diff --git a/src/gui/src/AppConfig.cpp b/src/gui/src/AppConfig.cpp
index 66d4d294b..f663ce8f2 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/AppConfig.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/src/AppConfig.cpp
@@ -577,10 +577,11 @@ QVariant AppConfig::loadCommonSetting(AppConfig::Setting name, const QVariant& d
     return result;
 }
 
-void AppConfig::loadScope(ConfigWriter::Scope scope) const {
+void AppConfig::loadScope(ConfigWriter::Scope scope) {
    auto writer = ConfigWriter::make();
 
    if (writer->getScope() != scope) {
+      setDefaultValues();
       writer->setScope(scope);
       if (writer->hasSetting(settingName(kScreenName), writer->getScope())) {
           //If the user already has settings, then load them up now.
@@ -589,6 +590,11 @@ void AppConfig::loadScope(ConfigWriter::Scope scope) const {
    }
 }
 
+void AppConfig::setDefaultValues()
+{
+    m_InitiateConnectionFromServer = false;
+}
+
 void AppConfig::setLoadFromSystemScope(bool value) {
 
    if (value) {
diff --git a/src/gui/src/AppConfig.h b/src/gui/src/AppConfig.h
index 5e0c56dc0..e61c9c106 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/AppConfig.h
+++ b/src/gui/src/AppConfig.h
@@ -344,7 +344,11 @@ protected:
 
         /// @brief This method loads config from specified scope
         /// @param [in] scope which should be loaded.
-        void loadScope(GUI::Config::ConfigWriter::Scope scope) const;
+        void loadScope(GUI::Config::ConfigWriter::Scope scope);
+
+        /// @brief This function sets default values
+        /// for settings that shouldn't be copied from between scopes.
+        void setDefaultValues();
 
     signals:
         void sslToggled() const;