diff --git a/EDPlayerJournal/BGS/Parsers/PowerplayParser.cs b/EDPlayerJournal/BGS/Parsers/PowerplayParser.cs
index 2550628..a808f23 100644
--- a/EDPlayerJournal/BGS/Parsers/PowerplayParser.cs
+++ b/EDPlayerJournal/BGS/Parsers/PowerplayParser.cs
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ internal class PowerplayParser : ITransactionParserPart {
         context.CurrentMerits = p.Merits;
  
         if (context.LastMerits != context.CurrentMerits) {
-            transactions.Add(new MeritsGained(entry) {
-                Merits = ((long)(context.CurrentMerits - context.LastMerits)),
-                Power = p.Power,
-                System = context.CurrentSystem,
-                Faction = p.Power,
-            });
+            if (!options.IgnorePowerplay) {
+                transactions.Add(new MeritsGained(entry) {
+                    Merits = ((long)(context.CurrentMerits - context.LastMerits)),
+                    Power = p.Power,
+                    System = context.CurrentSystem,
+                    Faction = p.Power,
+                });
+            }
         }
 
         context.LastMerits = context.CurrentMerits;
diff --git a/EDPlayerJournal/BGS/TransactionParser.cs b/EDPlayerJournal/BGS/TransactionParser.cs
index e34240a..47f86d1 100644
--- a/EDPlayerJournal/BGS/TransactionParser.cs
+++ b/EDPlayerJournal/BGS/TransactionParser.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ public class TransactionParserOptions {
     /// </summary>
     public bool IgnoreInfluenceSupport { get; set; } = false;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Whether we ignore power play and merits gained for now. Support for this
+    /// is experimental at the moment, so that is why it ist `true`.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool IgnorePowerplay { get; set; } = true;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Whether to ignore market buy. Buying from a market gives a small amount
     /// of INF if it is sold to a high demand market, but generally one buys from