diff --git a/AltStore/Operations/DownloadAppOperation.swift b/AltStore/Operations/DownloadAppOperation.swift
index 99c01136..4b0bbadb 100644
--- a/AltStore/Operations/DownloadAppOperation.swift
+++ b/AltStore/Operations/DownloadAppOperation.swift
@@ -301,6 +301,11 @@ private extension DownloadAppOperation
     
     func downloadPatreonApp(from patreonURL: URL) async throws -> URL
     {
+        guard !UserDefaults.shared.skipPatreonDownloads else {
+            // Skip all hacks, take user straight to Patreon post.
+            return try await downloadFromPatreonPost()
+        }
+        
         do
         {
             // User is pledged to this app, attempt to download.
diff --git a/AltStore/Operations/FetchSourceOperation.swift b/AltStore/Operations/FetchSourceOperation.swift
index 36c12ef3..7c0ec04e 100644
--- a/AltStore/Operations/FetchSourceOperation.swift
+++ b/AltStore/Operations/FetchSourceOperation.swift
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ class FetchSourceOperation: ResultOperation<Source>
                     
                     let identifier = source.identifier
                     
+                    if identifier == Source.altStoreIdentifier, let skipPatreonDownloads = source.userInfo?[.skipPatreonDownloads]
+                    {
+                        UserDefaults.shared.skipPatreonDownloads = (skipPatreonDownloads == "true")
+                    }
+                    
                     try self.verify(source, response: response)
                     try self.verifyPledges(for: source, in: childContext)
                     
diff --git a/AltStoreCore/Extensions/UserDefaults+AltStore.swift b/AltStoreCore/Extensions/UserDefaults+AltStore.swift
index 9b3551f4..507d443c 100644
--- a/AltStoreCore/Extensions/UserDefaults+AltStore.swift
+++ b/AltStoreCore/Extensions/UserDefaults+AltStore.swift
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ public extension UserDefaults
     
     @NSManaged var patronsRefreshID: String?
     
+    @NSManaged var skipPatreonDownloads: Bool
+    
     @nonobjc
     var activeAppsLimit: Int? {
         get {
diff --git a/AltStoreCore/Types/ALTSourceUserInfoKey.h b/AltStoreCore/Types/ALTSourceUserInfoKey.h
index f18a0365..5621334e 100644
--- a/AltStoreCore/Types/ALTSourceUserInfoKey.h
+++ b/AltStoreCore/Types/ALTSourceUserInfoKey.h
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 
 typedef NSString *ALTSourceUserInfoKey NS_TYPED_EXTENSIBLE_ENUM;
 extern ALTSourceUserInfoKey const ALTSourceUserInfoKeyPatreonAccessToken;
+extern ALTSourceUserInfoKey const ALTSourceUserInfoKeySkipPatreonDownloads;
diff --git a/AltStoreCore/Types/ALTSourceUserInfoKey.m b/AltStoreCore/Types/ALTSourceUserInfoKey.m
index 4d715cdc..d326b71f 100644
--- a/AltStoreCore/Types/ALTSourceUserInfoKey.m
+++ b/AltStoreCore/Types/ALTSourceUserInfoKey.m
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 #import "ALTSourceUserInfoKey.h"
 
 ALTSourceUserInfoKey const ALTSourceUserInfoKeyPatreonAccessToken = @"patreonAccessToken";
+ALTSourceUserInfoKey const ALTSourceUserInfoKeySkipPatreonDownloads = @"skipPatreonDownloads";