diff --git a/MedLaunch/Models/GlobalSettings.cs b/MedLaunch/Models/GlobalSettings.cs
index 6104aa7..e1402e1 100644
--- a/MedLaunch/Models/GlobalSettings.cs
+++ b/MedLaunch/Models/GlobalSettings.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class GlobalSettings
         public bool? bypassConfig { get; set; }                     // ignore GUI launcher configs and just launch with the mednafen text config files
         public bool? enableNetplay { get; set; }                    // enable netplay
         public bool? enableSnes_faust { get; set; }                 // use snes_faust emulation rather than SNES
-        public bool? enablePce_fast { get; set; }                  // use pce_fast emulation rather than pce
+        public bool? enablePce_fast { get; set; }                   // use pce_fast emulation rather than pce
         public int? serverSelected { get; set; }                    // stores the currently selected server ID
         public double guiZoom { get; set; }                         // the current GUI zoom factor as a decimal (1 = 100%)
         public bool? showAllBaseSettings { get; set; }              // if enabled, all settings are visible and configurable under the base configuration
diff --git a/MedLaunch/Models/Paths.cs b/MedLaunch/Models/Paths.cs
index 55130a4..bfa347e 100644
--- a/MedLaunch/Models/Paths.cs
+++ b/MedLaunch/Models/Paths.cs
@@ -239,15 +239,27 @@ public static void MedPathRoutineContinued(Button btnPathMednafen, TextBox tbPat
         public static void InitM()
         {
             MainWindow mw = Application.Current.Windows.OfType<MainWindow>().FirstOrDefault();
+
+            GlobalSettings gs = GlobalSettings.GetGlobals();
+            
             InitMednafen();
 
-            //ask to import configs
-            MessageBoxResult result = MessageBox.Show("Do you want to import data from any Mednafen config files in this directory?\n(This will overwrite any config data stored in MedLaunch)", "Config Import", MessageBoxButton.YesNo);
-            if (result == MessageBoxResult.Yes)
+            // check whether bypassconfig is set
+            if (gs.bypassConfig == false)
             {
-                ConfigImport ci = new ConfigImport();
-                ci.ImportAll(null);
+                //ask to import configs
+                MessageBoxResult result = MessageBox.Show("Do you want to import data from any Mednafen config files in this directory?\n(This will overwrite any config data stored in MedLaunch)\n\nYou will only be prompted once for this, but you can control automatic import of mednafen config files from the SETTINGS tab.", "Config Import", MessageBoxButton.YesNo);
+                if (result == MessageBoxResult.Yes)
+                {
+                    ConfigImport ci = new ConfigImport();
+                    ci.ImportAll(null);
+
+                    // set bypassconfig to 1
+                    gs.bypassConfig = true;
+                    GlobalSettings.SetGlobals(gs);
+                }
             }
+            
             // if option is selected make a backup of the mednafen config file
             BackupConfig.BackupMain();
             // mednafen versions
diff --git a/MedLaunch/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/MedLaunch/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 5e48174..cda05f1 100644
--- a/MedLaunch/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/MedLaunch/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@
 // You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers 
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
 // [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.5.6.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("0.5.6.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.5.6.1")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("0.5.6.1")]