diff --git a/root_ui.gd b/root_ui.gd
index 4ea050c..c3e7920 100644
--- a/root_ui.gd
+++ b/root_ui.gd
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 class_name RootUI
 extends CanvasLayer
 
+const GAME_PROFILE_FOLDER:String = "game_profiles"
+
 @export var startup_scene:PackedScene
 @export var game_scene:PackedScene
-@export var autostart_game_scene:bool = true
+@export var autostart_game_profile:String = ""
 
 @onready var scene = %Scene
 @onready var ui_panels:Array = [ %MainMenuUI, %StartGameMenuUI, %CreateGameUI, %GameUI ]
@@ -19,10 +21,11 @@ var current_game_profile_directory:String = ""
 var _game_build_system:BuildSystem = null
 
 func _ready():
-	if autostart_game_scene:
-		load_scene(game_scene)
-		set_root_ui_state(ROOT_UI_STATE.GAME)
-	else:
+	var autostart_load_success = false
+	if not autostart_game_profile.is_empty():
+		autostart_load_success = _on_start_game_profile("user://" + GAME_PROFILE_FOLDER + "/" + autostart_game_profile + "/game.tres")
+	
+	if not autostart_load_success:
 		set_root_ui_state(ROOT_UI_STATE.MENU)
 	
 	%CreateGameUI.start_game.connect(_on_start_game_profile)
@@ -157,7 +160,7 @@ func set_root_ui_state(state:ROOT_UI_STATE):
 	
 	_root_ui_state = state
 
-func _on_start_game_profile(profile_path:String) -> void:
+func _on_start_game_profile(profile_path:String) -> bool:
 	current_game_profile = null
 	current_game_profile_directory = ""
 	
@@ -165,7 +168,7 @@ func _on_start_game_profile(profile_path:String) -> void:
 	current_game_profile = ResourceLoader.load(profile_path)
 	if current_game_profile == null:
 		push_error("Error loading game profile " + profile_path)
-		return
+		return false
 	
 	# Update last_played timestamp
 	current_game_profile.last_played = Time.get_datetime_string_from_system()
@@ -180,7 +183,9 @@ func _on_start_game_profile(profile_path:String) -> void:
 
 	load_game()
 	
-	activate_ui_panel(%GameUI)	
+	activate_ui_panel(%GameUI)
+	
+	return true
 
 func _is_savegame_available() -> bool:
 	if current_game_profile_directory == "":
diff --git a/root_ui.tscn b/root_ui.tscn
index e29ca5a..5a0a3c4 100644
--- a/root_ui.tscn
+++ b/root_ui.tscn
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ unique_name_in_owner = true
 script = ExtResource("1_7fnkg")
 startup_scene = ExtResource("2_1untt")
 game_scene = ExtResource("3_w1gpn")
-autostart_game_scene = false
+autostart_game_profile = "Development"
 
 [node name="MainMenuUI" type="Panel" parent="."]
 unique_name_in_owner = true