diff --git a/src/qt/digibytegui.cpp b/src/qt/digibytegui.cpp
index 73500edfb9..2df10252b1 100644
--- a/src/qt/digibytegui.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/digibytegui.cpp
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@ DigiByteGUI::DigiByteGUI(interfaces::Node& node, const PlatformStyle *_platformS
 
     // Progress bar and label for blocks download
     progressBarLabel = new QLabel();
-    progressBarLabel->setVisible(true);
+    progressBarLabel->setVisible(false);
     progressBar = new GUIUtil::ProgressBar();
     progressBar->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
-    progressBar->setVisible(true);
+    progressBar->setVisible(false);
 
     // Override style sheet for progress bar for styles that have a segmented progress bar,
     // as they make the text unreadable (workaround for issue #1071)