diff --git a/CEFInjectLib/CEFInject.h b/CEFInjectLib/CEFInject.h
index 2fd103d..c712354 100644
--- a/CEFInjectLib/CEFInject.h
+++ b/CEFInjectLib/CEFInject.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ namespace CEFInject
 		static inline const std::map<path_name, tab_name> path_tab_map_ = {
 			{L"SharedContext", "Steam Shared Context"},
 			{L"Overlay", "HOW TF GET OVERLAY TAB NAME?"}, // TODO: Figure out how to get the overlay tab name
+            {L"GamepadUI", "Steam Big Picture Mode"},
 		};
 
 		static constexpr std::string_view steam_shared_ctx_tab_name_ = "Steam Shared Context";
diff --git a/GlosSIConfig/UIModel.cpp b/GlosSIConfig/UIModel.cpp
index 2ba051e..8343107 100644
--- a/GlosSIConfig/UIModel.cpp
+++ b/GlosSIConfig/UIModel.cpp
@@ -403,7 +403,8 @@ QVariantMap UIModel::getDefaultConf() const
         {"steamUserId",
          QJsonValue::fromVariant(QString::fromStdWString(getSteamUserId(false)))},
         {"globalModeGameId", ""},
-        {"globalModeUseGamepadUI", false},
+        {"globalModeUseGamepadUI", true},
+        {"minimizeSteamGamepadUI", true},
         {"controller", QJsonObject{{"maxControllers", -1}, {"emulateDS4", false}, {"allowDesktopConfig", false}}},
         {"devices",
          QJsonObject{
diff --git a/SteamTweaks/src/@types/GlosSISettings.d.ts b/SteamTweaks/src/@types/GlosSISettings.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b94eea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SteamTweaks/src/@types/GlosSISettings.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+export interface GlosSISettings {
+    controller: {
+        allowDesktopConfig: boolean;
+        emulateDS4: boolean;
+        maxControllers: number;
+    };
+    devices: {
+        hideDevices: boolean;
+        realDeviceIds: boolean;
+    };
+    extendedLogging: boolean;
+    globalModeGameId: string;
+    globalModeUseGamepadUI: boolean;
+    icon?: string;
+    ignoreEGS: boolean;
+    killEGS: boolean;
+    launch: {
+        closeOnExit: boolean;
+        ignoreLauncher: boolean;
+        killLauncher: boolean;
+        launch: boolean;
+        launchAppArgs?: string;
+        launchPath?: string;
+        launcherProcesses: string[];
+        waitForChildProcs: boolean;
+    };
+    name?: string;
+    snapshotNotify: boolean;
+    standaloneModeGameId: string;
+    standaloneUseGamepadUI: boolean;
+    minimizeSteamGamepadUI: boolean;
+    steamPath: string;
+    steamUserId: string;
+    steamgridApiKey: string;
+    version: number;
+    window: {
+        disableGlosSIOverlay: boolean;
+        disableOverlay: boolean;
+        hideAltTab: boolean;
+        maxFps?: number;
+        scale?: number;
+        windowMode: boolean;
+    };
+}
diff --git a/SteamTweaks/src/@types/SteamClient.d.ts b/SteamTweaks/src/@types/SteamClient.d.ts
index c2072e5..a812952 100644
--- a/SteamTweaks/src/@types/SteamClient.d.ts
+++ b/SteamTweaks/src/@types/SteamClient.d.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,18 @@ export interface SteamClient {
         SetInGameOverlayShowFPSCorner: (value: 0|1|2|3|4) => void;
         SetInGameOverlayShowFPSContrast: (value: boolean) => void;
     };
+    UI: {
+        GetUiMode: () => Promise<SteamUiMode>;
+        SetUiMode: (mode: SteamUiMode) => void;
+    };
+    Window: {
+        Minimize();
+        HideWindow();
+    };
 }
 
+export type FullSteamClient = Required<SteamClient>;
+
 declare global {
     interface Window {
         SteamClient: SteamClient;
diff --git a/SteamTweaks/src/Tweaks/GamepadUI/MinimizeSteamGamepadUI.ts b/SteamTweaks/src/Tweaks/GamepadUI/MinimizeSteamGamepadUI.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8245818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SteamTweaks/src/Tweaks/GamepadUI/MinimizeSteamGamepadUI.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { SteamUiMode } from '../../common/Steam';
+import { initTweak } from '../../common/tweakApi';
+
+
+initTweak('MinimizeSteamGamepadUI', async () => {
+
+    const [isGamepadUI, minimizeGPUI] = await Promise.all([
+        (async () => (await SteamClient.UI.GetUiMode()) === SteamUiMode.GamepadUI)(),
+        (async () => (await GlosSIApi.SteamTarget.getGlosSISettings()).minimizeSteamGamepadUI)()
+    ]);
+    if (isGamepadUI && minimizeGPUI) {
+        SteamClient.Window.Minimize();
+        return true;
+    }
+    if (!isGamepadUI && minimizeGPUI) {
+        console.warn('MinimizeSteamGamepadUI is enabled but Steam is not in GamepadUI mode');
+    }
+    return false;
+}).then((minimized: boolean) => {
+    console.log('MinimizeSteamGamepadUI installed; Minimized GamepadUI:', minimized);
+}).catch((e) => console.error('MinimizeSteamGamepadUI failed to install', e));
diff --git a/SteamTweaks/src/common/Steam.ts b/SteamTweaks/src/common/Steam.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07be9e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SteamTweaks/src/common/Steam.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-shadow
+export enum SteamUiMode {
+    Desktop = 0,
+    Unknown1 = 1,
+    Unknown2 = 2,
+    Unknown3 = 3,
+    GamepadUI = 4,
+}
diff --git a/common/Settings.h b/common/Settings.h
index 2d83b58..6413dcd 100644
--- a/common/Settings.h
+++ b/common/Settings.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ namespace Settings
         std::wstring globalModeGameId; /* = L"12605636929694728192"; */
         bool globalModeUseGamepadUI = false;
         bool allowGlobalMode = true;
+        bool minimizeSteam = true;
     } common;
 
     inline const std::map<std::wstring, std::function<void()>> cmd_args = {
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ namespace Settings
 
             safeParseValue(json, "globalModeGameId", common.globalModeGameId);
             safeParseValue(json, "globalModeUseGamepadUI", common.globalModeUseGamepadUI);
+            safeParseValue(json, "minimizeSteam", common.minimizeSteam);
         }
         catch (const nlohmann::json::exception &e)
         {