diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/settings_dialog.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/settings_dialog.cpp
index e9d2fe690a..7a026ade9d 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/settings_dialog.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/settings_dialog.cpp
@@ -1728,9 +1728,6 @@ settings_dialog::settings_dialog(std::shared_ptr<gui_settings> gui_settings, std
 	m_emu_settings->EnhanceCheckBox(ui->exitOnStop, emu_settings_type::ExitRPCS3OnFinish);
 	SubscribeTooltip(ui->exitOnStop, tooltips.settings.exit_on_stop);
 
-	m_emu_settings->EnhanceCheckBox(ui->alwaysStart, emu_settings_type::StartOnBoot);
-	SubscribeTooltip(ui->alwaysStart, tooltips.settings.start_on_boot);
-
 	m_emu_settings->EnhanceCheckBox(ui->startGameFullscreen, emu_settings_type::StartGameFullscreen);
 	SubscribeTooltip(ui->startGameFullscreen, tooltips.settings.start_game_fullscreen);
 
@@ -2310,6 +2307,9 @@ settings_dialog::settings_dialog(std::shared_ptr<gui_settings> gui_settings, std
 	SubscribeTooltip(ui->disableVertexCache, tooltips.settings.disable_vertex_cache);
 
 	// Checkboxes: core debug options
+	m_emu_settings->EnhanceCheckBox(ui->alwaysStart, emu_settings_type::StartOnBoot);
+	SubscribeTooltip(ui->alwaysStart, tooltips.settings.start_on_boot);
+
 	m_emu_settings->EnhanceCheckBox(ui->ppuDebug, emu_settings_type::PPUDebug);
 	SubscribeTooltip(ui->ppuDebug, tooltips.settings.ppu_debug);
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/settings_dialog.ui b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/settings_dialog.ui
index 1bee24a490..b37424972d 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/settings_dialog.ui
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/settings_dialog.ui
@@ -2864,13 +2864,6 @@
                  </property>
                 </widget>
                </item>
-               <item>
-                <widget class="QCheckBox" name="alwaysStart">
-                 <property name="text">
-                  <string>Automatically start games after boot</string>
-                 </property>
-                </widget>
-               </item>
                <item>
                 <widget class="QCheckBox" name="startGameFullscreen">
                  <property name="text">
@@ -4149,6 +4142,13 @@
              <string>Core</string>
             </property>
             <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="gb_debug_core_layout">
+             <item>
+              <widget class="QCheckBox" name="alwaysStart">
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Automatically start games after boot</string>
+               </property>
+              </widget>
+             </item>
              <item>
               <widget class="QCheckBox" name="ppuDebug">
                <property name="text">
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/tooltips.h b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/tooltips.h
index b62f214e47..184b0d419f 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/tooltips.h
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/tooltips.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ public:
 
 		// debug
 
+		const QString start_on_boot                = tr("Leave this enabled unless you are a developer.");
 		const QString ppu_debug                    = tr("Creates PPU logs.\nOnly useful to developers.\nNever use this.");
 		const QString spu_debug                    = tr("Creates SPU logs.\nOnly useful to developers.\nNever use this.");
 		const QString mfc_debug                    = tr("Creates MFC logs.\nOnly useful to developers.\nNever use this.");
@@ -121,7 +122,6 @@ public:
 		// emulator
 
 		const QString exit_on_stop                 = tr("Automatically close RPCS3 when closing a game, or when a game closes itself.");
-		const QString start_on_boot                = tr("Leave this enabled unless you are a developer.");
 		const QString start_game_fullscreen        = tr("Automatically puts the game window in fullscreen.\nDouble click on the game window or press Alt+Enter to toggle fullscreen and windowed mode.");
 		const QString prevent_display_sleep        = tr("Prevent the display from sleeping while a game is running.\nThis requires the org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver D-Bus service on Linux.\nThis option will be disabled if the current platform does not support display sleep control.");
 		const QString game_window_title_format     = tr("Configure the game window title.\nChanging this and/or adding the framerate may cause buggy or outdated recording software to not notice RPCS3.");