diff --git a/plugins/Kaleidoscope-SpaceCadet/src/kaleidoscope/plugin/SpaceCadetConfig.cpp b/plugins/Kaleidoscope-SpaceCadet/src/kaleidoscope/plugin/SpaceCadetConfig.cpp
index 980f5fdb39..ad839a03cf 100644
--- a/plugins/Kaleidoscope-SpaceCadet/src/kaleidoscope/plugin/SpaceCadetConfig.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Kaleidoscope-SpaceCadet/src/kaleidoscope/plugin/SpaceCadetConfig.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ namespace plugin {
 
 EventHandlerResult SpaceCadetConfig::onSetup() {
   bool success = ::EEPROMSettings.requestSliceAndLoadData(sizeof(::SpaceCadet::settings_), &settings_base_, &::SpaceCadet.settings_);
+  if (!success || !spaceCadet.active()) {
+    ::SpaceCadet.disable();
+  }
 
   return EventHandlerResult::OK;
 }