diff --git a/PiwigoDirectorySync/Commands/SyncAlbumsCommand.cs b/PiwigoDirectorySync/Commands/SyncAlbumsCommand.cs
index 3c7caae..2ca640f 100644
--- a/PiwigoDirectorySync/Commands/SyncAlbumsCommand.cs
+++ b/PiwigoDirectorySync/Commands/SyncAlbumsCommand.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using PiwigoDirectorySync.Infrastructure;
 using PiwigoDirectorySync.Services;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ internal class SyncAlbumsCommand : CancellableAsyncCommand<SyncAlbumsCommand.Syn
 
         var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
 
-        await _albumSynchronizer.SynchronizeAlbums(settings.PiwigoServerId, cancellationToken);
+        await _albumSynchronizer.SynchronizeAlbums(settings.PiwigoServerId, settings.CreateAlbumsOnServer, cancellationToken);
 
         stopWatch.Stop();
         _logger.LogInformation("Synchronized all albums with piwigo server {SettingsPiwigoServerId} in {ElapsedTotalSeconds} seconds", settings.PiwigoServerId,
@@ -34,5 +35,8 @@ internal class SyncAlbumsCommand : CancellableAsyncCommand<SyncAlbumsCommand.Syn
 
     internal class SyncAlbumsSettings : CommonCommandSettings
     {
+        [CommandOption("-c|--create-albums")]
+        [DefaultValue(true)]
+        public bool CreateAlbumsOnServer { get; set; }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/PiwigoDirectorySync/Commands/SyncFullCommand.cs b/PiwigoDirectorySync/Commands/SyncFullCommand.cs
index 0a9268e..5b22f83 100644
--- a/PiwigoDirectorySync/Commands/SyncFullCommand.cs
+++ b/PiwigoDirectorySync/Commands/SyncFullCommand.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ internal class SyncFullCommand : CancellableAsyncCommand<SyncFullCommand.SyncFul
         await ScanCommand.ScanDirectory(_logger, _fileIndexer, _fileSystemScanner, settings.PiwigoServerId, cancellationToken);
 
         _logger.LogInformation("running album synchronization");
-        await _albumSynchronizer.SynchronizeAlbums(settings.PiwigoServerId, cancellationToken);
+        await _albumSynchronizer.SynchronizeAlbums(settings.PiwigoServerId, true, cancellationToken);
 
         _logger.LogInformation("running image synchronization");
         await _imageSynchronizer.SynchronizeImagesAsync(settings.PiwigoServerId, cancellationToken);
diff --git a/PiwigoDirectorySync/Services/AlbumSynchronizer.cs b/PiwigoDirectorySync/Services/AlbumSynchronizer.cs
index 92f0412..fc52aa7 100644
--- a/PiwigoDirectorySync/Services/AlbumSynchronizer.cs
+++ b/PiwigoDirectorySync/Services/AlbumSynchronizer.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ internal class AlbumSynchronizer : IAlbumSynchronizer
         _persistenceContext = persistenceContext;
     }
 
-    public async Task SynchronizeAlbums(int piwigoServerId, CancellationToken ct)
+    public async Task SynchronizeAlbums(int piwigoServerId, bool createAlbumsOnServer, CancellationToken ct)
     {
         var piwigoServer = await _persistenceContext.PiwigoServers.FindAsync(new object?[] { piwigoServerId }, ct);
         if (piwigoServer is null)
@@ -32,7 +32,15 @@ internal class AlbumSynchronizer : IAlbumSynchronizer
         var piwigoClient = await _piwigoClientFactory.GetPiwigoClientAsync(piwigoServer, ct);
 
         await UpdatePiwigoAlbumsFromServerAsync(piwigoClient, piwigoServer, ct);
-        await AddMissingAlbumsToServerAsync(piwigoClient, piwigoServer, ct);
+        if (createAlbumsOnServer)
+        {
+            _logger.LogInformation("Creating missing albums on server {PiwigoServerId} - {PiwigoServerName}", piwigoServer.Id, piwigoServer.Name);
+            await AddMissingAlbumsToServerAsync(piwigoClient, piwigoServer, ct);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _logger.LogInformation("Skipping album creation on server {PiwigoServerId} - {PiwigoServerName}", piwigoServer.Id, piwigoServer.Name);
+        }
     }
 
     private async Task AddMissingAlbumsToServerAsync(IPiwigoClient piwigoClient, ServerEntity piwigoServer, CancellationToken ct)
diff --git a/PiwigoDirectorySync/Services/IAlbumSynchronizer.cs b/PiwigoDirectorySync/Services/IAlbumSynchronizer.cs
index 89ab6c2..8db38b2 100644
--- a/PiwigoDirectorySync/Services/IAlbumSynchronizer.cs
+++ b/PiwigoDirectorySync/Services/IAlbumSynchronizer.cs
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ namespace PiwigoDirectorySync.Services;
 
 internal interface IAlbumSynchronizer
 {
-    Task SynchronizeAlbums(int piwigoServerId, CancellationToken ct);
+    Task SynchronizeAlbums(int piwigoServerId, bool createAlbumsOnServer, CancellationToken ct);
 }
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