diff --git a/src/tools/ecode/appconfig.cpp b/src/tools/ecode/appconfig.cpp
index c1c649dd5..e9b404c1f 100644
--- a/src/tools/ecode/appconfig.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/ecode/appconfig.cpp
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ void AppConfig::load( const std::string& confPath, std::string& keybindingsPath,
 	term.newTerminalOrientation = NewTerminalOrientation::fromString(
 		ini.getValue( "terminal", "new_terminal_orientation", "vertical" ) );
 	term.scrollback = ini.getValueI( "terminal", "scrollback", 10000 );
-	term.unsupportedOSWarnDisabled = ini.getValueB( "terminal", "unsupported_os_warn_disabled" );
+	term.unsupportedOSWarnDisabled =
+		ini.getValueB( "terminal", "unsupported_os_warn_disabled", false );
 
 	workspace.restoreLastSession = ini.getValueB( "workspace", "restore_last_session", false );
 	workspace.checkForUpdatesAtStartup =
diff --git a/src/tools/ecode/terminalmanager.cpp b/src/tools/ecode/terminalmanager.cpp
index 434f5ce66..fde665640 100644
--- a/src/tools/ecode/terminalmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/ecode/terminalmanager.cpp
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ UITerminal* TerminalManager::createTerminalInSplitter(
 	std::string os = Sys::getOSName( true );
 	if ( !LuaPattern::hasMatches( os, "Windows 1%d"sv ) &&
 		 !LuaPattern::hasMatches( os, "Windows Server 201[69]"sv ) &&
-		 !LuaPattern::hasMatches( os, "Windows Server 202%d"sv ) )
+		 !LuaPattern::hasMatches( os, "Windows Server 202%d"sv ) ) {
+		displayError( workingDir );
 		return nullptr;
+	}
 #endif
 
 	UITerminal* term = nullptr;