diff --git a/TablePro/Views/Settings/SettingsWindowController.swift b/TablePro/Views/Settings/SettingsWindowController.swift
index 16d069c0c3..4bd656edc0 100644
--- a/TablePro/Views/Settings/SettingsWindowController.swift
+++ b/TablePro/Views/Settings/SettingsWindowController.swift
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ internal final class SettingsWindowController: NSWindowController {
         contentViewController as? SettingsPaneTabViewController
     }
 
-    internal convenience init(registryClient: RegistryClient = .shared) {
+    // A defaulted parameter would let `SettingsWindowController()` resolve to the inherited `init()`, which builds no window.
+    internal convenience init() {
+        self.init(registryClient: .shared)
+    }
+
+    internal convenience init(registryClient: RegistryClient) {
         let panes = SettingsPaneTabViewController(registryClient: registryClient)
 
         /// `NSWindow(contentViewController:)` binds the window title to the content view
diff --git a/TableProTests/Views/Settings/SettingsWindowTitleTests.swift b/TableProTests/Views/Settings/SettingsWindowTitleTests.swift
index 249675b605..ef9bd473ff 100644
--- a/TableProTests/Views/Settings/SettingsWindowTitleTests.swift
+++ b/TableProTests/Views/Settings/SettingsWindowTitleTests.swift
@@ -124,4 +124,16 @@ final class SettingsWindowTitleTests: XCTestCase {
 
         XCTAssertEqual(window.contentMinSize, SettingsPaneTabViewController.paneSize)
     }
+
+    func testTheInitializerPresentUsesBuildsTheSettingsWindow() {
+        AppStorageEnvironment.shared.defaults.set(
+            SettingsPane.general.rawValue,
+            forKey: PreferenceKeys.selectedSettingsPane.name
+        )
+        let controller = SettingsWindowController()
+        guard let window = controller.window else { return XCTFail("Cmd-comma and settings links present this controller") }
+        windows.append(window)
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(window.identifier?.rawValue, WindowIdentifier.settings)
+    }
 }