diff --git a/serena_config.template.yml b/serena_config.template.yml
index 5aa220b..90853f0 100644
--- a/serena_config.template.yml
+++ b/serena_config.template.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ projects:
 #
 # Limitations: doesn't seem to work with the community version of Claude Desktop for Linux
 # Might also cause problems with some MCP clients - if you have any issues, try disabling this
-gui_log_window: True
+gui_log_window: False
 
 # minimum log level for the GUI log window (10 = debug, 20 = info, 30 = warning, 40 = error)
 gui_log_level: 20
diff --git a/src/serena/agent.py b/src/serena/agent.py
index 769429f..ddb882b 100644
--- a/src/serena/agent.py
+++ b/src/serena/agent.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class SerenaConfig:
             self.projects[project_config.project_name] = project_config
         self.project_names = list(self.projects.keys())
 
-        self.gui_log_window_enabled = config_yaml.get("gui_log_window", True)
+        self.gui_log_window_enabled = config_yaml.get("gui_log_window", False)
         self.gui_log_window_level = config_yaml.get("gui_log_level", logging.INFO)
         self.enable_project_activation = config_yaml.get("enable_project_activation", True)