diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/OpenDreamInstaller.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/OpenDreamInstaller.cs
index 115ec4f041..fddff557ba 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/OpenDreamInstaller.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/OpenDreamInstaller.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Engine
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The <see cref="GeneralConfiguration"/> for the <see cref="OpenDreamInstaller"/>.
 		/// </summary>
-		readonly GeneralConfiguration generalConfiguration;
+		protected GeneralConfiguration GeneralConfiguration { get; }
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="OpenDreamInstaller"/> class.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Engine
 		/// <param name="platformIdentifier">The value of <see cref="platformIdentifier"/>.</param>
 		/// <param name="processExecutor">The value of <see cref="ProcessExecutor"/>.</param>
 		/// <param name="repositoryManager">The value of <see cref="repositoryManager"/>.</param>
-		/// <param name="generalConfigurationOptions">The <see cref="IOptions{TOptions}"/> containing value of <see cref="generalConfiguration"/>.</param>
+		/// <param name="generalConfigurationOptions">The <see cref="IOptions{TOptions}"/> containing value of <see cref="GeneralConfiguration"/>.</param>
 		public OpenDreamInstaller(
 			IIOManager ioManager,
 			ILogger<OpenDreamInstaller> logger,
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Engine
 			this.platformIdentifier = platformIdentifier ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(platformIdentifier));
 			ProcessExecutor = processExecutor ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(processExecutor));
 			this.repositoryManager = repositoryManager ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(repositoryManager));
-			generalConfiguration = generalConfigurationOptions?.Value ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(generalConfigurationOptions));
+			GeneralConfiguration = generalConfigurationOptions?.Value ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(generalConfigurationOptions));
 		}
 
 		/// <inheritdoc />
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Engine
 			var progressSection1 = jobProgressReporter?.CreateSection("Updating OpenDream git repository", 0.5f);
 
 			var repo = await repositoryManager.CloneRepository(
-				generalConfiguration.OpenDreamGitUrl,
+				GeneralConfiguration.OpenDreamGitUrl,
 				null,
 				null,
 				null,
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Engine
 				var progressSection2 = jobProgressReporter?.CreateSection("Checking out OpenDream version", 0.5f);
 
 				var committish = version.SourceSHA
-					?? $"{generalConfiguration.OpenDreamGitTagPrefix}{version.Version.Semver()}";
+					?? $"{GeneralConfiguration.OpenDreamGitTagPrefix}{version.Version.Semver()}";
 
 				await repo.CheckoutObject(
 					committish,
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/WindowsOpenDreamInstaller.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/WindowsOpenDreamInstaller.cs
index eb31f462fa..71c35eb765 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/WindowsOpenDreamInstaller.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/WindowsOpenDreamInstaller.cs
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Engine
 		/// <returns>A <see cref="ValueTask"/> representing the running operation.</returns>
 		async ValueTask AddServerFirewallException(EngineVersion version, string path, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 		{
+			if (GeneralConfiguration.SkipAddingByondFirewallException)
+				return;
+
 			GetExecutablePaths(path, out var serverExePath, out _);
 
 			int exitCode;
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/appsettings.yml b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/appsettings.yml
index 3046339495..82cb960bf3 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/appsettings.yml
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/appsettings.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ General:
   InstanceLimit: 10 # Maximum number of allowed instances
   ValidInstancePaths: # An array of directories instances may be created in (either directly or as a subdirectory). null removes the restriction
   HostApiDocumentation: false # Make HTTP API documentation available at /swagger/v1/swagger.json
-  SkipAddingByondFirewallException: false # Windows Only: Prevent running netsh.exe to add a firewall exception for installed DreamDaemon binaries
+  SkipAddingByondFirewallException: false # Windows Only: Prevent running netsh.exe to add a firewall exception for installed engine binaries
   DeploymentDirectoryCopyTasksPerCore: 100 # Maximum number of concurrent file copy operations PER available CPU core
   OpenDreamGitUrl: https://github.com/OpenDreamProject/OpenDream # The repository to retrieve OpenDream from
   OpenDreamGitTagPrefix: v # The prefix to the OpenDream semver as tags appear in the git repository