diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ded7b72..1cf2cec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -235,6 +235,13 @@ If this flag is passed, it will not override the user agent.
 ```
 Forces the packaged app to ignore certificate errors.
 
+#### [disable-web-security]
+
+```
+--disable-web-security
+```
+Forces the packaged app to ignore web security errors.
+
 #### [flash]
 
 ```
@@ -273,6 +280,7 @@ var options = {
     showMenuBar: false,
     userAgent: null,
     insecure: false,
+    disableWebSecurity: false,
     honest: false
 };
 
diff --git a/app/src/components/mainWindow/mainWindow.js b/app/src/components/mainWindow/mainWindow.js
index 5119118..1f19214 100644
--- a/app/src/components/mainWindow/mainWindow.js
+++ b/app/src/components/mainWindow/mainWindow.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ function createMainWindow(options, onAppQuit, setDockBadge) {
             plugins: true,
             // node globals causes problems with sites like messenger.com
             nodeIntegration: false,
+            webSecurity: !options.disableWebSecurity,
             preload: path.join(__dirname, 'static', 'preload.js')
         },
         // after webpack path here should reference `resources/app/`
diff --git a/src/build/buildApp.js b/src/build/buildApp.js
index 1e108cf..9782c2f 100644
--- a/src/build/buildApp.js
+++ b/src/build/buildApp.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function changeAppPackageJsonName(appPath, name) {
 /**
  * Only picks certain app args to pass to nativefier.json
  * @param options
- * @returns {{name: (*|string), targetUrl: (string|*), counter: *, width: *, height: *, showMenuBar: *, userAgent: *, nativefierVersion: *, insecure: *}}
+ * @returns {{name: (*|string), targetUrl: (string|*), counter: *, width: *, height: *, showMenuBar: *, userAgent: *, nativefierVersion: *, insecure: *, disableWebSecurity: *}}
  */
 function selectAppArgs(options) {
     return {
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ function selectAppArgs(options) {
         userAgent: options.userAgent,
         nativefierVersion: options.nativefierVersion,
         insecure: options.insecure,
+        disableWebSecurity: options.disableWebSecurity,
         flashPluginDir: options.flashPluginDir
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/cli.js b/src/cli.js
index 2ef31ee..a482dd4 100755
--- a/src/cli.js
+++ b/src/cli.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ if (require.main === module) {
         .option('-u, --user-agent <value>', 'set the user agent string for the app')
         .option('--honest', 'prevent the nativefied app from changing the user agent string to masquerade as a regular chrome browser')
         .option('--insecure', 'ignore certificate related errors')
+        .option('--disable-web-security', 'enable loading of insecure content, defaults to false')
         .option('--flash <value>', 'path to Chrome flash plugin, find it in `Chrome://plugins`')
         .parse(process.argv);
 
diff --git a/src/options/optionsMain.js b/src/options/optionsMain.js
index 2282e88..838bb5b 100644
--- a/src/options/optionsMain.js
+++ b/src/options/optionsMain.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function optionsFactory(inpOptions, callback) {
         targetUrl: normalizeUrl(inpOptions.targetUrl),
         platform: inpOptions.platform || inferPlatform(),
         arch: inpOptions.arch || inferArch(),
-        version: ELECTRON_VERSION,
+        version: inpOptions.electronVersion || ELECTRON_VERSION,
         nativefierVersion: packageJson.version,
         out: inpOptions.out || process.cwd(),
         overwrite: inpOptions.overwrite || false,
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ function optionsFactory(inpOptions, callback) {
         showMenuBar: inpOptions.showMenuBar || false,
         userAgent: inpOptions.userAgent || getFakeUserAgent(),
         insecure: inpOptions.insecure || false,
+        disableWebSecurity: inpOptions.disableWebSecurity || false,
         flashPluginDir: inpOptions.flash || null
     };
 
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ function optionsFactory(inpOptions, callback) {
             });
         },
         callback => {
+            // length also checks if its the commanderJS function or a string
             if (options.name && options.name.length > 0) {
                 callback();
                 return;