diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/admin/SignupSettings.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/admin/SignupSettings.vue
index 6308a113c0..c1186ed348 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/admin/SignupSettings.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/admin/SignupSettings.vue
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { extractSdkResponseErrorMsg, useApi } from '#imports'
 
 const { api } = useApi()
 
-let settings = $ref({ enable_user_signup: false })
+let settings = $ref({ disable_user_signup: false })
 
 const loadSettings = async () => {
   try {
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ loadSettings()
     <div class="text-xl">Settings</div>
     <a-divider class="!my-3" />
     <a-form-item>
-      <a-checkbox v-model:checked="settings.enable_user_signup" name="virtual" @change="saveSettings"
-        >Enable user signup</a-checkbox
+      <a-checkbox v-model:checked="settings.disable_user_signup" name="virtual" @change="saveSettings"
+        >Disable user signup</a-checkbox
       >
     </a-form-item>
   </div>
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/api/ee/index.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/api/ee/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ceea1f3fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/api/ee/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { Router } from 'express';
+import { LICENSE_KEY } from '../../../constants';
+import Store from '../../../models/Store';
+
+export const validateEE = async (_req, res, next) => {
+  const key = await Store.get(LICENSE_KEY);
+  if (!key?.value) {
+    return res.status(403).json({ msg: 'Not available' });
+  }
+  next();
+};
+
+const router = Router({ mergeParams: true });
+
+// verify key
+// router.use((_req, _res, next) => {});
+
+export default router;
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/api/orgUserApis.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/api/orgUserApis.ts
index 6498d54001..09d1972e58 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/api/orgUserApis.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/api/orgUserApis.ts
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ async function appSettingsSet(req, res) {
     key: NC_APP_SETTINGS,
   });
 
-  res.json({ msg: 'License key saved' });
+  res.json({ msg: 'Settings saved' });
 }
 
 const router = Router({ mergeParams: true });
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/api/userApi/userApis.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/api/userApi/userApis.ts
index 687cb4d137..f0578cee3a 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/api/userApi/userApis.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/lib/meta/api/userApi/userApis.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import { TableType, validatePassword } from 'nocodb-sdk';
 import { OrgUserRoles } from '../../../../enums/OrgUserRoles';
+import { NC_APP_SETTINGS } from '../../../constants';
+import Store from '../../../models/Store';
 import { Tele } from '../../../utils/Tele';
 import catchError, { NcError } from '../../helpers/catchError';
+
 const { isEmail } = require('validator');
 import * as ejs from 'ejs';
 
@@ -96,7 +99,12 @@ export async function signup(req: Request, res: Response<TableType>) {
         count: 1,
       });
     } else {
-      if (process.env.NC_INVITE_ONLY_SIGNUP) {
+      let settings: { disable_user_signup?: boolean } = {};
+      try {
+        settings = JSON.parse((await Store.get(NC_APP_SETTINGS))?.value);
+      } catch {}
+
+      if (process.env.NC_INVITE_ONLY_SIGNUP || settings?.disable_user_signup) {
         NcError.badRequest('Not allowed to signup, contact super admin.');
       } else {
         roles = OrgUserRoles.VIEWER;
diff --git a/scripts/sdk/swagger.json b/scripts/sdk/swagger.json
index 3902e3d78a..7ebee3f7e8 100644
--- a/scripts/sdk/swagger.json
+++ b/scripts/sdk/swagger.json
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@
                 "schema": {
                   "type": "object",
                   "properties": {
-                    "enable_user_signup": {
+                    "disable_user_signup": {
                       "type": "boolean"
                     }
                   }
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@
               "schema": {
                 "type": "object",
                 "properties": {
-                  "enable_user_signup": {
+                  "disable_user_signup": {
                     "type": "boolean"
                   }
                 }