diff --git a/src/defender-control/main.cpp b/src/defender-control/main.cpp
index ce36716..cf569cd 100644
--- a/src/defender-control/main.cpp
+++ b/src/defender-control/main.cpp
@@ -1,25 +1,43 @@
 // to-do:
 // make a ui for this
+// argument support -s check
 //
 #include "dcontrol.hpp"
 #include "wmic.hpp"
 #include "trusted.hpp"
 
+bool check_silent(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+  for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++)
+  {
+    if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-s"))
+      return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
+  auto silent = check_silent(argc, argv);
+
   if (!trusted::has_admin())
   {
     printf("Must run as admin!\n");
-    system("pause");
+
+    if (!silent)
+      system("pause");
+
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
   // Because we are a primary token, we can't swap ourselves with an impersonation token.
   // There will always be a need to re-create the process with the token as primary.
-  if (!trusted::is_system_group() && argc == 1)
+  // we check for argc == 1, assuming we aren't launching with any parameters
+  //
+  if (!trusted::is_system_group()) // && argc == 1
   {
     printf("Restarting with privileges\n");
-    trusted::create_process(util::get_current_path());
+    trusted::create_process(util::get_current_path().append(silent ? " -s" : ""));
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
   }
 
@@ -31,8 +49,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     dcontrol::toggle_tamper(false);
 
     printf(dcontrol::check_defender() ?
-      "Windows defender is ACTIVE\n" :
-      "Windows defender is OFF\n");
+      "Windows defender is currently ACTIVE\n" :
+      "Windows defender is currently OFF\n");
 
 #if DEFENDER_CONFIG == DEFENDER_DISABLE
     if (dcontrol::disable_defender())
@@ -53,6 +71,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     printf("%s\n", e.what());
   }
 
-  system("pause");
+  if (!silent)
+    system("pause");
+
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/src/defender-control/reg.cpp b/src/defender-control/reg.cpp
index b6c0217..292c82a 100644
--- a/src/defender-control/reg.cpp
+++ b/src/defender-control/reg.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ namespace reg
     DWORD buff_sz = sizeof(DWORD);
 
     // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winprog64/accessing-an-alternate-registry-view
-    //
     status = RegOpenKeyExW(
       HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
       root_name,
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ namespace reg
     {
       if (flags & DBG_MSG)
         wprintf(L"Error opening %ls key \n", root_name);
-
       return -1;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/defender-control/settings.hpp b/src/defender-control/settings.hpp
index 4db34f1..e2cb04b 100644
--- a/src/defender-control/settings.hpp
+++ b/src/defender-control/settings.hpp
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 #define DEFENDER_DISABLE 2
 #define DEFENDER_GUI 3
 
-#define DEFENDER_CONFIG DEFENDER_DISABLE
+#define DEFENDER_CONFIG DEFENDER_ENABLE
diff --git a/src/defender-control/trusted.cpp b/src/defender-control/trusted.cpp
index c78d19f..3f9832e 100644
--- a/src/defender-control/trusted.cpp
+++ b/src/defender-control/trusted.cpp
@@ -283,5 +283,4 @@ namespace trusted
 
     return ret;
   }
-
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/defender-control/wmic.cpp b/src/defender-control/wmic.cpp
index b0eee16..333b314 100644
--- a/src/defender-control/wmic.cpp
+++ b/src/defender-control/wmic.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,4 @@ namespace wmic
   {
     return last_error;
   }
-
-
 }