diff --git a/src/GUI.cpp b/src/GUI.cpp
index 7fba539ae..672cc5823 100644
--- a/src/GUI.cpp
+++ b/src/GUI.cpp
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ void GUI::tab_changed(int new_tab) {
 void GUI::writeSettings() {
   QSettings settings(QString::fromUtf8("qBittorrent"), QString::fromUtf8("qBittorrent"));
   settings.beginGroup(QString::fromUtf8("MainWindow"));
+  settings.setValue("IsMaximized", isMaximized());
   settings.setValue(QString::fromUtf8("size"), size());
   settings.setValue(QString::fromUtf8("pos"), pos());
   // Splitter size
@@ -399,7 +400,9 @@ void GUI::readSettings() {
   QSettings settings(QString::fromUtf8("qBittorrent"), QString::fromUtf8("qBittorrent"));
   settings.beginGroup(QString::fromUtf8("MainWindow"));
   resize(settings.value(QString::fromUtf8("size"), size()).toSize());
-  move(settings.value(QString::fromUtf8("pos"), misc::screenCenter(this)).toPoint());
+    move(settings.value(QString::fromUtf8("pos"), misc::screenCenter(this)).toPoint());
+  if(settings.value("IsMaximized", false).toBool())
+    showMaximized();
   const QStringList &sizes_str = settings.value("vSplitterSizes", QStringList()).toStringList();
   // Splitter size
   QList<int> sizes;