diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/Cron/Workers/Beamer.php b/mailpoet/lib/Cron/Workers/Beamer.php
index bbc555fcb6..e2fade93ba 100644
--- a/mailpoet/lib/Cron/Workers/Beamer.php
+++ b/mailpoet/lib/Cron/Workers/Beamer.php
@@ -24,9 +24,16 @@ class Beamer extends SimpleWorker {
   }
 
   public function processTaskStrategy(ScheduledTaskEntity $task, $timer) {
+    if (!$this->isBeamerEnabled()) {
+      return false;
+    }
     return $this->setLastAnnouncementDate();
   }
 
+  private function isBeamerEnabled(): bool {
+    return $this->settings->get('3rd_party_libs.enabled') === '1';
+  }
+
   public function setLastAnnouncementDate() {
     $response = $this->wp->wpRemoteGet(self::API_URL . '/posts?published=true&maxResults=1', [
       'headers' => [