diff --git a/menus/main.py b/menus/main.py
index e79e1e3..181d293 100644
--- a/menus/main.py
+++ b/menus/main.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import arcade, arcade.gui, asyncio, pypresence, time
+import arcade, arcade.gui, asyncio, pypresence, time, copy, json
 from utils.preload import button_texture, button_hovered_texture
 from utils.constants import button_style
 from utils.utils import FakePyPresence
@@ -12,29 +12,39 @@ class Main(arcade.gui.UIView):
 
         self.pypresence_client = pypresence_client
 
-        if self.pypresence_client == None: # Game has started
-            try:
-                asyncio.get_event_loop()
-            except:
-                asyncio.set_event_loop(asyncio.new_event_loop())
-            try:
-                self.pypresence_client = pypresence.Presence(1360953272843632680)
-                self.pypresence_client.connect()
-                self.pypresence_client.start_time = time.time()
-            except:
-                self.pypresence_client = FakePyPresence()
-                self.pypresence_client.start_time = time.time()
+        with open("settings.json", "r") as file:
+            self.settings_dict = json.load(file)
 
-        elif isinstance(self.pypresence_client, FakePyPresence):
-            # get start time from old object
-            start_time = copy.deepcopy(self.pypresence_client.start_time)
-            try:
-                self.pypresence_client = pypresence.Presence(1360953272843632680)
-                self.pypresence_client.connect()
-                self.pypresence_client.start_time = start_time
-            except:
-                self.pypresence_client = FakePyPresence()
-                self.pypresence_client.start_time = start_time
+        if self.settings_dict.get('discord_rpc', True):
+            if self.pypresence_client == None: # Game has started
+                try:
+                    asyncio.get_event_loop()
+                except:
+                    asyncio.set_event_loop(asyncio.new_event_loop())
+                try:
+                    self.pypresence_client = pypresence.Presence(1363780625928028200)
+                    self.pypresence_client.connect()
+                    self.pypresence_client.start_time = time.time()
+                except:
+                    self.pypresence_client = FakePyPresence()
+                    self.pypresence_client.start_time = time.time()
+
+            elif isinstance(self.pypresence_client, FakePyPresence): # the user has enabled RPC in the settings in this session.
+                # get start time from old object
+                start_time = copy.deepcopy(self.pypresence_client.start_time)
+                try:
+                    self.pypresence_client = pypresence.Presence(1363780625928028200)
+                    self.pypresence_client.connect()
+                    self.pypresence_client.start_time = start_time
+                except:
+                    self.pypresence_client = FakePyPresence()
+                    self.pypresence_client.start_time = start_time
+
+            self.pypresence_client.update(state='In Menu',
+                                                details=f'In Main Menu', start=self.pypresence_client.start_time)
+        else: # game has started, but the user has disabled RPC in the settings.
+            self.pypresence_client = FakePyPresence()
+            self.pypresence_client.start_time = time.time()
 
         self.pypresence_client.update(state='In Menu', details='In Main Menu', start=self.pypresence_client.start_time)