diff --git a/SynthEBD/Patcher/Patcher.cs b/SynthEBD/Patcher/Patcher.cs
index 2d6eeb4f..caa8be12 100644
--- a/SynthEBD/Patcher/Patcher.cs
+++ b/SynthEBD/Patcher/Patcher.cs
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ public Patcher(IOutputEnvironmentStateProvider environmentProvider, PatcherState
     public async Task RunPatcher()
     {
         // General pre-patching tasks: 
+        if (!_patcherState.GeneralSettings.bUIopened)
+        {
+            _logger.LogMessage("====SynthEBD UI has never been opened. SynthEBD will not do anything until the UI is configured====");
+        }
+
         if (_paths.OutputDataFolder.IsNullOrEmpty())
         {
             if (_patcherState.GeneralSettings.OutputDataFolder.IsNullOrEmpty())
diff --git a/SynthEBD/Settings/Settings_General/Settings_General.cs b/SynthEBD/Settings/Settings_General/Settings_General.cs
index 1fc785a8..0f69821e 100644
--- a/SynthEBD/Settings/Settings_General/Settings_General.cs
+++ b/SynthEBD/Settings/Settings_General/Settings_General.cs
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ public class Settings_General
     public bool bShowTroubleshootingSettings { get; set; } = false;
     public bool bTroubleShootingWarningDisplayed { get; set; } = false;
     public bool bHeadPartWarningDisplayed { get; set; } = false;
+    public bool bUIopened { get; set; } = false;
 }
 
 public enum BodyShapeSelectionMode
diff --git a/SynthEBD/Settings/Settings_General/VM_Settings_General.cs b/SynthEBD/Settings/Settings_General/VM_Settings_General.cs
index ac9548ee..81aa65b2 100644
--- a/SynthEBD/Settings/Settings_General/VM_Settings_General.cs
+++ b/SynthEBD/Settings/Settings_General/VM_Settings_General.cs
@@ -397,6 +397,8 @@ public Settings_General DumpViewModelToModel()
         model.bShowTroubleshootingSettings = bShowTroubleshootingSettings;
         model.bTroubleShootingWarningDisplayed = _bTroubleshootingWarningDisplayed;
         model.bHeadPartWarningDisplayed = _bHeadPartWarningDisplayed;
+
+        model.bUIopened = true;
         return model;
     }