diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5061a89..568d033 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		  	<groupId>com.stackify</groupId>
   			<artifactId>stackify-api-java</artifactId>
-  			<version>3.0.3</version>
+  			<version>3.0.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 								
 		<!-- Runtime dependencies -->
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/stackify/log/log4j12/StackifyLogAppender.java b/src/main/java/com/stackify/log/log4j12/StackifyLogAppender.java
index 7c08611..8b099ff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/stackify/log/log4j12/StackifyLogAppender.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/stackify/log/log4j12/StackifyLogAppender.java
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ public class StackifyLogAppender extends NonReentrantAppender {
 	 */
 	private LogAppender<LoggingEvent> logAppender;
 
+	@Setter
+	@Getter
+	private String skipJson = "false";
+
 	@Setter
 	@Getter
 	private String maskEnabled;
@@ -210,7 +214,11 @@ public void activateOptions() {
 				masker.clearMasks();
 			}
 
-			this.logAppender = new LogAppender<LoggingEvent>(clientName, new LoggingEventAdapter(apiConfig.getEnvDetail()), masker);
+			this.logAppender = new LogAppender<LoggingEvent>(
+					clientName,
+					new LoggingEventAdapter(apiConfig.getEnvDetail()),
+					masker,
+					skipJson != null && Boolean.parseBoolean(skipJson));
 			this.logAppender.activate(apiConfig);
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			errorHandler.error("Exception starting the Stackify_LogBackgroundService", e, 0);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/stackify/log/log4j12/StackifyLogAppenderTest.java b/src/test/java/com/stackify/log/log4j12/StackifyLogAppenderTest.java
index b0f30b2..8cd375f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/stackify/log/log4j12/StackifyLogAppenderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/stackify/log/log4j12/StackifyLogAppenderTest.java
@@ -34,7 +34,19 @@
 @RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
 @PrepareForTest({StackifyLogAppender.class})
 public class StackifyLogAppenderTest {
-	
+
+	/**
+	 * testGetSetSkipJson
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void testGetSetSkipJson() {
+		String skipJson = "true";
+		StackifyLogAppender appender = new StackifyLogAppender();
+		Assert.assertEquals("false", appender.getSkipJson());
+		appender.setSkipJson(skipJson);
+		Assert.assertEquals(skipJson, appender.getSkipJson());
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * testGetSetApiUrl
 	 */