diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 861bcd57ec8361a6e5b87c1a8f54ffe2eea71338..35f390c39d5294cd6b38bbe693aa6ae497590fd4 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,18 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
 
     MainWindow w;
-    w.show();
+
+    auto startMinimized = false;
+
+    for (auto string : QCoreApplication::arguments()) {
+        if (string == "-m" || string == "--minimized")
+            startMinimized = true;
+    }
+
+    if (not startMinimized)
+        w.show();
+    else
+        w.showMinimized();
 
     QObject::connect(&a, &QApplication::aboutToQuit, [&a]() {
         delete CallModel::instance();
diff --git a/utils.cpp b/utils.cpp
index 645fe0fa6e88c5fa70516f60863d7fb9d4906bc0..7e80f3b4083a08ef40b763cc0bc97bfe759cc24f 100644
--- a/utils.cpp
+++ b/utils.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Utils::CreateLink(LPCWSTR lpszPathObj, LPCWSTR lpszPathLink) {
     {
         IPersistFile* ppf;
         psl->SetPath(lpszPathObj);
+        psl->SetArguments(TEXT("--minimized"));
 
         hres = psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (LPVOID*)&ppf);
         if (SUCCEEDED(hres))