diff --git a/src/LaunchDarkly/LDClient.php b/src/LaunchDarkly/LDClient.php
index 7121cb4fc..4c52a199f 100644
--- a/src/LaunchDarkly/LDClient.php
+++ b/src/LaunchDarkly/LDClient.php
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ class LDClient {
     protected $_client;
     protected $_eventProcessor;
     protected $_offline;
+    protected $_events = true;
+    protected $_defaults = array();
 
     /** @var  FeatureRequester */
     protected $_featureRequester;
@@ -37,6 +39,13 @@ public function __construct($apiKey, $options = array()) {
         else {
             $this->_baseUri = rtrim($options['base_uri'], '/');
         }
+        if (isset($options['events'])) {
+            $this->_events = $options['events'];
+        }
+        if (isset($options['defaults'])) {
+            $this->_defaults = $options['defaults'];
+        }
+
         if (!isset($options['timeout'])) {
             $options['timeout'] = 3;
         }
@@ -77,7 +86,8 @@ public function toggle($key, $user, $default = false) {
         }
 
         try {
-            $flag = $this->_toggle($key, $user, $default);
+            $default = $this->_get_default($key, $default);
+            $flag = $this->_toggle($key, $user);
 
             if (is_null($flag)) {
                 $this->_sendFlagRequestEvent($key, $user, $default);
@@ -169,7 +179,7 @@ public function identify($user) {
      * @param $value mixed
      */
     protected function _sendFlagRequestEvent($key, $user, $value) {
-        if ($this->isOffline()) {
+        if ($this->isOffline() || !$this->_events) {
             return;
         }
 
@@ -182,17 +192,25 @@ protected function _sendFlagRequestEvent($key, $user, $value) {
         $this->_eventProcessor->enqueue($event); 
     }
 
-    protected function _toggle($key, $user, $default) {
+    protected function _toggle($key, $user) {
         try {
             $data = $this->_featureRequester->get($key);
             if ($data == null) {
                 error_log("LDClient::_toggle received null from retriever, using default");
-                return $default;
+                return null;
             }
             return self::_decode($data, $user);
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             $msg = $e->getMessage();
             error_log("LDClient::_toggle received error $msg, using default");
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected function _get_default($key, $default) {
+        if (array_key_exists($key, $this->_defaults)) {
+            return $this->_defaults[$key];
+        } else {
             return $default;
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/LDClientTest.php b/tests/LDClientTest.php
index 78a0fa5e8..56b7da442 100644
--- a/tests/LDClientTest.php
+++ b/tests/LDClientTest.php
@@ -1,12 +1,89 @@
 <?php
 namespace LaunchDarkly\Tests;
 
+use LaunchDarkly\FeatureRequester;
 use LaunchDarkly\LDClient;
+use LaunchDarkly\LDUserBuilder;
+
 
 class LDClientTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 
     public function testDefaultCtor() {
         new LDClient("BOGUS_API_KEY");
     }
+
+    public function testToggleDefault() {
+        MockFeatureRequester::$val = null;
+        $client = new LDClient("someKey", array(
+            'feature_requester_class' => '\\LaunchDarkly\Tests\\MockFeatureRequester',
+            'events' => false
+            ));
+
+        $builder = new LDUserBuilder(3);
+        $user = $builder->build();
+        $this->assertEquals('argdef', $client->toggle('foo', $user, 'argdef'));
+    }
+
+    public function testToggleFromArray() {
+        MockFeatureRequester::$val = null;
+        $client = new LDClient("someKey", array(
+            'feature_requester_class' => '\\LaunchDarkly\Tests\\MockFeatureRequester',
+            'events' => false,
+            'defaults' => array('foo' => 'fromarray')
+        ));
+
+        $builder = new LDUserBuilder(3);
+        $user = $builder->build();
+        $this->assertEquals('fromarray', $client->toggle('foo', $user, 'argdef'));
+    }
+
+    public function testToggleEvent() {
+        MockFeatureRequester::$val = null;
+        $client = new LDClient("someKey", array(
+            'feature_requester_class' => '\\LaunchDarkly\Tests\\MockFeatureRequester',
+            'events' => true
+        ));
+
+        $builder = new LDUserBuilder(3);
+        $user = $builder->build();
+        $client->toggle('foo', $user, 'argdef');
+        $proc = getPrivateField($client, '_eventProcessor');
+        $queue = getPrivateField($proc, '_queue');
+        $this->assertEquals(1, sizeof($queue));
+    }
+
+    public function testToggleEventsOff() {
+        MockFeatureRequester::$val = null;
+        $client = new LDClient("someKey", array(
+            'feature_requester_class' => '\\LaunchDarkly\Tests\\MockFeatureRequester',
+            'events' => false
+        ));
+
+        $builder = new LDUserBuilder(3);
+        $user = $builder->build();
+        $client->toggle('foo', $user, 'argdef');
+        $proc = getPrivateField($client, '_eventProcessor');
+        $queue = getPrivateField($proc, '_queue');
+        $this->assertEquals(0, sizeof($queue));
+    }
+}
+
+
+function getPrivateField(&$object, $fieldName)
+{
+    $reflection = new \ReflectionClass(get_class($object));
+    $field = $reflection->getProperty($fieldName);
+    $field->setAccessible(true);
+
+    return $field->getValue($object);
 }
 
+
+class MockFeatureRequester implements FeatureRequester {
+    public static $val = null;
+    function __construct($baseurl, $key, $options) {
+    }
+    public function get($key) {
+        return self::$val;
+    }
+}