diff --git a/src/entrypoint/controls.ts b/src/entrypoint/controls.ts
index 1441643..6599f28 100644
--- a/src/entrypoint/controls.ts
+++ b/src/entrypoint/controls.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ export interface RunnerOptions {
 
   // the media you want to see sources from
   media: ScrapeMedia;
+
+  // it makes sense to have this in the builder
+  // but I belive it's more useful in runner ops
+  disableOpensubtitles?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface SourceRunnerOptions {
@@ -42,6 +46,10 @@ export interface SourceRunnerOptions {
 
   // id of the source scraper you want to scrape from
   id: string;
+
+  // it makes sense to have this in the builder
+  // but I belive it's more useful in runner ops
+  disableOpensubtitles?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface EmbedRunnerOptions {
@@ -53,6 +61,10 @@ export interface EmbedRunnerOptions {
 
   // id of the embed scraper you want to scrape from
   id: string;
+
+  // it makes sense to have this in the builder
+  // but I belive it's more useful in runner ops
+  disableOpensubtitles?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface ProviderControls {
diff --git a/src/runners/individualRunner.ts b/src/runners/individualRunner.ts
index 0d9e29f..f96ab3c 100644
--- a/src/runners/individualRunner.ts
+++ b/src/runners/individualRunner.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export type IndividualSourceRunnerOptions = {
   id: string;
   events?: IndividualScraperEvents;
   proxyStreams?: boolean; // temporary
+  disableOpensubtitles?: boolean;
 };
 
 export async function scrapeInvidualSource(
@@ -74,12 +75,13 @@ export async function scrapeInvidualSource(
   });
 
   // opensubtitles
-  for (const embed of output.embeds)
-    embed.url = `${embed.url}${btoa('MEDIA=')}${btoa(
-      `${ops.media.imdbId}${
-        ops.media.type === 'show' ? `.${ops.media.season.number}.${ops.media.episode.number}` : ''
-      }`,
-    )}`;
+  if (!ops.disableOpensubtitles)
+    for (const embed of output.embeds)
+      embed.url = `${embed.url}${btoa('MEDIA=')}${btoa(
+        `${ops.media.imdbId}${
+          ops.media.type === 'show' ? `.${ops.media.season.number}.${ops.media.episode.number}` : ''
+        }`,
+      )}`;
 
   if ((!output.stream || output.stream.length === 0) && output.embeds.length === 0)
     throw new NotFoundError('No streams found');
@@ -90,17 +92,18 @@ export async function scrapeInvidualSource(
     if (playableStreams.length === 0) throw new NotFoundError('No playable streams found');
 
     // opensubtitles
-    for (const playableStream of playableStreams) {
-      playableStream.captions = await addOpenSubtitlesCaptions(
-        playableStream.captions,
-        ops,
-        btoa(
-          `${ops.media.imdbId}${
-            ops.media.type === 'show' ? `.${ops.media.season.number}.${ops.media.episode.number}` : ''
-          }`,
-        ),
-      );
-    }
+    if (!ops.disableOpensubtitles)
+      for (const playableStream of playableStreams) {
+        playableStream.captions = await addOpenSubtitlesCaptions(
+          playableStream.captions,
+          ops,
+          btoa(
+            `${ops.media.imdbId}${
+              ops.media.type === 'show' ? `.${ops.media.season.number}.${ops.media.episode.number}` : ''
+            }`,
+          ),
+        );
+      }
     output.stream = playableStreams;
   }
   return output;
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ export type IndividualEmbedRunnerOptions = {
   id: string;
   events?: IndividualScraperEvents;
   proxyStreams?: boolean; // temporary
+  disableOpensubtitles?: boolean;
 };
 
 export async function scrapeIndividualEmbed(
@@ -152,7 +156,7 @@ export async function scrapeIndividualEmbed(
   const playableStreams = await validatePlayableStreams(output.stream, ops, embedScraper.id);
   if (playableStreams.length === 0) throw new NotFoundError('No playable streams found');
 
-  if (media)
+  if (media && !ops.disableOpensubtitles)
     for (const playableStream of playableStreams)
       playableStream.captions = await addOpenSubtitlesCaptions(playableStream.captions, ops, media);
 
diff --git a/src/runners/runner.ts b/src/runners/runner.ts
index fca9410..6c8ccaa 100644
--- a/src/runners/runner.ts
+++ b/src/runners/runner.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export type ProviderRunnerOptions = {
   events?: FullScraperEvents;
   media: ScrapeMedia;
   proxyStreams?: boolean; // temporary
+  disableOpensubtitles?: boolean;
 };
 
 export async function runAllProviders(list: ProviderList, ops: ProviderRunnerOptions): Promise<RunOutput | null> {
@@ -115,15 +116,16 @@ export async function runAllProviders(list: ProviderList, ops: ProviderRunnerOpt
       if (!playableStream) throw new NotFoundError('No streams found');
 
       // opensubtitles
-      playableStream.captions = await addOpenSubtitlesCaptions(
-        playableStream.captions,
-        ops,
-        btoa(
-          `${ops.media.imdbId}${
-            ops.media.type === 'show' ? `.${ops.media.season.number}.${ops.media.episode.number}` : ''
-          }`,
-        ),
-      );
+      if (!ops.disableOpensubtitles)
+        playableStream.captions = await addOpenSubtitlesCaptions(
+          playableStream.captions,
+          ops,
+          btoa(
+            `${ops.media.imdbId}${
+              ops.media.type === 'show' ? `.${ops.media.season.number}.${ops.media.episode.number}` : ''
+            }`,
+          ),
+        );
 
       return {
         sourceId: source.id,
@@ -177,15 +179,16 @@ export async function runAllProviders(list: ProviderList, ops: ProviderRunnerOpt
         if (!playableStream) throw new NotFoundError('No streams found');
 
         // opensubtitles
-        playableStream.captions = await addOpenSubtitlesCaptions(
-          playableStream.captions,
-          ops,
-          btoa(
-            `${ops.media.imdbId}${
-              ops.media.type === 'show' ? `.${ops.media.season.number}.${ops.media.episode.number}` : ''
-            }`,
-          ),
-        );
+        if (!ops.disableOpensubtitles)
+          playableStream.captions = await addOpenSubtitlesCaptions(
+            playableStream.captions,
+            ops,
+            btoa(
+              `${ops.media.imdbId}${
+                ops.media.type === 'show' ? `.${ops.media.season.number}.${ops.media.episode.number}` : ''
+              }`,
+            ),
+          );
         embedOutput.stream = [playableStream];
       } catch (error) {
         const updateParams: UpdateEvent = {