diff --git a/qt5_src/Bootloader/MainWindow.cpp b/qt5_src/Bootloader/MainWindow.cpp
index c099bb2..1134800 100644
--- a/qt5_src/Bootloader/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/qt5_src/Bootloader/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ struct USBDevIds
     {0x04D8, 0xECEE} // from microchip sublicense
 };
 
+// If the user ignores the popup to reset a device in normal mode into bootloader mode
+// the path of the device that triggered the popup will be added to this list and will
+// not prompt the user again unless it gets disconnected from the computer.
+QList<QString> IgnoredHIDDevsList;
 
 //Surely the micro doesn't have a programmable memory region greater than 268 Megabytes...
 //Value used for error checking device reponse values.
@@ -381,8 +385,28 @@ void MainWindow::Connection(void)
     // check if a device is found in normal non-bootloader mode
     hid_device_info *hidDevs = hid_enumerate(0, 0);
     hid_device_info *d = hidDevs;
+    // a new ignored list will be created & only currently ignored devices that are still connected will be saved
+    QList<QString> filteredIgnoredDevsList;
+    bool ignoreRemaining = false;
     while (d)
     {
+        // check if the device is ignored & add to new list if it is
+        QString qstrPath = QString::fromUtf8(d->path);
+        if (IgnoredHIDDevsList.contains(qstrPath))
+        {
+            filteredIgnoredDevsList.append(qstrPath);
+            d = d->next;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // if user ignored a previous device do not continue checking for matching devices
+        if (ignoreRemaining)
+        {
+            d = d->next;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // check if the device matches any of our PID/VID combinations
         for (unsigned int i=0;i<sizeof(NormalModeDevIds)/sizeof(USBDevIds);i++)
         {
             USBDevIds ids = NormalModeDevIds[i];
@@ -393,13 +417,20 @@ void MainWindow::Connection(void)
                 QMessageBox msgbox(QMessageBox::Information,
                                    "Device detected in non-FW update mode",
                                    "A device was detected in normal operating mode. Press OK to reset the device into firmware update mode and proceed.",
-                                   QMessageBox::Ok,
-                                   this,
-                                   Qt::Dialog | Qt::MSWindowsFixedSizeDialogHint | Qt::CustomizeWindowHint | Qt::WindowTitleHint);
+                                   QMessageBox::Ok | QMessageBox::Ignore,
+                                   this);
                 msgbox.setWindowModality(Qt::ApplicationModal);
-                msgbox.exec();
+                msgbox.setWindowFlags(msgbox.windowFlags() & ~Qt::WindowContextHelpButtonHint);
 
-                // the user has closed the message box - send the bootloader entry command to the device
+                // if user chose to ignore, add device to ignored list, exit the loop & cleanup HID resources
+                if (msgbox.exec() != QMessageBox::Ok)
+                {
+                    ignoreRemaining = true;
+                    filteredIgnoredDevsList.append(qstrPath);
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                // open the HID device and send the command to it
                 hid_device *dev = hid_open_path(d->path);
                 if (dev == NULL)
                 {
@@ -414,12 +445,16 @@ void MainWindow::Connection(void)
                     QMessageBox::critical(this, "Error", errMsg);
                 }
                 hid_close(dev);
+
+                // do not continue iterating over the list of enumerated HID devices
+                ignoreRemaining = true;
+                break;
             }
         }
-
         d = d->next;
     }
-
+    // copy the latest ignored devices array to the global list
+    IgnoredHIDDevsList = QList<QString>(filteredIgnoredDevsList);
     hid_free_enumeration(hidDevs);
 }