diff --git a/bind/v4k.lua b/bind/v4k.lua
index 77d0f34..5dfe7b8 100644
--- a/bind/v4k.lua
+++ b/bind/v4k.lua
@@ -2081,6 +2081,7 @@ COOK_DEBUGLOG = 4,
  bool cook_start( const char *path_to_cook_ini, const char *masks, int flags );
  void cook_stop();
  void cook_cancel();
+ void cook_disable();
  int  cook_jobs();
  int  cook_progress();
 typedef union json_t { char* s; double f; int64_t i; uintptr_t p; union json_t* arr; } json_t;
diff --git a/depot b/depot
index bf6f1c4..8eb9226 160000
--- a/depot
+++ b/depot
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit bf6f1c4d6a445fae7e8df1746d9c1f0569b52caf
+Subproject commit 8eb9226fcff6bdbbb5ddb28741575066aad494f5
diff --git a/engine/joint/v4k.h b/engine/joint/v4k.h
index ce09c15..e9892a6 100644
--- a/engine/joint/v4k.h
+++ b/engine/joint/v4k.h
@@ -15732,6 +15732,7 @@ API void cook_config( const char *path_to_cook_ini ); // "tools/cook.ini"
 API bool cook_start( const char *path_to_cook_ini, const char *masks, int flags ); // COOK_INI, "**"
 API void cook_stop();
 API void cook_cancel();
+API void cook_disable();
 API int  cook_jobs();     // [0..N]
 API int  cook_progress(); // [0..100]
 
@@ -586442,12 +586443,19 @@ void cook_cancel() {
     if( cook_cancelable ) cook_cancelling = true;
 }
 
+static bool cook_disabled=0;
+
+void cook_disable() {
+    cook_disabled=1;
+}
+
 int cook_jobs() {
     int num_jobs = optioni("--cook-jobs", maxf(1.15,app_cores()) * 1.75), max_jobs = countof(jobs);
     ifdef(ems, num_jobs = 0);
-    return clampi(num_jobs, 0, max_jobs);
+    return clampi(num_jobs, 0, cook_disabled?0:max_jobs);
 }
 
+
 void cook_config( const char *pathfile_to_cook_ini ) { // @todo: test run-from-"bin/" case on Linux.
     COOK_INI = pathfile_to_cook_ini;
     ASSERT( file_exist(COOK_INI) );
diff --git a/engine/split/v4k_cooker.c b/engine/split/v4k_cooker.c
index 244bfe9..26d7f7e 100644
--- a/engine/split/v4k_cooker.c
+++ b/engine/split/v4k_cooker.c
@@ -805,12 +805,19 @@ void cook_cancel() {
     if( cook_cancelable ) cook_cancelling = true;
 }
 
+static bool cook_disabled=0;
+
+void cook_disable() {
+    cook_disabled=1;
+}
+
 int cook_jobs() {
     int num_jobs = optioni("--cook-jobs", maxf(1.15,app_cores()) * 1.75), max_jobs = countof(jobs);
     ifdef(ems, num_jobs = 0);
-    return clampi(num_jobs, 0, max_jobs);
+    return clampi(num_jobs, 0, cook_disabled?0:max_jobs);
 }
 
+
 void cook_config( const char *pathfile_to_cook_ini ) { // @todo: test run-from-"bin/" case on Linux.
     COOK_INI = pathfile_to_cook_ini;
     ASSERT( file_exist(COOK_INI) );
diff --git a/engine/split/v4k_cooker.h b/engine/split/v4k_cooker.h
index 29ebfa0..fbcbe30 100644
--- a/engine/split/v4k_cooker.h
+++ b/engine/split/v4k_cooker.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ API void cook_config( const char *path_to_cook_ini ); // "tools/cook.ini"
 API bool cook_start( const char *path_to_cook_ini, const char *masks, int flags ); // COOK_INI, "**"
 API void cook_stop();
 API void cook_cancel();
+API void cook_disable();
 API int  cook_jobs();     // [0..N]
 API int  cook_progress(); // [0..100]
 
diff --git a/engine/v4k.c b/engine/v4k.c
index 6807ed1..8da6a8e 100644
--- a/engine/v4k.c
+++ b/engine/v4k.c
@@ -4619,12 +4619,19 @@ void cook_cancel() {
     if( cook_cancelable ) cook_cancelling = true;
 }
 
+static bool cook_disabled=0;
+
+void cook_disable() {
+    cook_disabled=1;
+}
+
 int cook_jobs() {
     int num_jobs = optioni("--cook-jobs", maxf(1.15,app_cores()) * 1.75), max_jobs = countof(jobs);
     ifdef(ems, num_jobs = 0);
-    return clampi(num_jobs, 0, max_jobs);
+    return clampi(num_jobs, 0, cook_disabled?0:max_jobs);
 }
 
+
 void cook_config( const char *pathfile_to_cook_ini ) { // @todo: test run-from-"bin/" case on Linux.
     COOK_INI = pathfile_to_cook_ini;
     ASSERT( file_exist(COOK_INI) );
diff --git a/engine/v4k.h b/engine/v4k.h
index fb547e9..78e11ec 100644
--- a/engine/v4k.h
+++ b/engine/v4k.h
@@ -1799,6 +1799,7 @@ API void cook_config( const char *path_to_cook_ini ); // "tools/cook.ini"
 API bool cook_start( const char *path_to_cook_ini, const char *masks, int flags ); // COOK_INI, "**"
 API void cook_stop();
 API void cook_cancel();
+API void cook_disable();
 API int  cook_jobs();     // [0..N]
 API int  cook_progress(); // [0..100]