diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/server/ComponentPlugin.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/server/ComponentPlugin.cpp
index 41ef71d9d14729e5f272348ef6e3d633da196a33..7b3a1d05817c9c25675abe2e5b8ab011aba1d92d 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/server/ComponentPlugin.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/server/ComponentPlugin.cpp
@@ -18,13 +18,16 @@ namespace armarx::armem::server::plugins
     void ComponentPlugin::postCreatePropertyDefinitions(PropertyDefinitionsPtr& properties)
     {
         MemoryNameSystemComponentPlugin::postCreatePropertyDefinitions(properties);
-        properties->topic(memoryListener, this->parent<ComponentPluginUser>().memoryListenerDefaultName);
 
-        properties->optional(this->parent<ComponentPluginUser>().longtermMemory.dbsettings.host, "Longtermmemoryhost");
-        properties->optional(this->parent<ComponentPluginUser>().longtermMemory.dbsettings.port, "Longtermmemoryport");
-        properties->optional(this->parent<ComponentPluginUser>().longtermMemory.dbsettings.user, "Longtermmemoryuser");
-        properties->optional(this->parent<ComponentPluginUser>().longtermMemory.dbsettings.password, "Longtermmemorypassword");
-        properties->optional(this->parent<ComponentPluginUser>().longtermMemory.dbsettings.database, "Longtermmemorydatabase");
+        ComponentPluginUser& parent = this->parent<ComponentPluginUser>();
+        properties->topic(memoryListener, parent.memoryListenerDefaultName);
+
+        properties->optional(parent.longtermMemoryEnabled, "ltm.00_enabled");
+        properties->optional(parent.longtermMemory.dbsettings.host, "ltm.10_host");
+        properties->optional(parent.longtermMemory.dbsettings.port, "ltm.11_port");
+        properties->optional(parent.longtermMemory.dbsettings.user, "ltm.20_user");
+        properties->optional(parent.longtermMemory.dbsettings.password, "ltm.21_password");
+        properties->optional(parent.longtermMemory.dbsettings.database, "ltm.22_database");
     }
 
 
@@ -39,7 +42,10 @@ namespace armarx::armem::server::plugins
         parent.iceMemory.setMemoryListener(memoryListener);
 
         // establishing connection to ltm and mongodb
-        parent.longtermMemory.reload();
+        if (parent.longtermMemoryEnabled)
+        {
+            parent.longtermMemory.reload();
+        }
     }
 
 
@@ -145,8 +151,7 @@ namespace armarx::armem::server
     // LTM LOADING
     data::StoreResult ComponentPluginUser::store(const data::StoreInput& input, const Ice::Current&)
     {
-        std::scoped_lock lock(workingMemoryMutex);
-        std::scoped_lock lock2(longtermMemoryMutex);
+        std::scoped_lock lock(workingMemoryMutex, longtermMemoryMutex);
         return iceMemory.store(input);
     }
 
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/server/ComponentPlugin.h b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/server/ComponentPlugin.h
index 4ed6c107e6c1f29144ed2ed8ede7e01a3b4ed710..5f9ef1d574df06b1644d733e494273ce0660dbbf 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/server/ComponentPlugin.h
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/server/ComponentPlugin.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ namespace armarx::armem::server
         wm::Memory workingMemory;
         std::mutex workingMemoryMutex;
 
+        bool longtermMemoryEnabled = true;
         ltm::Memory longtermMemory;
         std::mutex longtermMemoryMutex;