diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bf2adfd8..cd454836 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ Run `rails generate blacklight_range_limit:install`
 
 ### Manual Javascript setup is not hard
 
-The installer could have trouble figuring out how to add Javascript to your particular setup. In the end, all you need is `blacklight-range-limit` either importmap-pinned (with its chart.js dependency), or added to your package.json, and then, in a file that has access to the `Blacklight` import:
+The installer could have trouble figuring out how to add Javascript to your particular setup. If it's not working right and you want the installer to skip asset generation, you can execute as `rails generate blacklight_range_limit:install --skip-assets`.
+
+
+In the end, all you need is `blacklight-range-limit` either importmap-pinned (with its chart.js dependency), or added to your package.json, and then, in a file that has access to the `Blacklight` import:
 
     import BlacklightRangeLimit from "blacklight-range-limit";
     BlacklightRangeLimit.init({ onLoadHandler: Blacklight.onLoad });
diff --git a/lib/generators/blacklight_range_limit/install_generator.rb b/lib/generators/blacklight_range_limit/install_generator.rb
index a14ca7a5..cfeb2985 100644
--- a/lib/generators/blacklight_range_limit/install_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/blacklight_range_limit/install_generator.rb
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ module BlacklightRangeLimit
   class InstallGenerator < Rails::Generators::Base
     source_root File.expand_path('../templates', __FILE__)
 
+    class_option :'skip-assets', type: :boolean, default: false, desc: "Skip generation of assets into app"
     class_option :'builder-path', type: :string, default: 'app/models/search_builder.rb', aliases: "-b", desc: "Set the path, relative to Rails root, to the Blacklight app's search builder class"
 
     def generate_assets
-      generate 'blacklight_range_limit:assets'
+      unless options[:'skip-assets']
+        generate 'blacklight_range_limit:assets'
+      end
     end
 
     def install_catalog_controller_mixin