diff --git a/MareSynchronos/MareConfiguration/Models/ServerStorage.cs b/MareSynchronos/MareConfiguration/Models/ServerStorage.cs
index 24a8b03..5b4d36e 100644
--- a/MareSynchronos/MareConfiguration/Models/ServerStorage.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronos/MareConfiguration/Models/ServerStorage.cs
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ public class ServerStorage
     public bool UseOAuth2 { get; set; } = false;
     public string? OAuthToken { get; set; } = null;
     public HttpTransportType HttpTransportType { get; set; } = HttpTransportType.WebSockets;
+    public bool ForceWebSockets { get; set; } = false;
 }
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diff --git a/MareSynchronos/UI/SettingsUi.cs b/MareSynchronos/UI/SettingsUi.cs
index 9071493..672fcad 100644
--- a/MareSynchronos/UI/SettingsUi.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronos/UI/SettingsUi.cs
@@ -1704,6 +1704,21 @@ public class SettingsUi : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
                     + "If you run into connection issues with e.g. VPNs, try ServerSentEvents first before trying out LongPolling." + UiSharedService.TooltipSeparator
                     + "Note: if the server does not support a specific Transport Type it will fall through to the next automatically: WebSockets > ServerSentEvents > LongPolling");
 
+                if (_dalamudUtilService.IsWine)
+                {
+                    bool forceWebSockets = selectedServer.ForceWebSockets;
+                    if (ImGui.Checkbox("[wine only] Force WebSockets", ref forceWebSockets))
+                    {
+                        selectedServer.ForceWebSockets = forceWebSockets;
+                        _serverConfigurationManager.Save();
+                    }
+                    _uiShared.DrawHelpText("On wine, Mare will automatically fall back to ServerSentEvents/LongPolling, even if WebSockets is selected. "
+                        + "WebSockets are known to crash XIV entirely on wine 8.5 shipped with Dalamud. "
+                        + "Only enable this if you are not running wine 8.5." + Environment.NewLine
+                        + "Note: If the issue gets resolved at some point this option will be removed.");
+                }
+
+                ImGuiHelpers.ScaledDummy(5);
 
                 if (ImGui.Checkbox("Use Discord OAuth2 Authentication", ref useOauth))
                 {
diff --git a/MareSynchronos/WebAPI/SignalR/HubFactory.cs b/MareSynchronos/WebAPI/SignalR/HubFactory.cs
index fce83c7..f686c17 100644
--- a/MareSynchronos/WebAPI/SignalR/HubFactory.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronos/WebAPI/SignalR/HubFactory.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using MareSynchronos.API.SignalR;
+using MareSynchronos.Services;
 using MareSynchronos.Services.Mediator;
 using MareSynchronos.Services.ServerConfiguration;
 using MareSynchronos.WebAPI.SignalR.Utils;
@@ -18,14 +19,17 @@ public class HubFactory : MediatorSubscriberBase
     private readonly TokenProvider _tokenProvider;
     private HubConnection? _instance;
     private bool _isDisposed = false;
+    private readonly bool _isWine = false;
 
     public HubFactory(ILogger<HubFactory> logger, MareMediator mediator,
         ServerConfigurationManager serverConfigurationManager,
-        TokenProvider tokenProvider, ILoggerProvider pluginLog) : base(logger, mediator)
+        TokenProvider tokenProvider, ILoggerProvider pluginLog,
+        DalamudUtilService dalamudUtilService) : base(logger, mediator)
     {
         _serverConfigurationManager = serverConfigurationManager;
         _tokenProvider = tokenProvider;
         _loggingProvider = pluginLog;
+        _isWine = dalamudUtilService.IsWine;
     }
 
     public async Task DisposeHubAsync()
@@ -66,8 +70,14 @@ public class HubFactory : MediatorSubscriberBase
             _ => HttpTransportType.WebSockets | HttpTransportType.ServerSentEvents | HttpTransportType.LongPolling
         };
 
-        var baseTransport = _serverConfigurationManager.GetTransport();
-        Logger.LogDebug("Building new HubConnection using transport {transport}", baseTransport);
+        if (_isWine && !_serverConfigurationManager.CurrentServer.ForceWebSockets
+            && transportType.HasFlag(HttpTransportType.WebSockets))
+        {
+            Logger.LogDebug("Wine detected, falling back to ServerSentEvents / LongPolling");
+            transportType = HttpTransportType.ServerSentEvents | HttpTransportType.LongPolling;
+        }
+
+        Logger.LogDebug("Building new HubConnection using transport {transport}", transportType);
 
         _instance = new HubConnectionBuilder()
             .WithUrl(_serverConfigurationManager.CurrentApiUrl + IMareHub.Path, options =>