diff --git a/src/include/datastorage.h b/src/include/datastorage.h
index 86c1e73..6d7a6fd 100644
--- a/src/include/datastorage.h
+++ b/src/include/datastorage.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ struct probe_metric_s {
     int max_chan_util_val;
     int min_probe_count;
     int bandwith_threshold;
+    int use_station_count;
 };
 
 struct time_config_s {
diff --git a/src/storage/datastorage.c b/src/storage/datastorage.c
index 458a3e3..a07eae8 100644
--- a/src/storage/datastorage.c
+++ b/src/storage/datastorage.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int better_ap_available(uint8_t bssid_addr[], uint8_t client_addr[], int automat
         {
             return 1;
         }
-        if (!mac_is_equal(bssid_addr, probe_array[k].bssid_addr) &&
+        if ( dawn_metric.use_station_count && !mac_is_equal(bssid_addr, probe_array[k].bssid_addr) &&
                 own_score == eval_probe_metric(probe_array[k]))
         {
             // if ap have same value but station count is different...
diff --git a/src/utils/dawn_uci.c b/src/utils/dawn_uci.c
index 9ca9938..05401a6 100644
--- a/src/utils/dawn_uci.c
+++ b/src/utils/dawn_uci.c
@@ -209,6 +209,14 @@ struct probe_metric_s uci_get_dawn_metric() {
     if (ptr.o->type == UCI_TYPE_STRING)
         ret.bandwith_threshold = atoi(ptr.o->v.string);
 
+    char tmp_use_station_count[] = "dawn.metric.use_station_count";
+    if (uci_lookup_ptr(c, &ptr, tmp_use_station_count, 1) != UCI_OK) {
+        uci_perror(c, "uci_get_daw_metric Error");
+        return ret;
+    }
+    if (ptr.o->type == UCI_TYPE_STRING)
+        ret.use_station_count = atoi(ptr.o->v.string);
+
     printf("Loaded metric: %d\n", ret.min_probe_count);
 
     uci_free_context(c);