diff --git a/launch.py b/launch.py
index a357b917..72d2a5dc 100644
--- a/launch.py
+++ b/launch.py
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ taming_transformers_commit_hash = os.environ.get('TAMING_TRANSFORMERS_COMMIT_HAS
 codeformer_commit_hash = os.environ.get('CODEFORMER_COMMIT_HASH', "c5b4593074ba6214284d6acd5f1719b6c5d739af")
 blip_commit_hash = os.environ.get('BLIP_COMMIT_HASH', "48211a1594f1321b00f14c9f7a5b4813144b2fb9")
 
+args = shlex.split(commandline_args)
+
+
+def extract_arg(args, name):
+    return [x for x in args if x != name], name in args
+
+
+args, skip_torch_cuda_test = extract_arg(args, '--skip-torch-cuda-test')
+
+
 def repo_dir(name):
     return os.path.join(dir_repos, name)
 
@@ -95,7 +105,8 @@ print(f"Commit hash: {commit}")
 if not is_installed("torch"):
     run(f'"{python}" -m {torch_command}', "Installing torch", "Couldn't install torch")
 
-run_python("import torch; assert torch.cuda.is_available(), 'Torch is not able to use GPU'")
+if not skip_torch_cuda_test:
+    run_python("import torch; assert not torch.cuda.is_available(), 'Torch is not able to use GPU; add --skip-torch-cuda-test to COMMANDINE_ARGS variable to disable this check'")
 
 if not is_installed("k_diffusion.sampling"):
     run_pip(f"install {k_diffusion_package}", "k-diffusion")
@@ -115,7 +126,7 @@ if not is_installed("lpips"):
 
 run_pip(f"install -r {requirements_file}", "requirements for Web UI")
 
-sys.argv += shlex.split(commandline_args)
+sys.argv += args
 
 
 def start_webui():