diff --git a/python/ide/impl/src/com/intellij/pycharm/community/ide/impl/newProjectWizard/impl/emptyProject/PyV3EmptyProjectGenerator.kt b/python/ide/impl/src/com/intellij/pycharm/community/ide/impl/newProjectWizard/impl/emptyProject/PyV3EmptyProjectGenerator.kt
index b66eff4cba0f..83e577389023 100644
--- a/python/ide/impl/src/com/intellij/pycharm/community/ide/impl/newProjectWizard/impl/emptyProject/PyV3EmptyProjectGenerator.kt
+++ b/python/ide/impl/src/com/intellij/pycharm/community/ide/impl/newProjectWizard/impl/emptyProject/PyV3EmptyProjectGenerator.kt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import javax.swing.Icon
 
 @Internal
 class PyV3EmptyProjectGenerator : PyV3ProjectBaseGenerator<PyV3EmptyProjectSettings>(
-  typeSpecificSettings = PyV3EmptyProjectSettings(generateWelcomeScript = false),
+  typeSpecificSettings = PyV3EmptyProjectSettings(),
   typeSpecificUI = PyV3EmptyProjectUI,
   _newProjectName = "PythonProject",
   supportsNotEmptyModuleStructure = true
diff --git a/python/ide/impl/src/com/intellij/pycharm/community/ide/impl/newProjectWizard/impl/emptyProject/PyV3EmptyProjectSettings.kt b/python/ide/impl/src/com/intellij/pycharm/community/ide/impl/newProjectWizard/impl/emptyProject/PyV3EmptyProjectSettings.kt
index d9817c205053..696d3798b5a2 100644
--- a/python/ide/impl/src/com/intellij/pycharm/community/ide/impl/newProjectWizard/impl/emptyProject/PyV3EmptyProjectSettings.kt
+++ b/python/ide/impl/src/com/intellij/pycharm/community/ide/impl/newProjectWizard/impl/emptyProject/PyV3EmptyProjectSettings.kt
@@ -9,14 +9,18 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.project.rootManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.projectRoots.Sdk
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile
 import com.intellij.pycharm.community.ide.impl.newProjectWizard.welcome.PyWelcome
+import com.intellij.pycharm.community.ide.impl.newProjectWizard.welcome.PyWelcomeSettings
 import com.jetbrains.python.errorProcessing.PyResult
 import com.jetbrains.python.newProjectWizard.PyV3ProjectTypeSpecificSettings
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 
-class PyV3EmptyProjectSettings(var generateWelcomeScript: Boolean = false) : PyV3ProjectTypeSpecificSettings {
+class PyV3EmptyProjectSettings(
+  var generateWelcomeScript: Boolean = PyWelcomeSettings.instance.createWelcomeScriptForEmptyProject
+) : PyV3ProjectTypeSpecificSettings {
 
   override suspend fun generateProject(module: Module, baseDir: VirtualFile, sdk: Sdk): PyResult<Unit> {
+    PyWelcomeSettings.instance.createWelcomeScriptForEmptyProject = generateWelcomeScript
     if (!generateWelcomeScript)
       return PyResult.success(Unit)