diff --git a/src/OneDriveGUI.py b/src/OneDriveGUI.py
index c45d09c..121978f 100644
--- a/src/OneDriveGUI.py
+++ b/src/OneDriveGUI.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ from ui.ui_create_new_profile import Ui_create_new_profile
 
 
 PROFILES_FILE = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/onedrive-gui/profiles")
+GUI_SETTINGS_FILE = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/onedrive-gui/gui_settings")
 dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
 # Logging
@@ -1368,7 +1369,13 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
 
         #
         # Menu
-        self.menubar.hide()
+        # self.menubar.hide()
+        self.actionStart_Minimized.triggered.connect(self.set_check_box_state)
+        if gui_settings["SETTINGS"]["start_minimized"] == "True":
+            self.actionStart_Minimized.setChecked(True)
+
+        self.actionQuit.triggered.connect(sys.exit)
+
         # Update OneDrive Status
         self.actionRefresh_Service_Status.triggered.connect(lambda: self.onedrive_process_status())
 
@@ -1443,6 +1450,20 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         self.auto_sync.timeout.connect(self.autostart_monitor)
         self.auto_sync.start(1000)
 
+    def set_check_box_state(self, state):
+        _property = self.sender().objectName()
+        logging.info(f"[GUI] {_property} changed to '{state}'")
+
+        if state == True:
+            logging.info(f"is checked")
+            gui_settings["SETTINGS"]["start_minimized"] = "True"
+        else:
+            logging.info(f"is unchecked")
+            gui_settings["SETTINGS"]["start_minimized"] = "False"
+
+        with open(GUI_SETTINGS_FILE, "w") as f:
+            gui_settings.write(f)
+
     def closeEvent(self, event):
         event.ignore()
         self.hide()
@@ -1707,6 +1728,22 @@ def read_config(config_file):
     return config
 
 
+def read_gui_settings():
+    default_gui_settings = {
+        "SETTINGS": {
+            "start_minimized": "False",
+        }
+    }
+
+    gui_settings = ConfigParser()
+    gui_settings.read_dict(default_gui_settings)  # Read default settings and use them when config file does not exist.
+    gui_settings.read(GUI_SETTINGS_FILE)  # Read user settings from file and overwrite defaults.
+
+    logging.debug(f"GUI SETTINGS: {gui_settings._sections}")
+
+    return gui_settings
+
+
 def create_global_config():
     """
     Creates dict which is used as running global config.
@@ -1822,6 +1859,7 @@ def save_global_config():
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     global_config = create_global_config()
+    gui_settings = read_gui_settings()
 
     app = QApplication(sys.argv)
     app.setApplicationName("OneDriveGUI")
@@ -1831,5 +1869,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     settings_window = SettingsWindow()
     settings_window.hide()
 
