diff --git a/lib/site_setting_extension.rb b/lib/site_setting_extension.rb
index 703e7e9fd3b..7701e89cfc3 100644
--- a/lib/site_setting_extension.rb
+++ b/lib/site_setting_extension.rb
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ module SiteSettingExtension
 
   def setting(name_arg, default = nil, opts = {})
     name = name_arg.to_sym
+
+    shadowed_val = nil
+
     mutex.synchronize do
       defaults.load_setting(
         name,
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ module SiteSettingExtension
         val = GlobalSetting.send(name)
 
         unless val.nil? || (val == ''.freeze)
+          shadowed_val = val
           hidden_settings << name
           shadowed_settings << name
         end
@@ -104,7 +108,11 @@ module SiteSettingExtension
         opts.extract!(*SiteSettings::TypeSupervisor::CONSUMED_OPTS)
       )
 
-      setup_methods(name)
+      if !shadowed_val.nil?
+        setup_shadowed_methods(name, shadowed_val)
+      else
+        setup_methods(name)
+      end
     end
   end
 
@@ -291,6 +299,24 @@ module SiteSettingExtension
     [changes, deletions]
   end
 
+  def setup_shadowed_methods(name, value)
+    clean_name = name.to_s.sub("?", "").to_sym
+
+    define_singleton_method clean_name do
+      value
+    end
+
+    define_singleton_method "#{clean_name}?" do
+      value
+    end
+
+    define_singleton_method "#{clean_name}=" do |val|
+      Rails.logger.warn("An attempt was to change #{clean_name} SiteSetting to #{val} however it is shadowed so this will be ignored!")
+      nil
+    end
+
+  end
+
   def setup_methods(name)
     clean_name = name.to_s.sub("?", "").to_sym
 
diff --git a/spec/components/site_setting_extension_spec.rb b/spec/components/site_setting_extension_spec.rb
index 1c2d8cb7f9f..8adf3c15567 100644
--- a/spec/components/site_setting_extension_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/site_setting_extension_spec.rb
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ describe SiteSettingExtension do
       it "should return default cause nothing is set" do
         expect(settings.nada).to eq('nothing')
       end
+
     end
 
     context "with a false override" do
@@ -484,6 +485,14 @@ describe SiteSettingExtension do
       it "should return default cause nothing is set" do
         expect(settings.bool).to eq(false)
       end
+
+      it "should not trigger any message bus work if you try to set it" do
+        m = MessageBus.track_publish('/site_settings') do
+          settings.bool = true
+          expect(settings.bool).to eq(false)
+        end
+        expect(m.length).to eq(0)
+      end
     end
 
     context "with global setting" do