diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4aecce1..cf74490 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ raccoon.recommendFor('chrisId', 10, function(results){
 raccoon.config.nearestNeighbors = 5;  // number of neighbors you want to compare a user against
 raccoon.config.className = 'movie';  // prefix for your items (used for redis)
 raccoon.config.numOfRecsStore = 30;  // number of recommendations to store per user
+raccoon.config.updateRatingOnInput = true;  // update recommendations on each input
 raccoon.config.factorLeastSimilarLeastLiked = false;  // if you want to factor in items that
   // users least similar didn't like
 
diff --git a/lib/config.js b/lib/config.js
index c86cce7..b2c754c 100644
--- a/lib/config.js
+++ b/lib/config.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ function Config (){
   this.className = 'movie';
   this.numOfRecsStore = 30;
   this.factorLeastSimilarLeastLiked = false;
+  this.updateRatingOnInput = true;
 }
 
 module.exports = exports = new Config();
diff --git a/lib/input.js b/lib/input.js
index ccaddb5..c9ed226 100644
--- a/lib/input.js
+++ b/lib/input.js
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ var updateSequence = function(userId, itemId, callback){
         });
       },
       function(cb){
-        algo.updateRecommendationsFor(userId, function(){
+        if (config.updateRatingOnInput) {
+          algo.updateRecommendationsFor(userId, function(){
+            cb(null);
+          });
+        } else {
           cb(null);
-        });
+        };
       }
     ],
     function(err){
diff --git a/lib/raccoon.js b/lib/raccoon.js
index 0246df3..37061e4 100644
--- a/lib/raccoon.js
+++ b/lib/raccoon.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Raccoon.prototype.config = config;
 Raccoon.prototype.stat = stat;
 Raccoon.prototype.liked = input.liked;
 Raccoon.prototype.disliked = input.disliked;
+Raccoon.prototype.updateRecommendationsFor = algo.updateRecommendationsFor;
 Raccoon.prototype.recommendFor = stat.recommendFor;
 Raccoon.prototype.bestRated = stat.bestRated;
 Raccoon.prototype.worstRated = stat.worstRated;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fe4e223..39292ec 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "raccoon",
   "author": "Guy Morita",
   "description": "A Collaborative Filtering Recommendation Engine for Node.js utilizing Redis",
-  "version": "0.2.3",
+  "version": "0.2.4",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/guymorita/recommendationRaccoon.git"