diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/AppConfig.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/AppConfig.java
index 4d02f974..326501cb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/AppConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/AppConfig.java
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ public class AppConfig {
         return (defaultNavBar != null) ? defaultNavBar : "Stirling PDF";
     }
 	
+    @Bean(name = "enableAlphaFunctionality")
+    public boolean enableAlphaFunctionality() { 
+        return applicationProperties.getSystem().getEnableAlphaFunctionality() != null ? applicationProperties.getSystem().getEnableAlphaFunctionality() : false;
+    }
+    
 	@Bean(name = "rateLimit")
     public boolean rateLimit() {
         String appName = System.getProperty("rateLimit");
diff --git a/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties b/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties
index c962d116..2148629e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ home.scalePages.title=Adjust page size/scale
 home.scalePages.desc=Change the size/scale of a page and/or its contents.
 scalePages.tags=resize,modify,dimension,adapt
 
-home.pipeline.title=Pipeline (Advanced) (Alpha)
+home.pipeline.title=Pipeline (Advanced)
 home.pipeline.desc=Run multiple actions on PDFs by defining pipeline scripts
 pipeline.tags=automate,sequence,scripted,batch-process
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/navbar.html b/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/navbar.html
index 31519548..9863c15e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/navbar.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/navbar.html
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
                             <span class="icon-text"  th:text="#{home.multiTool.title}"></span>
                         </a>
                     </li>
-                    <!--<li class="nav-item">
+                    <li th:if="${@enableAlphaFunctionality}"  class="nav-item">
                         <a class="nav-link" href="#" th:href="@{pipeline}" th:classappend="${currentPage}=='pipeline' ? 'active' : ''" th:title="#{home.pipeline.desc}">
                             <img class="icon" src="images/pipeline.svg" alt="icon">
                             <span class="icon-text"  th:text="#{home.pipeline.title}"></span>
                         </a>
-                    </li>-->
+                    </li>
 
                     <li class="nav-item nav-item-separator"></li>
                     <li class="nav-item dropdown" th:classappend="${currentPage}=='remove-pages' OR ${currentPage}=='merge-pdfs' OR ${currentPage}=='split-pdfs' OR ${currentPage}=='crop' OR ${currentPage}=='adjust-contrast' OR ${currentPage}=='pdf-organizer' OR ${currentPage}=='rotate-pdf' OR ${currentPage}=='multi-page-layout' OR ${currentPage}=='scale-pages' OR ${currentPage}=='auto-split-pdf' OR ${currentPage}=='extract-page' OR ${currentPage}=='pdf-to-single-page' ? 'active' : ''">
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/home.html b/src/main/resources/templates/home.html
index 32bdbf2a..946cdd9c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/home.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/home.html
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@
             <input type="text" id="searchBar" onkeyup="filterCards()" th:placeholder="#{home.searchBar}">
             <div class="features-container ">
 
-
-                <div th:replace="~{fragments/card :: card(id='pipeline', cardTitle=#{home.pipeline.title}, cardText=#{home.pipeline.desc}, cardLink='pipeline', svgPath='images/pipeline.svg')}"></div>
-
+				<th:block th:if="${@enableAlphaFunctionality}">
+                <div  th:replace="~{fragments/card :: card(id='pipeline', cardTitle=#{home.pipeline.title}, cardText=#{home.pipeline.desc}, cardLink='pipeline', svgPath='images/pipeline.svg')}"></div>
+				</th:block>
+				
                 <div th:replace="~{fragments/card :: card(id='view-pdf', cardTitle=#{home.viewPdf.title}, cardText=#{home.viewPdf.desc}, cardLink='view-pdf', svgPath='images/book-opened.svg')}"></div>
                 <div th:replace="~{fragments/card :: card(id='multi-tool', cardTitle=#{home.multiTool.title}, cardText=#{home.multiTool.desc}, cardLink='multi-tool', svgPath='images/tools.svg')}"></div>
                 <div th:replace="~{fragments/card :: card(id='merge-pdfs', cardTitle=#{home.merge.title}, cardText=#{home.merge.desc}, cardLink='merge-pdfs', svgPath='images/union.svg')}"></div>