diff --git a/src/components/gui/gui.jsx b/src/components/gui/gui.jsx
index c3b7cff716b6b07fd874c64abfa68035a593fca5..c7859c5aa54aec12c417b36cc28cd1aaf668e78e 100644
--- a/src/components/gui/gui.jsx
+++ b/src/components/gui/gui.jsx
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ const GUIComponent = props => {
         costumeLibraryVisible,
         costumesTabVisible,
         enableCommunity,
+        hideIntro,
         importInfoVisible,
         intl,
         isPlayerOnly,
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ const GUIComponent = props => {
                 {...componentProps}
             >
                 {previewInfoVisible ? (
-                    <PreviewModal />
+                    <PreviewModal hideIntro={hideIntro} />
                 ) : null}
                 {loading ? (
                     <Loader />
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ GUIComponent.propTypes = {
     costumeLibraryVisible: PropTypes.bool,
     costumesTabVisible: PropTypes.bool,
     enableCommunity: PropTypes.bool,
+    hideIntro: PropTypes.bool,
     importInfoVisible: PropTypes.bool,
     intl: intlShape.isRequired,
     isPlayerOnly: PropTypes.bool,
diff --git a/src/containers/preview-modal.jsx b/src/containers/preview-modal.jsx
index dd1ca6701000eef9a38828a763d09e55ee1be60f..a53f398ee70d19b33504e7267fff104fa291986f 100644
--- a/src/containers/preview-modal.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/preview-modal.jsx
@@ -27,6 +27,25 @@ class PreviewModal extends React.Component {
             previewing: false
         };
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Conditionally returns an intro modal depending on the hideIntro prop
+     * @returns { React.Component | null } null if hideIntro is true, the intro modal component otherwise
+     */
+    introIfShown () {
+        if (this.props.hideIntro) {
+            return null; // If hideIntro is true, the intro modal should not appear
+        }
+
+        // otherwise, show the intro modal
+        return (<PreviewModalComponent
+            previewing={this.state.previewing}
+            onCancel={this.handleCancel}
+            onTryIt={this.handleTryIt}
+            onViewProject={this.handleViewProject}
+        />);
+        
+    }
     handleTryIt () {
         this.setState({previewing: true});
         // try to run in fullscreen mode on tablets.
@@ -41,12 +60,7 @@ class PreviewModal extends React.Component {
     }
     render () {
         return (supportedBrowser() ?
-            <PreviewModalComponent
-                previewing={this.state.previewing}
-                onCancel={this.handleCancel}
-                onTryIt={this.handleTryIt}
-                onViewProject={this.handleViewProject}
-            /> :
+            this.introIfShown() :
             <BrowserModalComponent
                 onBack={this.handleCancel}
             />
@@ -55,6 +69,7 @@ class PreviewModal extends React.Component {
 }
 
 PreviewModal.propTypes = {
+    hideIntro: PropTypes.bool,
     onTryIt: PropTypes.func,
     onViewProject: PropTypes.func
 };