2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/leap/bitmask/config/__init__.py b/src/leap/bitmask/config/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
--- a/src/leap/bitmask/config/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
diff --git a/src/leap/bitmask/config/leapsettings.py b/src/leap/bitmask/config/leapsettings.py
index 338fa475..dc1af899 100644
--- a/src/leap/bitmask/config/leapsettings.py
+++ b/src/leap/bitmask/config/leapsettings.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class LeapSettings(object):
     PROPERPROVIDER_KEY = "ProperProvider"
     REMEMBER_KEY = "RememberUserAndPass"
     DEFAULTPROVIDER_KEY = "DefaultProvider"
+    AUTOSTARTEIP_KEY = "AutoStartEIP"
     ALERTMISSING_KEY = "AlertMissingScripts"
     GATEWAY_KEY = "Gateway"
 
@@ -285,6 +286,24 @@ class LeapSettings(object):
         else:
             self._settings.setValue(self.DEFAULTPROVIDER_KEY, provider)
 
+    def get_autostart_eip(self):
+        """
+        Gets whether the app should autostart EIP.
+
+        :rtype: bool
+        """
+        return to_bool(self._settings.value(self.AUTOSTARTEIP_KEY, False))
+
+    def set_autostart_eip(self, autostart):
+        """
+        Sets whether the app should autostart EIP.
+
+        :param autostart: True if we should try to autostart EIP.
+        :type autostart: bool
+        """
+        leap_assert_type(autostart, bool)
+        self._settings.setValue(self.AUTOSTARTEIP_KEY, autostart)
+
     def get_alert_missing_scripts(self):
         """
         Returns the setting for alerting of missing up/down scripts.