diff --git a/resources/language/English/strings.xml b/resources/language/English/strings.xml
index 1ecd886..595d3be 100644
--- a/resources/language/English/strings.xml
+++ b/resources/language/English/strings.xml
@@ -100,4 +100,5 @@
 	<string id="30106">is authorized</string>
 	<string id="30107">error authorizing</string>
 	<string id="30108">Visit https://console.developers.google.com/</string>
+	<string id="30109">Run on startup if missed</string>
 </strings>
diff --git a/resources/settings.xml b/resources/settings.xml
index 69ffe7f..58c1ca7 100644
--- a/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/resources/settings.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 		<setting id="schedule_time" type="labelenum" label="30062" values="00:00|01:00|02:00|03:00|04:00|05:00|06:00|07:00|08:00|09:00|10:00|11:00|12:00|13:00|14:00|15:00|16:00|17:00|18:00|19:00|20:00|21:00|22:00|23:00" default="00:00" visible="!eq(-1,4)"  enable="eq(-2,true)"/>
 		<setting id="day_of_week" type="enum" label="30063" lvalues="30065|30066|30067|30068|30069|30070|30071" default="0" visible="eq(-2,2)"  enable="eq(-3,true)"/>
 		<setting id="cron_schedule" type="text" label="30064" default="0 0 * * *" visible="eq(-3,4)"  enable="eq(-4,true)"/>
-		<setting id="cron_shutdown" type="bool" label="30076" default="false" enable="eq(-5,true)" />
+		<setting id="schedule_miss" type="bool" label="30109" default="false" enable="eq(-5,true)" />
+		<setting id="cron_shutdown" type="bool" label="30076" default="false" enable="eq(-6,true)" />
 	</category>
 </settings>
diff --git a/scheduler.py b/scheduler.py
index 276df34..b01b507 100644
--- a/scheduler.py
+++ b/scheduler.py
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ class BackupScheduler:
 
                 fh.close()
 
-            #ADD A CHECK HERE FOR IF THE USER EVEN WANTS THIS
-            if(0 < nr <= time.time()):
+            #if we missed and the user wants to play catch-up
+            if(0 < nr <= time.time() and utils.getSetting('schedule_miss') == 'true'):
                 utils.log("scheduled backup was missed, doing it now...")
                 progress_mode = int(utils.getSetting('progress_mode'))