diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index e6057b43..1c32aa52 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ func run(args options) {
 	if args.runningAsService {
 		log.Info("AdGuard Home is running as a service")
 	}
+	config.runningAsService = args.runningAsService
 
 	config.firstRun = detectFirstRun()
 	if config.firstRun {
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index c0319698..465258a6 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ type configuration struct {
 	ourConfigFilename string // Config filename (can be overridden via the command line arguments)
 	ourWorkingDir     string // Location of our directory, used to protect against CWD being somewhere else
 	firstRun          bool   // if set to true, don't run any services except HTTP web inteface, and serve only first-run html
+	// runningAsService flag is set to true when options are passed from the service runner
+	runningAsService bool
 
 	BindHost     string `yaml:"bind_host"`     // BindHost is the IP address of the HTTP server to bind to
 	BindPort     int    `yaml:"bind_port"`     // BindPort is the port the HTTP server