diff --git a/launcher/Application.cpp b/launcher/Application.cpp
index c33694e9..a7c97aa7 100644
--- a/launcher/Application.cpp
+++ b/launcher/Application.cpp
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ Application::Application(int &argc, char **argv) : QApplication(argc, argv)
         m_settings->registerSetting({"CentralModsDir", "ModsDir"}, "mods");
         m_settings->registerSetting("IconsDir", "icons");
         m_settings->registerSetting("DownloadsDir", QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::DownloadLocation));
+        m_settings->registerSetting("DownloadsDirWatchRecursive", false);
 
         // Editors
         m_settings->registerSetting("JsonEditor", QString());
diff --git a/launcher/ui/dialogs/BlockedModsDialog.cpp b/launcher/ui/dialogs/BlockedModsDialog.cpp
index ff885f10..ba453df6 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/dialogs/BlockedModsDialog.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/dialogs/BlockedModsDialog.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QMimeData>
 #include <QPushButton>
-#include <QMimeData>
 #include <QStandardPaths>
 
 BlockedModsDialog::BlockedModsDialog(QWidget* parent, const QString& title, const QString& text, QList<BlockedMod>& mods)
@@ -89,11 +88,11 @@ void BlockedModsDialog::dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent* e)
 void BlockedModsDialog::dropEvent(QDropEvent* e)
 {
     for (QUrl& url : e->mimeData()->urls()) {
-        if (url.scheme().isEmpty()) { // ensure isLocalFile() works correctly
+        if (url.scheme().isEmpty()) {  // ensure isLocalFile() works correctly
             url.setScheme("file");
         }
 
-        if (!url.isLocalFile()) { // can't drop external files here.
+        if (!url.isLocalFile()) {  // can't drop external files here.
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ void BlockedModsDialog::update()
     }
 }
 
-/// @brief Signal fired when a watched direcotry has changed
+/// @brief Signal fired when a watched directory has changed
 /// @param path the path to the changed directory
 void BlockedModsDialog::directoryChanged(QString path)
 {
@@ -186,8 +185,30 @@ void BlockedModsDialog::setupWatch()
 {
     const QString downloadsFolder = APPLICATION->settings()->get("DownloadsDir").toString();
     const QString modsFolder = APPLICATION->settings()->get("CentralModsDir").toString();
-    m_watcher.addPath(downloadsFolder);
-    m_watcher.addPath(modsFolder);
+    const bool downloadsFolderWatchRecursive = APPLICATION->settings()->get("DownloadsDirWatchRecursive").toBool();
+    watchPath(downloadsFolder, downloadsFolderWatchRecursive);
+    watchPath(modsFolder, true);
+}
+
+void BlockedModsDialog::watchPath(QString path, bool watch_recursive)
+{
+    auto to_watch = QFileInfo(path);
+    auto to_watch_path = to_watch.canonicalFilePath();
+    if (m_watcher.directories().contains(to_watch_path))
+        return; // don't watch the same path twice (no loops!)
+
+    qDebug() << "[Blocked Mods Dialog] Adding Watch Path:" << path;
+    m_watcher.addPath(to_watch_path);
+
+    if (!to_watch.isDir() || !watch_recursive)
+        return;
+
+
+    QDirIterator it(to_watch_path, QDir::Filter::Dirs | QDir::Filter::NoDotAndDotDot, QDirIterator::NoIteratorFlags);
+    while (it.hasNext()) {
+        QString watch_dir = QDir(it.next()).canonicalPath(); // resolve symlinks and relative paths
+        watchPath(watch_dir, watch_recursive);
+    }
 }
 
 /// @brief scan all watched folder
@@ -221,7 +242,7 @@ void BlockedModsDialog::scanPath(QString path, bool start_task)
     }
 }
 
-/// @brief add a hashing task for the file located at path, add the path to the pending set if the hasing task is already running
+/// @brief add a hashing task for the file located at path, add the path to the pending set if the hashing task is already running
 /// @param path the path to the local file being hashed
 void BlockedModsDialog::addHashTask(QString path)
 {
@@ -328,7 +349,7 @@ void BlockedModsDialog::validateMatchedMods()
     }
 }
 
