diff --git a/src/backend/scrobblers/AbstractHistoricalScrobbleClient.ts b/src/backend/scrobblers/AbstractHistoricalScrobbleClient.ts
index 35b45100..11d10a26 100644
--- a/src/backend/scrobblers/AbstractHistoricalScrobbleClient.ts
+++ b/src/backend/scrobblers/AbstractHistoricalScrobbleClient.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export default abstract class AbstractHistoricalScrobbleClient extends AbstractS
     syncedReason?: string;
     syncError?: ErrorIsh;
     override preloadScrobbles: boolean = false;
+    protected addScrobbleToHistorical: boolean = true;
 
     protected abstract doHydrateHistoricalScrobbles(opts: {allowFailures?: boolean, signal?: AbortSignal }): Promise<void>;
 
@@ -181,7 +182,9 @@ export default abstract class AbstractHistoricalScrobbleClient extends AbstractS
 
     public async scrobble(playObj: PlayObject, opts?: { delay?: number | false, signal?: AbortSignal }): Promise<PlayObject> {
         const res = await super.scrobble(playObj, opts);
-        await this.createHistoricalPlays([playToRepositoryCreatePlayHistoricalOpts({play: res})]);
+        if(this.addScrobbleToHistorical) {
+            await this.createHistoricalPlays([playToRepositoryCreatePlayHistoricalOpts({play: res})]);
+        }
         return res;
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/backend/scrobblers/RockskyScrobbler.ts b/src/backend/scrobblers/RockskyScrobbler.ts
index ec50e6f7..6df46984 100644
--- a/src/backend/scrobblers/RockskyScrobbler.ts
+++ b/src/backend/scrobblers/RockskyScrobbler.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ export default class RockskyScrobbler extends AbstractHistoricalScrobbleClient {
     declare config: RockSkyClientConfig;
 
     protected configDir: string;
+    // because rocksky scrobble peristence is async, does not return a TID, and may be modified server-side
+    // we don't want to add our scrobble payload as a source-of-truth historical play because it may end up
+    // looking different when we sync historical from car/api call
+    //
+    // we already keep a copy of what was scrobbled in the play table and that should be enough to prevent dupes
+    // without having to result to historical querying
+    protected override addScrobbleToHistorical: boolean = false;
 
     constructor(name: any, config: RockSkyClientConfig, options: InternalConfigOptional & { [key: string]: any }, notifier: Notifiers, emitter: EventEmitter, logger: Logger) {
         super('rocksky', name, config, notifier, emitter, logger);