diff --git a/cmd/rescan.go b/cmd/rescan.go
index ae3055f..83d759f 100644
--- a/cmd/rescan.go
+++ b/cmd/rescan.go
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ func init() {
 		"SHA256 of the file to rescan")
 	reScanCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&asyncScanFlag, "async", "a", false,
 		"Scan files in parallel (default=false)")
+	reScanCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&skipDetonationFlag, "skipDetonation", "d", false,
+		"Skip detonation (default=false)")
 
 }
 
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ func reScanFile(shaList []string, token string, async bool) error {
 		for _, sha256 := range shaList {
 			wp.Submit(func() {
 				log.Printf("rescanning %s", sha256)
-				err := webapi.Rescan(sha256, token)
+				err := webapi.Rescan(sha256, token, skipDetonationFlag)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Fatalf("failed to rescan file: %v", sha256)
 				}
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ func reScanFile(shaList []string, token string, async bool) error {
 	for _, sha256 := range shaList {
 
 		log.Printf("re-scanning %s", sha256)
-		err := webapi.Rescan(sha256, token)
+		err := webapi.Rescan(sha256, token, skipDetonationFlag)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("failed to rescan file: %v", sha256)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/scan.go b/cmd/scan.go
index 287d3bb..577bb72 100644
--- a/cmd/scan.go
+++ b/cmd/scan.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 var filePath string
 var forceRescanFlag bool
 var asyncScanFlag bool
+var skipDetonationFlag bool
 
 func init() {
 	scanCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&filePath, "path", "p", "",
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ func init() {
 		"Force rescan the file if it exists (default=false)")
 	scanCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&asyncScanFlag, "async", "a", false,
 		"Scan files in parallel (default=false)")
+	scanCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&skipDetonationFlag, "skipDetonation", "d", false,
+		"Skip detonation (default=false)")
 	scanCmd.MarkFlagRequired("path")
 
 }
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ func scanFile(filePath, token string, async, forceRescan bool) error {
 				} else {
 					// Force rescan the file
 					if forceRescan {
-						err = webapi.Rescan(sha256, token)
+						err = webapi.Rescan(sha256, token, skipDetonationFlag)
 						if err != nil {
 							log.Fatalf("failed to rescan file: %v", filename)
 						}
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@ func scanFile(filePath, token string, async, forceRescan bool) error {
 		} else {
 			// Force re-scan the file
 			if forceRescan {
-				err = webapi.Rescan(sha256, token)
+				err = webapi.Rescan(sha256, token, skipDetonationFlag)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Fatalf("failed to re-scan file: %v", filename)
 				}
diff --git a/internal/webapi/webapi.go b/internal/webapi/webapi.go
index e2018b5..888bbd9 100755
--- a/internal/webapi/webapi.go
+++ b/internal/webapi/webapi.go
@@ -133,10 +133,19 @@ func Upload(filepath string, authToken string) (string, error) {
 	return body.String(), nil
 }
 
-func Rescan(sha256, authToken string) error {
+func Rescan(sha256, authToken string, skipDetonation bool) error {
 
 	url := fileURL + sha256 + "/rescan"
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)
+
+	requestBody, err := json.Marshal(map[string]bool{
+		"skip_detonation": skipDetonation,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	body := bytes.NewBuffer(requestBody)
+	request, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -152,7 +161,7 @@ func Rescan(sha256, authToken string) error {
 	}
 
 	// Read the response.
-	body := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	body = &bytes.Buffer{}
 	_, err = body.ReadFrom(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err