diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainActivity.kt
index 47bfffa7..13c6fc8f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainActivity.kt
@@ -424,8 +424,14 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), ColorPickerDialogListener {
 
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
         app.initClient(this)
+        val settingsManager = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this)
+
+        if (settingsManager.getBoolean(getString(R.string.auto_update_plugins_key), true)) {
+            PluginManager.updateAllOnlinePluginsAndLoadThem(this)
+        } else {
+            PluginManager.loadAllOnlinePlugins(this)
+        }
 
-        PluginManager.updateAllOnlinePluginsAndLoadThem(this)
         PluginManager.loadAllLocalPlugins(this)
 
 //        ioSafe {
@@ -455,7 +461,6 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), ColorPickerDialogListener {
 
         SearchResultBuilder.updateCache(this)
 
-        val settingsManager = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this)
 
         initAll()
         apis = allProviders
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index a61a476b..ad6a078d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <string name="locale_key" translatable="false">app_locale</string>
     <string name="search_types_list_key" translatable="false">search_type_list</string>
     <string name="auto_update_key" translatable="false">auto_update</string>
+    <string name="auto_update_plugins_key" translatable="false">auto_update_plugins</string>
     <string name="skip_update_key" translatable="false">skip_update_key</string>
     <string name="prerelease_update_key" translatable="false">prerelease_update</string>
     <string name="manual_check_update_key" translatable="false">manual_check_update</string>
@@ -260,6 +261,7 @@
     <string name="show_trailers_settings">Show trailers</string>
     <string name="kitsu_settings">Show posters from kitsu</string>
 
+    <string name="automatic_plugin_updates">Automatic plugin updates</string>
     <string name="updates_settings">Show app updates</string>
     <string name="updates_settings_des">Automatically search for new updates on start</string>
     <string name="uprereleases_settings">Update to prereleases</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/settings_updates.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/settings_updates.xml
index 6db33474..39fc92d4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/settings_updates.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/settings_updates.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
         android:summaryOff="@string/bug_report_settings_off"
         android:summaryOn="@string/bug_report_settings_on"
         android:title="@string/pref_disable_acra" />
+    <SwitchPreference
+        android:defaultValue="true"
+        android:icon="@drawable/ic_baseline_extension_24"
+        android:key="@string/auto_update_plugins_key"
+        android:title="@string/automatic_plugin_updates" />
     <SwitchPreference
         android:icon="@drawable/ic_baseline_notifications_active_24"
         android:summary="@string/updates_settings_des"
@@ -41,7 +46,7 @@
         app:defaultValue="false"
         app:key="@string/prerelease_update_key" />
     <Preference
-        app:key="@string/redo_setup_key"
         android:icon="@drawable/ic_baseline_construction_24"
-        android:title="Redo setup process" />
+        android:title="Redo setup process"
+        app:key="@string/redo_setup_key" />
 </PreferenceScreen>
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