diff --git a/PKHeX.WinForms/App.config b/PKHeX.WinForms/App.config
index 26a5e64d1..1a3202a59 100644
--- a/PKHeX.WinForms/App.config
+++ b/PKHeX.WinForms/App.config
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
             <setting name="DefaultSaveVersion" serializeAs="String">
                 <value>GP</value>
             </setting>
+            <setting name="DetectSaveOnStartup" serializeAs="String">
+                <value>True</value>
+            </setting>
         </PKHeX.WinForms.Properties.Settings>
     </userSettings>
   <runtime>
diff --git a/PKHeX.WinForms/MainWindow/Main.cs b/PKHeX.WinForms/MainWindow/Main.cs
index 5c2dd70e7..295e59511 100644
--- a/PKHeX.WinForms/MainWindow/Main.cs
+++ b/PKHeX.WinForms/MainWindow/Main.cs
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ namespace PKHeX.WinForms
                 try
                 #endif
                 {
-                    if (!DetectSaveFile(out string path) && path != null)
+                    string path = null;
+                    if (Settings.Default.DetectSaveOnStartup && !DetectSaveFile(out path) && path != null)
                         WinFormsUtil.Error(path); // `path` contains the error message
 
                     bool savLoaded = false;
diff --git a/PKHeX.WinForms/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs b/PKHeX.WinForms/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
index ac9ad61a7..77f12a9e9 100644
--- a/PKHeX.WinForms/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
+++ b/PKHeX.WinForms/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
@@ -226,5 +226,17 @@ namespace PKHeX.WinForms.Properties {
                 this["DefaultSaveVersion"] = value;
             }
         }
+        
+        [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("True")]
+        public bool DetectSaveOnStartup {
+            get {
+                return ((bool)(this["DetectSaveOnStartup"]));
+            }
+            set {
+                this["DetectSaveOnStartup"] = value;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/PKHeX.WinForms/Properties/Settings.settings b/PKHeX.WinForms/Properties/Settings.settings
index 6a0baf726..f2100618d 100644
--- a/PKHeX.WinForms/Properties/Settings.settings
+++ b/PKHeX.WinForms/Properties/Settings.settings
@@ -53,5 +53,8 @@
     <Setting Name="DefaultSaveVersion" Type="PKHeX.Core.GameVersion" Scope="User">
       <Value Profile="(Default)">GP</Value>
     </Setting>
+    <Setting Name="DetectSaveOnStartup" Type="System.Boolean" Scope="User">
+      <Value Profile="(Default)">True</Value>
+    </Setting>
   </Settings>
 </SettingsFile>
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