diff --git a/src/main/java/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/Configuration/Properties.java b/src/main/java/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/Configuration/Properties.java
index 5306bdb..7fff108 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/Configuration/Properties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/Configuration/Properties.java
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ public class Properties {
     @ConfigurationComment("Do you want to protect shop signs with LWC?")
     public static boolean PROTECT_SIGN_WITH_LWC = false;
 
+    @ConfigurationComment("Should the chest's LWC protection be removed once the shop sign is destroyed? ")
+    public static boolean REMOVE_LWC_PROTECTION_AUTOMATICALLY = true;
+
     @PrecededBySpace
     @ConfigurationComment("If true, plugin will generate shop statistics webpage.")
     public static boolean GENERATE_STATISTICS_PAGE = false;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/Plugins/LightweightChestProtection.java b/src/main/java/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/Plugins/LightweightChestProtection.java
index 7214010..47e1204 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/Plugins/LightweightChestProtection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/Plugins/LightweightChestProtection.java
@@ -7,11 +7,9 @@ import com.Acrobot.ChestShop.Events.Protection.ProtectionCheckEvent;
 import com.Acrobot.ChestShop.Events.ShopCreatedEvent;
 import com.Acrobot.ChestShop.Events.ShopDestroyedEvent;
 import com.Acrobot.ChestShop.Security;
-import com.Acrobot.ChestShop.UUIDs.NameManager;
 import com.griefcraft.lwc.LWC;
 import com.griefcraft.model.Protection;
 import com.griefcraft.scripting.event.LWCProtectionRegisterEvent;
-import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.block.Block;
 import org.bukkit.block.Chest;
 import org.bukkit.block.Sign;
@@ -115,7 +113,7 @@ public class LightweightChestProtection implements Listener {
             signProtection.remove();
         }
 
-        if (event.getChest() == null) {
+        if (event.getChest() == null || !Properties.REMOVE_LWC_PROTECTION_AUTOMATICALLY) {
             return;
         }