diff --git a/sphaira/include/ui/menus/ftp_menu.hpp b/sphaira/include/ui/menus/ftp_menu.hpp
index e9d24c3..ad2a2c3 100644
--- a/sphaira/include/ui/menus/ftp_menu.hpp
+++ b/sphaira/include/ui/menus/ftp_menu.hpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct Menu final : MenuBase {
 
 // this should be private
 // private:
-    std::shared_ptr<StreamFtp> m_source;
+    std::shared_ptr<StreamFtp> m_source{};
     Thread m_thread{};
     Mutex m_mutex{};
     // the below are shared across threads, lock with the above mutex!
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct Menu final : MenuBase {
     const char* m_pass{};
     unsigned m_port{};
     bool m_anon{};
+    bool m_was_ftp_enabled{};
 };
 
 } // namespace sphaira::ui::menu::ftp
diff --git a/sphaira/source/ui/menus/ftp_menu.cpp b/sphaira/source/ui/menus/ftp_menu.cpp
index 1b3485b..6f425aa 100644
--- a/sphaira/source/ui/menus/ftp_menu.cpp
+++ b/sphaira/source/ui/menus/ftp_menu.cpp
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ Menu::Menu() : MenuBase{"FTP Install (EXPERIMENTAL)"_i18n} {
     }});
 
     mutexInit(&m_mutex);
+    m_was_ftp_enabled = App::GetFtpEnable();
+    if (!m_was_ftp_enabled) {
+        log_write("[FTP] wasn't enabled, forcefully enabling\n");
+        App::SetFtpEnable(true);
+    }
+
     ftpsrv::InitInstallMode(this, OnInstallStart, OnInstallWrite, OnInstallClose);
 
     m_port = ftpsrv::GetPort();
@@ -171,6 +177,11 @@ Menu::~Menu() {
         m_source->Disable();
     }
 
+    if (!m_was_ftp_enabled) {
+        log_write("[FTP] disabling on exit\n");
+        App::SetFtpEnable(false);
+    }
+
     log_write("closing data!!!!\n");
 }