diff --git a/mission/controller/acs/AcsParameters.h b/mission/controller/acs/AcsParameters.h
index a9c9ab5d..f62928a0 100644
--- a/mission/controller/acs/AcsParameters.h
+++ b/mission/controller/acs/AcsParameters.h
@@ -910,6 +910,7 @@ class AcsParameters : public HasParametersIF {
   struct StrParameters {
     double exclusionAngle = 20 * M_PI / 180;
     double boresightAxis[3] = {0.7593, 0.0000, -0.6508};  // geometry frame
+    uint8_t useStrForRotRate = true;
   } strParameters;
 
   struct GpsParameters {
diff --git a/mission/controller/acs/FusedRotationEstimation.cpp b/mission/controller/acs/FusedRotationEstimation.cpp
index 1b2df526..cf91b951 100644
--- a/mission/controller/acs/FusedRotationEstimation.cpp
+++ b/mission/controller/acs/FusedRotationEstimation.cpp
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ void FusedRotationEstimation::estimateFusedRotationRate(
     acsctrl::SusDataProcessed *susDataProcessed, acsctrl::MgmDataProcessed *mgmDataProcessed,
     acsctrl::GyrDataProcessed *gyrDataProcessed, ACS::SensorValues *sensorValues,
     const double timeDelta, acsctrl::FusedRotRateData *fusedRotRateData) {
-  if (sensorValues->strSet.caliQw.isValid() and sensorValues->strSet.caliQx.isValid() and
-      sensorValues->strSet.caliQy.isValid() and sensorValues->strSet.caliQz.isValid()) {
+  if (acsParameters->strParameters.useStrForRotRate and
+      (sensorValues->strSet.caliQw.isValid() and sensorValues->strSet.caliQx.isValid() and
+       sensorValues->strSet.caliQy.isValid() and sensorValues->strSet.caliQz.isValid())) {
     double quatNew[4] = {sensorValues->strSet.caliQx.value, sensorValues->strSet.caliQy.value,
                          sensorValues->strSet.caliQz.value, sensorValues->strSet.caliQw.value};
     if (VectorOperations<double>::norm(quatOld, 4) != 0 and timeDelta != 0) {