diff --git a/MPF.Library/Data/DumpEnvironment.cs b/MPF.Library/Data/DumpEnvironment.cs
index 4ea4408c..8408c479 100644
--- a/MPF.Library/Data/DumpEnvironment.cs
+++ b/MPF.Library/Data/DumpEnvironment.cs
@@ -467,13 +467,16 @@ namespace MPF.Data
             else
                 resultProgress?.Report(Result.Failure("Writing could not complete!"));
 
-            // Write the JSON output
-            resultProgress?.Report(Result.Success("Writing information to !submissionInfo.json.gz..."));
-            success = WriteOutputData(submissionInfo);
-            if (success)
-                resultProgress?.Report(Result.Success("Writing complete!"));
-            else
-                resultProgress?.Report(Result.Failure("Writing could not complete!"));
+            // Write the JSON output, if required
+            if (Options.OutputSubmissionJSON)
+            {
+                resultProgress?.Report(Result.Success("Writing information to !submissionInfo.json.gz..."));
+                success = WriteOutputData(submissionInfo);
+                if (success)
+                    resultProgress?.Report(Result.Success("Writing complete!"));
+                else
+                    resultProgress?.Report(Result.Failure("Writing could not complete!"));
+            }
 
             resultProgress?.Report(Result.Success("Submission information process complete!"));
             return Result.Success();
diff --git a/MPF.Library/Data/Options.cs b/MPF.Library/Data/Options.cs
index 885468e2..d4387de5 100644
--- a/MPF.Library/Data/Options.cs
+++ b/MPF.Library/Data/Options.cs
@@ -277,6 +277,15 @@ namespace MPF.Data
             set { _settings["ToolsInSeparateWindow"] = value.ToString(); }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Output the compressed JSON version of the submission info
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool OutputSubmissionJSON
+        {
+            get { return GetBooleanSetting(_settings, "OutputSubmissionJSON", false); }
+            set { _settings["OutputSubmissionJSON"] = value.ToString(); }
+        }
+
         #endregion
 
         #region Skip Options
diff --git a/MPF/Windows/OptionsWindow.xaml b/MPF/Windows/OptionsWindow.xaml
index fce6543f..8e62e5e6 100644
--- a/MPF/Windows/OptionsWindow.xaml
+++ b/MPF/Windows/OptionsWindow.xaml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
                 <TabItem Header="Dumping">
                     <StackPanel>
                         <GroupBox Margin="5,5,5,5" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Header="Dumping">
-                            <UniformGrid Columns="2" Rows="5">
+                            <UniformGrid Columns="2" Rows="6">
                                 <CheckBox VerticalAlignment="Center" Content="Skip Type Detect"
                                      IsChecked="{Binding Path=UIOptions.Options.SkipMediaTypeDetection}"
                                      ToolTip="Disable trying to guess media type inserted (may improve performance at startup)" Margin="0,4"
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@
                                      IsChecked="{Binding Path=UIOptions.Options.AddPlaceholders}"
                                      ToolTip="Enable adding placeholder text in the submissioninfo output for required and optional fields" Margin="0,4"
                                      />
+
+                                <CheckBox VerticalAlignment="Center" Content="Output Submission JSON"
+                                     IsChecked="{Binding Path=UIOptions.Options.OutputSubmissionJSON}"
+                                     ToolTip="Enable outputting a compressed JSON version of the submission info" Margin="0,4"
+                                     />
                             </UniformGrid>
                         </GroupBox>