diff --git a/src/languageserverinstance.jl b/src/languageserverinstance.jl
index 78086a1b..177a5f8a 100644
--- a/src/languageserverinstance.jl
+++ b/src/languageserverinstance.jl
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ mutable struct LanguageServerInstance
     status::Symbol
 
     number_of_outstanding_symserver_requests::Int
+    symserver_use_download::Bool
 
     current_symserver_progress_token::Union{Nothing,String}
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ mutable struct LanguageServerInstance
 
     shutdown_requested::Bool
 
-    function LanguageServerInstance(pipe_in, pipe_out, env_path="", depot_path="", err_handler=nothing, symserver_store_path=nothing)
+    function LanguageServerInstance(pipe_in, pipe_out, env_path="", depot_path="", err_handler=nothing, symserver_store_path=nothing, download=true)
         new(
             JSONRPC.JSONRPCEndpoint(pipe_in, pipe_out, err_handler),
             Set{String}(),
@@ -80,11 +81,12 @@ mutable struct LanguageServerInstance
             StaticLint.LintOptions(),
             :all,
             LINT_DIABLED_DIRS,
-            :import, # options: :import or :qualify, anything else turns this off
+            :qualify, # options: :import or :qualify, anything else turns this off
             Channel{Any}(Inf),
             err_handler,
             :created,
             0,
+            download,
             nothing,
             false,
             false,
@@ -171,6 +173,10 @@ function trigger_symbolstore_reload(server::LanguageServerInstance)
     end
     server.number_of_outstanding_symserver_requests += 1
 
+    if server.symserver_use_download
+        @debug "Will download symbol server caches for this instance."
+    end
+
     @async try
         # TODO Add try catch handler that links into crash reporting
         ssi_ret, payload = SymbolServer.getstore(
@@ -188,7 +194,7 @@ function trigger_symbolstore_reload(server::LanguageServerInstance)
                 end
             end,
             server.err_handler,
-            download = true
+            download = server.symserver_use_download
         )
 
         server.number_of_outstanding_symserver_requests -= 1