From 95032bd2b752c711860ed06b9f0225243a4b6cbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: El Thoro <ElTh0r0@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 23:47:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for #3177 (#4680)

---
 src/main.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index c5da3fc625..c57601611a 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         auto kdsa =
           KDSingleApplication(QStringLiteral("org.flameshot.Flameshot"));
 
-        if (!kdsa.isPrimaryInstance()) {
+        if (!kdsa.isPrimaryInstance() &&
+            !ConfigHandler().allowMultipleGuiInstances()) {
             return 0; // Quit
         }
 #endif