diff --git a/Sources/BranchSDK/BNCServerRequestQueue.m b/Sources/BranchSDK/BNCServerRequestQueue.m
index 23a5775d2..2fefbc419 100755
--- a/Sources/BranchSDK/BNCServerRequestQueue.m
+++ b/Sources/BranchSDK/BNCServerRequestQueue.m
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ - (instancetype)init {
 
     self.queue = [NSMutableArray<BNCServerRequest *> new];
     self.asyncQueue = dispatch_queue_create("io.branch.persist_queue", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
+    self.processArchivedOpens = YES;
     return self;
 }
 
diff --git a/Sources/BranchSDK/Branch.m b/Sources/BranchSDK/Branch.m
index 194e03f60..7619d0186 100644
--- a/Sources/BranchSDK/Branch.m
+++ b/Sources/BranchSDK/Branch.m
@@ -1885,6 +1885,15 @@ - (void)processNextQueueItem {
                     return;
                 }
             }
+            
+            if ( !(((BNCServerRequestQueue*)[BNCServerRequestQueue getInstance]).processArchivedOpens)
+                && [req isKindOfClass:[BranchOpenRequest class]]
+                && ((BranchOpenRequest *)req).isFromArchivedQueue){
+                [self.requestQueue remove:req];
+                self.networkCount = 0;
+                [self processNextQueueItem];
+                return;
+            }
 
             dispatch_queue_t queue = dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0);
             dispatch_async(queue, ^ {
diff --git a/Sources/BranchSDK/BranchOpenRequest.m b/Sources/BranchSDK/BranchOpenRequest.m
index 37aae9a2d..d817d9a07 100644
--- a/Sources/BranchSDK/BranchOpenRequest.m
+++ b/Sources/BranchSDK/BranchOpenRequest.m
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ - (void)processResponse:(BNCServerResponse *)response error:(NSError *)error {
             }
         }
     }
+    
+    if (referringURL.length > 0) {
+        ((BNCServerRequestQueue *)[BNCServerRequestQueue getInstance]).processArchivedOpens = NO;
+    }
 
     // Clear link identifiers so they don't get reused on the next open
     preferenceHelper.linkClickIdentifier = nil;
diff --git a/Sources/BranchSDK/Public/BNCServerRequestQueue.h b/Sources/BranchSDK/Public/BNCServerRequestQueue.h
index 535034112..311c65a76 100755
--- a/Sources/BranchSDK/Public/BNCServerRequestQueue.h
+++ b/Sources/BranchSDK/Public/BNCServerRequestQueue.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 @interface BNCServerRequestQueue : NSObject
 
+@property (assign, nonatomic) BOOL processArchivedOpens;
+
 - (void)enqueue:(BNCServerRequest *)request;
 - (BNCServerRequest *)dequeue;
 - (BNCServerRequest *)peek;