diff --git a/factorygame/data/fetch.py b/factorygame/data/fetch.py
index b60fa06..ca0f759 100755
--- a/factorygame/data/fetch.py
+++ b/factorygame/data/fetch.py
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ from ..helper import click_prompt
 @click.command()
 @click.option("--debug", is_flag=True)
 @click.option("--refetch", is_flag=True)
+@click.option("--ignore-factories", type=list[str], default=["A.I. Fluid Packer", "Craft Bench"])
 @click.argument("search")
-def main(debug: bool, refetch: bool, search: str):
+def main(debug: bool, refetch: bool, ignore_factories: list[str], search: str):
     engine = create_engine("sqlite:///file.db", echo=debug)
     Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
     if not search:
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ def main(debug: bool, refetch: bool, search: str):
         resource = chose_resource(session=session, resource_label=search, prompt=click_prompt).result()
         exists_in_db = resource is not None
 
-        with SatisfactoryPlus(debug=debug) as data_provider:
+        with SatisfactoryPlus(ignore_factories=ignore_factories, debug=debug) as data_provider:
             if resource is None:
                 ret = data_provider.search_for_resource(session=session, search=search)
                 if ret is None:
diff --git a/factorygame/data/sfp.py b/factorygame/data/sfp.py
index fd87db9..35472ab 100644
--- a/factorygame/data/sfp.py
+++ b/factorygame/data/sfp.py
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ from ..helper import click_prompt
 
 class SatisfactoryPlus(RecipeProvider, AbstractContextManager):
     _browser: Optional[Firefox] = None
+    ignore_factories: list[str] = []
 
-    def __init__(self, debug: bool = False):
+    def __init__(self, ignore_factories: list[str] = None, debug: bool = False):
         super().__init__()
+        if ignore_factories:
+            for factory in ignore_factories:
+                self.ignore_factories.append(factory.casefold())
         self.debug = debug
 
     def _init_browser(self) -> Firefox:
@@ -109,6 +113,9 @@ class SatisfactoryPlus(RecipeProvider, AbstractContextManager):
             factory_label = factory_html_elem.text.strip()
             assert factory_label, "factory label is missing (a[text])"
 
+            if factory_label.casefold() in self.ignore_factories:
+                return
+
             # re-use existing Factory or create new
             factory = session.scalars(Factory.by_label(factory_label)).one_or_none()
             if factory is None:
@@ -117,6 +124,9 @@ class SatisfactoryPlus(RecipeProvider, AbstractContextManager):
                 factory = Factory(label=factory_label, uri=self._normalize_url(href=factory_href))
                 session.add(factory)
             recipe_factories.append(factory)
+        if not recipe_factories:
+            # ignore recipe when no applicable factories exist
+            return
 
         def find_or_create_resource(resource_label: str, resource_uri_getter: Callable) -> Resource:
             db_resource = session.scalars(Resource.by_label(resource_label)).one_or_none()