diff --git a/app/app.py b/app/app.py
index 7517207..f930842 100644
--- a/app/app.py
+++ b/app/app.py
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ from flask_swagger_ui import get_swaggerui_blueprint
 from translatehtml import translate_html
 from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
 
-from app import flood
-from app import remove_translated_files
+from app import flood, remove_translated_files
 from app.language import detect_languages, transliterate
 from .api_keys import Database
 from .suggestions import Database as SuggestionsDatabase
@@ -29,9 +28,6 @@ def get_upload_dir():
     return upload_dir
 
 
-remove_translated_files.setup(get_upload_dir())
-
-
 def get_json_dict(request):
     d = request.get_json()
     if not isinstance(d, dict):
@@ -97,6 +93,9 @@ def create_app(args):
     if args.debug:
         app.config["TEMPLATES_AUTO_RELOAD"] = True
 
+    if not args.disable_files_translation:
+        remove_translated_files.setup(get_upload_dir())
+
     # Map userdefined frontend languages to argos language object.
     if args.frontend_language_source == "auto":
         frontend_argos_language_source = type(