diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8bcf857b6f6ae292e1a4b61af11c121bf062b3e4..3ebe150bc7686bb0c0e09dfa2d980f3f423ba797 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -295,6 +295,9 @@ add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}
                ${LRC_SRC_PATH}/webresource.qrc)
 
 if(MSVC)
+    # Makes it a GUI executable instead of a console application
+    set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES WIN32_EXECUTABLE TRUE)
+
     target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
                           ${QML_LIBS}
                           ${QRENCODE_LIB}