diff --git a/pwnagotchi/defaults.toml b/pwnagotchi/defaults.toml
index 52a82938..b9f8b4fc 100644
--- a/pwnagotchi/defaults.toml
+++ b/pwnagotchi/defaults.toml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ personality.throttle_a = 0.4
 personality.throttle_d = 0.9
 
 ui.invert = false # false = black background, true = white background
-
+ui.cursor = true
 ui.fps = 0.0
 ui.font.name = "DejaVuSansMono" # for japanese: fonts-japanese-gothic
 ui.font.size_offset = 0 # will be added to the font size
diff --git a/pwnagotchi/ui/view.py b/pwnagotchi/ui/view.py
index 7471a190..abb5a744 100644
--- a/pwnagotchi/ui/view.py
+++ b/pwnagotchi/ui/view.py
@@ -216,8 +216,9 @@ class View(object):
         delay = 1.0 / self._config['ui']['fps']
         while True:
             try:
-                name = self._state.get('name')
-                self.set('name', name.rstrip('█').strip() if '█' in name else (name + ' █'))
+                if self._config['ui'].get('cursor', True) == True:
+                    name = self._state.get('name')
+                    self.set('name', name.rstrip('█').strip() if '█' in name else (name + ' █'))
                 self.update()
             except Exception as e:
                 logging.warning("non fatal error while updating view: %s" % e)