diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui.cljs
index 8898878db..90e3fbff4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui.cljs
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 
         show-release-modal?
         (and (contains? cf/flags :onboarding)
+             (not (contains? cf/flags :hide-release-modal))
              (:onboarding-viewed props)
              (not= (:release-notes-viewed props) (:main cf/version))
              (not= "0.0" (:main cf/version)))]