diff --git a/nix/home-manager/progs/gpt4all-HEAD-disable-settings-err.patch b/nix/home-manager/progs/gpt4all-HEAD-disable-settings-err.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6ac33b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/home-manager/progs/gpt4all-HEAD-disable-settings-err.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff --git a/gpt4all-chat/src/main.qml b/gpt4all-chat/src/main.qml
+index 1e685385..7c747eba 100644
+--- a/src/main.qml
++++ b/src/main.qml
+@@ -72,12 +72,14 @@ Window {
+             return;
+         }
+ 
++        /*
+         // check if we have access to settings and if not show an error
+         if (!hasShownSettingsAccess && !LLM.hasSettingsAccess()) {
+             errorSettingsAccess.open();
+             hasShownSettingsAccess = true;
+             return;
+         }
++        */
+ 
+         // check for first time start of this version
+         if (!hasCheckedFirstStart) {
diff --git a/nix/home-manager/progs/gpt4all.nix b/nix/home-manager/progs/gpt4all.nix
index 26d5572..49b3bee 100644
--- a/nix/home-manager/progs/gpt4all.nix
+++ b/nix/home-manager/progs/gpt4all.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@
             rev = "HEAD";
             sha256 = "lGvxTOBg7/UgrCqeAFNFFXD9VjpUk3IVCktdUYuF6Eo=";
           };
-          patches = [ ./gpt4all-HEAD-embeddings-model.patch ];
+          patches = [
+            ./gpt4all-HEAD-embeddings-model.patch
+            ./gpt4all-HEAD-disable-settings-err.patch
+          ];
         })
         [
           "-Ofast"