diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1096985..d0a960a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ansi_term"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee49baf6cb617b853aa8d93bf420db2383fab46d314482ca2803b40d5fde979b"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.38"
@@ -47,12 +56,47 @@ dependencies = [
  "system-deps",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atty"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cdb031dd78e28731d87d56cc8ffef4a8f36ca26c38fe2de700543e627f8a464a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bindgen"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f1c85344eb535a31b62f0af37be84441ba9e7f0f4111eb0530f43d15e513fe57"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cexpr",
+ "cfg-if 0.1.10",
+ "clang-sys",
+ "clap",
+ "env_logger",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "lazycell",
+ "log",
+ "peeking_take_while",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "regex",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "shlex",
+ "which",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -68,6 +112,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gio",
  "glib",
  "gtk",
+ "libappindicator",
  "regex",
  "rust-ini",
 ]
@@ -104,6 +149,15 @@ version = "1.0.66"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4c0496836a84f8d0495758516b8621a622beb77c0fed418570e50764093ced48"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cexpr"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fce5b5fb86b0c57c20c834c1b412fd09c77c8a59b9473f86272709e78874cd1d"
+dependencies = [
+ "nom",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "0.1.10"
@@ -129,6 +183,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clang-sys"
+version = "0.28.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "81de550971c976f176130da4b2978d3b524eaa0fd9ac31f3ceb5ae1231fb4853"
+dependencies = [
+ "glob",
+ "libc",
+ "libloading",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "2.33.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "37e58ac78573c40708d45522f0d80fa2f01cc4f9b4e2bf749807255454312002"
+dependencies = [
+ "ansi_term",
+ "atty",
+ "bitflags",
+ "strsim",
+ "textwrap",
+ "unicode-width",
+ "vec_map",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dlv-list"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -144,6 +224,19 @@ version = "1.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e78d4f1cc4ae33bbfc157ed5d5a5ef3bc29227303d595861deb238fcec4e9457"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_logger"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "44533bbbb3bb3c1fa17d9f2e4e38bbbaf8396ba82193c4cb1b6445d711445d36"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "humantime",
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+ "termcolor",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
 version = "0.3.12"
@@ -394,6 +487,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "system-deps",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "glob"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9b919933a397b79c37e33b77bb2aa3dc8eb6e165ad809e58ff75bc7db2e34574"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gobject-sys"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -469,6 +568,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-segmentation",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.1.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "322f4de77956e22ed0e5032c359a0f1273f1f7f0d79bfa3b8ffbc730d7fbcc5c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "humantime"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df004cfca50ef23c36850aaaa59ad52cc70d0e90243c3c7737a4dd32dc7a3c4f"
+dependencies = [
+ "quick-error",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -478,18 +595,83 @@ dependencies = [
  "either",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "lazycell"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830d08ce1d1d941e6b30645f1a0eb5643013d835ce3779a5fc208261dbe10f55"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libappindicator"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "52d3fc57353f50e2faf5741438df9d2b628d896e2c5bb31156306b015f59d037"
+dependencies = [
+ "glib",
+ "gtk",
+ "gtk-sys",
+ "libappindicator-sys",
+ "log",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libappindicator-sys"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9719ba201a6cb121f59a36bae0bd2bd91762c4af6fbdaaffe804cfe2f9c8651d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bindgen",
+ "gtk-sys",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.84"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1cca32fa0182e8c0989459524dc356b8f2b5c10f1b9eb521b7d182c03cf8c5ff"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libloading"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f2b111a074963af1d37a139918ac6d49ad1d0d5e47f72fd55388619691a7d753"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "log"
+version = "0.4.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "51b9bbe6c47d51fc3e1a9b945965946b4c44142ab8792c50835a980d362c2710"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.3.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0ee1c47aaa256ecabcaea351eae4a9b01ef39ed810004e298d2511ed284b1525"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nom"
+version = "4.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2ad2a91a8e869eeb30b9cb3119ae87773a8f4ae617f41b1eb9c154b2905f7bd6"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "version_check 0.1.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-integer"
 version = "0.1.44"
@@ -552,6 +734,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "system-deps",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "peeking_take_while"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "19b17cddbe7ec3f8bc800887bab5e717348c95ea2ca0b1bf0837fb964dc67099"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -595,7 +783,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn",
- "version_check",
+ "version_check 0.9.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -606,7 +794,7 @@ checksum = "a1be40180e52ecc98ad80b184934baf3d0d29f979574e439af5a55274b35f869"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "version_check",
+ "version_check 0.9.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -630,6 +818,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quick-error"
+version = "1.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a1d01941d82fa2ab50be1e79e6714289dd7cde78eba4c074bc5a4374f650dfe0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.8"
@@ -708,18 +902,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "ordered-multimap",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-hash"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.123"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "92d5161132722baa40d802cc70b15262b98258453e85e5d1d365c757c73869ae"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shlex"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7fdf1b9db47230893d76faad238fd6097fd6d6a9245cd7a4d90dbd639536bbd2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c111b5bd5695e56cffe5129854aa230b39c93a305372fdbb2668ca2394eea9f8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ea5119cdb4c55b55d432abb513a0429384878c15dde60cc77b1c99de1a95a6a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strum"
 version = "0.18.0"
@@ -764,6 +976,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "version-compare",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "termcolor"
+version = "1.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2dfed899f0eb03f32ee8c6a0aabdb8a7949659e3466561fc0adf54e26d88c5f4"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "textwrap"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d326610f408c7a4eb6f51c37c330e496b08506c9457c9d34287ecc38809fb060"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.23"
@@ -819,18 +1049,36 @@ version = "1.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bb0d2e7be6ae3a5fa87eed5fb451aff96f2573d2694942e40543ae0bbe19c796"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9337591893a19b88d8d87f2cec1e73fad5cdfd10e5a6f349f498ad6ea2ffb1e3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f7fe0bb3479651439c9112f72b6c505038574c9fbb575ed1bf3b797fa39dd564"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vec_map"
+version = "0.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f1bddf1187be692e79c5ffeab891132dfb0f236ed36a43c7ed39f1165ee20191"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version-compare"
 version = "0.0.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d63556a25bae6ea31b52e640d7c41d1ab27faba4ccb600013837a3d0b3994ca1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "version_check"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "914b1a6776c4c929a602fafd8bc742e06365d4bcbe48c30f9cca5824f70dc9dd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.2"
@@ -849,6 +1097,15 @@ version = "0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1a143597ca7c7793eff794def352d41792a93c481eb1042423ff7ff72ba2c31f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "which"
+version = "3.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d011071ae14a2f6671d0b74080ae0cd8ebf3a6f8c9589a2cd45f23126fe29724"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -865,6 +1122,15 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "70ec6ce85bb158151cae5e5c87f95a8e97d2c0c4b001223f33a334e3ce5de178"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3fae498..c57cb9e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ glib = "0.10.3"
 rust-ini = "0.16"
 regex = "1.4.3"
 chrono = "0.4.19"
+libappindicator = "0.5.2"
 
