diff --git a/data/interfaces/default/config.html b/data/interfaces/default/config.html
index 55f0eae9..f380c7d6 100644
--- a/data/interfaces/default/config.html
+++ b/data/interfaces/default/config.html
@@ -1372,6 +1372,9 @@
                                     %endfor
                                     </div>
                                 </div>
+                                <div class="row left checkbox">
+                                    <input type="checkbox" name="official_releases_only" value="1" ${config['official_releases_only']} /><label>Only include 'official' extras (i.e. no bootlegs, promos, etc.)</label>
+                                </div>
                                 <div class="row left checkbox">
                                     <input type="checkbox" name="autowant_upcoming" value="1" ${config['autowant_upcoming']} /><label>Automatically mark upcoming albums as wanted</label>
                                 </div>
diff --git a/headphones/config.py b/headphones/config.py
index bc499fce..dec8c741 100644
--- a/headphones/config.py
+++ b/headphones/config.py
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ _CONFIG_DEFINITIONS = {
     'NZBSORG_HASH': (str, 'NZBsorg', ''),
     'NZBSORG_UID': (str, 'NZBsorg', ''),
     'NZB_DOWNLOADER': (int, 'General', 0),
+    'OFFICIAL_RELEASES_ONLY': (int, 'General', 0),
     'OMGWTFNZBS': (int, 'omgwtfnzbs', 0),
     'OMGWTFNZBS_APIKEY': (str, 'omgwtfnzbs', ''),
     'OMGWTFNZBS_UID': (str, 'omgwtfnzbs', ''),
diff --git a/headphones/mb.py b/headphones/mb.py
index 5aa71143..d83b4572 100644
--- a/headphones/mb.py
+++ b/headphones/mb.py
@@ -466,6 +466,11 @@ def get_new_releases(rgid, includeExtras=False, forcefull=False):
 
     myDB = db.DBConnection()
     results = []
+
+    release_status = "official"
+    if includeExtras and not headphones.CONFIG.OFFICIAL_RELEASES_ONLY:
+        release_status = []
+
     try:
         limit = 100
         newResults = None
@@ -474,6 +479,7 @@ def get_new_releases(rgid, includeExtras=False, forcefull=False):
                 newResults = musicbrainzngs.browse_releases(
                     release_group=rgid,
                     includes=['artist-credits', 'labels', 'recordings', 'release-groups', 'media'],
+                    release_status = release_status,
                     limit=limit,
                     offset=len(results))
             if 'release-list' not in newResults:
@@ -513,10 +519,6 @@ def get_new_releases(rgid, includeExtras=False, forcefull=False):
     num_new_releases = 0
 
     for releasedata in results:
-        #releasedata.get will return None if it doesn't have a status
-        #all official releases should have the Official status included
-        if not includeExtras and releasedata.get('status') != 'Official':
-            continue
 
         release = {}
         rel_id_check = releasedata['id']
diff --git a/headphones/webserve.py b/headphones/webserve.py
index 164895db..9b2a86e4 100644
--- a/headphones/webserve.py
+++ b/headphones/webserve.py
@@ -1073,6 +1073,7 @@ class WebInterface(object):
             "file_format": headphones.CONFIG.FILE_FORMAT,
             "file_underscores": checked(headphones.CONFIG.FILE_UNDERSCORES),
             "include_extras": checked(headphones.CONFIG.INCLUDE_EXTRAS),
+            "official_releases_only": checked(headphones.CONFIG.OFFICIAL_RELEASES_ONLY),
             "autowant_upcoming": checked(headphones.CONFIG.AUTOWANT_UPCOMING),
             "autowant_all": checked(headphones.CONFIG.AUTOWANT_ALL),
             "autowant_manually_added": checked(headphones.CONFIG.AUTOWANT_MANUALLY_ADDED),
@@ -1220,7 +1221,7 @@ class WebInterface(object):
             "use_nzbsorg", "use_omgwtfnzbs", "use_kat", "use_piratebay", "use_oldpiratebay", "use_mininova", "use_waffles", "use_rutracker",
             "use_whatcd", "preferred_bitrate_allow_lossless", "detect_bitrate", "ignore_clean_releases", "freeze_db", "cue_split", "move_files", "rename_files",
             "correct_metadata", "cleanup_files", "keep_nfo", "add_album_art", "embed_album_art", "embed_lyrics", "replace_existing_folders", "keep_original_folder",
-            "file_underscores", "include_extras", "autowant_upcoming", "autowant_all", "autowant_manually_added", "keep_torrent_files", "music_encoder",
+            "file_underscores", "include_extras", "official_releases_only", "autowant_upcoming", "autowant_all", "autowant_manually_added", "keep_torrent_files", "music_encoder",
             "encoderlossless", "encoder_multicore", "delete_lossless_files", "growl_enabled", "growl_onsnatch", "prowl_enabled",
             "prowl_onsnatch", "xbmc_enabled", "xbmc_update", "xbmc_notify", "lms_enabled", "plex_enabled", "plex_update", "plex_notify",
             "nma_enabled", "nma_onsnatch", "pushalot_enabled", "pushalot_onsnatch", "synoindex_enabled", "pushover_enabled",