diff --git a/src/SharpIDE.Photino/Components/IdeSettingsDialog.razor b/src/SharpIDE.Photino/Components/IdeSettingsDialog.razor
index f2ac366..249c859 100644
--- a/src/SharpIDE.Photino/Components/IdeSettingsDialog.razor
+++ b/src/SharpIDE.Photino/Components/IdeSettingsDialog.razor
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 <MudStack Class="ml-2 mr-4 mb-2">
 	<MudSwitch @bind-Value="@AppState.IdeSettings.AutoOpenLastSolution" Label="Automatically open last solution" Color="Color.Primary" />
+	<MudSwitch @bind-Value="@AppState.IdeSettings.AutoOpenTerminalOnLaunch" Label="Automatically open terminal when SharpIDE starts" Color="Color.Primary" />
 </MudStack>
 
 @code {
diff --git a/src/SharpIDE.Photino/Models/AppState.cs b/src/SharpIDE.Photino/Models/AppState.cs
index 2760b53..e66baaa 100644
--- a/src/SharpIDE.Photino/Models/AppState.cs
+++ b/src/SharpIDE.Photino/Models/AppState.cs
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ namespace SharpIDE.Photino.Models;
 
 public class AppState
 {
-	public required string SolutionFilePath { get; set; }
+	public required string? SolutionFilePath { get; set; }
 	public required IdeSettings IdeSettings { get; set; } = new IdeSettings();
 }
 
 public class IdeSettings
 {
 	public bool AutoOpenLastSolution { get; set; }
+	public bool AutoOpenTerminalOnLaunch { get; set; }
 }