diff --git a/ModpackUpdater.Manager/ModpackFactory.cs b/ModpackUpdater.Manager/ModpackFactory.cs
index fe702de..01e6ad1 100644
--- a/ModpackUpdater.Manager/ModpackFactory.cs
+++ b/ModpackUpdater.Manager/ModpackFactory.cs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class ModpackFactory
                 var releases = await github.Repository.Release.GetAll(repo.Id);
                 return releases.Select(r => new KeyValuePair<string, string>(r.Name ?? r.TagName, r.TagName)).ToArray();
             }
-            catch (Exception ex)
+            catch (Exception)
             {
             }
         }
diff --git a/ModpackUpdater.Manager/ModpackInstaller.cs b/ModpackUpdater.Manager/ModpackInstaller.cs
index ac7eda8..8f7f094 100644
--- a/ModpackUpdater.Manager/ModpackInstaller.cs
+++ b/ModpackUpdater.Manager/ModpackInstaller.cs
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ public class ModpackInstaller(ModpackConfig updateConfig, ModpackInfo modpackInf
         foreach (InstallAction iaction in checkResult.Actions)
         {
             var destFilePath = Path.Combine(modpackInfo.LocaLPath, iaction.DestPath);
-            var sourceUrl = await factory.ResolveSourceUrl(iaction);
+            var sourceUrl = updateConfig.PreferDirectLinks && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(iaction.SourceUrl)
+               ? iaction.SourceUrl
+               : await factory.ResolveSourceUrl(iaction);
 
             if (iaction is UpdateAction uaction)
             {
diff --git a/ModpackUpdater/ModpackConfig.cs b/ModpackUpdater/ModpackConfig.cs
index 699e732..41ef0d6 100644
--- a/ModpackUpdater/ModpackConfig.cs
+++ b/ModpackUpdater/ModpackConfig.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ public class ModpackConfig
     public string InstallUrl { get; set; }
     public string UnleashApiUrl { get; set; }
     public string UnleashInstanceId { get; set; }
+    public bool PreferDirectLinks { get; set; }
 
     [JsonIgnore]
     public string ConfigUrl { get; set; }