1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gui/src/main/gui-settings.ts b/gui/src/main/gui-settings.ts
index 54b51116cd..23d2e4ced8 100644
--- a/gui/src/main/gui-settings.ts
+++ b/gui/src/main/gui-settings.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,13 @@ export default class GuiSettings {
         ...this.validateSettings(rawJson),
       };
     } catch (error) {
-      log.error(`Failed to read GUI settings file: ${error}`);
+      // Read settings if the file exists, otherwise write the default settings to it.
+      if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
+        log.debug('Creating gui-settings file and writing the default settings to it');
+        this.store();
+      } else {
+        log.error(`Failed to read GUI settings file: ${error}`);
+      }
     }
   }