diff --git a/app/controllers/bridges_controller.rb b/app/controllers/bridges_controller.rb
index e07564d..d540f13 100644
--- a/app/controllers/bridges_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/bridges_controller.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 class BridgesController < ApplicationController
   before_action :authorize_request
-  before_action :set_bridge, only: %i[show update destroy]
+  before_action :set_bridge, except: %i[index create]
 
   def index
     render_message message: { bridges: @current_user.bridges.all }
@@ -40,11 +40,28 @@ def destroy
     render_message
   end
 
+  def activate
+    if @bridge.update active: true
+      render_message
+    else
+      render_message status: :bad_request
+    end
+  end
+
+  def deactivate
+    if @bridge.update active: false
+      render_message
+    else
+      render_message status: :bad_request
+    end
+  end
+
   protected
 
   # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength
   def bridge_params
     params.require(:bridge).permit(
+      :active,
       :title,
       :method,
       :retries,
@@ -59,7 +76,11 @@ def bridge_params
   # rubocop:enable Metrics/MethodLength
 
   def set_bridge
-    @bridge = Bridge.includes(:events, :headers, :environment_variables).find_by(id: params[:id], user: @current_user)
+    @bridge = Bridge.includes(
+      :events,
+      :headers,
+      :environment_variables
+    ).find_by(id: (params[:id] || params[:bridge_id]), user_id: @current_user.id)
     render_message status: :unprocessable_entity unless @bridge
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 3982662..c198c71 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
   resource :user, except: %i[new edit]
-  resources :bridges
+  resources :bridges do
+    patch 'activate'
+    patch 'deactivate'
+  end
   resources :headers, :environment_variables, only: :destroy
 
   post 'login', to: 'sessions#create'
diff --git a/db/migrate/20201120084233_add_active_to_bridges.rb b/db/migrate/20201120084233_add_active_to_bridges.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5c3d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20201120084233_add_active_to_bridges.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddActiveToBridges < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.0]
+  def change
+    add_column :bridges, :active, :boolean, default: :true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 7ee69a3..2d049a0 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_11_12_094842) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_11_20_084233) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     t.datetime "created_at", precision: 6, null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", precision: 6, null: false
     t.bigint "user_id", null: false
+    t.boolean "active", default: true
     t.index ["inbound_url"], name: "index_bridges_on_inbound_url", unique: true
     t.index ["user_id"], name: "index_bridges_on_user_id"
   end
diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index bc30a3e..82842e1 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def test_url
   method: 'POST',
   retries: 5,
   delay: 15,
-  data: { payload: {}, test_payload: {} }
+  data: { payload: '{}', test_payload: '{}' }
 )
 
 bridge.environment_variables << EnvironmentVariable.create(key: 'database', value: 'a102345ij2')
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def test_url
   method: 'PATCH',
   retries: 0,
   delay: 0,
-  data: { payload: {}, test_payload: {} }
+  data: { payload: '{}', test_payload: '{}' }
 )
 
 bridge2.environment_variables << EnvironmentVariable.create(key: 'database', value: 'z9992374623')