diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 528788a..d58a8bf 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ description:            'The scalable blockchain database powering IPDB.'
 url:                    https://www.bigchaindb.com
 ipdb_api_url:           https://test.ipdb.io
 
+# set to `true` to make hiring link appear in main menu
+hiring:                 false
+
 email:
     contact:            contact@bigchaindb.com
     contact_cc:         "kamal@bigchaindb.com,ricardo@bigchaindb.com"
diff --git a/_src/_includes/menu-main.html b/_src/_includes/menu-main.html
index 3caac92..c0a947b 100644
--- a/_src/_includes/menu-main.html
+++ b/_src/_includes/menu-main.html
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
                         <use xlink:href="/assets/img/sprite.svg#logo"></use>
                     </svg>
                 </a>
-                <a class="menu__hiring" href="https://github.com/bigchaindb/org/tree/master/jobs" rel="external">
-                    <svg class="icon icon--suitcase"><use xlink:href="/assets/img/sprite.svg#icon-suitcase"></use></svg>
-                    We're hiring!
-                </a>
+                {% if site.hiring == true %}
+                    <a class="menu__hiring" href="https://github.com/bigchaindb/org/tree/master/jobs" rel="external">
+                        <svg class="icon icon--suitcase"><use xlink:href="/assets/img/sprite.svg#icon-suitcase"></use></svg>
+                        We're hiring!
+                    </a>
+                {% endif %}
             </div>
 
             <div class="grid__col grid__col--4">
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b1c4815..9a63d56 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "smooth-scroll": "^12.1.3",
     "svg4everybody": "^2.1.9",
     "textarea-autogrow": "^1.0.0",
-    "vivus": "^0.4.2",
+    "vivus": "^0.4.3",
     "whatwg-fetch": "^2.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     "stylelint": "^8.2.0",
     "stylelint-config-bigchaindb": "^1.1.3",
     "stylelint-config-standard": "^17.0.0",
-    "uglify-es": "^3.1.6"
+    "uglify-es": "^3.1.9"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=7.0.0"