sonosSeedHost?: string): Sonos {
       );
 
       if (!csrfToken) {
-        logger.warn(`Failed to find csrfToken at GET -> ${customd}, cannot register service`)
-        return false
-      };
+        logger.warn(
+          `Failed to find csrfToken at GET -> ${customd}, cannot register service`
+        );
+        return false;
+      }
 
       return axios
         .post(customd, new URLSearchParams(asCustomdForm(csrfToken, service)), {
@@ -179,14 +181,10 @@ export function autoDiscoverySonos(sonosSeedHost?: string): Sonos {
   };
 }
 
-export default function sonos(
+const sonos = (
+  discoveryEnabled: boolean = true,
   sonosSeedHost: string | undefined = undefined
-): Sonos {
-  switch (sonosSeedHost) {
-    case "disabled":
-      logger.info("Sonos device discovery disabled");
-      return SONOS_DISABLED;
-    default:
-      return autoDiscoverySonos(sonosSeedHost);
-  }
-}
+): Sonos =>
+  discoveryEnabled ? autoDiscoverySonos(sonosSeedHost) : SONOS_DISABLED;
+
+export default sonos;
diff --git a/tests/sonos.test.ts b/tests/sonos.test.ts
index c5bed86..98879ed 100644
--- a/tests/sonos.test.ts
+++ b/tests/sonos.test.ts
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ describe("sonos", () => {
 
   describe("when is disabled", () => {
     it("should return a disabled client", async () => {
-      const disabled = sonos("disabled");
+      const disabled = sonos(false);
 
       expect(disabled).toEqual(SONOS_DISABLED);
       expect(await disabled.devices()).toEqual([]);
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ describe("sonos", () => {
         );
         sonosManager.InitializeWithDiscovery.mockResolvedValue(true);
 
-        const actualDevices = await sonos(undefined).devices();
+        const actualDevices = await sonos(true, undefined).devices();
 
         expect(SonosManager).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
         expect(sonosManager.InitializeWithDiscovery).toHaveBeenCalledWith(10);
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ describe("sonos", () => {
         );
         sonosManager.InitializeWithDiscovery.mockResolvedValue(true);
 
-        const actualDevices = await sonos("").devices();
+        const actualDevices = await sonos(true, "").devices();
 
         expect(SonosManager).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
         expect(sonosManager.InitializeWithDiscovery).toHaveBeenCalledWith(10);
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ describe("sonos", () => {
         );
         sonosManager.InitializeFromDevice.mockResolvedValue(true);
 
-        const actualDevices = await sonos(seedHost).devices();
+        const actualDevices = await sonos(true, seedHost).devices();
 
         expect(SonosManager).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
         expect(sonosManager.InitializeFromDevice).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ describe("sonos", () => {
         );
         sonosManager.InitializeWithDiscovery.mockResolvedValue(true);
 
-        const actualDevices = await sonos(undefined).devices();
+        const actualDevices = await sonos(true, undefined).devices();
 
         expect(actualDevices).toEqual([
           {
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ describe("sonos", () => {
         );
         sonosManager.InitializeWithDiscovery.mockResolvedValue(false);
 
-        expect(await sonos("").devices()).toEqual([]);
+        expect(await sonos(true, "").devices()).toEqual([]);
       });
     });
   });