diff --git a/serena_config.template.yml b/serena_config.template.yml
index 99514c85..5aa220b9 100644
--- a/serena_config.template.yml
+++ b/serena_config.template.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ projects:
 # previous instances. This leads to multiple log windows being opened, and only the last
 # window being updated. Since we can't control how agno or Claude Desktop start Serena,
 # we have to live with this limitation for now.
-gui_log_window: False
+#
+# Limitations: doesn't seem to work with the community version of Claude Desktop for Linux
+# Might also cause problems with some MCP clients - if you have any issues, try disabling this
+gui_log_window: True
 
 # minimum log level for the GUI log window (10 = debug, 20 = info, 30 = warning, 40 = error)
 gui_log_level: 20
diff --git a/src/serena/agent.py b/src/serena/agent.py
index a8dca604..6a86c338 100644
--- a/src/serena/agent.py
+++ b/src/serena/agent.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class SerenaConfig:
             self.projects[project_config.project_name] = project_config
         self.project_names = list(self.projects.keys())
 
-        self.gui_log_window_enabled = config_yaml.get("gui_log_window", False)
+        self.gui_log_window_enabled = config_yaml.get("gui_log_window", True)
         self.gui_log_window_level = config_yaml.get("gui_log_level", logging.INFO)
         self.enable_project_activation = config_yaml.get("enable_project_activation", True)