-/// @brief run hash task or mark a pending run if it is already runing
+/// @brief run hash task or mark a pending run if it is already running
 void BlockedModsDialog::runHashTask()
 {
     if (!m_hashing_task->isRunning()) {
diff --git a/launcher/ui/dialogs/BlockedModsDialog.h b/launcher/ui/dialogs/BlockedModsDialog.h
index 014f488a..e3b7c975 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/dialogs/BlockedModsDialog.h
+++ b/launcher/ui/dialogs/BlockedModsDialog.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ class BlockedModsDialog : public QDialog {
     void update();
     void directoryChanged(QString path);
     void setupWatch();
+    void watchPath(QString path, bool watch_recursive = false);
     void scanPaths();
     void scanPath(QString path, bool start_task);
     void addHashTask(QString path);
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp
index 324eb461..816dde72 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ void LauncherPage::applySettings()
     s->set("CentralModsDir", ui->modsDirTextBox->text());
     s->set("IconsDir", ui->iconsDirTextBox->text());
     s->set("DownloadsDir", ui->downloadsDirTextBox->text());
+    s->set("DownloadsDirWatchRecursive", ui->downloadsDirWatchRecursiveCheckBox->isChecked());
 
     auto sortMode = (InstSortMode)ui->sortingModeGroup->checkedId();
     switch (sortMode)
@@ -274,6 +275,7 @@ void LauncherPage::loadSettings()
     ui->modsDirTextBox->setText(s->get("CentralModsDir").toString());
     ui->iconsDirTextBox->setText(s->get("IconsDir").toString());
     ui->downloadsDirTextBox->setText(s->get("DownloadsDir").toString());
+    ui->downloadsDirWatchRecursiveCheckBox->setChecked(s->get("DownloadsDirWatchRecursive").toBool());
 
     QString sortMode = s->get("InstSortMode").toString();
 
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui
index 923b7f95..55bd3eea 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui
@@ -67,19 +67,16 @@
           <string>Folders</string>
          </property>
          <layout class="QGridLayout" name="foldersBoxLayout">
-          <item row="0" column="2">
-           <widget class="QToolButton" name="instDirBrowseBtn">
+          <item row="3" column="0">
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="labelDownloadsDir">
             <property name="text">
-             <string notr="true">...</string>
+             <string>&amp;Downloads:</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="buddy">
+             <cstring>downloadsDirTextBox</cstring>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
-          <item row="1" column="1">
-           <widget class="QLineEdit" name="modsDirTextBox"/>
-          </item>
-          <item row="0" column="1">
-           <widget class="QLineEdit" name="instDirTextBox"/>
-          </item>
           <item row="0" column="0">
            <widget class="QLabel" name="labelInstDir">
             <property name="text">
@@ -90,16 +87,25 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
+          <item row="0" column="1">
+           <widget class="QLineEdit" name="instDirTextBox"/>
+          </item>
+          <item row="3" column="1">
+           <widget class="QLineEdit" name="downloadsDirTextBox"/>
+          </item>
           <item row="2" column="1">
            <widget class="QLineEdit" name="iconsDirTextBox"/>
           </item>
-          <item row="2" column="2">
-           <widget class="QToolButton" name="iconsDirBrowseBtn">
+          <item row="3" column="2">
+           <widget class="QToolButton" name="downloadsDirBrowseBtn">
             <property name="text">
              <string notr="true">...</string>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
+          <item row="1" column="1">
+           <widget class="QLineEdit" name="modsDirTextBox"/>
+          </item>
           <item row="1" column="2">
            <widget class="QToolButton" name="modsDirBrowseBtn">
             <property name="text">
@@ -117,6 +123,20 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
+          <item row="0" column="2">
+           <widget class="QToolButton" name="instDirBrowseBtn">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string notr="true">...</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="2" column="2">
+           <widget class="QToolButton" name="iconsDirBrowseBtn">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string notr="true">...</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
           <item row="2" column="0">
            <widget class="QLabel" name="labelIconsDir">
             <property name="text">
@@ -127,23 +147,13 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
-          <item row="3" column="0">
-           <widget class="QLabel" name="labelDownloadsDir">
-            <property name="text">
-             <string>&amp;Downloads:</string>
+          <item row="4" column="1" colspan="2">
+           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="downloadsDirWatchRecursiveCheckBox">
+            <property name="toolTip">
+             <string>When enabled, in addition to the downloads folder, its sub folders will also be searched when looking for resources (e.g. when looking for blocked mods on CurseForge).</string>
             </property>
-            <property name="buddy">
-             <cstring>downloadsDirTextBox</cstring>
-            </property>
-           </widget>
-          </item>
-          <item row="3" column="1">
-           <widget class="QLineEdit" name="downloadsDirTextBox"/>
-          </item>
-          <item row="3" column="2">
-           <widget class="QToolButton" name="downloadsDirBrowseBtn">
             <property name="text">
-             <string>...</string>
+             <string>Check downloads folder recursively</string>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>