diff --git a/legendary/cli.py b/legendary/cli.py
index d0d47d0..35836db 100644
--- a/legendary/cli.py
+++ b/legendary/cli.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class LegendaryCLI:
             # only import here since pywebview import is slow
             from legendary.utils.webview_login import webview_available, do_webview_login
 
-            if not webview_available or args.no_webview:
+            if not webview_available or args.no_webview or self.core.webview_killswitch:
                 # unfortunately the captcha stuff makes a complete CLI login flow kinda impossible right now...
                 print('Please login via the epic web login!')
                 webbrowser.open(
diff --git a/legendary/core.py b/legendary/core.py
index 1d525bc..85af238 100644
--- a/legendary/core.py
+++ b/legendary/core.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class LegendaryCore:
 
         self.update_available = False
         self.force_show_update = False
+        self.webview_killswitch = False
 
     def auth(self, username, password):
         """
@@ -265,6 +266,8 @@ class LegendaryCore:
                 for app_name in sdl_config.keys():
                     if app_name not in sdl_games:
                         sdl_games[app_name] = None
+        if lgd_config := version_info.get('legendary_config'):
+            self.webview_killswitch = lgd_config.get('webview_killswitch', False)
 
     def get_update_info(self):
         return self.lgd.get_cached_version()['data'].get('release_info')