diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/config/settings.xml b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/config/settings.xml
index aef45100de..fd3d452b30 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/config/settings.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/config/settings.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <setting id="SABNZBD_KEEP_AWAKE" value="false" />
     <setting id="SABNZBD_PERIODIC_WAKE" value="false" />
     <setting id="SABNZBD_WAKE_AT" value="1" />
+    <setting id="SABNZBD_LAUNCH" value="true" />
     <setting id="SICKBEARD_LAUNCH" value="true" />
     <setting id="COUCHPOTATO_LAUNCH" value="true" />
     <setting id="COUCHPOTATO_VERSION" value="0" />
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/bin/SABnzbd-Suite.py b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/bin/SABnzbd-Suite.py
index 783bb47528..5735b0503a 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/bin/SABnzbd-Suite.py
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/bin/SABnzbd-Suite.py
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ user                 = getAddonSetting(suiteSettings, 'SABNZBD_USER')
 pwd                  = getAddonSetting(suiteSettings, 'SABNZBD_PWD')
 host                 = getAddonSetting(suiteSettings, 'SABNZBD_IP')
 sabNzbdKeepAwake     = getAddonSetting(suiteSettings, 'SABNZBD_KEEP_AWAKE')
+sabnzbd_launch       = getAddonSetting(suiteSettings, 'SABNZBD_LAUNCH')
 sickbeard_launch     = getAddonSetting(suiteSettings, 'SICKBEARD_LAUNCH')
 couchpotato_launch   = getAddonSetting(suiteSettings, 'COUCHPOTATO_LAUNCH')
 couchpotato_version  = getAddonSetting(suiteSettings, 'COUCHPOTATO_VERSION')
@@ -148,6 +149,8 @@ fDefaultSuiteSettings = open(pDefaultSuiteSettings, 'r')
 data = fDefaultSuiteSettings.read()
 fDefaultSuiteSettings.close
 DefaultSuiteSettings = parseString(data)
+if not sabnzbd_launch:
+    sabnzbd_launch       = getAddonSetting(DefaultSuiteSettings, 'SABNZBD_LAUNCH')
 if not sickbeard_launch:
     sickbeard_launch     = getAddonSetting(DefaultSuiteSettings, 'SICKBEARD_LAUNCH')
 if not couchpotato_launch:
@@ -244,16 +247,17 @@ autoProcessConfig.write()
 
 # launch SABnzbd and get the API key
 # ----------------------------------
-logging.debug('Launching SABnzbd...')
-subprocess.call(sabnzbd,close_fds=True)
-logging.debug('...done')
+if "true" in sabnzbd_launch:
+    logging.debug('Launching SABnzbd...')
+    subprocess.call(sabnzbd,close_fds=True)
+    logging.debug('...done')
 
 # SABnzbd will only complete the .ini file when we first access the web interface
-if firstLaunch:
-    loadWebInterface('http://' + sabNzbdHost,user,pwd)
-sabNzbdConfig.reload()
-sabNzbdApiKey = sabNzbdConfig['misc']['api_key']
-logging.debug('SABnzbd api key: ' + sabNzbdApiKey)
+    if firstLaunch:
+        loadWebInterface('http://' + sabNzbdHost,user,pwd)
+    sabNzbdConfig.reload()
+    sabNzbdApiKey = sabNzbdConfig['misc']['api_key']
+    logging.debug('SABnzbd api key: ' + sabNzbdApiKey)
 
