diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/viewport/hooks.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/viewport/hooks.cljs
index 9f628336d..029e700ba 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/viewport/hooks.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/viewport/hooks.cljs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
    [app.util.globals :as globals]
    [app.util.timers :as timers]
    [beicon.core :as rx]
+   [debug :refer [debug?]]
    [goog.events :as events]
    [rumext.alpha :as mf])
   (:import goog.events.EventType))
@@ -269,7 +270,11 @@
 
                          ;; We only allow active frames that are contained in the vbox
                          (filter (partial inside-vbox vbox objects)))
-                   all-frames)]
+                   all-frames)
+
+             ;; Debug only: Disable the thumbnails
+             new-active-frames
+             (if (debug? :disable-frame-thumbnails) (into #{} all-frames) new-active-frames)]
 
          (when (not= @active-frames new-active-frames)
            (reset! active-frames new-active-frames)))))))
diff --git a/frontend/src/debug.cljs b/frontend/src/debug.cljs
index 66ef857ee..8df6731c6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/debug.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/debug.cljs
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
 
     ;; Disable thumbnail cache
     :disable-thumbnail-cache
+
+    ;; Disable frame thumbnails
+    :disable-frame-thumbnails
     })
 
 ;; These events are excluded when we activate the :events flag