diff --git a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/config/tribler_config.spec b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/config/tribler_config.spec
index b7829235836..18934689df1 100644
--- a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/config/tribler_config.spec
+++ b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/config/tribler_config.spec
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ poll_interval = integer(min=1, default=5)
 history_size = integer(min=1, default=20)
 
 [credit_mining]
-enabled = boolean(default=True)
+enabled = boolean(default=False)
 sources = string_list(default=list())
 max_disk_space = integer(min=0, default=53687091200)
 
diff --git a/src/tribler-gui/tribler_gui/qt_resources/mainwindow.ui b/src/tribler-gui/tribler_gui/qt_resources/mainwindow.ui
index 68b5d4eb71e..8f74a1d7d85 100644
--- a/src/tribler-gui/tribler_gui/qt_resources/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/src/tribler-gui/tribler_gui/qt_resources/mainwindow.ui
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ background-color: #e67300;
       <item>
        <widget class="QStackedWidget" name="stackedWidget">
         <property name="currentIndex">
-         <number>0</number>
+         <number>2</number>
         </property>
         <widget class="ChannelContentsWidget" name="personal_channel_page"/>
         <widget class="ChannelContentsWidget" name="search_results_page"/>
@@ -1553,8 +1553,8 @@ border-top: 1px solid #555;
               <rect>
                <x>0</x>
                <y>0</y>
-               <width>300</width>
-               <height>646</height>
+               <width>854</width>
+               <height>710</height>
               </rect>
              </property>
              <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_22">
@@ -2905,7 +2905,7 @@ color: white;</string>
                   <item>
                    <widget class="QCheckBox" name="credit_mining_enabled_checkbox">
                     <property name="text">
-                     <string>Enable token mining</string>
+                     <string>Enable token mining (requires Tribler restart)</string>
                     </property>
                    </widget>
                   </item>
@@ -4691,8 +4691,8 @@ color: white</string>
                       <rect>
                        <x>0</x>
                        <y>0</y>
-                       <width>321</width>
-                       <height>259</height>
+                       <width>856</width>
+                       <height>387</height>
                       </rect>
                      </property>
                      <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout_4">
diff --git a/src/tribler-gui/tribler_gui/widgets/subscriptionswidget.py b/src/tribler-gui/tribler_gui/widgets/subscriptionswidget.py
index d0c29fbb016..495261145a0 100644
--- a/src/tribler-gui/tribler_gui/widgets/subscriptionswidget.py
+++ b/src/tribler-gui/tribler_gui/widgets/subscriptionswidget.py
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ def update_subscribe_button(self, remote_response=None):
         # Disable channel control buttons for LEGACY_ENTRY channels
         hide_controls = self.contents_widget.model.channel_info["status"] == 1000
         self.subscribe_button.setHidden(hide_controls)
-        self.credit_mining_button.setHidden(hide_controls)
+        if hide_controls:
+            # This button could be hidden before for other reasons, that's why we only hide, but not _unhide_ it here
+            self.credit_mining_button.setHidden(True)
 
     def on_subscribe_button_click(self):
         TriblerNetworkRequest(