diff --git a/benchmark/BMConfig.ts b/benchmark/BMConfig.ts
index e5c24c6a..57c2940c 100644
--- a/benchmark/BMConfig.ts
+++ b/benchmark/BMConfig.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,28 @@
 /* tslint:disable:no-inferrable-types */
 import * as path from 'path';
 import {ConfigClass, ConfigClassBuilder} from 'typeconfig/node';
-import {ConfigProperty} from 'typeconfig/common';
+import {ConfigProperty, SubConfigClass} from 'typeconfig/common';
+import {JobTrigger, JobTriggerType} from '../src/common/entities/job/JobScheduleDTO';
+import {ServerVideoConfig} from '../src/common/config/private/PrivateConfig';
 
 
+
+@SubConfigClass()
+export class BenchmarksConfig  {
+  @ConfigProperty()
+  bmScanDirectory: boolean = true;
+  @ConfigProperty()
+  bmSaveDirectory: boolean = true;
+  @ConfigProperty()
+  bmListDirectory: boolean = true;
+  @ConfigProperty()
+  bmListPersons: boolean = true;
+  @ConfigProperty()
+  bmAllSearch: boolean = true;
+  @ConfigProperty()
+  bmAutocomplete: boolean = true;
+}
+
 @ConfigClass({
   configPath: path.join(__dirname, './../bm_config.json'),
   saveIfNotExist: true,
@@ -34,6 +53,8 @@ export class PrivateConfigClass {
   system: string = '';
   @ConfigProperty({description: 'Number of times to run the benchmark'})
   RUNS: number = 50;
+  @ConfigProperty({description: 'Enables / disables benchmarks'})
+  Benchmarks: BenchmarksConfig = new BenchmarksConfig();
 
 
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/Benchmark.ts b/benchmark/Benchmark.ts
index a4ccfdd5..2c2000ca 100644
--- a/benchmark/Benchmark.ts
+++ b/benchmark/Benchmark.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {ContentWrapper} from '../src/common/entities/ConentWrapper';
 import {Express, NextFunction} from 'express';
 import {Utils} from '../src/common/Utils';
 import {Message} from '../src/common/entities/Message';
+import {ActiveExperiments, Experiments} from './Experiments';
 
 export interface BenchmarkStep {
   name: string;
@@ -79,7 +80,20 @@ export class Benchmark {
     return (this.bmExpressApp as unknown) as Express;
   }
 
-  async run(RUNS: number): Promise<BenchmarkResult> {
+  async run(RUNS: number): Promise<BenchmarkResult[]> {
+    const ret = [await this.runAnExperiment(RUNS)];
+    for (const exp of Object.values(Experiments)) {
+      for (const group of Object.values(exp.groups)) {
+        ActiveExperiments[exp.name] = group;
+        ret.push(await this.runAnExperiment(RUNS));
+        ret[ret.length - 1].experiment = exp.name + '=' + group;
+      }
+      delete ActiveExperiments[exp.name];
+    }
+    return ret;
+  }
+
+  async runAnExperiment(RUNS: number): Promise<BenchmarkResult> {
     console.log('Running benchmark: ' + this.name);
     const scanned = await this.scanSteps();
     const start = process.hrtime();
diff --git a/benchmark/BenchmarkRunner.ts b/benchmark/BenchmarkRunner.ts
index 85056ede..e89e7813 100644
--- a/benchmark/BenchmarkRunner.ts
+++ b/benchmark/BenchmarkRunner.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {QueryKeywords, SearchQueryParser} from '../src/common/SearchQueryParser'
 
 export interface BenchmarkResult {
   name: string;
+  experiment?: string;
   duration: number;
   contentWrapper?: ContentWrapper;
   items?: number;
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ export class BenchmarkRunner {
     Config.Client.authenticationRequired = false;
   }
 
-  async bmSaveDirectory(): Promise<BenchmarkResult> {
+  async bmSaveDirectory(): Promise<BenchmarkResult[]> {
     await this.init();
     await this.resetDB();
     const dir = await DiskMangerWorker.scanDirectory(this.biggestDirPath);
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ export class BenchmarkRunner {
     return await bm.run(this.RUNS);
   }
 
-  async bmScanDirectory(): Promise<BenchmarkResult> {
+  async bmScanDirectory(): Promise<BenchmarkResult[]> {
     await this.init();
     const bm = new Benchmark('Scanning directory');
     bm.addAStep({
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ export class BenchmarkRunner {
     return await bm.run(this.RUNS);
   }
 
-  async bmListDirectory(): Promise<BenchmarkResult> {
+  async bmListDirectory(): Promise<BenchmarkResult[]> {
     Config.Server.Indexing.reIndexingSensitivity = ReIndexingSensitivity.low;
     await this.init();
     await this.setupDB();
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ export class BenchmarkRunner {
     return await bm.run(this.RUNS);
   }
 
-  async bmListPersons(): Promise<BenchmarkResult> {
+  async bmListPersons(): Promise<BenchmarkResult[]> {
     await this.setupDB();
     Config.Server.Indexing.reIndexingSensitivity = ReIndexingSensitivity.low;
     const bm = new Benchmark('Listing Faces', Utils.clone(this.requestTemplate), async (): Promise<void> => {
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ export class BenchmarkRunner {
     return await bm.run(this.RUNS);
   }
 
