diff --git a/config/yt-playlist-config.example.json b/config/yt-playlist-config.example.json
index 4a6f0f9..dcab7ef 100644
--- a/config/yt-playlist-config.example.json
+++ b/config/yt-playlist-config.example.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "retry_delay_seconds": 1.5,
   "ui": {
     "tray": {
-      "close_to_tray": true,
+      "close_to_tray": false,
       "minimize_to_tray": false,
       "start_minimized_to_tray": false
     }
diff --git a/src/app/gui/main.py b/src/app/gui/main.py
index f8dcf16..7b193f8 100644
--- a/src/app/gui/main.py
+++ b/src/app/gui/main.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
             return {}
 
     def _close_to_tray_enabled(self) -> bool:
-        return bool(self._tray_config().get("close_to_tray", True))
+        return bool(self._tray_config().get("close_to_tray", False))
 
     def _minimize_to_tray_enabled(self) -> bool:
         return bool(self._tray_config().get("minimize_to_tray", False))
diff --git a/src/app/gui/pages/settings.py b/src/app/gui/pages/settings.py
index b8444e6..a6e9027 100644
--- a/src/app/gui/pages/settings.py
+++ b/src/app/gui/pages/settings.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class SettingsPage(QtWidgets.QWidget):
 
         tray_form = QtWidgets.QFormLayout()
         self._close_to_tray = QtWidgets.QCheckBox()
-        self._close_to_tray.setChecked(True)
+        self._close_to_tray.setChecked(False)
         tray_form.addRow("close_to_tray", self._close_to_tray)
 
         self._minimize_to_tray = QtWidgets.QCheckBox()
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class SettingsPage(QtWidgets.QWidget):
             ui = ui if isinstance(ui, dict) else {}
             tray = ui.get("tray")
             tray = tray if isinstance(tray, dict) else {}
-            self._close_to_tray.setChecked(bool(tray.get("close_to_tray", True)))
+            self._close_to_tray.setChecked(bool(tray.get("close_to_tray", False)))
             self._minimize_to_tray.setChecked(bool(tray.get("minimize_to_tray", False)))
             self._start_minimized_to_tray.setChecked(bool(tray.get("start_minimized_to_tray", False)))