diff --git a/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/app.js b/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/app.js
index 125ea4ae..bda79ca9 100644
--- a/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/app.js
+++ b/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/app.js
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ async function processPath(socket, service_vault_file_path, request_headers = []
         updateFromVM.push(["socket_sessions", "socket_sessions"]);         // global socket_sessions object for privileged service scripts, such as wtv-1800, etc
     }
 
-    if (request_headers['User-Agent'] === "Artemis/0.0") {
+    if (request_headers['User-Agent'] === "Artemis/0.0" && minisrv_config.config.enable_prealpha_workaround === true) {
         socket_sessions[socket.id].prealpha = true;
     }
 
diff --git a/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/includes/config.json b/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/includes/config.json
index 1dd1ec76..8355565d 100644
--- a/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/includes/config.json
+++ b/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/includes/config.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
       "UserServiceDeps",
       "includes/ServiceDeps"
     ],
+    "enable_prealpha_workaround": false, // Allows prealpha to minimally connect, but may cause security issues
     "cgi_enabled": false, // Disable CGI by default
     "php_enabled": false, // Disable PHP by default
     "php_binpath": "php-cgi",