diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a509ce76..be741b59 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Offline_content_generator
 :ref:`run your own render server <mwlib-renderserver>`.
 See http://mwlib.readthedocs.org/ for more information.
 
+To enable the mwlib_ server, you'll need to set 
+
+``$wgCollectionDisableDownloadSection`` to false to re-enable the UI to 
+allow you to use the ``$wgCollectionMWServeURL`` 
+
 Finally you'll have to set ``$wgCollectionMWServeURL`` in your ``LocalSetting.php``:
 
 ``$wgCollectionMWServeURL`` (string)
diff --git a/includes/Specials/SpecialCollection.php b/includes/Specials/SpecialCollection.php
index 361905c9..f7637e0a 100644
--- a/includes/Specials/SpecialCollection.php
+++ b/includes/Specials/SpecialCollection.php
@@ -421,7 +421,9 @@ class SpecialCollection extends SpecialPage {
 		$out->setPageTitleMsg( $this->msg( 'coll-book_creator' ) );
 
 		MessageBoxHelper::addModuleStyles( $out );
-		$out->addHTML( MessageBoxHelper::renderWarningBoxes() );
+                if ( $wgCollectionDisableDownloadSection ) {
+                        $out->addHTML( MessageBoxHelper::renderWarningBoxes() );
+                };
 		$out->addWikiMsg( 'coll-book_creator_intro' );
 
 		$out->addModules( 'ext.collection.checkLoadFromLocalStorage' );
diff --git a/templates/CollectionPageTemplate.php b/templates/CollectionPageTemplate.php
index b581aea2..728377b2 100644
--- a/templates/CollectionPageTemplate.php
+++ b/templates/CollectionPageTemplate.php
@@ -158,8 +158,9 @@ class CollectionPageTemplate extends QuickTemplate {
 		?>
 		<div class="mw-collection-container">
 		<?php
-		echo ( MessageBoxHelper::renderWarningBoxes() );
-
+                if ( $wgCollectionDisableDownloadSection ) {
+                        echo ( MessageBoxHelper::renderWarningBoxes() );
+                };
 		$form = new HTMLForm( $fields, $context );
 		$form->setMethod( 'post' )
 			->addHiddenField( 'bookcmd', 'set_titles' )