diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 6fc38598..85f175a1 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -29,15 +29,33 @@ def init_app(self):
         self._current_dialog = None
         self._current_panel = None
 
-        # Register the app as a panel.
-        self._unique_panel_id = self.engine.register_panel(self.create_panel)
-
-        # Register a menu entry on the ShotGrid menu so that users can launch the panel.
-        self.engine.register_command(
-            "Scene Breakdown...",
-            self.create_panel,
-            {"type": "panel", "short_name": "breakdown"},
-        )
+        if self.get_setting("app_display_mode") == "panel":
+
+            # Register the app as a panel.
+            self._unique_panel_id = self.engine.register_panel(self.create_panel)
+
+            # Register a menu entry on the ShotGrid menu so that users can launch the panel.
+            self.engine.register_command(
+                "Scene Breakdown...",
+                self.create_panel,
+                {"type": "panel", "short_name": "breakdown"},
+            )
+
+        elif self.get_setting("app_display_mode") == "dialog":
+
+            # Register the app as a dialog
+            # Register a menu entry on the ShotGrid menu so that users can launch the dialog.
+            self.engine.register_command(
+                "Scene Breakdown...",
+                lambda: self.create_dialog(),
+                {"type": "dialog", "short_name": "breakdown"},
+            )
+
+        else:
+            self.logger.error(
+                            "An invalid app_display_mode was configured. `{}` is not a valid app_display_mode "
+                            "setting!".format(self.get_setting("app_display_mode"))
+                        )
 
     def show_dialog(self):
         """Show the Scene Breakdown 2 App dialog."""
diff --git a/info.yml b/info.yml
index 8f5a7845..8fce079c 100644
--- a/info.yml
+++ b/info.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 
 configuration:
 
+    app_display_mode:
+        type: str
+        default_value: panel
+        description: Specify if the app should launch as `panel` or `dialog`.  Not all engines support panels.
+
     hook_scene_operations:
         type: hook
         default_value: "{self}/{engine_name}_scene_operations.py"