 # write SickBeard settings
 # ------------------------
@@ -268,11 +272,12 @@ defaultConfig['General']['web_port']       = '8082'
 defaultConfig['General']['web_host']       = host
 defaultConfig['General']['web_username']   = user
 defaultConfig['General']['web_password']   = pwd
-defaultConfig['SABnzbd'] = {}
-defaultConfig['SABnzbd']['sab_username']   = user
-defaultConfig['SABnzbd']['sab_password']   = pwd
-defaultConfig['SABnzbd']['sab_apikey']     = sabNzbdApiKey
-defaultConfig['SABnzbd']['sab_host']       = 'http://' + sabNzbdHost + '/'
+if "true" in sabnzbd_launch:
+    defaultConfig['SABnzbd'] = {}
+    defaultConfig['SABnzbd']['sab_username']   = user
+    defaultConfig['SABnzbd']['sab_password']   = pwd
+    defaultConfig['SABnzbd']['sab_apikey']     = sabNzbdApiKey
+    defaultConfig['SABnzbd']['sab_host']       = 'http://' + sabNzbdHost + '/'
 defaultConfig['XBMC'] = {}
 defaultConfig['XBMC']['use_xbmc']          = '1'
 defaultConfig['XBMC']['xbmc_host']         = '127.0.0.1:' + xbmcPort
@@ -319,11 +324,12 @@ defaultConfig['global']['password']      = pwd
 defaultConfig['global']['username']      = user
 defaultConfig['global']['port']          = '8083'
 defaultConfig['global']['host']          = host
-defaultConfig['Sabnzbd'] = {}
-defaultConfig['Sabnzbd']['username']     = user
-defaultConfig['Sabnzbd']['password']     = pwd
-defaultConfig['Sabnzbd']['apikey']       = sabNzbdApiKey
-defaultConfig['Sabnzbd']['host']         = sabNzbdHost
+if "true" in sabnzbd_launch:
+    defaultConfig['Sabnzbd'] = {}
+    defaultConfig['Sabnzbd']['username']     = user
+    defaultConfig['Sabnzbd']['password']     = pwd
+    defaultConfig['Sabnzbd']['apikey']       = sabNzbdApiKey
+    defaultConfig['Sabnzbd']['host']         = sabNzbdHost
 defaultConfig['XBMC'] = {}
 defaultConfig['XBMC']['enabled']         = 'True'
 defaultConfig['XBMC']['host']            = '127.0.0.1:' + xbmcPort
@@ -376,11 +382,12 @@ defaultConfig['updater'] = {}
 defaultConfig['updater']['enabled']          = '0'
 defaultConfig['updater']['notification']     = '0'
 defaultConfig['updater']['automatic']        = '0'
-defaultConfig['Sabnzbd'] = {}
-defaultConfig['Sabnzbd']['username']     = user
-defaultConfig['Sabnzbd']['password']     = pwd
-defaultConfig['Sabnzbd']['api_key']      = sabNzbdApiKey
-defaultConfig['Sabnzbd']['host']         = sabNzbdHost
+if "true" in sabnzbd_launch:
+    defaultConfig['Sabnzbd'] = {}
+    defaultConfig['Sabnzbd']['username']     = user
+    defaultConfig['Sabnzbd']['password']     = pwd
+    defaultConfig['Sabnzbd']['api_key']      = sabNzbdApiKey
+    defaultConfig['Sabnzbd']['host']         = sabNzbdHost
 defaultConfig['xbmc'] = {}
 defaultConfig['xbmc']['enabled']         = '1'
 defaultConfig['xbmc']['host']            = '127.0.0.1:' + xbmcPort
@@ -418,11 +425,12 @@ defaultConfig['General']['http_port']        = '8084'
 defaultConfig['General']['http_host']        = host
 defaultConfig['General']['http_username']    = user
 defaultConfig['General']['http_password']    = pwd
-defaultConfig['SABnzbd'] = {}
-defaultConfig['SABnzbd']['sab_apikey']       = sabNzbdApiKey
-defaultConfig['SABnzbd']['sab_host']         = sabNzbdHost
-defaultConfig['SABnzbd']['sab_username']     = user
-defaultConfig['SABnzbd']['sab_password']     = pwd
+if "true" in sabnzbd_launch:
+    defaultConfig['SABnzbd'] = {}
+    defaultConfig['SABnzbd']['sab_apikey']       = sabNzbdApiKey
+    defaultConfig['SABnzbd']['sab_host']         = sabNzbdHost
+    defaultConfig['SABnzbd']['sab_username']     = user
+    defaultConfig['SABnzbd']['sab_password']     = pwd
 
 if firstLaunch:
     defaultConfig['SABnzbd']['sab_category']     = 'music'
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml
index 191afe441a..c4d2998892 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	<string id="1010">User Settings</string>
 	<string id="1022">Username</string>
 	<string id="1023">Password</string>
+	<string id="1024">Enable SABnzbd</string>>
 	<string id="1025">Enable Sickbeard</string>
 	<string id="1026">Enable Couchpotato</string>
 	<string id="1027">Couchpotato Version</string>
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/resources/settings.xml b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/resources/settings.xml
index 564def77ac..1cd5c2b8b7 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/resources/settings.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 		<setting type="sep" />
 		<setting id="SABNZBD_USER" type="text" label="1022" default="openelec"/>
 		<setting id="SABNZBD_PWD" type="text" label="1023" default="openelec"/>
+		<setting id="SABNZBD_LAUNCH" type="bool" label="1024" default="true" />
 		<setting id="SICKBEARD_LAUNCH" type="bool" label="1025" default="true" />
 		<setting id="COUCHPOTATO_LAUNCH" type="bool" label="1026" default="true" />
                 <setting id="COUCHPOTATO_VERSION" type="enum" label="1027" default="0" values="Version 1|Version 2" enable="eq(-1,true)" />