diff --git a/BetterJoyForCemu/App.config b/BetterJoyForCemu/App.config
index d04ed55..9e6810e 100644
--- a/BetterJoyForCemu/App.config
+++ b/BetterJoyForCemu/App.config
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@
         <!-- Double click sticks on joycons (L3, R3) to change joycon orientation -->
         <!-- Default: true -->
         <add key="ChangeOrientationDoubleClick" value="true" />
+        <!-- Do not rejoin joycons once split via clicking on their icon -->
+        <!-- When 'true' allows you to double-click the joycons to split them and then change their orientation to vertical -->
+        <!-- Default: false -->
+        <add key="DoNotRejoinJoycons" value="false" />
 
         <!-- Determines what type of debugging information to be printed -->
         <!-- None = 0 -->
diff --git a/BetterJoyForCemu/MainForm.cs b/BetterJoyForCemu/MainForm.cs
index 145e178..f3bab4c 100644
--- a/BetterJoyForCemu/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BetterJoyForCemu/MainForm.cs
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ namespace BetterJoyForCemu {
             }
         }
 
+        bool doNotRejoin = Boolean.Parse(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["DoNotRejoinJoycons"]);
+
         public void conBtnClick(object sender, EventArgs e) {
             Button button = sender as Button;
 
@@ -171,7 +173,7 @@ namespace BetterJoyForCemu {
                 if (v.other == null && !v.isPro) { // needs connecting to other joycon (so messy omg)
                     bool succ = false;
 
-                    if (Program.mgr.j.Count == 1) { // when want to have a single joycon in vertical mode
+                    if (Program.mgr.j.Count == 1 || doNotRejoin) { // when want to have a single joycon in vertical mode
                         v.other = v; // hacky; implement check in Joycon.cs to account for this
                         succ = true;
                     } else {