diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus.cpp
index 41733bc69..69b00fd1d 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus.cpp
@@ -405,9 +405,14 @@ LRESULT Notepad_plus::init(HWND hwnd)
 	TabCtrl_SetItemSize(_subDocTab.getHSelf(), tabDpiDynamicalWidth, tabDpiDynamicalHeight);
 
 	_mainDocTab.display();
+
+	if (nppGUI._tabStatus & TAB_VERTICAL)
+		TabBarPlus::doVertical();
+
 	TabBarPlus::triggerOwnerDrawTabbar(&(_mainDocTab.dpiManager()));
 	drawTabbarColoursFromStylerArray();
 
+
 	//
 	// Initialize the default foreground & background color
 	//