diff --git a/src/argv.js b/src/argv.js
index 83939e8d..df850bed 100755
--- a/src/argv.js
+++ b/src/argv.js
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ const { argv } = yargs
 		type: 'boolean',
 		default: false,
 	})
+	.option('associate-actors', {
+		describe: 'Associate scene actors',
+		type: 'boolean',
+		default: true,
+	})
 	.option('scene', {
 		describe: 'Scrape scene info from URL',
 		type: 'array',
diff --git a/src/store-releases.js b/src/store-releases.js
index 17b4c62d..c91a6d6f 100755
--- a/src/store-releases.js
+++ b/src/store-releases.js
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ async function storeScenes(releases, useBatchId) {
 	});
 
 	const [actors, storedSeries] = await Promise.all([
-		associateActors(releasesWithId, batchId),
+		argv.associateActors && associateActors(releasesWithId, batchId),
 		storeSeries(releasesWithId.map((release) => release.serie && { ...release.serie, entity: release.entity }).filter(Boolean), batchId),
 		associateReleaseTags(releasesWithId),
 		storeChapters(releasesWithId),