diff --git a/DS4Windows/App.xaml.cs b/DS4Windows/App.xaml.cs
index 5611186..1927afc 100644
--- a/DS4Windows/App.xaml.cs
+++ b/DS4Windows/App.xaml.cs
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ namespace DS4WinWPF
             }
 
             SetUICulture(DS4Windows.Global.UseLang);
+            DS4Windows.Global.LoadLinkedProfiles();
             DS4Forms.MainWindow window = new DS4Forms.MainWindow(parser);
             MainWindow = window;
             window.Show();
diff --git a/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ControlService.cs b/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ControlService.cs
index 934bb6c..ca00e70 100644
--- a/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ControlService.cs
+++ b/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ControlService.cs
@@ -490,10 +490,12 @@ namespace DS4Windows
                             if (device.isValidSerial() && containsLinkedProfile(device.getMacAddress()))
                             {
                                 ProfilePath[i] = getLinkedProfile(device.getMacAddress());
+                                Global.linkedProfileCheck[i] = true;
                             }
                             else
                             {
                                 ProfilePath[i] = OlderProfilePath[i];
+                                Global.linkedProfileCheck[i] = false;
                             }
 
                             LoadProfile(i, false, this, false, false);
@@ -764,10 +766,12 @@ namespace DS4Windows
                                 if (device.isValidSerial() && containsLinkedProfile(device.getMacAddress()))
                                 {
                                     ProfilePath[Index] = getLinkedProfile(device.getMacAddress());
+                                    Global.linkedProfileCheck[Index] = true;
                                 }
                                 else
                                 {
                                     ProfilePath[Index] = OlderProfilePath[Index];
+                                    Global.linkedProfileCheck[Index] = false;
                                 }
 
                                 LoadProfile(Index, false, this, false, false);
@@ -1280,6 +1284,7 @@ namespace DS4Windows
                     inWarnMonitor[ind] = false;
                     useDInputOnly[ind] = true;
                     Global.activeOutDevType[ind] = OutContType.None;
+                    Global.linkedProfileCheck[ind] = false;
                     /*uiContext?.Post(new SendOrPostCallback((state) =>
                     {
                         OnControllerRemoved(this, ind);