diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/hooks/useSkipPreJoinParam.ts b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/hooks/useSkipPreJoinParam.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5fb5475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/hooks/useSkipPreJoinParam.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { useSearch } from 'wouter'
+
+export const useSkipPreJoinParam = () => {
+  const search = useSearch()
+  const params = new URLSearchParams(search)
+  return params.get('skipPreJoin') === 'True'
+}
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/routes/Room.tsx b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/routes/Room.tsx
index 552c3002..b185660e 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/routes/Room.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/routes/Room.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   isRoomValid,
   normalizeRoomId,
 } from '@/features/rooms/utils/isRoomValid'
+import { useSkipPreJoinParam } from '@/features/rooms/hooks/useSkipPreJoinParam.ts'
 
 export type LocalUserChoices = LocalUserChoicesLK & {
   processorSerialized?: ProcessorSerialized
@@ -28,7 +29,9 @@ export const Room = () => {
   const [location, setLocation] = useLocation()
   const initialRoomData = history.state?.initialRoomData
   const mode = isLoggedIn && history.state?.create ? 'create' : 'join'
-  const skipJoinScreen = isLoggedIn && mode === 'create'
+
+  const skipPreJoin = useSkipPreJoinParam()
+  const skipJoinScreen = (isLoggedIn && mode === 'create') || skipPreJoin
 
   useKeyboardShortcuts()