diff --git a/client/ui/controllers/settingsController.cpp b/client/ui/controllers/settingsController.cpp
index c5c569db..3e5cbe87 100644
--- a/client/ui/controllers/settingsController.cpp
+++ b/client/ui/controllers/settingsController.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,13 @@ void SettingsController::clearLogs()
 
 void SettingsController::backupAppConfig(const QString &fileName)
 {
-    SystemController::saveFile(fileName, m_settings->backupAppConfig());
+    QByteArray data = m_settings->backupAppConfig();
+    QJsonDocument doc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(data);
+    QJsonObject config = doc.object();
+
+    config["Conf/autoStart"] = Autostart::isAutostart();
+
+    SystemController::saveFile(fileName, QJsonDocument(config).toJson());
 }
 
 void SettingsController::restoreAppConfig(const QString &fileName)
@@ -140,6 +146,15 @@ void SettingsController::restoreAppConfigFromData(const QByteArray &data)
 {
     bool ok = m_settings->restoreAppConfig(data);
     if (ok) {
+        QJsonObject newConfigData = QJsonDocument::fromJson(data).object();
+
+#if defined(Q_OS_WINDOWS) || defined(Q_OS_LINUX) || defined(Q_OS_MACX)
+        bool autoStart = false;
+        if (newConfigData.contains("Conf/autoStart")) {
+            autoStart = newConfigData["Conf/autoStart"].toBool();
+        }
+        toggleAutoStart(autoStart);
+#endif
         m_serversModel->resetModel();
         m_languageModel->changeLanguage(
                 static_cast<LanguageSettings::AvailableLanguageEnum>(m_languageModel->getCurrentLanguageIndex()));