diff --git a/Bloxstrap/Bootstrapper.cs b/Bloxstrap/Bootstrapper.cs
index 8d06814..66a2e50 100644
--- a/Bloxstrap/Bootstrapper.cs
+++ b/Bloxstrap/Bootstrapper.cs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace Bloxstrap
         private long _totalDownloadedBytes = 0;
         private bool _packageExtractionSuccess = true;
 
-        private bool _mustUpgrade => String.IsNullOrEmpty(AppData.State.VersionGuid) || !File.Exists(AppData.ExecutablePath);
+        private bool _mustUpgrade => App.LaunchSettings.ForceFlag.Active || String.IsNullOrEmpty(AppData.State.VersionGuid) || !File.Exists(AppData.ExecutablePath);
         private bool _noConnection = false;
 
         private AsyncMutex? _mutex;
diff --git a/Bloxstrap/LaunchSettings.cs b/Bloxstrap/LaunchSettings.cs
index b3ce012..5b6e31f 100644
--- a/Bloxstrap/LaunchSettings.cs
+++ b/Bloxstrap/LaunchSettings.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ namespace Bloxstrap
 
         public LaunchFlag ChannelFlag   { get; } = new("channel");
 
+        public LaunchFlag ForceFlag   { get; } = new("force");
+
 #if DEBUG
         public bool BypassUpdateCheck => true;
 #else