diff --git a/Penumbra/DebugConfiguration.cs b/Penumbra/DebugConfiguration.cs
index 76987df8..3f9e8207 100644
--- a/Penumbra/DebugConfiguration.cs
+++ b/Penumbra/DebugConfiguration.cs
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ namespace Penumbra;
 
 public class DebugConfiguration
 {
-    public static bool WriteImcBytesToLog = false;
+    public static bool WriteImcBytesToLog        = false;
+    public static bool UseSkinMaterialProcessing = true;
 }
diff --git a/Penumbra/Interop/Hooks/Resources/ResolvePathHooksBase.cs b/Penumbra/Interop/Hooks/Resources/ResolvePathHooksBase.cs
index eecb98c5..db39889e 100644
--- a/Penumbra/Interop/Hooks/Resources/ResolvePathHooksBase.cs
+++ b/Penumbra/Interop/Hooks/Resources/ResolvePathHooksBase.cs
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public sealed unsafe class ResolvePathHooksBase : IDisposable
     private nint ResolveSkinMtrl(nint drawObject, nint pathBuffer, nint pathBufferSize, uint slotIndex)
     {
         var finalPathBuffer = _resolveSkinMtrlPathHook.Original(drawObject, pathBuffer, pathBufferSize, slotIndex);
-        if (finalPathBuffer != 0 && finalPathBuffer == pathBuffer)
+        if (DebugConfiguration.UseSkinMaterialProcessing && finalPathBuffer != nint.Zero && finalPathBuffer == pathBuffer)
             SkinMtrlPathEarlyProcessing.Process(new Span<byte>((void*)pathBuffer, (int)pathBufferSize), (CharacterBase*)drawObject, slotIndex);
 
         return ResolvePath(drawObject, finalPathBuffer);
diff --git a/Penumbra/Interop/Processing/SkinMtrlPathEarlyProcessing.cs b/Penumbra/Interop/Processing/SkinMtrlPathEarlyProcessing.cs
index d35845e1..4487eb7f 100644
--- a/Penumbra/Interop/Processing/SkinMtrlPathEarlyProcessing.cs
+++ b/Penumbra/Interop/Processing/SkinMtrlPathEarlyProcessing.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ public static unsafe class SkinMtrlPathEarlyProcessing
 {
     public static void Process(Span<byte> path, CharacterBase* character, uint slotIndex)
     {
-        var end = path.IndexOf(".mtrl\0"u8);
+        var end = path.IndexOf(MaterialExtension());
         if (end < 0)
             return;
 
@@ -23,16 +23,22 @@ public static unsafe class SkinMtrlPathEarlyProcessing
         if (skinSuffix.IsEmpty || skinSuffix.Length > path.Length - suffixPos - 7)
             return;
 
-        skinSuffix.CopyTo(path[(suffixPos + 1)..]);
-        ".mtrl\0"u8.CopyTo(path[(suffixPos + 1 + skinSuffix.Length)..]);
+        ++suffixPos;
+        skinSuffix.CopyTo(path[suffixPos..]);
+        suffixPos += skinSuffix.Length;
+        MaterialExtension().CopyTo(path[suffixPos..]);
+        return;
+
+        static ReadOnlySpan<byte> MaterialExtension()
+            => ".mtrl\0"u8;
     }
 
     private static ModelResourceHandle* GetModelResourceHandle(CharacterBase* character, uint slotIndex)
     {
-        if (character == null)
+        if (character is null)
             return null;
 
-        if (character->TempSlotData != null)
+        if (character->TempSlotData is not null)
         {
             // TODO ClientStructs-ify
             var handle = *(ModelResourceHandle**)((nint)character->TempSlotData + 0xE0 * slotIndex + 0x8);
@@ -41,10 +47,7 @@ public static unsafe class SkinMtrlPathEarlyProcessing
         }
 
         var model = character->Models[slotIndex];
-        if (model == null)
-            return null;
-
-        return model->ModelResourceHandle;
+        return model is null ? null : model->ModelResourceHandle;
     }
 
     private static ReadOnlySpan<byte> GetSkinSuffix(ModelResourceHandle* handle)
diff --git a/Penumbra/UI/Tabs/Debug/DebugConfigurationDrawer.cs b/Penumbra/UI/Tabs/Debug/DebugConfigurationDrawer.cs
index 97761091..087670c1 100644
--- a/Penumbra/UI/Tabs/Debug/DebugConfigurationDrawer.cs
+++ b/Penumbra/UI/Tabs/Debug/DebugConfigurationDrawer.cs
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-using OtterGui.Text;
-
-namespace Penumbra.UI.Tabs.Debug;
-
+using OtterGui.Text;
+
+namespace Penumbra.UI.Tabs.Debug;
+
 public static class DebugConfigurationDrawer
 {
     public static void Draw()
     {
-        using var id = ImUtf8.CollapsingHeaderId("Debug Logging Options"u8);
+        using var id = ImUtf8.CollapsingHeaderId("Debugging Options"u8);
         if (!id)
             return;
 
-        ImUtf8.Checkbox("Log IMC File Replacements"u8, ref DebugConfiguration.WriteImcBytesToLog);
+        ImUtf8.Checkbox("Log IMC File Replacements"u8,         ref DebugConfiguration.WriteImcBytesToLog);
+        ImUtf8.Checkbox("Scan for Skin Material Attributes"u8, ref DebugConfiguration.UseSkinMaterialProcessing);
     }
-}
+}