diff --git a/src/main/java/galena/oreganized/Oreganized.java b/src/main/java/galena/oreganized/Oreganized.java
index 8b2b1bb8..50cb64b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/galena/oreganized/Oreganized.java
+++ b/src/main/java/galena/oreganized/Oreganized.java
@@ -200,10 +200,12 @@ private void setup(FMLCommonSetupEvent event) {
             POWDER_SNOW.put(OItems.MOLTEN_LEAD_BUCKET.get(), MoltenLeadCauldronBlock.FILL_MOLTEN_LEAD);
             LEAD.put(OItems.MOLTEN_LEAD_BUCKET.get(), MoltenLeadCauldronBlock.FILL_MOLTEN_LEAD);
 
-            EMPTY.put(OBlocks.LEAD_BLOCK.get().asItem(), MoltenLeadCauldronBlock.FILL_LEAD_BLOCK);
-            WATER.put(OBlocks.LEAD_BLOCK.get().asItem(), MoltenLeadCauldronBlock.FILL_LEAD_BLOCK);
-            LAVA.put(OBlocks.LEAD_BLOCK.get().asItem(), MoltenLeadCauldronBlock.FILL_LEAD_BLOCK);
-            POWDER_SNOW.put(OBlocks.LEAD_BLOCK.get().asItem(), MoltenLeadCauldronBlock.FILL_LEAD_BLOCK);
+            if(OreganizedConfig.COMMON.cauldronLeadMelting.get()) {
+                EMPTY.put(OBlocks.LEAD_BLOCK.get().asItem(), MoltenLeadCauldronBlock.FILL_LEAD_BLOCK);
+                WATER.put(OBlocks.LEAD_BLOCK.get().asItem(), MoltenLeadCauldronBlock.FILL_LEAD_BLOCK);
+                LAVA.put(OBlocks.LEAD_BLOCK.get().asItem(), MoltenLeadCauldronBlock.FILL_LEAD_BLOCK);
+                POWDER_SNOW.put(OBlocks.LEAD_BLOCK.get().asItem(), MoltenLeadCauldronBlock.FILL_LEAD_BLOCK);
+            }
 
             LEAD.put(Items.AIR, MoltenLeadCauldronBlock.EMPTY_LEAD_BLOCK);
             LEAD.put(Items.BUCKET, MoltenLeadCauldronBlock.EMPTY_MOLTEN_LEAD);
diff --git a/src/main/java/galena/oreganized/OreganizedConfig.java b/src/main/java/galena/oreganized/OreganizedConfig.java
index 5b31f5b1..afa07836 100644
--- a/src/main/java/galena/oreganized/OreganizedConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/galena/oreganized/OreganizedConfig.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public static class Common {
         public final ConfigValue<Boolean> pillagerSpawnWithBolts;
         public final ConfigValue<Boolean> scribeSilkTouchStone;
         public final ConfigValue<Integer> moltenLeadDelay;
+        public final ConfigValue<Boolean> cauldronLeadMelting;
 
         private Common(ForgeConfigSpec.Builder builder) {
             builder.comment("Common");
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ private Common(ForgeConfigSpec.Builder builder) {
             pillagerSpawnWithBolts = builder.comment("Pillagers have a chance to spawn with a lead bolt in their offhand").define("pillagerSpawnWithBolts", true);
             scribeSilkTouchStone = builder.comment("The scribe is able to silk-touch pickaxe-related blocks").define("scribeSilkTouchStone", true);
             moltenLeadDelay = builder.comment("Time in ticks molten lead waits until flowing downwards").defineInRange("moltenLeadDelay", 20 * 10, 0, 20 * 100);
+            cauldronLeadMelting = builder.comment("Can lead blocks be placed into a cauldron to melt?").define("cauldronLeadMelting", true);
 
             builder.pop();
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/galena/oreganized/content/block/MoltenLeadCauldronBlock.java b/src/main/java/galena/oreganized/content/block/MoltenLeadCauldronBlock.java
index e6a9a7c1..465a35ad 100644
--- a/src/main/java/galena/oreganized/content/block/MoltenLeadCauldronBlock.java
+++ b/src/main/java/galena/oreganized/content/block/MoltenLeadCauldronBlock.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package galena.oreganized.content.block;
 
+import galena.oreganized.OreganizedConfig;
 import galena.oreganized.index.OBlocks;
 import galena.oreganized.index.OItems;
 import galena.oreganized.index.OTags;
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.AbstractCauldronBlock;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Blocks;
-import net.minecraft.world.level.block.CauldronBlock;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockBehaviour;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.StateDefinition;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public void tick(BlockState state, ServerLevel world, BlockPos pos, RandomSource
         int age = state.getValue(AGE);
         if (age < max_age && random.nextInt(1) == 0) {
             BlockState below = world.getBlockState(pos.below());
-            if (below.is(OTags.Blocks.FIRE_SOURCE) || below.getFluidState().is(FluidTags.LAVA)) {
+            if ((below.is(OTags.Blocks.FIRE_SOURCE) || below.getFluidState().is(FluidTags.LAVA)) && OreganizedConfig.COMMON.cauldronLeadMelting.get()) {
                 world.setBlockAndUpdate(pos, state.setValue(AGE, age + 1));
                 return;
             }