diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 218d0b535..7a7b9cea0 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ Settings MainWindow::GetCppcheckSettings()
     }
 
     result.debug = false;
+    result.debugwarnings = false;
     result._checkCodingStyle = true;
     result._errorsOnly = false;
     result._verbose = true;