diff --git a/pkg/bbgo/config.go b/pkg/bbgo/config.go
index 35aad9822..c71b17a55 100644
--- a/pkg/bbgo/config.go
+++ b/pkg/bbgo/config.go
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ func (m *ExchangeStrategyMount) Map() (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 }
 
 type SlackNotification struct {
-	DefaultChannel string `json:"defaultChannel,omitempty"  yaml:"defaultChannel,omitempty"`
-	ErrorChannel   string `json:"errorChannel,omitempty"  yaml:"errorChannel,omitempty"`
-	QueueSize      int    `json:"queueSize,omitempty" yaml:"queueSize,omitempty"`
+	DefaultChannel    string `json:"defaultChannel,omitempty"  yaml:"defaultChannel,omitempty"`
+	ErrorChannel      string `json:"errorChannel,omitempty"  yaml:"errorChannel,omitempty"`
+	QueueSize         int    `json:"queueSize,omitempty" yaml:"queueSize,omitempty"`
+	EnableInteraction bool   `json:"enableInteraction,omitempty" yaml:"enableInteraction,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type SlackNotificationRouting struct {
diff --git a/pkg/bbgo/environment.go b/pkg/bbgo/environment.go
index cbd90178e..e94e1251f 100644
--- a/pkg/bbgo/environment.go
+++ b/pkg/bbgo/environment.go
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ func (environ *Environment) setupSlack(userConfig *Config, slackToken string, pe
 	var notifier = slacknotifier.New(client, conf.DefaultChannel, notifierOpts...)
 	Notification.AddNotifier(notifier)
 
-	if hasSlackAppToken {
+	if hasSlackAppToken && conf.EnableInteraction {
 		// allocate a store, so that we can save the chatID for the owner
 		var messenger = interact.NewSlack(client)
 		var sessions = interact.SlackSessionMap{}