-    main_window.show()
+    if gui_settings["SETTINGS"]["start_minimized"] == "True":
+        main_window.hide()
+    else:
+        main_window.show()
+
     app.exec()
diff --git a/src/ui/mainwindow.ui b/src/ui/mainwindow.ui
index b9e93f6..ed8e456 100644
--- a/src/ui/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/src/ui/mainwindow.ui
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
         <property name="font">
          <font>
           <pointsize>10</pointsize>
-          <weight>75</weight>
           <bold>true</bold>
          </font>
         </property>
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
      <x>0</x>
      <y>0</y>
      <width>420</width>
-     <height>30</height>
+     <height>22</height>
     </rect>
    </property>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuAdvanced">
@@ -111,10 +110,16 @@ color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
      <string>Advanced</string>
     </property>
     <widget class="QMenu" name="menuDebug">
+     <property name="enabled">
+      <bool>false</bool>
+     </property>
      <property name="title">
       <string>Debug</string>
      </property>
      <widget class="QMenu" name="menuService">
+      <property name="enabled">
+       <bool>false</bool>
+      </property>
       <property name="title">
        <string>Service</string>
       </property>
@@ -141,14 +146,10 @@ color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
      <addaction name="menuMonitor"/>
      <addaction name="menuStatus"/>
     </widget>
-    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuaccount2">
-     <property name="title">
-      <string>account2</string>
-     </property>
-     <addaction name="actionstart"/>
-    </widget>
     <addaction name="menuDebug"/>
-    <addaction name="menuaccount2"/>
+    <addaction name="actionStart_Minimized"/>
+    <addaction name="separator"/>
+    <addaction name="actionQuit"/>
    </widget>
    <addaction name="menuAdvanced"/>
   </widget>
@@ -207,6 +208,19 @@ color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
     <string>start</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="actionStart_Minimized">
+   <property name="checkable">
+    <bool>true</bool>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Start Minimized</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
+  <action name="actionQuit">
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Quit</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
diff --git a/src/ui/ui_mainwindow.py b/src/ui/ui_mainwindow.py
index d9f13d6..e0e28c6 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui_mainwindow.py
+++ b/src/ui/ui_mainwindow.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 ## Form generated from reading UI file 'mainwindow.ui'
 ##
-## Created by: Qt User Interface Compiler version 6.2.2
+## Created by: Qt User Interface Compiler version 6.2.3
 ##
 ## WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost when recompiling UI file!
 ################################################################################
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ class Ui_MainWindow(object):
         self.actionTest_Service.setObjectName(u"actionTest_Service")
         self.actionstart = QAction(MainWindow)
         self.actionstart.setObjectName(u"actionstart")
+        self.actionStart_Minimized = QAction(MainWindow)
+        self.actionStart_Minimized.setObjectName(u"actionStart_Minimized")
+        self.actionStart_Minimized.setCheckable(True)
+        self.actionQuit = QAction(MainWindow)
+        self.actionQuit.setObjectName(u"actionQuit")
         self.centralwidget = QWidget(MainWindow)
         self.centralwidget.setObjectName(u"centralwidget")
         self.verticalLayout = QVBoxLayout(self.centralwidget)
@@ -93,24 +98,26 @@ class Ui_MainWindow(object):
         MainWindow.setCentralWidget(self.centralwidget)
         self.menubar = QMenuBar(MainWindow)
         self.menubar.setObjectName(u"menubar")
-        self.menubar.setGeometry(QRect(0, 0, 420, 30))
+        self.menubar.setGeometry(QRect(0, 0, 420, 22))
         self.menuAdvanced = QMenu(self.menubar)
         self.menuAdvanced.setObjectName(u"menuAdvanced")
         self.menuDebug = QMenu(self.menuAdvanced)
         self.menuDebug.setObjectName(u"menuDebug")
+        self.menuDebug.setEnabled(False)
         self.menuService = QMenu(self.menuDebug)
         self.menuService.setObjectName(u"menuService")
+        self.menuService.setEnabled(False)
         self.menuMonitor = QMenu(self.menuDebug)
         self.menuMonitor.setObjectName(u"menuMonitor")
         self.menuStatus = QMenu(self.menuDebug)
         self.menuStatus.setObjectName(u"menuStatus")
-        self.menuaccount2 = QMenu(self.menuAdvanced)
-        self.menuaccount2.setObjectName(u"menuaccount2")
         MainWindow.setMenuBar(self.menubar)
 
         self.menubar.addAction(self.menuAdvanced.menuAction())
         self.menuAdvanced.addAction(self.menuDebug.menuAction())
-        self.menuAdvanced.addAction(self.menuaccount2.menuAction())
+        self.menuAdvanced.addAction(self.actionStart_Minimized)
+        self.menuAdvanced.addSeparator()
+        self.menuAdvanced.addAction(self.actionQuit)
         self.menuDebug.addAction(self.menuService.menuAction())
         self.menuDebug.addAction(self.menuMonitor.menuAction())
         self.menuDebug.addAction(self.menuStatus.menuAction())
@@ -122,7 +129,6 @@ class Ui_MainWindow(object):
         self.menuMonitor.addAction(self.actionForce_Resync)
         self.menuStatus.addAction(self.actionRefresh_Service_Status)
         self.menuStatus.addAction(self.actionObtain_Sync_Status)
-        self.menuaccount2.addAction(self.actionstart)
 
         self.retranslateUi(MainWindow)
 
@@ -142,12 +148,13 @@ class Ui_MainWindow(object):
         self.actionObtain_Sync_Status.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Obtain Sync Status", None))
         self.actionTest_Service.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Test Service", None))
         self.actionstart.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"start", None))
+        self.actionStart_Minimized.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Start Minimized", None))
+        self.actionQuit.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Quit", None))
         self.pushButton_new_profile.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Create/ Import OneDrive profile", None))
         self.menuAdvanced.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Advanced", None))
         self.menuDebug.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Debug", None))
         self.menuService.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Service", None))
         self.menuMonitor.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Monitor", None))
         self.menuStatus.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Status", None))
-        self.menuaccount2.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"account2", None))
     # retranslateUi