diff --git a/src/pyrosimple/torrent/rtorrent.py b/src/pyrosimple/torrent/rtorrent.py
index 98c33fb4..08bf0c12 100644
--- a/src/pyrosimple/torrent/rtorrent.py
+++ b/src/pyrosimple/torrent/rtorrent.py
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ def move_to_host(self, remote_url: str, copy: bool = False):
         if not copy:
             proxy.d.stop(self.hash)
         self._engine.logger.debug("Running extra commands on load: %s", extra_cmds)
-        if rpc_protocol == "json":
+        if rpc_protocol == "json" and not os.getenv("PYRO_FORCE_JSONRPC_LOAD_RAW"):
             remote_proxy.load.verbose("", rpc_metafile, *extra_cmds)
         else:
             remote_proxy.load.raw_verbose("", rpc_metafile, *extra_cmds)