diff --git a/news/2 Fixes/13706.md b/news/2 Fixes/13706.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fb3074fa7820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/2 Fixes/13706.md	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix the behavior of the 'python.showStartPage' setting.
diff --git a/src/client/common/configSettings.ts b/src/client/common/configSettings.ts
index d0066f58b378..7473bcfcd952 100644
--- a/src/client/common/configSettings.ts
+++ b/src/client/common/configSettings.ts
@@ -544,6 +544,11 @@ export class PythonSettings implements IPythonSettings {
             this.datascience = dataScienceSettings;
         }
 
+        const showStartPage = pythonSettings.get<boolean>('showStartPage');
+        if (showStartPage !== undefined) {
+            this.showStartPage = showStartPage;
+        }
+
         this.insidersChannel = pythonSettings.get<ExtensionChannels>('insidersChannel')!;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/common/configSettings/configSettings.unit.test.ts b/src/test/common/configSettings/configSettings.unit.test.ts
index 6a6cbc07cf91..c8e1b92042b5 100644
--- a/src/test/common/configSettings/configSettings.unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/common/configSettings/configSettings.unit.test.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ suite('Python Settings', async () => {
     let settings: CustomPythonSettings;
     setup(() => {
         sinon.stub(EnvFileTelemetry, 'sendSettingTelemetry').returns();
-        config = TypeMoq.Mock.ofType<WorkspaceConfiguration>(undefined, TypeMoq.MockBehavior.Strict);
+        config = TypeMoq.Mock.ofType<WorkspaceConfiguration>(undefined, TypeMoq.MockBehavior.Loose);
         expected = new CustomPythonSettings(undefined, new MockAutoSelectionService());
         settings = new CustomPythonSettings(undefined, new MockAutoSelectionService());
         expected.defaultInterpreterPath = 'python';