diff --git a/csdr/chain/multimon.py b/csdr/chain/multimon.py
index 778cdda7..5029c763 100644
--- a/csdr/chain/multimon.py
+++ b/csdr/chain/multimon.py
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ class MultimonDemodulator(ServiceDemodulator, DialFrequencyReceiver):
 
 
 class PageDemodulator(MultimonDemodulator):
-    def __init__(self, filtering: bool = False, service: bool = False):
+    def __init__(self, service: bool = False):
         super().__init__(
             ["FLEX", "POCSAG512", "POCSAG1200", "POCSAG2400"],
-            PageParser(filtering=filtering, service=service)
+            PageParser(service=service)
         )
 
 
diff --git a/owrx/config/defaults.py b/owrx/config/defaults.py
index 6b71ce02..089e0445 100644
--- a/owrx/config/defaults.py
+++ b/owrx/config/defaults.py
@@ -197,4 +197,5 @@ defaultConfig = PropertyLayer(
     # pskreporter_antenna_information=None,
     wsprnet_enabled=False,
     wsprnet_callsign="N0CALL",
+    paging_filter=True,
 ).readonly()
diff --git a/owrx/controllers/settings/decoding.py b/owrx/controllers/settings/decoding.py
index fb0e5424..beeee71f 100644
--- a/owrx/controllers/settings/decoding.py
+++ b/owrx/controllers/settings/decoding.py
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ class DecodingSettingsController(SettingsFormController):
                 "Digimodes",
                 NumberInput("digimodes_fft_size", "Digimodes FFT size", append="bins"),
             ),
+            Section(
+                "Paging",
+                CheckboxInput(
+                    "paging_filter",
+                    "Filter out empty, numeric, or unreadable pager messages",
+                ),
+            ),
             Section(
                 "Decoding settings",
                 NumberInput("decoding_queue_workers", "Number of decoding workers"),
@@ -87,5 +94,6 @@ class DecodingSettingsController(SettingsFormController):
                     [Option(v, "{}s".format(v)) for v in Fst4wProfile.availableIntervals],
                 ),
                 Q65ModeMatrix("q65_enabled_combinations", "Enabled Q65 Mode combinations"),
+
             ),
         ]
diff --git a/owrx/dsp.py b/owrx/dsp.py
index 7a351da0..da881a3b 100644
--- a/owrx/dsp.py
+++ b/owrx/dsp.py
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ class DspManager(SdrSourceEventClient, ClientDemodulatorSecondaryDspEventClient)
             return PocsagDemodulator()
         elif mod == "page":
             from csdr.chain.multimon import PageDemodulator
-            return PageDemodulator(filtering = True)
+            return PageDemodulator()
         elif mod == "selcall":
             from csdr.chain.multimon import SelCallDemodulator
             return SelCallDemodulator()
diff --git a/owrx/multimon.py b/owrx/multimon.py
index 1e82cdb3..c9c34707 100644
--- a/owrx/multimon.py
+++ b/owrx/multimon.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from owrx.storage import Storage
+from owrx.config import Config
 from csdr.module import ThreadModule
 from pycsdr.types import Format
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -145,9 +146,10 @@ class MultimonParser(ThreadModule):
 
 
 class PageParser(MultimonParser):
-    def __init__(self, filtering: bool = False, service: bool = False):
+    def __init__(self, service: bool = False):
         # When true, try filtering out unreadable messages
-        self.filtering = filtering
+        pm = Config.get()
+        self.filtering = "paging_filter" in pm and pm["paging_filter"]
         # Use these colors to mark messages by address
         self.colors = [
             "#FFFFFF", "#999999", "#FF9999", "#FFCC99", "#FFFF99", "#CCFF99",