 [dependencies.gtk]
 version = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0f2218e..b9060a8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 extern crate gdk;
 extern crate gio;
 extern crate gtk;
+extern crate libappindicator;
 mod config_management;
 mod ffmpeg_interface;
 mod area_capture;
@@ -17,15 +18,16 @@ use gtk::{
 };
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+use libappindicator::{AppIndicator, AppIndicatorStatus};
 
 fn main() {
     // use "GDK_BACKEND=x11" to make xwininfo work in Wayland by using XWayland
     std::env::set_var("GDK_BACKEND", "x11");
-
     if gtk::init().is_err() {
         println!("Failed to initialize GTK.");
         return;
     }
+
     let builder: Builder = Builder::from_file(Path::new("windows/ui.glade"));
 
     config_management::initialize();
@@ -248,16 +250,37 @@ fn main() {
         saved_filename: None
     }));
 
+    // App Indicator
+    let indicator = Rc::new(RefCell::new(AppIndicator::new("Blue Recorder", std::fs::canonicalize(Path::new("data/blue-recorder.png")).unwrap().to_str().unwrap())));
+    indicator.clone().borrow_mut().set_status(AppIndicatorStatus::Passive);
+    let mut menu = gtk::Menu::new();
+    let indicator_stop_recording = gtk::MenuItem::with_label("stop recording");
+    menu.append(&indicator_stop_recording);
+    menu.show_all();
+    indicator.clone().borrow_mut().set_menu(&mut menu);
+    
+    // when indictor stop recording button clicked
     let mut _ffmpeg_record_interface = ffmpeg_record_interface.clone();
-    let mut _area_capture = area_capture.clone();
-    record_button.connect_clicked(move |_| {
-        let _area_capture = _area_capture.borrow_mut().clone();
-        _ffmpeg_record_interface.borrow_mut().start_record(_area_capture.x, _area_capture.y, _area_capture.width, _area_capture.height);
+    let mut _indicator = indicator.clone();
+    indicator_stop_recording.connect_activate(move |_| {
+        _ffmpeg_record_interface.borrow_mut().clone().stop_record();
+        _indicator.borrow_mut().set_status(AppIndicatorStatus::Passive);
     });
 
     let mut _ffmpeg_record_interface = ffmpeg_record_interface.clone();
+    let mut _area_capture = area_capture.clone();
+    let mut _indicator = indicator.clone();
+    record_button.connect_clicked(move |_| {
+        let _area_capture = _area_capture.borrow_mut().clone();
+        _ffmpeg_record_interface.borrow_mut().start_record(_area_capture.x, _area_capture.y, _area_capture.width, _area_capture.height);
+        _indicator.borrow_mut().set_status(AppIndicatorStatus::Active);
+    });
+
+    let mut _ffmpeg_record_interface = ffmpeg_record_interface.clone();
+    let mut _indicator = indicator.clone();
     stop_button.connect_clicked(move |_| {
         _ffmpeg_record_interface.borrow_mut().clone().stop_record();
+        _indicator.borrow_mut().set_status(AppIndicatorStatus::Passive);
     });
 
     let mut _ffmpeg_record_interface = ffmpeg_record_interface.clone();
@@ -275,9 +298,11 @@ fn main() {
 
     // close the application when main window destroy
     let mut _ffmpeg_record_interface = ffmpeg_record_interface.clone();
+    let mut _indicator = indicator.clone();
     main_window.connect_destroy(move |_| {
         // stop recording before close the application
         _ffmpeg_record_interface.borrow_mut().clone().stop_record();
+        _indicator.borrow_mut().set_status(AppIndicatorStatus::Passive);
         gtk::main_quit();
     });