diff --git a/AltStore/Operations/DownloadAppOperation.swift b/AltStore/Operations/DownloadAppOperation.swift
index 38aa4228..d0d518a8 100644
--- a/AltStore/Operations/DownloadAppOperation.swift
+++ b/AltStore/Operations/DownloadAppOperation.swift
@@ -289,6 +289,11 @@ 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 c161f797..b47c6ffa 100644
--- a/AltStore/Operations/FetchSourceOperation.swift
+++ b/AltStore/Operations/FetchSourceOperation.swift
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ final 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 0a4b1f7a..fcff08b0 100644
--- a/AltStoreCore/Extensions/UserDefaults+AltStore.swift
+++ b/AltStoreCore/Extensions/UserDefaults+AltStore.swift
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public extension UserDefaults
     
     @NSManaged var trustedSourceIDs: [String]?
     @NSManaged var trustedServerURL: String?
+    @NSManaged var skipPatreonDownloads: Bool
     
     @nonobjc
     var activeAppsLimit: Int? {
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";