diff --git a/bootstrap/bootstrap.py b/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
index 12cb3d4..d6efcdf 100644
--- a/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
@@ -115,23 +115,23 @@ def serve_forever(server):
         pass
 
 def main():
-    # Serve the loading page until TLJH builds
-    index_url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GeorgianaElena/the-littlest-jupyterhub/in-progress-page/bootstrap/index.html"
-    favicon_url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub/master/share/jupyterhub/static/favicon.ico"
-    urllib.request.urlretrieve(index_url, "index.html")
-    urllib.request.urlretrieve(favicon_url, "favicon.ico")
+    if "--temporary-page" in sys.argv:
+        # Serve the loading page until TLJH builds
+        index_url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GeorgianaElena/the-littlest-jupyterhub/in-progress-page/bootstrap/index.html"
+        favicon_url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub/master/share/jupyterhub/static/favicon.ico"
+        urllib.request.urlretrieve(index_url, "index.html")
+        urllib.request.urlretrieve(favicon_url, "favicon.ico")
 
-
-    # If the bootstrap is run to upgrade TLJH, then this will raise an "Address already in use" error
-    try:
-        loading_page_server = HTTPServer(("", 80), LoaderPageRequestHandler)
-        p = multiprocessing.Process(target=serve_forever, args=(loading_page_server,))
-        p.start()
-        with open('/loading.pid', 'w+') as f:
-            f.write(str(p.pid))
-    except OSError:
-        # Only serve the loading page when installing TLJH
-        pass
+        # If the bootstrap is run to upgrade TLJH, then this will raise an "Address already in use" error
+        try:
+            loading_page_server = HTTPServer(("", 80), LoaderPageRequestHandler)
+            p = multiprocessing.Process(target=serve_forever, args=(loading_page_server,))
+            p.start()
+            with open('/loading.pid', 'w+') as f:
+                f.write(str(p.pid))
+        except OSError:
+            # Only serve the loading page when installing TLJH
+            pass
 
     validate_host()
     install_prefix = os.environ.get('TLJH_INSTALL_PREFIX', '/opt/tljh')
diff --git a/tljh/installer.py b/tljh/installer.py
index 9c74c31..fd00ef7 100644
--- a/tljh/installer.py
+++ b/tljh/installer.py
@@ -486,6 +486,12 @@ def main():
         nargs='*',
         help='Plugin pip-specs to install'
     )
+    argparser.add_argument(
+        '--temporary-page',
+        action='store_true',
+        default=False,
+        help='Serve a temporary page while TLJH is building'
+    )
 
     args = argparser.parse_args()
 
@@ -502,16 +508,18 @@ def main():
     ensure_jupyterlab_extensions()
 
     # Stop the http server with the loading page before traefik starts
-    try:
-        with open(pidfile, "r") as f:
-            pid = f.read()
-        os.kill(int(pid), signal.SIGINT)
-        # Remove the pid file and the temporary html page
-        os.remove('/loading.pid')
-        os.remove('/index.html')
-        os.remove('/favicon.ico')
-    except:
-        pass
+    if args.temporary_page:
+        pidfile = "/loading.pid"
+        try:
+            with open(pidfile, "r") as f:
+                pid = f.read()
+            os.kill(int(pid), signal.SIGINT)
+            # Remove the pid file and the temporary html page
+            os.remove(pidfile)
+            os.remove('/index.html')
+            os.remove('/favicon.ico')
+        except Exception as e:
+            pass
 
     ensure_jupyterhub_service(HUB_ENV_PREFIX)
     ensure_jupyterhub_running()