diff --git a/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ControlService.cs b/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ControlService.cs
index 2180c1e..d38bf36 100644
--- a/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ControlService.cs
+++ b/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ControlService.cs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ namespace DS4Windows
             //    Thread.SpinWait(500);
             //}
 
-            if (Global.IsHidGuardianInstalled())
+            if (Global.hidguardInstalled)
             {
                 ProcessStartInfo startInfo =
                     new ProcessStartInfo(Global.exedirpath + "\\HidGuardHelper.exe");
@@ -422,6 +422,10 @@ namespace DS4Windows
                     LogDebug(DS4WinWPF.Properties.Resources.Starting);
 
                 LogDebug($"Connection to ViGEmBus {Global.vigembusVersion} established");
+                if (Global.hidguardInstalled)
+                {
+                    LogDebug($"HidGuardian In Use");
+                }
 
                 DS4Devices.isExclusiveMode = getUseExclusiveMode();
                 //uiContext = tempui as SynchronizationContext;
diff --git a/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ScpUtil.cs b/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ScpUtil.cs
index 039b9af..88cc0cc 100644
--- a/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ScpUtil.cs
+++ b/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ScpUtil.cs
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ namespace DS4Windows
             DS4Windows.OutContType.None, DS4Windows.OutContType.None,
             DS4Windows.OutContType.None };
         public static bool vigemInstalled = IsViGEmBusInstalled();
+        public static bool hidguardInstalled = IsHidGuardianInstalled();
         public static string vigembusVersion = ViGEmBusVersion();
 
         public static X360Controls[] defaultButtonMapping = { X360Controls.None, X360Controls.LXNeg, X360Controls.LXPos,