diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index 587d251..e1ed666 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
                 "-j3",
                 "ENABLE_DEBUG=1",
                 "USE_GPSD=1",
+                "USE_DRATS=1",
                 "all"
             ],
             "group": "build",
diff --git a/DStarGateway/DStarGatewayApp.cpp b/DStarGateway/DStarGatewayApp.cpp
index 940fc8f..16c7f52 100644
--- a/DStarGateway/DStarGatewayApp.cpp
+++ b/DStarGateway/DStarGatewayApp.cpp
@@ -240,9 +240,11 @@ bool CDStarGatewayApp::createThread()
 		delete restrictList;
 	}
 
+#ifdef USE_DRATS
 	// Drats
 	TDRats drats;
 	m_config->getDRats(drats);
+#endif
 
 	// Setup the repeaters
 	bool ddEnabled = false;
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d9f7720..28e98c0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ export CPPFLAGS+= -DUSE_GPSD
 export LDFLAGS+= -lgps
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(USE_DRATS), 1)
 export CPPFLAGS+= -DUSE_DRATS
+endif
 
 .PHONY: all
 all: DStarGateway/dstargateway  DGWRemoteControl/dgwremotecontrol DGWTextTransmit/dgwtexttransmit DGWTimeServer/dgwtimeserver DGWVoiceTransmit/dgwvoicetransmit #tests