diff --git a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/etc/InstanceProfile.js b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/etc/InstanceProfile.js
index ee60632ee6d7e2154b6757b5ed0fe9c281b4ec1d..c30511b0e86d6f278bc474877cc16627cec934cc 100644
--- a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/etc/InstanceProfile.js
+++ b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/etc/InstanceProfile.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ $.extend(InstanceProfile.prototype, StandardProfile.prototype, {
 //		this.singleSignOnLinkLabel = "Login with SWITCHaai";
 // END ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK (sso)
 		this.hideSectionsByDefault = true;
+        this.showSemanticAnnotations = true;
         this.minBarcodeLength = 10;
         this.barcodePattern = /^[-a-z0-9]+$/i
         this.docuBaseUrl = "https://unlimited.ethz.ch/display/openBISDoc2010";
diff --git a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/SettingsManager.js b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/SettingsManager.js
index c17f5213636e90fb5d43793cce6eef1e4bfa337d..0926b446573c0f67b21b79941b052d34b1f2c699 100644
--- a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/SettingsManager.js
+++ b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/SettingsManager.js
@@ -236,11 +236,11 @@ function SettingsManager(serverFacade) {
      	    }
 
              // Miscellaneous
-             var miscellaneousFields = ["hideSectionsByDefault", "showDatasetArchivingButton"]
+             var miscellaneousFields = ["hideSectionsByDefault", "showSemanticAnnotations", "showDatasetArchivingButton"]
              for(var miscellaneousField of miscellaneousFields) {
                 if(isMergeGroup && targetProfile[miscellaneousField] != undefined) { // Merge found values
                     targetProfile[miscellaneousField] = targetProfile[miscellaneousField] || settings[miscellaneousField];
-                } else { // Replaces or sets value
+                } else if (settings[miscellaneousField] != undefined) { // Replaces or sets value
      	            targetProfile[miscellaneousField] = settings[miscellaneousField];
      	        }
      	    }
diff --git a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/server/ServerFacade.js b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/server/ServerFacade.js
index 32377af9d1e94506ff33702da6dbc8469af552b0..ce5999ac69abb1394cac8a457a7f3df3e628b9ee 100644
--- a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/server/ServerFacade.js
+++ b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/server/ServerFacade.js
@@ -2754,7 +2754,7 @@ function ServerFacade(openbisServer) {
             var fetchOptions = new SampleFetchOptions();
             fetchOptions.withSpace();
             fetchOptions.withType();
-            if (fechOptions["withSemanticAnnotations"]) {
+            if (fechOptions["withSemanticAnnotations"] && profile.showSemanticAnnotations != false) {
                 fetchOptions.withType().withSemanticAnnotations();
                 fetchOptions.withType().withPropertyAssignments().withSemanticAnnotations();
                 fetchOptions.withType().withPropertyAssignments().withPropertyType().withSemanticAnnotations();
diff --git a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SampleForm/SampleFormView.js b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SampleForm/SampleFormView.js
index 8cbea659f91e3109b39ca4d9ec362dbcd6d480d2..e7a9d22e87d6731c983a3bebf32cf6608d820a33 100644
--- a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SampleForm/SampleFormView.js
+++ b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SampleForm/SampleFormView.js
@@ -675,11 +675,14 @@ function SampleFormView(sampleFormController, sampleFormModel) {
 			$legend.remove();
 		}
 
+		var showSemanticAnnotations = profile.showSemanticAnnotations;
 		var propertyGroupPropertiesOnForm = 0;
 		for(var j = 0; j < propertyTypeGroup.propertyTypes.length; j++) {
 		    var propertyType = propertyTypeGroup.propertyTypes[j];
 			var propertyTypeV3 = profile.getPropertyTypeFromSampleTypeV3(this._sampleFormModel.sampleType, propertyType.code);
-            var semanticAnnotations = this._renderPropertyTypeSemanticAnnotations(this._sampleFormModel.sample.propertyTypesSemanticAnnotations[propertyTypeV3.code]);
+            if (this._sampleFormModel.sample.propertyTypesSemanticAnnotations) {
+                var semanticAnnotations = this._renderPropertyTypeSemanticAnnotations(this._sampleFormModel.sample.propertyTypesSemanticAnnotations[propertyTypeV3.code]);
+            }
 			FormUtil.fixStringPropertiesForForm(propertyTypeV3, this._sampleFormModel.sample);
 			if(!propertyType.showInEditViews && (this._sampleFormModel.mode === FormMode.EDIT || this._sampleFormModel.mode === FormMode.CREATE) && propertyType.code !== "$XMLCOMMENTS") { //Skip
 				continue;
diff --git a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormController.js b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormController.js
index c206fd160ac60faa16721dc6ca20fb9c9391aa1a..46323c4f285f9bb58dfcab1a26dee5bedef88b5c 100644
--- a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormController.js
+++ b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormController.js
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ function SettingsFormController(mainController, settingsSample, mode) {
                 newProfile["inventorySpacesReadOnly"] = profile.inventorySpacesReadOnlyPostFixes;
                 profileToEdit = newProfile;
             }
+            if (!("showSemanticAnnotations" in profileToEdit)) {
+                profileToEdit["showSemanticAnnotations"] = profile.showSemanticAnnotations;
+            }
 
             require(["as/dto/sample/id/SampleIdentifier"], function(SampleIdentifier) {
 				var sampId = new SampleIdentifier(settingsSample.identifier);
diff --git a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormView.js b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormView.js
index 562ecd9ad41772d75ec95cda8fa9e90bd8feaddf..69d51b36cad138563190f06f6cc08856f2b8cfd9 100644
--- a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormView.js
+++ b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormView.js
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ function SettingsFormView(settingsFormController, settingsFormModel) {
             mainMenu : this._mainMenuItemsTableModel.getValues(),
             sampleTypeDefinitionsExtension : this._getSampleTypeDefinitionsExtension(),
             showDatasetArchivingButton : this._miscellaneousTableModel.getValues()["Show Dataset archiving button"],
+            showSemanticAnnotations : this._miscellaneousTableModel.getValues()["Show Semantic Annotations"],
             hideSectionsByDefault : this._miscellaneousTableModel.getValues()["Hide sections by default"],
             inventorySpaces : this._inventorySpacesTableModel.getValues(),
             inventorySpacesReadOnly : this._inventorySpacesReadOnlyTableModel.getValues()
@@ -556,6 +557,10 @@ function SettingsFormView(settingsFormController, settingsFormModel) {
 			label : "Show Dataset archiving button",
 			enabled : this._profileToEdit.showDatasetArchivingButton
 		});
+        tableModel.addRow({
+            label : "Show Semantic Annotations",
+            enabled : this._profileToEdit.showSemanticAnnotations
+        });
 		tableModel.addRow({
 			label : "Hide sections by default",
 			enabled : this._profileToEdit.hideSectionsByDefault