diff --git a/src/config/ConfigDescriptions.hpp b/src/config/ConfigDescriptions.hpp
index ee8fa2400..20efb5a3e 100644
--- a/src/config/ConfigDescriptions.hpp
+++ b/src/config/ConfigDescriptions.hpp
@@ -1327,6 +1327,12 @@ inline static const std::vector<SConfigOptionDescription> CONFIG_OPTIONS = {
         .type        = CONFIG_OPTION_BOOL,
         .data        = SConfigOptionDescription::SBoolData{true},
     },
+    SConfigOptionDescription{
+        .value       = "misc:disable_scale_notification",
+        .description = "disables notification popup when a monitor fails to set a suitable scale and falls back to suggested",
+        .type        = CONFIG_OPTION_BOOL,
+        .data        = SConfigOptionDescription::SBoolData{false},
+    },
 
     /*
      * binds:
diff --git a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
index d7d29763a..01f910d6e 100644
--- a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ CConfigManager::CConfigManager() {
     registerConfigVar("misc:enable_anr_dialog", Hyprlang::INT{1});
     registerConfigVar("misc:anr_missed_pings", Hyprlang::INT{1});
     registerConfigVar("misc:screencopy_force_8b", Hyprlang::INT{1});
+    registerConfigVar("misc:disable_scale_notification", Hyprlang::INT{0});
 
     registerConfigVar("group:insert_after_current", Hyprlang::INT{1});
     registerConfigVar("group:focus_removed_window", Hyprlang::INT{1});
diff --git a/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp b/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp
index 4a9f93ffe..fbb2735fa 100644
--- a/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "Monitor.hpp"
 #include "MiscFunctions.hpp"
 #include "../macros.hpp"
+#include "SharedDefs.hpp"
 #include "math/Math.hpp"
 #include "../protocols/ColorManagement.hpp"
 #include "../Compositor.hpp"
@@ -905,11 +906,12 @@ bool CMonitor::applyMonitorRule(SMonitorRule* pMonitorRule, bool force) {
             } else {
                 if (!autoScale) {
                     Debug::log(ERR, "Invalid scale passed to monitor, {} found suggestion {}", m_scale, searchScale);
-                    g_pConfigManager->addParseError(
-                        std::format("Invalid scale passed to monitor {}, failed to find a clean divisor. Suggested nearest scale: {:5f}", m_name, searchScale));
-                    m_scale = getDefaultScale();
-                } else
-                    m_scale = searchScale;
+                    static auto PDISABLENOTIFICATION = CConfigValue<Hyprlang::INT>("misc:disable_scale_notification");
+                    if (!*PDISABLENOTIFICATION)
+                        g_pHyprNotificationOverlay->addNotification(std::format("Invalid scale passed to monitor: {}, using suggested scale: {}", m_scale, searchScale),
+                                                                    CHyprColor(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0), 5000, ICON_WARNING);
+                }
+                m_scale = searchScale;
             }
         }
     }