diff --git a/.github/workflows/jan-tauri-build-nightly.yaml b/.github/workflows/jan-tauri-build-nightly.yaml
index 32bba083a..98558d31b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jan-tauri-build-nightly.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jan-tauri-build-nightly.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ on:
           - none
           - aws-s3
         default: none
+      disable_updater:
+        type: boolean
+        description: 'If true, builds both .deb and .appimage but disables auto-updater'
+        default: false
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - release/**
diff --git a/.github/workflows/template-tauri-build-linux-x64.yml b/.github/workflows/template-tauri-build-linux-x64.yml
index 20663ea69..ef9054be1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/template-tauri-build-linux-x64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/template-tauri-build-linux-x64.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ on:
         type: string
         default: 'nightly'
         description: 'The channel to use for this job'
+      disable_updater:
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+        description: 'If true, builds both .deb and .appimage but disables auto-updater'
     secrets:
       DELTA_AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME:
         required: false
@@ -156,7 +161,7 @@ jobs:
           POSTHOG_HOST: ${{ secrets.POSTHOG_HOST }}
           TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY }}
           TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD }}
-
+          AUTO_UPDATER_DISABLED: ${{ inputs.disable_updater && 'true' || 'false' }}
       # Publish app
 
       ## Artifacts, for dev and test