diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Commands/MainListPage.cs b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Commands/MainListPage.cs
index 46463c812c..bbfeba4348 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Commands/MainListPage.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Commands/MainListPage.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ public partial class MainListPage : DynamicListPage,
     {
         Name = "Command Palette";
         Icon = new(Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory.ToString(), "Assets\\StoreLogo.scale-200.png"));
-        ShowDetails = true;
         _serviceProvider = serviceProvider;
 
         var tlcManager = _serviceProvider.GetService<TopLevelCommandManager>()!;
@@ -46,6 +45,10 @@ public partial class MainListPage : DynamicListPage,
 
         WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Register<ClearSearchMessage>(this);
 
+        var settings = _serviceProvider.GetService<SettingsModel>()!;
+        settings.SettingsChanged += SettingsChangedHandler;
+        HotReloadSettings(settings);
+
         IsLoading = true;
     }
 
@@ -180,4 +183,14 @@ public partial class MainListPage : DynamicListPage,
     {
         SearchText = string.Empty;
     }
+
+    private void SettingsChangedHandler(SettingsModel sender, object? args)
+    {
+        HotReloadSettings(sender);
+    }
+
+    private void HotReloadSettings(SettingsModel settings)
+    {
+        ShowDetails = settings.ShowAppDetails;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/SettingsModel.cs b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/SettingsModel.cs
index f9d1122643..3f6ed42eb5 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/SettingsModel.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/SettingsModel.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ public partial class SettingsModel : ObservableObject
     // SETTINGS HERE
     public HotkeySettings? Hotkey { get; set; } = new HotkeySettings(true, true, false, false, 0xBE);
 
+    public bool ShowAppDetails { get; set; }
+
     public Dictionary<string, ProviderSettings> ProviderSettings { get; set; } = [];
 
     // END SETTINGS
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs
index c73c8c23f7..ea71219744 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ public partial class SettingsViewModel : PageViewModel
         }
     }
 
+    public bool ShowAppDetails
+    {
+        get => _settings.ShowAppDetails;
+        set
+        {
+            _settings.ShowAppDetails = value;
+            Save();
+        }
+    }
+
     public ObservableCollection<ProviderSettingsViewModel> CommandProviders { get; } = [];
 
     public SettingsViewModel(SettingsModel settings, IServiceProvider serviceProvider, TaskScheduler scheduler)
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.csproj
index 769dcc7c0a..154f1a8d16 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.csproj
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(CIBuild)'=='true'">
     <GenerateAppxPackageOnBuild>true</GenerateAppxPackageOnBuild>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/SettingsPage.xaml b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/SettingsPage.xaml
index b8091afc33..db075424bc 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/SettingsPage.xaml
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/SettingsPage.xaml
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@
                     HeaderIcon="{ui:FontIcon Glyph=&#xEDA7;}">
                     <ptControls:ShortcutControl HotkeySettings="{x:Bind ViewModel.Hotkey, Mode=TwoWay}" />
                 </controls:SettingsCard>
+                
+                <controls:SettingsCard
+                    Description="Controls if app details are automatically expanded or not"
+                    Header="Show app details"
+                    HeaderIcon="{ui:FontIcon Glyph=&#xE8A0;}">
+                    <ToggleSwitch IsOn="{x:Bind ViewModel.ShowAppDetails, Mode=TwoWay}" />
+                </controls:SettingsCard>
 
                 <TextBlock x:Uid="ExtensionSettingsHeader" Style="{StaticResource SettingsSectionHeaderTextBlockStyle}" />