diff --git a/Modules/CTP/include/CTP/RawDataQcTask.h b/Modules/CTP/include/CTP/RawDataQcTask.h
index 2eea8bdc20..3f8445ebdc 100644
--- a/Modules/CTP/include/CTP/RawDataQcTask.h
+++ b/Modules/CTP/include/CTP/RawDataQcTask.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ class CTPRawDataReaderTask final : public TaskInterface
   long int mTimestamp;
   std::string classNames[nclasses];
   int mIndexMBclass = -1; // index for the MB ctp class, which is used as scaling for the ratios
+  bool mConsistCheck = 0;
 };
 
 } // namespace o2::quality_control_modules::ctp
diff --git a/Modules/CTP/src/RawDataQcTask.cxx b/Modules/CTP/src/RawDataQcTask.cxx
index 89e02ab7c8..1a3421e935 100644
--- a/Modules/CTP/src/RawDataQcTask.cxx
+++ b/Modules/CTP/src/RawDataQcTask.cxx
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ void CTPRawDataReaderTask::initialize(o2::framework::InitContext& /*ctx*/)
 
   mDecoder.setDoLumi(1);
   mDecoder.setDecodeInps(1);
-  mDecoder.setCheckConsistency(1);
   mDecoder.setDoDigits(1);
   for (size_t i = 0; i < nclasses; i++) {
     classNames[i] = "";
@@ -204,6 +203,13 @@ void CTPRawDataReaderTask::startOfActivity(const Activity& activity)
   mHistoBCMinBias2->SetTitle(Form("%s; %s; %s", title2.Data(), titleX2.Data(), titley2.Data()));
   mHistoClassRatios->SetTitle(Form("Class Ratio to %s", MBclassName.c_str()));
   mHistoInputRatios->SetTitle(Form("Input Ratio to %s", nameInput1.c_str()));
+
+  std::string performConsistencyCheck = getFromExtendedConfig<string>(activity, mCustomParameters, "consistencyCheck", "true");
+  if (performConsistencyCheck == "true") {
+    mDecoder.setCheckConsistency(1);
+  } else {
+    mDecoder.setCheckConsistency(0);
+  }
 }
 
 void CTPRawDataReaderTask::startOfCycle()
diff --git a/Modules/CTP/src/qc-ctp.json b/Modules/CTP/src/qc-ctp.json
index 249cebd2b4..fea937226c 100644
--- a/Modules/CTP/src/qc-ctp.json
+++ b/Modules/CTP/src/qc-ctp.json
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
               "ccdbName": "https://alice-ccdb.cern.ch",
               "MBclassName" : "CMTVX-B-NOPF",
               "MB1inputName" : "MTVX",
-              "MB2inputName" : "MVBA"
+              "MB2inputName" : "MVBA",
+              "consistencyCheck" : "false"
             }
           },
           "PHYSICS": {