diff --git a/telegrambots-abilities/src/main/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/toggle/CustomToggle.java b/telegrambots-abilities/src/main/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/toggle/CustomToggle.java
index 22e02fa8..20392650 100644
--- a/telegrambots-abilities/src/main/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/toggle/CustomToggle.java
+++ b/telegrambots-abilities/src/main/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/toggle/CustomToggle.java
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ import org.telegram.abilitybots.api.objects.Ability;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 /**
  * This custom toggle can be used to customize default abilities supplied by the library. Users can call {@link CustomToggle#toggle} to
- * rename the default abilites or {@link CustomToggle#turnOff} to simply turn off the said ability.
+ * rename the default abilities or {@link CustomToggle#turnOff} to simply turn off the said ability.
  */
 public class CustomToggle implements AbilityToggle {
   public static final String OFF = "turn_off_base_ability";
@@ -53,4 +54,76 @@ public class CustomToggle implements AbilityToggle {
     baseMapping.put(ability, OFF);
     return this;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * @param properties the abilities toggle definition
+   * @return the toggle instance
+   */
+  public CustomToggle config(Properties properties) {
+    for (String key : properties.stringPropertyNames()) {
+      String value = properties.getProperty(key);
+      key = key.toLowerCase();
+
+      // compare with legal configuration names
+      for (Property p: Property.values()) {
+        if (key.equals(p.key())) {
+          String ability = key.split("\\.")[1];
+          if (key.contains("enabled") && value.equalsIgnoreCase("false")) {
+            this.turnOff(ability);
+          }else if (key.contains("toggle")) {
+            this.toggle(ability, value);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * List of all the properties recognized by {@link CustomToggle}.
+   * Can be used to programmatically get, set or remove default values.
+   */
+  public enum Property{
+    CLAIM_ENABLED("ability.claim.enabled"),
+    CLAIM_TOGGLE("ability.claim.toggle"),
+
+    BAN_ENABLED("ability.ban.enabled"),
+    BAN_TOGGLE("ability.ban.toggle"),
+
+    PROMOTE_ENABLED("ability.promote.enabled"),
+    PROMOTE_TOGGLE("ability.promote.toggle"),
+
+    DEMOTE_ENABLED("ability.demote.enabled"),
+    DEMOTE_TOGGLE("ability.demote.toggle"),
+
+    UNBAN_ENABLED("ability.unban.enabled"),
+    UNBAN_TOGGLE("ability.unban.toggle"),
+
+    BACKUP_ENABLED("ability.backup.enabled"),
+    BACKUP_TOGGLE("ability.backup.toggle"),
+
+    RECOVER_ENABLED("ability.recover.enabled"),
+    RECOVER_TOGGLE("ability.recover.toggle"),
+
+    COMMANDS_ENABLED("ability.commands.enabled"),
+    COMMANDS_TOGGLE("ability.commands.toggle"),
+
+    REPORT_ENABLED("ability.report.enabled"),
+    REPORT_TOGGLE("ability.report.toggle"),
+
+    STATS_ENABLED("ability.stats.enabled"),
+    STATS_TOGGLE("ability.stats.toggle")
+    ;
+
+    private final String key;
+
+    Property (final String key){
+      this.key = key;
+    }
+
+    public String key() {
+      return key;
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/telegrambots-abilities/src/test/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/toggle/CustomToggleTest.java b/telegrambots-abilities/src/test/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/toggle/CustomToggleTest.java
index 098533ea..e2b131f3 100644
--- a/telegrambots-abilities/src/test/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/toggle/CustomToggleTest.java
+++ b/telegrambots-abilities/src/test/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/toggle/CustomToggleTest.java
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import org.telegram.abilitybots.api.bot.DefaultAbilities;
 import org.telegram.abilitybots.api.bot.DefaultBot;
 import org.telegram.abilitybots.api.db.DBContext;
 
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.EMPTY;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
@@ -17,10 +19,12 @@ class CustomToggleTest {
   private DBContext db;
   private AbilityToggle toggle;
   private DefaultBot customBot;
+  private String filename;
 
   @BeforeEach
   void setUp() {
     db = offlineInstance("db");
+    filename = "src/test/resources/toggle.properties";
   }
 
   @AfterEach
@@ -47,4 +51,37 @@ class CustomToggleTest {
     assertTrue(customBot.abilities().containsKey(targetName));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void canTurnOffAbilitiesThroughProperties() {
+    Properties properties = new Properties();
+    try {
+      properties.load(new FileInputStream(filename));
+      toggle = new CustomToggle().config(properties);
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      System.out.println("No such file");
+    }
+
+    customBot = new DefaultBot(EMPTY, EMPTY, db, toggle);
+    customBot.onRegister();
+
+    assertFalse(customBot.abilities().containsKey(DefaultAbilities.CLAIM));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void canProcessAbilitiesThroughProperties() {
+    Properties properties = new Properties();
+    try {
+      properties.load(new FileInputStream(filename));
+      toggle = new CustomToggle().config(properties);
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      System.out.println("No such file");
+    }
+
+    customBot = new DefaultBot(EMPTY, EMPTY, db, toggle);
+    customBot.onRegister();
+
+    String targetName = "restrict";
+    assertTrue(customBot.abilities().containsKey(targetName));
+  }
+
 }
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diff --git a/telegrambots-abilities/src/test/resources/toggle.properties b/telegrambots-abilities/src/test/resources/toggle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e9bcf95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/telegrambots-abilities/src/test/resources/toggle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ability.claim.enabled=false
+ability.ban.toggle=restrict
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