diff --git a/lib/ember-cli-helper-view.coffee b/lib/ember-cli-helper-view.coffee
index 49446aa..dbaf53c 100644
--- a/lib/ember-cli-helper-view.coffee
+++ b/lib/ember-cli-helper-view.coffee
@@ -302,18 +302,19 @@ class EmberCliHelperView extends View
 
     bestPath = legitPaths[0] || goodPaths[0]
 
-    unless legitPaths[0]
-      fileName = bestPath.split('/').pop().split('.')[0] if bestPath
-      if fileName
-        atom.confirm
-          message: 'The target file does\'t exist, would you like to generate it?'
-          detailedMessage: "Atom will generate the #{fileName} component"
-          buttons:
-            'Nah, don\'t do anything': -> null
-            'Yes please, generate it!': => @blueprintNewComponent(fileName)
-            'No thanks, just open single file': => @openOrGenerateFile(bestPath, pathUntilApp)
-    else
-      @openOrGenerateFile(bestPath, pathUntilApp);
+    if atom.config.get('ember-cli-helper.generateFromBlueprint')
+      unless legitPaths[0]
+        fileName = bestPath.split('/').pop().split('.')[0] if bestPath
+        if fileName
+          atom.confirm
+            message: 'The target file doesn\'t exist, would you like to generate it?'
+            detailedMessage: "Atom will generate the #{fileName} component"
+            buttons:
+              'Nah, don\'t do anything': -> null
+              'Yes please, generate it!': => @blueprintNewComponent(fileName)
+              'No thanks, just open single file': => @openOrGenerateFile(bestPath, pathUntilApp)
+      else
+        @openOrGenerateFile(bestPath, pathUntilApp);
 
   blueprintNewComponent: (file) ->
     if file
diff --git a/lib/ember-cli-helper.coffee b/lib/ember-cli-helper.coffee
index 903caff..713c693 100644
--- a/lib/ember-cli-helper.coffee
+++ b/lib/ember-cli-helper.coffee
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ module.exports =
   emberCliHelperView: null
 
   config:
+    generateFromBlueprint:
+      title: 'Enable generating from blueprint'
+      description: """
+        Offer to generate component from blueprint if corresponding
+        file not found
+        """
+      type: 'boolean'
+      default: true
+      
     generateCoffeescript:
       title: 'Generate CoffeeScript'
       description: 'Enable to generate CoffeeScript files instead of JavaScript'