diff --git a/tabby-core/src/components/appRoot.component.pug b/tabby-core/src/components/appRoot.component.pug
index 4363420b..84b12331 100644
--- a/tabby-core/src/components/appRoot.component.pug
+++ b/tabby-core/src/components/appRoot.component.pug
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ title-bar(
         )
 
         div.window-controls-spacer(
-            *ngIf='config.store.appearance.frame == "thin" && (hostApp.platform == Platform.Windows) && (config.store.appearance.tabsLocation !== "bottom")',
+            *ngIf='config.store.appearance.frame == "thin" && (hostApp.platform == Platform.Windows) && (config.store.appearance.tabsLocation == "top")',
         )
     .content
         start-page.content-tab.content-tab-active(*ngIf='ready && app.tabs.length == 0')