diff --git a/src/qz/common/Constants.java b/src/qz/common/Constants.java
index 014112961..8dfdb786c 100644
--- a/src/qz/common/Constants.java
+++ b/src/qz/common/Constants.java
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ public class Constants {
     public static final Color TRUSTED_COLOR_LITE = Color.BLUE;
     public static final Color WARNING_COLOR_DARK = Color.decode("#EB6261");
     public static final Color TRUSTED_COLOR_DARK = Color.decode("#589DF6");
+    public static final Color RUNNING_COLOR = Color.decode("#00AD47");
+    public static final Color PENDING_COLOR = Color.decode("#B2B247");
+    public static final Color STOPPED_COLOR = Color.decode("#AE4745");
+
     public static Color WARNING_COLOR = WARNING_COLOR_LITE;
     public static Color TRUSTED_COLOR = TRUSTED_COLOR_LITE;
 
diff --git a/src/qz/common/TrayManager.java b/src/qz/common/TrayManager.java
index 2808e503a..9f7b8c743 100644
--- a/src/qz/common/TrayManager.java
+++ b/src/qz/common/TrayManager.java
@@ -671,6 +671,7 @@ private void setIcon(final IconCache.Icon i) {
     public void refreshIcon(final Runnable whenDone) {
         SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> {
             tray.setIcon(shownIcon);
+            controlDialog.setRunningIndicator(shownIcon);
             if(whenDone != null) {
                 whenDone.run();
             }
diff --git a/src/qz/ui/ControlDialog.java b/src/qz/ui/ControlDialog.java
index d3dbf0463..359c5a9c9 100644
--- a/src/qz/ui/ControlDialog.java
+++ b/src/qz/ui/ControlDialog.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package qz.ui;
 
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import qz.common.Constants;
 import qz.ui.component.IconCache;
 
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@
  * A container for all the System Tray menu items
  */
 public class ControlDialog extends BasicDialog implements Themeable {
+    private static final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(ControlDialog.class);
+
     public enum Category {
         STATUS,
         GENERAL,
@@ -24,10 +28,15 @@ public enum Category {
     private boolean persistent = false;
 
     private JPanel statusPanel;
+    private JPanel statusLeftPanel;
+    private JPanel statusRightPanel;
     private JPanel generalPanel;
     private JPanel advancedPanel;
     private JPanel diagnosticPanel;
 
+    private JLabel runningIndicator;
+    private JLabel runningLabel;
+
     public ControlDialog(IconCache iconCache) {
         super(Constants.ABOUT_TITLE, iconCache);
         initComponents();
@@ -60,18 +69,22 @@ public void add(Component component, String text, Category category) {
             toAdd = button;
         } else if(component instanceof JSeparator){
             toAdd = (JSeparator)component;
+        } else if (component instanceof JComponent){
+            toAdd = (JComponent)component;
+        } else {
+            log.warn("Cannot add {}, not yet supported.", component.getClass().getSimpleName());
         }
         if(toAdd != null) {
             switch(category) {
+                case STATUS:
+                    statusRightPanel.add(toAdd);
+                    break;
                 case ADVANCED:
                     advancedPanel.add(toAdd);
                     break;
                 case DIAGNOSTIC:
                     diagnosticPanel.add(toAdd);
                     break;
-                case STATUS:
-                    statusPanel.add(toAdd);
-                    break;
                 case GENERAL:
                 default:
                     generalPanel.add(toAdd);
@@ -86,7 +99,29 @@ private void initComponents() {
         mainPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
         mainPanel.setBorder(createPaddedLineBorder(5, SwingConstants.SOUTH));
 
-        statusPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
+        statusLeftPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
+        statusRightPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT));
+
+        statusPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1, 3));
+
+        // Running indicator
+        runningIndicator = new JLabel("•");
+        runningIndicator.setFont(new Font("", Font.BOLD, 24));
+        runningIndicator.setForeground(Constants.STOPPED_COLOR);
+        runningIndicator.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(0, 2, 2, 2));
+        runningLabel = new JLabel("Stopped");
+        runningLabel.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(0, 0, 0, 4));
+        statusLeftPanel.add(runningIndicator);
+        statusLeftPanel.add(runningLabel);
+        statusPanel.add(statusLeftPanel);
+
+        // Version label
+        JLabel versionLabel = new JLabel(Constants.ABOUT_TITLE + " " + Constants.VERSION);
+        versionLabel.setFont(runningLabel.getFont());
+        statusPanel.add(versionLabel);
+
+        // Additional controls added with .add()
+        statusPanel.add(statusRightPanel);
 
         Font headingFont = new JLabel().getFont().deriveFont(16f).deriveFont(Font.BOLD);
 
@@ -170,6 +205,23 @@ public void refresh() {
         ThemeUtilities.refreshAll(this);
     }
 
+    public void setRunningIndicator(IconCache.Icon icon) {
+        switch(icon) {
+            case WARNING_ICON:
+                runningIndicator.setForeground(Constants.PENDING_COLOR);
+                runningLabel.setText("Pending");
+                break;
+            case DANGER_ICON:
+                runningIndicator.setForeground(Constants.STOPPED_COLOR);
+                runningLabel.setText("Stopped");
+                break;
+            case DEFAULT_ICON:
+            default:
+                runningIndicator.setForeground(Constants.RUNNING_COLOR);
+                runningLabel.setText("Running");
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets persistent mode, window can't be closed unless shutdown
      */