diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/config.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/config.rs
index 17058cd..9caae75 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/config.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/config.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ pub struct RqbitDesktopConfigPersistence {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub folder: PathBuf,
 
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub fastresume: bool,
+
     /// Deprecated, but keeping for backwards compat for serialized / deserialized config.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub filename: PathBuf,
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ impl Default for RqbitDesktopConfigPersistence {
         Self {
             disable: false,
             folder,
+            fastresume: false,
             filename: PathBuf::new(),
         }
     }
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index 97f2e7c..15ef621 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ async fn api_from_config(
                 None
             },
             enable_upnp_port_forwarding: !config.upnp.disable,
+            fastresume: config.persistence.fastresume,
             ..Default::default()
         },
     )
@@ -138,7 +139,13 @@ impl State {
             .to_owned();
 
         if let Ok(config) = read_config(&config_filename) {
-            let api = api_from_config(&init_logging, &config).await.ok();
+            let api = api_from_config(&init_logging, &config)
+                .await
+                .map_err(|e| {
+                    warn!(error=?e, "error reading configuration");
+                    e
+                })
+                .ok();
             let shared = Arc::new(RwLock::new(Some(StateShared { config, api })));
 
             return Self {
diff --git a/desktop/src/configuration.tsx b/desktop/src/configuration.tsx
index 9936b5b..0428039 100644
--- a/desktop/src/configuration.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/configuration.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ interface RqbitDesktopConfigTcpListen {
 interface RqbitDesktopConfigPersistence {
   disable: boolean;
   folder: PathLike;
+  fastresume: boolean;
 }
 
 interface RqbitDesktopConfigPeerOpts {
diff --git a/desktop/src/configure.tsx b/desktop/src/configure.tsx
index acd225e..9b3dddd 100644
--- a/desktop/src/configure.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/configure.tsx
@@ -299,6 +299,14 @@ export const ConfigModal: React.FC<{
               onChange={handleInputChange}
               disabled={config.persistence.disable}
             />
+
+            <FormCheck
+              label="Enable fast resume (experimental)"
+              name="persistence.fastresume"
+              checked={config.persistence.fastresume}
+              onChange={handleToggleChange}
+              help="If enabled, restarting will not rehash torrents, and thus will be faster. You should not modify the downloaded files in any way if you use that."
+            />
           </Fieldset>
         </Tab>
 
diff --git a/desktop/src/main.tsx b/desktop/src/main.tsx
index 660d2ba..2f4cc4e 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/main.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ async function get_current_config(): Promise<CurrentDesktopState> {
 
 Promise.all([get_version(), get_default_config(), get_current_config()]).then(
   ([version, defaultConfig, currentState]) => {
+    console.log(version, defaultConfig, currentState);
     ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById("root") as HTMLElement).render(
       <StrictMode>
         <RqbitDesktop