diff --git a/src/common/constants.ts b/src/common/constants.ts
index e33f333..7ec36c8 100644
--- a/src/common/constants.ts
+++ b/src/common/constants.ts
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ export const EXTENSION_ROOT_DIR =
 export const BUNDLED_PYTHON_SCRIPTS_DIR = path.join(EXTENSION_ROOT_DIR, 'bundled');
 export const SERVER_SCRIPT_PATH = path.join(BUNDLED_PYTHON_SCRIPTS_DIR, 'tool', `lsp_server.py`);
 export const DEBUG_SERVER_SCRIPT_PATH = path.join(BUNDLED_PYTHON_SCRIPTS_DIR, 'tool', `_debug_server.py`);
+export const LS_SERVER_RESTART_DELAY = 1000; // Delay before restarting the LS in case of multiple configuration change events.
diff --git a/src/common/server.ts b/src/common/server.ts
index 89fcc8f..fb5bf3d 100644
--- a/src/common/server.ts
+++ b/src/common/server.ts
@@ -86,10 +86,14 @@ export async function restartServer(
 ): Promise<LanguageClient | undefined> {
     if (lsClient) {
         traceInfo(`Server: Stop requested`);
-        await lsClient.stop();
-        _disposables.forEach((d) => d.dispose());
-        _disposables = [];
+        try {
+            await lsClient.stop();
+        } catch (ex) {
+            traceError(`Server: Stop failed: ${ex}`);
+        }
     }
+    _disposables.forEach((d) => d.dispose());
+    _disposables = [];
     const projectRoot = await getProjectRoot();
     const workspaceSetting = await getWorkspaceSettings(serverId, projectRoot, true);
 
diff --git a/src/common/settings.ts b/src/common/settings.ts
index 8aaf9e5..0259aff 100644
--- a/src/common/settings.ts
+++ b/src/common/settings.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,13 @@ export function checkIfConfigurationChanged(e: ConfigurationChangeEvent, namespa
         `${namespace}.interpreter`,
         `${namespace}.importStrategy`,
         `${namespace}.showNotifications`,
+        `${namespace}.serverEnabled`,
     ];
     const changed = settings.map((s) => e.affectsConfiguration(s));
     return changed.includes(true);
 }
+
+export function getServerEnabled(namespace: string): boolean {
+    const config = getConfiguration(namespace);
+    return config.get<boolean>('serverEnabled', true);
+}
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 0bdf62e..3305b7e 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@ import {
     resolveInterpreter,
 } from './common/python';
 import { restartServer } from './common/server';
-import { checkIfConfigurationChanged, getInterpreterFromSetting } from './common/settings';
+import { checkIfConfigurationChanged, getInterpreterFromSetting, getServerEnabled } from './common/settings';
 import { loadServerDefaults } from './common/setup';
+import { LS_SERVER_RESTART_DELAY } from './common/constants';
 import { getLSClientTraceLevel } from './common/utilities';
 import { createOutputChannel, onDidChangeConfiguration, registerCommand } from './common/vscodeapi';
 
 let lsClient: LanguageClient | undefined;
+let isRestarting = false;
+let restartTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;
 export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): Promise<void> {
     // This is required to get server name and module. This should be
     // the first thing that we do in this extension.
@@ -49,28 +52,52 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): Promise<void>
     traceVerbose(`Full Server Info: ${JSON.stringify(serverInfo)}`);
 
     const runServer = async () => {
-        const interpreter = getInterpreterFromSetting(serverId);
-        if (interpreter && interpreter.length > 0) {
-            if (checkVersion(await resolveInterpreter(interpreter))) {
-                traceVerbose(`Using interpreter from ${serverInfo.module}.interpreter: ${interpreter.join(' ')}`);
-                lsClient = await restartServer(serverId, serverName, outputChannel, lsClient);
+        if (isRestarting) {
+            if (restartTimer) {
+                clearTimeout(restartTimer);
             }
+            restartTimer = setTimeout(runServer, LS_SERVER_RESTART_DELAY);
             return;
         }
+        isRestarting = true;
+        try {
+            if (!getServerEnabled(serverId)) {
+                if (lsClient) {
+                    try {
+                        await lsClient.stop();
+                    } catch (ex) {
+                        traceError(`Server: Stop failed: ${ex}`);
+                    }
+                    lsClient = undefined;
+                }
+                return;
+            }
 
-        const interpreterDetails = await getInterpreterDetails();
-        if (interpreterDetails.path) {
-            traceVerbose(`Using interpreter from Python extension: ${interpreterDetails.path.join(' ')}`);
-            lsClient = await restartServer(serverId, serverName, outputChannel, lsClient);
-            return;
-        }
+            const interpreter = getInterpreterFromSetting(serverId);
+            if (interpreter && interpreter.length > 0) {
+                if (checkVersion(await resolveInterpreter(interpreter))) {
+                    traceVerbose(`Using interpreter from ${serverInfo.module}.interpreter: ${interpreter.join(' ')}`);
+                    lsClient = await restartServer(serverId, serverName, outputChannel, lsClient);
+                }
+                return;
+            }
 
-        traceError(
-            'Python interpreter missing:\r\n' +
-                '[Option 1] Select python interpreter using the ms-python.python.\r\n' +
-                `[Option 2] Set an interpreter using "${serverId}.interpreter" setting.\r\n` +
-                'Please use Python 3.8 or greater.',
-        );
+            const interpreterDetails = await getInterpreterDetails();
+            if (interpreterDetails.path) {
+                traceVerbose(`Using interpreter from Python extension: ${interpreterDetails.path.join(' ')}`);
+                lsClient = await restartServer(serverId, serverName, outputChannel, lsClient);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            traceError(
+                'Python interpreter missing:\r\n' +
+                    '[Option 1] Select python interpreter using the ms-python.python.\r\n' +
+                    `[Option 2] Set an interpreter using "${serverId}.interpreter" setting.\r\n` +
+                    'Please use Python 3.8 or greater.',
+            );
+        } finally {
+            isRestarting = false;
+        }
     };
 
     context.subscriptions.push(
@@ -101,6 +128,10 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): Promise<void>
 
 export async function deactivate(): Promise<void> {
     if (lsClient) {
-        await lsClient.stop();
+        try {
+            await lsClient.stop();
+        } catch (ex) {
+            traceError(`Server: Stop failed: ${ex}`);
+        }
     }
 }