-  async bmAllSearch(): Promise<{ result: BenchmarkResult, searchQuery: SearchQueryDTO }[]> {
+  async bmAllSearch(): Promise<{ result: BenchmarkResult[], searchQuery: SearchQueryDTO }[]> {
     await this.setupDB();
 
     const queryKeywords: QueryKeywords = {
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ export class BenchmarkRunner {
         } as SomeOfSearchQuery, description: '<Contain at least 2 out of all names>'
       });
     }
-    const results: { result: BenchmarkResult, searchQuery: SearchQueryDTO }[] = [];
+    const results: { result: BenchmarkResult[], searchQuery: SearchQueryDTO }[] = [];
 
     for (const entry of queries) {
       const req = Utils.clone(this.requestTemplate);
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ export class BenchmarkRunner {
   }
 
 
-  async bmAutocomplete(text: string): Promise<BenchmarkResult> {
+  async bmAutocomplete(text: string): Promise<BenchmarkResult[]> {
     await this.setupDB();
     const req = Utils.clone(this.requestTemplate);
     req.params.text = text;
diff --git a/benchmark/Experiments.ts b/benchmark/Experiments.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb5e9a70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/Experiments.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export const Experiments = {
+  loadPhotoMetadata: {
+    name: 'loadPhotoMetadata',
+    groups: {
+      exifr: 'exifr', exifrAll: 'exifrAll', exifrSelected: 'exifrSelected', exifreader: 'exifreader', exiftool: 'exiftool'
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+export const ActiveExperiments: { [key: string]: string } = {};
diff --git a/benchmark/index.ts b/benchmark/index.ts
index 324dd32a..7bbaaf13 100644
--- a/benchmark/index.ts
+++ b/benchmark/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {BMConfig} from './BMConfig';
 
 
 Config.Server.Media.folder = BMConfig.path;
+Config.Server.Database.dbFolder = 'db/bm_db';
 ProjectPath.reset();
 const RUNS = BMConfig.RUNS;
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ const printTableHeader = () => {
   printLine('| Action | Sub action | Average Duration | Result  |');
   printLine('|:------:|:----------:|:----------------:|:-------:|');
 };
-const printResult = (result: BenchmarkResult, isSubResult = false) => {
+const printExperimentResult = (result: BenchmarkResult, isSubResult = false) => {
   console.log('benchmarked: ' + result.name);
   let details = '-';
   if (result.items) {
@@ -51,15 +52,22 @@ const printResult = (result: BenchmarkResult, isSubResult = false) => {
   if (isSubResult) {
     printLine('| | ' + result.name + ' | ' + (result.duration).toFixed(1) + ' ms | ' + details + ' |');
   } else {
-    printLine('| **' + result.name + '** | | **' + (result.duration).toFixed(1) + ' ms** | **' + details + '** |');
+    printLine('| **' + (result.experiment ? '`[' + result.experiment + ']`' : '') + result.name + '** | | **' + (result.duration).toFixed(1) + ' ms** | **' + details + '** |');
   }
   if (result.subBenchmarks && result.subBenchmarks.length > 1) {
     for (const item of result.subBenchmarks) {
-      printResult(item, true);
+      printExperimentResult(item, true);
     }
   }
 };
 
+
+const printResult = (results: BenchmarkResult[]) => {
+  for (const result of results) {
+    printExperimentResult(result);
+  }
+};
+
 const run = async () => {
   console.log('Running, RUNS:' + RUNS);
   const start = Date.now();
@@ -68,13 +76,28 @@ const run = async () => {
   // header
   await printHeader(await bm.getStatistic());
   printTableHeader();
+  if (BMConfig.Benchmarks.bmScanDirectory) {
+    printResult(await bm.bmScanDirectory());
+  }
+  if (BMConfig.Benchmarks.bmSaveDirectory) {
+    printResult(await bm.bmSaveDirectory());
+  }
 
-  printResult(await bm.bmScanDirectory());
-  printResult(await bm.bmSaveDirectory());
-  printResult(await bm.bmListDirectory());
-  printResult(await bm.bmListPersons());
-  (await bm.bmAllSearch()).forEach(res => printResult(res.result));
-  printResult(await bm.bmAutocomplete('a'));
+  if (BMConfig.Benchmarks.bmListDirectory) {
+    printResult(await bm.bmListDirectory());
+  }
+
+  if (BMConfig.Benchmarks.bmListPersons) {
+    printResult(await bm.bmListPersons());
+  }
+
+  if (BMConfig.Benchmarks.bmAllSearch) {
+    (await bm.bmAllSearch()).forEach(res => printResult(res.result));
+  }
+
+  if (BMConfig.Benchmarks.bmAutocomplete) {
+    printResult(await bm.bmAutocomplete('a'));
+  }
   printLine('*Measurements run ' + RUNS + ' times and an average was calculated.');
   console.log(resultsText);
   console.log('run for : ' + ((Date.now() - start)).toFixed(1) + 'ms');