diff --git a/gui/src/app.rs b/gui/src/app.rs
index 484aa11..22d76d1 100644
--- a/gui/src/app.rs
+++ b/gui/src/app.rs
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ pub fn LoginView(config: Resource<ClientConfig>) -> Element {
         }
     });
 
-    let mut address_input = use_signal(|| None::<String>);
+    let mut address_input = use_signal(|| imp::load_server_url());
     let address = use_memo(move || {
         if let Some(addr) = address_input() {
             addr.clone()
diff --git a/gui/src/imp/desktop.rs b/gui/src/imp/desktop.rs
index 330c0d4..47472b7 100644
--- a/gui/src/imp/desktop.rs
+++ b/gui/src/imp/desktop.rs
@@ -361,10 +361,14 @@ pub fn load_username() -> Option<String> {
     config.get("username").cloned()
 }
 
-pub async fn load_config() -> color_eyre::Result<ClientConfig> {
+pub fn load_server_url() -> Option<String> {
     let config = load_config_map();
+    config.get("server").cloned()
+}
+
+pub async fn load_config() -> color_eyre::Result<ClientConfig> {
     Ok(ClientConfig {
-        proxy_url: config.get("server").cloned(),
+        proxy_url: None,
         cert_hash: None,
         any_server: true,
     })
diff --git a/gui/src/imp/web.rs b/gui/src/imp/web.rs
index ade2576..5d8980a 100644
--- a/gui/src/imp/web.rs
+++ b/gui/src/imp/web.rs
@@ -412,6 +412,10 @@ pub fn load_username() -> Option<String> {
         .ok()?
 }
 
+pub fn load_server_url() -> Option<String> {
+    None
+}
+
 pub fn absolute_url(path: &str) -> Result<Url, Error> {
     let window: web_sys::Window = web_sys::window().expect("no global `window` exists");
     let location = window.location();