diff --git a/Emulator/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/Emulator.java b/Emulator/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/Emulator.java
index caa28594..ecae8893 100644
--- a/Emulator/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/Emulator.java
+++ b/Emulator/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/Emulator.java
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ public final class Emulator {
             Emulator.config.register("camera.price.points.type", "5");
             Emulator.config.register("camera.render.delay", "5");
             Emulator.config.register("hotel.timezone", java.time.ZoneId.systemDefault().getId());
+            Emulator.config.register("gui.enabled", "1");
             String hotelTimezoneId = Emulator.getConfig().getValue("hotel.timezone", java.time.ZoneId.systemDefault().getId());
             System.out.println(startupCard(hotelTimezoneId));
             Emulator.texts.register("camera.permission", "You don't have permission to use the camera!");
diff --git a/Emulator/src/test/java/com/eu/habbo/EmulatorStartupConsoleTest.java b/Emulator/src/test/java/com/eu/habbo/EmulatorStartupConsoleTest.java
index aa496cbe..5ba1bc83 100644
--- a/Emulator/src/test/java/com/eu/habbo/EmulatorStartupConsoleTest.java
+++ b/Emulator/src/test/java/com/eu/habbo/EmulatorStartupConsoleTest.java
@@ -69,4 +69,14 @@ class EmulatorStartupConsoleTest {
         assertTrue(source.indexOf("configureAnsiConsole(styledConsole)") < source.indexOf("startupHero(styledConsole)"),
                 "Jansi must be installed before writing ANSI startup output");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void registersGuiEnabledBeforeReadingIt() throws Exception {
+        String source = Files.readString(Path.of("src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/Emulator.java"));
+
+        assertTrue(source.contains("register(\"gui.enabled\", \"1\")"),
+                "gui.enabled must be registered so the default GUI toggle does not log missing config errors");
+        assertTrue(source.indexOf("register(\"gui.enabled\", \"1\")") < source.indexOf("getBoolean(\"gui.enabled\", true)"),
+                "gui.enabled must be registered before it is read");
+    }
 }