diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index 7ff383e36..57bd1ea7b 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *.md
 **/build/*
 docs/web/static/python_api/*
+wrap_crowd_source.js
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mephisto/abstractions/blueprints/static_html_task/source/dev/app.jsx b/mephisto/abstractions/blueprints/static_html_task/source/dev/app.jsx
index f6acd4cb9..64a65630b 100644
--- a/mephisto/abstractions/blueprints/static_html_task/source/dev/app.jsx
+++ b/mephisto/abstractions/blueprints/static_html_task/source/dev/app.jsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import React from "react";
 import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
 import { Button } from "react-bootstrap";
 import { useMephistoTask, postData } from "mephisto-task";
+import { useMephistoGlobalConfig } from "./hooks";
 const axios = require("axios");
 
 /* global
@@ -110,6 +111,14 @@ function MainApp() {
 
 function SubmitFrame({ children, onSubmit, currentTask }) {
   const [submitting, setSubmitting] = React.useState(false);
+  const [
+    isSubmitButtonHidden,
+    setIsSubmitButtonHidden,
+  ] = useMephistoGlobalConfig(
+    "HIDE_SUBMIT_BUTTON",
+    false,
+    (val) => typeof val === "boolean"
+  );
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     // Reset submitting when switching from onboarding
@@ -133,13 +142,20 @@ function SubmitFrame({ children, onSubmit, currentTask }) {
         {children}
         <div>
           <div style={{ display: "flex", justifyContent: "center" }}>
-            <Button type="submit" disabled={submitting} data-cy="submit-button">
-              <span
-                style={{ marginRight: 5 }}
-                className="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"
-              />
-              {submitting ? "Submitting..." : "Submit"}
-            </Button>
+            {!isSubmitButtonHidden && (
+              <Button
+                id="html-task-submit-button"
+                type="submit"
+                disabled={submitting}
+                data-cy="submit-button"
+              >
+                <span
+                  style={{ marginRight: 5 }}
+                  className="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"
+                />
+                {submitting ? "Submitting..." : "Submit"}
+              </Button>
+            )}
           </div>
         </div>
       </form>
diff --git a/mephisto/abstractions/blueprints/static_html_task/source/dev/hooks.js b/mephisto/abstractions/blueprints/static_html_task/source/dev/hooks.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff335a324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mephisto/abstractions/blueprints/static_html_task/source/dev/hooks.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { useState, useCallback, useEffect } from "react";
+
+/**
+ * This hook is to be used with events that are supposed to update state when they are consumed.
+ * @param {string} configName
+ * @param {any} defaultValue
+ * @param {function} validatorFunction
+ * @returns [any any]
+ */
+export function useMephistoGlobalConfig(
+  configName,
+  defaultValue,
+  validatorFunction
+) {
+  const [configState, setConfigState] = useState(defaultValue ?? false);
+
+  const handleEvent = useCallback(
+    (eventValue) => {
+      if (validatorFunction) {
+        if (validatorFunction(eventValue)) {
+          setConfigState(eventValue);
+        }
+      } else setConfigState(eventValue);
+    },
+    [setConfigState]
+  );
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_.EVENT_EMITTER.on(configName, handleEvent);
+  }, [setConfigState]);
+
+  return [configState, setConfigState];
+}
diff --git a/mephisto/abstractions/providers/mock/wrap_crowd_source.js b/mephisto/abstractions/providers/mock/wrap_crowd_source.js
index 58b978559..3bade928b 100644
--- a/mephisto/abstractions/providers/mock/wrap_crowd_source.js
+++ b/mephisto/abstractions/providers/mock/wrap_crowd_source.js
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ Returning None for the assignment_id means that the task is being
 previewed by the given worker.
 \------------------------------------------*/
 
