diff --git a/WineFix/Patches/FontEnumerationPatch.cs b/WineFix/Patches/FontEnumerationPatch.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85cbee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/WineFix/Patches/FontEnumerationPatch.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using HarmonyLib;
+using AffinityPluginLoader.Core;
+
+namespace WineFix.Patches
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Disables parallel font enumeration on Wine to avoid an intermittent
+    /// access violation (0xC0000005) in libkernel.dll during startup font loading.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class FontEnumerationPatch
+    {
+        public static void ApplyPatches(Harmony harmony)
+        {
+            Logger.Info("Applying FontEnumeration patch (Wine fix)...");
+
+            var serifAssembly = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()
+                .FirstOrDefault(a => a.GetName().Name == "Serif.Affinity");
+
+            if (serifAssembly == null)
+            {
+                Logger.Error("Serif.Affinity assembly not found");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var appType = serifAssembly.GetType("Serif.Affinity.Application");
+            if (appType == null)
+            {
+                Logger.Error("Serif.Affinity.Application type not found");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var prop = appType.GetProperty("ParallelFontEnumerationDisabled",
+                BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);
+
+            if (prop?.GetGetMethod() != null)
+            {
+                harmony.Patch(prop.GetGetMethod(),
+                    postfix: new HarmonyMethod(typeof(FontEnumerationPatch), nameof(ForceDisabled)));
+                Logger.Info("Patched ParallelFontEnumerationDisabled to return true");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Logger.Error("ParallelFontEnumerationDisabled property not found");
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static void ForceDisabled(ref bool __result)
+        {
+            __result = true;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/WineFix/WineFixPlugin.cs b/WineFix/WineFixPlugin.cs
index 58019a5..31d9982 100644
--- a/WineFix/WineFixPlugin.cs
+++ b/WineFix/WineFixPlugin.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using HarmonyLib;
 using AffinityPluginLoader;
+using AffinityPluginLoader.Settings;
 
 namespace WineFix
 {
@@ -8,10 +9,28 @@ namespace WineFix
     /// </summary>
     public class WineFixPlugin : AffinityPlugin
     {
+        public const string SettingForceSyncFontEnum = "force_sync_font_enum";
+
+        public override PluginSettingsDefinition DefineSettings()
+        {
+            return new PluginSettingsDefinition("winefix")
+                .AddSection("Crash Fixes")
+                .AddBool(SettingForceSyncFontEnum, "Force synchronous font enumeration",
+                    defaultValue: true,
+                    restartRequired: true,
+                    description: "Disable parallel font enumeration to significantly reduce frequency of startup crashes. May increase application startup time on systems with lots of fonts.");
+        }
+
         public override void OnPatch(Harmony harmony, IPluginContext context)
         {
             context.Patch("MainWindowLoaded fix",
                 h => Patches.MainWindowLoadedPatch.ApplyPatches(h));
+
+            if (context.Settings.GetEffectiveValue<bool>(SettingForceSyncFontEnum))
+            {
+                context.Patch("FontEnumeration fix",
+                    h => Patches.FontEnumerationPatch.ApplyPatches(h));
+            }
         }
     }
 }