diff --git a/src/app/application.cpp b/src/app/application.cpp
index be915ebbc..867bd5a0f 100644
--- a/src/app/application.cpp
+++ b/src/app/application.cpp
@@ -144,13 +144,13 @@ Application::Application(const QString &id, int &argc, char **argv)
     QPixmapCache::setCacheLimit(PIXMAP_CACHE_SIZE);
 #endif
 
-    validateCommandLineParameters();
+    const bool portableModeEnabled = m_commandLineArgs.profileDir.isEmpty() && QDir(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()).exists(DEFAULT_PORTABLE_MODE_PROFILE_DIR);
 
-    const QString profileDir = m_commandLineArgs.portableMode
+    const QString profileDir = portableModeEnabled
         ? QDir(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()).absoluteFilePath(DEFAULT_PORTABLE_MODE_PROFILE_DIR)
         : m_commandLineArgs.profileDir;
     Profile::initialize(profileDir, m_commandLineArgs.configurationName,
-                        m_commandLineArgs.relativeFastresumePaths || m_commandLineArgs.portableMode);
+                        (m_commandLineArgs.relativeFastresumePaths || portableModeEnabled));
 
     Logger::initInstance();
     SettingsStorage::initInstance();
@@ -171,6 +171,14 @@ Application::Application(const QString &id, int &argc, char **argv)
         m_fileLogger = new FileLogger(fileLoggerPath(), isFileLoggerBackup(), fileLoggerMaxSize(), isFileLoggerDeleteOld(), fileLoggerAge(), static_cast<FileLogger::FileLogAgeType>(fileLoggerAgeType()));
 
     Logger::instance()->addMessage(tr("qBittorrent %1 started", "qBittorrent v3.2.0alpha started").arg(QBT_VERSION));
+    if (portableModeEnabled) {
+        Logger::instance()->addMessage(tr("Running in portable mode. Auto detected profile folder at: %1").arg(profileDir));
+        if (m_commandLineArgs.relativeFastresumePaths)
+            Logger::instance()->addMessage(tr("Redundant command line flag detected: \"%1\". Portable mode implies relative fastresume.").arg("--relative-fastresume"), Log::WARNING); // to avoid translating the `--relative-fastresume` string
+    }
+    else {
+        Logger::instance()->addMessage(tr("Using config directory: %1").arg(Profile::instance().location(SpecialFolder::Config)));
+    }
 }
 
 Application::~Application()
@@ -737,12 +745,3 @@ void Application::cleanup()
         Utils::Misc::shutdownComputer(m_shutdownAct);
     }
 }
-
-void Application::validateCommandLineParameters()
-{
-    if (m_commandLineArgs.portableMode && !m_commandLineArgs.profileDir.isEmpty())
-        throw CommandLineParameterError(tr("Portable mode and explicit profile directory options are mutually exclusive"));
-
-    if (m_commandLineArgs.portableMode && m_commandLineArgs.relativeFastresumePaths)
-        Logger::instance()->addMessage(tr("Portable mode implies relative fastresume"), Log::WARNING);
-}
diff --git a/src/app/application.h b/src/app/application.h
index 26384c74c..da9dc4168 100644
--- a/src/app/application.h
+++ b/src/app/application.h
@@ -144,5 +144,4 @@ private:
     void processParams(const QStringList &params);
     void runExternalProgram(const BitTorrent::TorrentHandle *torrent) const;
     void sendNotificationEmail(const BitTorrent::TorrentHandle *torrent);
-    void validateCommandLineParameters();
 };
diff --git a/src/app/cmdoptions.cpp b/src/app/cmdoptions.cpp
index c4604177d..c855f6e53 100644
--- a/src/app/cmdoptions.cpp
+++ b/src/app/cmdoptions.cpp
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ namespace
     constexpr const IntOption WEBUI_PORT_OPTION {"webui-port"};
     constexpr const StringOption PROFILE_OPTION {"profile"};
     constexpr const StringOption CONFIGURATION_OPTION {"configuration"};
-    constexpr const BoolOption PORTABLE_OPTION {"portable"};
     constexpr const BoolOption RELATIVE_FASTRESUME {"relative-fastresume"};
     constexpr const StringOption SAVE_PATH_OPTION {"save-path"};
     constexpr const TriStateBoolOption PAUSED_OPTION {"add-paused", true};
@@ -332,7 +331,6 @@ namespace
 QBtCommandLineParameters::QBtCommandLineParameters(const QProcessEnvironment &env)
     : showHelp(false)
     , relativeFastresumePaths(RELATIVE_FASTRESUME.value(env))
-    , portableMode(PORTABLE_OPTION.value(env))
     , skipChecking(SKIP_HASH_CHECK_OPTION.value(env))
     , sequential(SEQUENTIAL_OPTION.value(env))
     , firstLastPiecePriority(FIRST_AND_LAST_OPTION.value(env))
@@ -437,9 +435,6 @@ QBtCommandLineParameters parseCommandLine(const QStringList &args)
             else if (arg == RELATIVE_FASTRESUME) {
                 result.relativeFastresumePaths = true;
             }
-            else if (arg == PORTABLE_OPTION) {
-                result.portableMode = true;
-            }
             else if (arg == CONFIGURATION_OPTION) {
                 result.configurationName = CONFIGURATION_OPTION.value(arg);
             }
@@ -544,9 +539,6 @@ QString makeUsage(const QString &prgName)
     stream << RELATIVE_FASTRESUME.usage()
            << wrapText(QObject::tr("Hack into libtorrent fastresume files and make file paths relative "
                                          "to the profile directory")) << '\n';
-    stream << PORTABLE_OPTION.usage()
-           << wrapText(QObject::tr("Shortcut for %1", "Shortcut for --profile=<exe dir>/profile --relative-fastresume")
-                       .arg(QLatin1String("--profile=<exe dir>/profile --relative-fastresume"))) << '\n';
     stream << Option::padUsageText(QObject::tr("files or URLs"))
            << wrapText(QObject::tr("Download the torrents passed by the user")) << '\n'
            << '\n';
diff --git a/src/app/cmdoptions.h b/src/app/cmdoptions.h
index dec975951..5ae297f8d 100644
--- a/src/app/cmdoptions.h
+++ b/src/app/cmdoptions.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class QProcessEnvironment;
 
 struct QBtCommandLineParameters
 {
-    bool showHelp, relativeFastresumePaths, portableMode, skipChecking, sequential, firstLastPiecePriority;
+    bool showHelp, relativeFastresumePaths, skipChecking, sequential, firstLastPiecePriority;
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(DISABLE_GUI)
     bool showVersion;
 #endif