diff --git a/launcher/Application.cpp b/launcher/Application.cpp
index 40c85fdd7..2aa1b76b1 100644
--- a/launcher/Application.cpp
+++ b/launcher/Application.cpp
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ Application::Application(int& argc, char** argv) : QApplication(argc, argv)
         // Minecraft mods
         m_settings->registerSetting("ModMetadataDisabled", false);
         m_settings->registerSetting("ModDependenciesDisabled", false);
+        m_settings->registerSetting("SkipModpackUpdatePrompt", false);
 
         // Minecraft offline player name
         m_settings->registerSetting("LastOfflinePlayerName", "");
diff --git a/launcher/InstanceList.cpp b/launcher/InstanceList.cpp
index 0d53c7f25..3f835cfaf 100644
--- a/launcher/InstanceList.cpp
+++ b/launcher/InstanceList.cpp
@@ -710,6 +710,12 @@ void InstanceList::saveGroupList()
         groupsArr.insert(name, groupObj);
     }
     toplevel.insert("groups", groupsArr);
+    // empty string represents ungrouped "group"
+    if (m_collapsedGroups.contains("")) {
+        QJsonObject ungrouped;
+        ungrouped.insert("hidden", QJsonValue(true));
+        toplevel.insert("ungrouped", ungrouped);
+    }
     QJsonDocument doc(toplevel);
     try {
         FS::write(groupFileName, doc.toJson());
@@ -805,6 +811,16 @@ void InstanceList::loadGroupList()
             increaseGroupCount(groupName);
         }
     }
+
+    bool ungroupedHidden = false;
+    if (rootObj.value("ungrouped").isObject()) {
+        QJsonObject ungrouped = rootObj.value("ungrouped").toObject();
+        ungroupedHidden = ungrouped.value("hidden").toBool(false);
+    }
+    if (ungroupedHidden) {
+        // empty string represents ungrouped "group"
+        m_collapsedGroups.insert("");
+    }
     m_groupsLoaded = true;
     qDebug() << "Group list loaded.";
 }
diff --git a/launcher/InstanceTask.cpp b/launcher/InstanceTask.cpp
index 53476897c..be10bbe07 100644
--- a/launcher/InstanceTask.cpp
+++ b/launcher/InstanceTask.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "InstanceTask.h"
 
+#include "Application.h"
+#include "settings/SettingsObject.h"
 #include "ui/dialogs/CustomMessageBox.h"
 
 #include <QPushButton>
@@ -22,6 +24,9 @@ InstanceNameChange askForChangingInstanceName(QWidget* parent, const QString& ol
 
 ShouldUpdate askIfShouldUpdate(QWidget* parent, QString original_version_name)
 {
+    if (APPLICATION->settings()->get("SkipModpackUpdatePrompt").toBool())
+        return ShouldUpdate::SkipUpdating;
+
     auto info = CustomMessageBox::selectable(
         parent, QObject::tr("Similar modpack was found!"),
         QObject::tr(
diff --git a/launcher/modplatform/helpers/HashUtils.cpp b/launcher/modplatform/helpers/HashUtils.cpp
index f20af1f09..a3b8d904c 100644
--- a/launcher/modplatform/helpers/HashUtils.cpp
+++ b/launcher/modplatform/helpers/HashUtils.cpp
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ Hasher::Ptr createHasher(QString file_path, ModPlatform::ResourceProvider provid
         case ModPlatform::ResourceProvider::FLAME:
             return makeShared<Hasher>(file_path, Algorithm::Murmur2);
         default:
-            qCritical() << "[Hashing]"
-                        << "Unrecognized mod platform!";
+            qCritical() << "[Hashing]" << "Unrecognized mod platform!";
             return nullptr;
     }
 }
@@ -138,7 +137,8 @@ QString hash(QByteArray data, Algorithm type)
 
 void Hasher::executeTask()
 {
-    m_future = QtConcurrent::run(QThreadPool::globalInstance(), [this]() { return hash(m_path, m_alg); });
+    m_future = QtConcurrent::run(
+        QThreadPool::globalInstance(), [](QString fileName, Algorithm type) { return hash(fileName, type); }, m_path, m_alg);
     connect(&m_watcher, &QFutureWatcher<QString>::finished, this, [this] {
         if (m_future.isCanceled()) {
             emitAborted();
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp
index 887ae6c31..453138dfa 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ void LauncherPage::applySettings()
     // Mods
     s->set("ModMetadataDisabled", ui->metadataDisableBtn->isChecked());
     s->set("ModDependenciesDisabled", ui->dependenciesDisableBtn->isChecked());
+    s->set("SkipModpackUpdatePrompt", ui->skipModpackUpdatePromptBtn->isChecked());
 }
 void LauncherPage::loadSettings()
 {
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ void LauncherPage::loadSettings()
     ui->metadataDisableBtn->setChecked(s->get("ModMetadataDisabled").toBool());
     ui->metadataWarningLabel->setHidden(!ui->metadataDisableBtn->isChecked());
     ui->dependenciesDisableBtn->setChecked(s->get("ModDependenciesDisabled").toBool());
+    ui->skipModpackUpdatePromptBtn->setChecked(s->get("SkipModpackUpdatePrompt").toBool());
 }
 
 void LauncherPage::refreshFontPreview()
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui
index aa7c1b012..c6e366aef 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui
@@ -263,6 +263,16 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="skipModpackUpdatePromptBtn">
+            <property name="toolTip">
+             <string>When creating a new modpack instance, do not suggest updating existing instances instead.</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Skip modpack update prompt</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
          </layout>
         </widget>
        </item>