diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 484d8aab..8b5e894f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,4 +50,9 @@ itertools = "0.13.0"
 colored = "2.1.0"
 dprint-plugin-typescript = "0.91.1"
 markup_fmt = "0.10.0"
-git2 = { version = "0.19.0", default-features = false, features = ["https", "ssh_key_from_memory", "vendored-libgit2", "vendored-openssl"] }
+git2 = { version = "0.19.0", default-features = false, features = [
+  "https",
+  "ssh_key_from_memory",
+  "vendored-libgit2",
+  "vendored-openssl",
+] }
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 6403cbc1..a17f3ae3 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ pub struct HcScaffold {
     /// Or a path to a custom template
     template: Option<TemplateType>,
 
+    #[structopt(long)]
+    /// Skip reading from `hcScaffold` configurations. Largely useful for hApps built with
+    /// nix-wrapper based custom templates
+    skip_config_check: bool,
+
     #[structopt(subcommand)]
     command: HcScaffoldCommand,
 }
@@ -48,7 +53,11 @@ pub enum HcScaffoldCommand {
 impl HcScaffold {
     pub async fn run(self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         let current_dir = std::env::current_dir()?;
-        let scaffold_config = ScaffoldConfig::from_package_json_path(&current_dir)?;
+        let scaffold_config = if !self.skip_config_check {
+            ScaffoldConfig::from_package_json_path(&current_dir)?
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
         let template_type = self.get_template_type(&current_dir, scaffold_config.as_ref())?;
 
         match self.command {