+// The following is the nanoevents npm library (https://github.com/ai/nanoevents/blob/main/index.js) manually processed as such:
+// 1. transpiled to support more browser targets using the Babel transpiler (https://babeljs.io/repl#?browsers=defaults&build=&builtIns=false&corejs=false&spec=false&loose=false), and
+// 2. minified using a JS minifier (https://www.toptal.com/developers/javascript-minifier)
+var eventEmitter=function(){return{events:{},emit:function(f){for(var b=this.events[f]||[],c=arguments.length,e=new Array(c>1?c-1:0),a=1;a<c;a++)e[a-1]=arguments[a];for(var d=0,g=b.length;d<g;d++)b[d].apply(b,e)},on:function(b,c){var a,d=this;return(null===(a=this.events[b])|| void 0===a?void 0:a.push(c))||(this.events[b]=[c]),function(){var a;d.events[b]=null===(a=d.events[b])|| void 0===a?void 0:a.filter(function(a){return c!==a})}}}}
+
 // MOCK IMPLEMENTATION
 function getWorkerName() {
   // Mock worker name is passed via url params
@@ -45,8 +50,23 @@ function handleSubmitToProvider(task_data) {
   return true;
 }
 
-/* === UI error handling code ======= */
+const events = eventEmitter();
+
 window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_ = window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_ || {};
+window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_.EVENT_EMITTER = events;
+
+window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_.get = (property) => {
+  if (!(property in window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_))
+    throw new Error(`${property} does not exist in window.MEPHISTO_CONFIG`);
+  else return window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_[property];
+};
+
+window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_.set = (property, value) => {
+  window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_[property] = value;
+  events.emit(property, value);
+};
+
+/* === UI error handling code ======= */
 window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_.AUTO_SUBMIT_ERRORS = false;
 window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_.ADD_ERROR_HANDLING = false;
 window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_.ERROR_REPORT_TO_EMAIL = null;
diff --git a/mephisto/abstractions/providers/mturk/wrap_crowd_source.js b/mephisto/abstractions/providers/mturk/wrap_crowd_source.js
index ed5dc7355..d953f1cd4 100644
--- a/mephisto/abstractions/providers/mturk/wrap_crowd_source.js
+++ b/mephisto/abstractions/providers/mturk/wrap_crowd_source.js
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ Returning None for the assignment_id means that the task is being
 previewed by the given worker.
 \------------------------------------------*/
 
+// The following is the nanoevents npm library (https://github.com/ai/nanoevents/blob/main/index.js) manually processed as such:
+// 1. transpiled to support more browser targets using the Babel transpiler (https://babeljs.io/repl#?browsers=defaults&build=&builtIns=false&corejs=false&spec=false&loose=false), and
+// 2. minified using a JS minifier (https://www.toptal.com/developers/javascript-minifier)
+var eventEmitter=function(){return{events:{},emit:function(f){for(var b=this.events[f]||[],c=arguments.length,e=new Array(c>1?c-1:0),a=1;a<c;a++)e[a-1]=arguments[a];for(var d=0,g=b.length;d<g;d++)b[d].apply(b,e)},on:function(b,c){var a,d=this;return(null===(a=this.events[b])|| void 0===a?void 0:a.push(c))||(this.events[b]=[c]),function(){var a;d.events[b]=null===(a=d.events[b])|| void 0===a?void 0:a.filter(function(a){return c!==a})}}}}
+
 function getWorkerName() {
   // MTurk worker name is passed via url params
   let urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
@@ -64,8 +69,21 @@ function handleSubmitToProvider(task_data) {
   HTMLFormElement.prototype.submit.call(form);
 }
 
-/* === UI error handling code ======= */
 window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_ = window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_ || {};
+window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_.EVENT_EMITTER = events;
+
+window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_.get = (property) => {
+  if (!(property in window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_))
+    throw new Error(`${property} does not exist in window.MEPHISTO_CONFIG`);
+  else return window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_[property];
+};
+
+window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_.set = (property, value) => {
+  window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_[property] = value;
+  events.emit(property, value);
+};
+
+/* === UI error handling code ======= */
 window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_.AUTO_SUBMIT_ERRORS = false;
 window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_.ADD_ERROR_HANDLING = false;
 window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_.ERROR_REPORT_TO_EMAIL = null;
@@ -73,6 +91,7 @@ window._MEPHISTO_CONFIG_.ERROR_REPORT_TO_EMAIL = null;
 let numErrorsCaught = 0;
 let numErrorsReported = 0;
 let userDisabledErrorPrompts = false;
+
 // Adding event listener instead of using window.onerror prevents the error to be caught twice
 window.addEventListener("error", function (event) {
   if (event.error.hasBeenCaught === true) {