diff --git a/credentials/settings/base.py b/credentials/settings/base.py
index 7603b6e3d..69ac07955 100644
--- a/credentials/settings/base.py
+++ b/credentials/settings/base.py
@@ -543,6 +543,9 @@
 FAVICON_URL = "https://edx-cdn.org/v3/default/favicon.ico"
 LOGO_POWERED_BY_OPEN_EDX_URL = "https://edx-cdn.org/v3/prod/open-edx-tag.svg"
 
+# Badges settings
+BADGES_ENABLED = True
+
 # Event Bus Settings
 EVENT_BUS_PRODUCER = "edx_event_bus_redis.create_producer"
 EVENT_BUS_CONSUMER = "edx_event_bus_redis.RedisEventConsumer"
@@ -560,7 +563,7 @@
     # .. toggle_warning: The default may be changed in a later release.
     # .. toggle_use_cases: opt_in
     "org.openedx.learning.badge.awarded.v1": {
-        "learning-badges-lifecycle": {"event_key_field": "badge.uuid", "enabled": True},
+        "learning-badges-lifecycle": {"event_key_field": "badge.uuid", "enabled": BADGES_ENABLED},
     },
     # .. setting_name: EVENT_BUS_PRODUCER_CONFIG['org.openedx.learning.badge.revoked.v1']
     #    ['learning-badges-lifecycle']['enabled']
@@ -570,7 +573,7 @@
     # .. toggle_warning: The default may be changed in a later release.
     # .. toggle_use_cases: opt_in
     "org.openedx.learning.badge.revoked.v1": {
-        "learning-badges-lifecycle": {"event_key_field": "badge.uuid", "enabled": True},
+        "learning-badges-lifecycle": {"event_key_field": "badge.uuid", "enabled": BADGES_ENABLED},
     },
 }
 
@@ -600,7 +603,9 @@
         "org.openedx.learning.ccx.course.passing.status.updated.v1",
     ],
     "credly": {
+        "CREDLY_BASE_URL": "https://credly.com/",
         "CREDLY_API_BASE_URL": "https://api.credly.com/v1/",
+        "CREDLY_SANDBOX_BASE_URL": "https://sandbox.credly.com/",
         "CREDLY_SANDBOX_API_BASE_URL": "https://sandbox-api.credly.com/v1/",
         "USE_SANDBOX": False,
     },