diff --git a/pkg/gui/gui.go b/pkg/gui/gui.go
index 50176e013..3d20642cd 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/gui.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/gui.go
@@ -489,6 +489,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) onUserConfigLoaded() error {
 		icons.SetNerdFontsVersion(userConfig.Gui.NerdFontsVersion)
 	} else if userConfig.Gui.ShowIcons {
 		icons.SetNerdFontsVersion("2")
+	} else {
+		icons.SetNerdFontsVersion("")
 	}
 
 	if len(userConfig.Gui.BranchColorPatterns) > 0 {