diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/__init__.py b/xos/synchronizer/__init__.py
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+++ b/xos/synchronizer/__init__.py
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+from xos.config import Config
+
+try:
+    observer_disabled = Config().observer_disabled
+except:
+    observer_disabled = False
+
+def EnableObserver(x):
+    """ used for manage.py --noobserver """
+    global observer_disabled
+    observer_disabled = not x
+
+print_once = True
+
+def notify_observer(model=None, delete=False, pk=None, model_dict={}):
+    if (observer_disabled):
+        global print_once
+        if (print_once):
+            print "The observer is disabled"
+            print_once = False
+        return
+
+    try:
+        from .event_manager import EventSender
+        if (model and delete):
+            if hasattr(model,"__name__"):
+                modelName = model.__name__
+            else:
+                modelName = model.__class__.__name__
+            EventSender().fire(delete_flag = delete, model = modelName, pk = pk, model_dict=model_dict)
+        else:
+            EventSender().fire()
+    except Exception,e:
+        print "Exception in Observer. This should not disrupt the front end. %s"%str(e)
+
+