diff --git a/src/RenderingManager.cpp b/src/RenderingManager.cpp
index f4c0389..19a3997 100644
--- a/src/RenderingManager.cpp
+++ b/src/RenderingManager.cpp
@@ -354,16 +354,19 @@ bool Rendering::init()
 
     // increase selection rank for GPU decoding plugins
     std::list<std::string> gpuplugins = GstToolkit::enable_gpu_decoding_plugins(Settings::application.render.gpu_decoding);
-    if (Settings::application.render.gpu_decoding) {
-        if (gpuplugins.size() > 0) {
-            Log::Info("Found the following GPU decoding plugin(s):");
-            int i = 1;
-            for(auto it = gpuplugins.rbegin(); it != gpuplugins.rend(); it++, ++i)
-                Log::Info("%d. %s", i, (*it).c_str());
-        }
-        else {
-            Log::Info("No GPU decoding plugin found.");
-        }
+    if (gpuplugins.size() > 0) {
+        Settings::application.render.gpu_decoding_available = true;
+        Log::Info("Found the following hardware decoding gstreamer plugin(s):");
+        int i = 1;
+        for(auto it = gpuplugins.begin(); it != gpuplugins.end(); it++, ++i)
+            Log::Info("%d. %s", i, (*it).c_str());
+        if (Settings::application.render.gpu_decoding)
+            Log::Info("Hardware decoding enabled.");
+        else
+            Log::Info("Hardware decoding disabled.");
+    }
+    else {
+        Log::Info("No hardware decoding plugin found.");
     }
 #ifdef SYNC_GSTREAMER_OPENGL_CONTEXT
 #if GST_GL_HAVE_PLATFORM_WGL
diff --git a/src/Settings.h b/src/Settings.h
index 83706ad..f627c96 100644
--- a/src/Settings.h
+++ b/src/Settings.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ struct RenderConfig
     int custom_width, custom_height;
     float fading;
     bool gpu_decoding;
+    bool gpu_decoding_available;
 
     RenderConfig() {
         disabled = false;
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ struct RenderConfig
         custom_height = 600;
         fading = 0.0;
         gpu_decoding = true;
+        gpu_decoding_available = false;
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/UserInterfaceManager.cpp b/src/UserInterfaceManager.cpp
index 3386619..639e82a 100644
--- a/src/UserInterfaceManager.cpp
+++ b/src/UserInterfaceManager.cpp
@@ -8329,7 +8329,10 @@ void Navigator::RenderMainPannelSettings()
         ImGuiToolkit::Indication("If enabled, tries to find a platform adapted hardware-accelerated "
                                  "driver to decode (read) or encode (record) videos.", ICON_FA_MICROCHIP);
         ImGui::SameLine(0);
-        change |= ImGuiToolkit::ButtonSwitch( "Hardware video en/decoding", &gpu);
+        if (Settings::application.render.gpu_decoding_available)
+            change |= ImGuiToolkit::ButtonSwitch( "Hardware en/decoding", &gpu);
+        else
+            ImGui::TextDisabled("Hardware en/decoding unavailable");
 
         if (change) {
             need_restart = ( vsync != (Settings::application.render.vsync > 0) ||