diff --git a/image_utils.go b/image_utils.go
index 48e5883..fc124ab 100644
--- a/image_utils.go
+++ b/image_utils.go
@@ -115,17 +115,19 @@ type ScriptRange struct {
 
 func initializeImageDrawingStuff() error {
 	// language detector
-	detector = lingua.NewLanguageDetectorBuilder().FromLanguages(
-		lingua.Japanese,
-		lingua.Persian,
-		lingua.Chinese,
-		lingua.Thai,
-		lingua.Hebrew,
-		lingua.Arabic,
-		lingua.Bengali,
-		lingua.Hindi,
-		lingua.Korean,
-	).WithLowAccuracyMode().Build()
+	if !s.SkipLanguageModel {
+		detector = lingua.NewLanguageDetectorBuilder().FromLanguages(
+			lingua.Japanese,
+			lingua.Persian,
+			lingua.Chinese,
+			lingua.Thai,
+			lingua.Hebrew,
+			lingua.Arabic,
+			lingua.Bengali,
+			lingua.Hindi,
+			lingua.Korean,
+		).WithLowAccuracyMode().Build()
+	}
 
 	// script detector material
 	for _, srange := range language.ScriptRanges {
@@ -252,11 +254,15 @@ gotScriptIndex:
 	direction := directionMap[idx]
 
 	lng := language.Language("en-us")
-	lang, ok := detector.DetectLanguageOf(string(paragraph))
-	if ok {
-		lng = language.Language(lang.IsoCode639_1().String())
-	} else {
+	if detector == nil {
 		lng = defaultLanguageMap[idx]
+	} else {
+		lang, ok := detector.DetectLanguageOf(string(paragraph))
+		if ok {
+			lng = language.Language(lang.IsoCode639_1().String())
+		} else {
+			lng = defaultLanguageMap[idx]
+		}
 	}
 
 	return lng, script, direction, face
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 60710fe..6aa5871 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export PATH := "./node_modules/.bin:" + env_var('PATH')
 
 dev:
-    TAILWIND_DEBUG=true go build -o /tmp/njump && /tmp/njump
+    TAILWIND_DEBUG=true SKIP_LANGUAGE_MODEL=true go build -o /tmp/njump && /tmp/njump
 
 check-samples:
     #!/usr/bin/env xonsh
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d11cc02..0b45e24 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Settings struct {
-	Port           string `envconfig:"PORT" default:"2999"`
-	Domain         string `envconfig:"DOMAIN" default:"njump.me"`
-	DiskCachePath  string `envconfig:"DISK_CACHE_PATH" default:"/tmp/njump-internal"`
-	EventStorePath string `envconfig:"EVENT_STORE_PATH" default:"/tmp/njump-db"`
-	TailwindDebug  bool   `envconfig:"TAILWIND_DEBUG"`
+	Port              string `envconfig:"PORT" default:"2999"`
+	Domain            string `envconfig:"DOMAIN" default:"njump.me"`
+	DiskCachePath     string `envconfig:"DISK_CACHE_PATH" default:"/tmp/njump-internal"`
+	EventStorePath    string `envconfig:"EVENT_STORE_PATH" default:"/tmp/njump-db"`
+	TailwindDebug     bool   `envconfig:"TAILWIND_DEBUG"`
+	SkipLanguageModel bool   `envconfig:"SKIP_LANGUAGE_MODEL"`
 }
 
 //go:embed static/*