diff --git a/app/src/App.tsx b/app/src/App.tsx
index 245c0517..d0cc2545 100644
--- a/app/src/App.tsx
+++ b/app/src/App.tsx
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ export default function App() {
           setStep(parseInt(data) - 1);
           // reset selected ids
           setSelectedIds(new Set());
+        } else if (roomConfig.scene.frame_update) {
+          setStep(parseInt(data) - 1);
         }
         setLength(data);
       });
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ export default function App() {
     return () => {
       socket.off("room:frames:refresh", onFramesRefresh);
     };
-  }, [step]);
+  }, [step, roomConfig.scene]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     function onConnect() {
diff --git a/zndraw/scene.py b/zndraw/scene.py
index c49621ec..43a0a01d 100644
--- a/zndraw/scene.py
+++ b/zndraw/scene.py
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ class Scene(BaseModel):
     camera_far: float = Field(
         1000, ge=1, le=10000, description="Camera far rendering plane"
     )
+    frame_update: bool = Field(
+        True,
+        description="Jump to updated frames.",
+    )
     # bonds: bool = Field(
     #     True,
     #     description="Show bonds.",
@@ -110,6 +114,7 @@ def get_updated_schema(cls) -> dict:
         schema["properties"]["Animation Loop"]["format"] = "checkbox"
         schema["properties"]["simulation_box"]["format"] = "checkbox"
         schema["properties"]["vectorfield"]["format"] = "checkbox"
+        schema["properties"]["frame_update"]["format"] = "checkbox"
         # schema["properties"]["resolution"]["format"] = "range"
         # schema["properties"]["label_offset"]["format"] = "range"
         schema["properties"]["particle_size"]["format"] = "range"