diff --git a/v2rayN/v2rayN.Desktop/App.axaml.cs b/v2rayN/v2rayN.Desktop/App.axaml.cs
index 898de4e8..d3bbde67 100644
--- a/v2rayN/v2rayN.Desktop/App.axaml.cs
+++ b/v2rayN/v2rayN.Desktop/App.axaml.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,15 @@ public partial class App : Application
             AppHandler.Instance.InitComponents();
 
             desktop.Exit += OnExit;
-            desktop.MainWindow = new MainWindow();
+            var mainWindow = new MainWindow();
+            if (!AppHandler.Instance.Config.UiItem.AutoHideStartup)
+            {
+                desktop.MainWindow = mainWindow;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                desktop.MainWindow = null;
+            }
         }
 
         base.OnFrameworkInitializationCompleted();
diff --git a/v2rayN/v2rayN.Desktop/Views/MainWindow.axaml.cs b/v2rayN/v2rayN.Desktop/Views/MainWindow.axaml.cs
index 95f587bf..225de77f 100644
--- a/v2rayN/v2rayN.Desktop/Views/MainWindow.axaml.cs
+++ b/v2rayN/v2rayN.Desktop/Views/MainWindow.axaml.cs
@@ -397,6 +397,10 @@ namespace v2rayN.Desktop.Views
             if (bl)
             {
                 this.Show();
+                if (Application.Current?.ApplicationLifetime is IClassicDesktopStyleApplicationLifetime desktop)
+                {
+                    desktop.MainWindow = this;
+                }
                 if (this.WindowState == WindowState.Minimized)
                 {
                     this.WindowState = WindowState.Normal;
diff --git a/v2rayN/v2rayN.Desktop/Views/StatusBarView.axaml.cs b/v2rayN/v2rayN.Desktop/Views/StatusBarView.axaml.cs
index f97e0e85..1fdf2791 100644
--- a/v2rayN/v2rayN.Desktop/Views/StatusBarView.axaml.cs
+++ b/v2rayN/v2rayN.Desktop/Views/StatusBarView.axaml.cs
@@ -77,10 +77,13 @@ namespace v2rayN.Desktop.Views
         {
             if (Application.Current?.ApplicationLifetime is IClassicDesktopStyleApplicationLifetime desktop)
             {
-                desktop.MainWindow.Icon = AvaUtils.GetAppIcon(_config.SystemProxyItem.SysProxyType);
-                var iconslist = TrayIcon.GetIcons(Application.Current);
-                iconslist[0].Icon = desktop.MainWindow.Icon;
-                TrayIcon.SetIcons(Application.Current, iconslist);
+                if (desktop.MainWindow != null)
+                {
+                    desktop.MainWindow.Icon = AvaUtils.GetAppIcon(_config.SystemProxyItem.SysProxyType);
+                    var iconslist = TrayIcon.GetIcons(Application.Current);
+                    iconslist[0].Icon = desktop.MainWindow.Icon;
+                    TrayIcon.SetIcons(Application.Current, iconslist);
+                }
             }
         }