diff --git a/apps/app/src/main.rs b/apps/app/src/main.rs
index 09723d39f9..5799e51ce9 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/app/src/main.rs
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ fn main() {
         .plugin(
             tauri_plugin_window_state::Builder::default()
                 .with_filename("app-window-state.json")
+                // Use *only* POSITION and SIZE state flags, because saving VISIBLE causes the `visible: false` to not take effect
+                .with_state_flags(
+                    tauri_plugin_window_state::StateFlags::POSITION
+                        | tauri_plugin_window_state::StateFlags::SIZE,
+                )
                 .build(),
         )
         .setup(|app| {
diff --git a/apps/app/tauri.conf.json b/apps/app/tauri.conf.json
index 675b49d769..54a705802a 100644
--- a/apps/app/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/apps/app/tauri.conf.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         "width": 1280,
         "minHeight": 700,
         "minWidth": 1100,
-        "visible": true,
+        "visible": false,
         "zoomHotkeysEnabled": false,
         "decorations": false
       }