diff --git a/core/assets/bundles/bundle.properties b/core/assets/bundles/bundle.properties
index 87d18617d1..d3b0ad6d3d 100644
--- a/core/assets/bundles/bundle.properties
+++ b/core/assets/bundles/bundle.properties
@@ -1242,6 +1242,7 @@ setting.mutemusic.name = Mute Music
 setting.sfxvol.name = SFX Volume
 setting.mutesound.name = Mute Sound
 setting.crashreport.name = Send Anonymous Crash Reports
+setting.communityservers.name = Fetch Community Server List
 setting.savecreate.name = Auto-Create Saves
 setting.steampublichost.name = Public Game Visibility
 setting.playerlimit.name = Player Limit
diff --git a/core/assets/contributors b/core/assets/contributors
index 8bcc1913ab..f939b3c30f 100644
--- a/core/assets/contributors
+++ b/core/assets/contributors
@@ -170,3 +170,4 @@ Mythril
 hexagon-recursion
 JasonP01
 BlueTheCube
+sasha0552
diff --git a/core/src/mindustry/ui/dialogs/JoinDialog.java b/core/src/mindustry/ui/dialogs/JoinDialog.java
index f6e4191c7b..e4db478179 100644
--- a/core/src/mindustry/ui/dialogs/JoinDialog.java
+++ b/core/src/mindustry/ui/dialogs/JoinDialog.java
@@ -138,7 +138,9 @@ public class JoinDialog extends BaseDialog{
 
         refreshLocal();
         refreshRemote();
-        refreshCommunity();
+        if(Core.settings.getBool("communityservers", true)){
+            refreshCommunity();
+        }
     }
 
     void setupRemote(){
@@ -317,7 +319,9 @@ public class JoinDialog extends BaseDialog{
 
         section(steam ? "@servers.local.steam" : "@servers.local", local, false);
         section("@servers.remote", remote, false);
-        section("@servers.global", global, true);
+        if(Core.settings.getBool("communityservers", true)){
+            section("@servers.global", global, true);
+        }
 
         ScrollPane pane = new ScrollPane(hosts);
         pane.setFadeScrollBars(false);
@@ -631,12 +635,18 @@ public class JoinDialog extends BaseDialog{
             Core.settings.remove("server-list");
         }
 
-        var urls = Version.type.equals("bleeding-edge") || Vars.forceBeServers ? serverJsonBeURLs : serverJsonURLs;
-
-        fetchServers(urls, 0);
+        fetchServers();
     }
 
-    private void fetchServers(String[] urls, int index){
+    public static void fetchServers(){
+        var urls = Version.type.equals("bleeding-edge") || Vars.forceBeServers ? serverJsonBeURLs : serverJsonURLs;
+
+        if(Core.settings.getBool("communityservers", true)){
+            fetchServers(urls, 0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void fetchServers(String[] urls, int index){
         if(index >= urls.length) return;
 
         //get servers
diff --git a/core/src/mindustry/ui/dialogs/SettingsMenuDialog.java b/core/src/mindustry/ui/dialogs/SettingsMenuDialog.java
index 01f7c05a53..9f5b8e2813 100644
--- a/core/src/mindustry/ui/dialogs/SettingsMenuDialog.java
+++ b/core/src/mindustry/ui/dialogs/SettingsMenuDialog.java
@@ -333,6 +333,13 @@ public class SettingsMenuDialog extends BaseDialog{
             game.checkPref("crashreport", true);
         }
 
+        game.checkPref("communityservers", true, val -> {
+            defaultServers.clear();
+            if(val){
+                JoinDialog.fetchServers();
+            }
+        });
+
         game.checkPref("savecreate", true);
         game.checkPref("blockreplace", true);
         game.checkPref("conveyorpathfinding", true);