diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c231720..0b12e10 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ profile = "black"
 multi_line_output = 3
 indent = 4
 color_output = true
-known_third_party = ["Crypto", "PySide6", "coloredlogs", "dataclasses_json", "ffmpeg", "m3u8", "mutagen", "pathvalidate", "requests", "rich", "tidalapi", "toml", "typer"]
+known_third_party = ["Crypto", "PySide6", "coloredlogs", "config", "dataclasses_json", "ffmpeg", "m3u8", "mutagen", "pathvalidate", "requests", "rich", "tidalapi", "toml", "typer"]
 
 [tool.mypy]
 # https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config_file.html#using-a-pyproject-toml-file
diff --git a/tidal_dl_ng/cli.py b/tidal_dl_ng/cli.py
index e951fc5..9239977 100644
--- a/tidal_dl_ng/cli.py
+++ b/tidal_dl_ng/cli.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+import signal
+import sys
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Annotated, Optional
 
 import typer
+from config import HandlingApp
 from rich.console import Group
 from rich.live import Live
 from rich.progress import (
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ def _download(ctx: typer.Context, urls: list[str], try_login: bool = True) -> bo
 
     # Create initial objects.
     settings: Settings = Settings()
+    handling_app: HandlingApp = HandlingApp()
     progress: Progress = Progress(
         TextColumn("[progress.description]{task.description}"),
         SpinnerColumn(),
@@ -92,8 +96,9 @@ def _download(ctx: typer.Context, urls: list[str], try_login: bool = True) -> bo
         fn_logger=fn_logger,
         progress=progress,
         progress_overall=progress_overall,
+        event_abort=handling_app.event_abort,
+        event_run=handling_app.event_run,
     )
-
     progress_table = Table.grid()
 
     # Style Progress display.
@@ -112,6 +117,10 @@ def _download(ctx: typer.Context, urls: list[str], try_login: bool = True) -> bo
             for item in urls:
                 media_type: MediaType | bool = False
 
+                # Exit loop if abort signal is set.
+                if handling_app.event_abort.is_set():
+                    return False
+
                 # Extract media name and id from link.
                 if "http" in item:
                     media_type = get_tidal_media_type(item)
@@ -143,6 +152,10 @@ def _download(ctx: typer.Context, urls: list[str], try_login: bool = True) -> bo
                         item_ids.append(item_id)
 
                     for item_id in item_ids:
+                        # Exit loop if abort signal is set.
+                        if handling_app.event_abort.is_set():
+                            return False
+
                         dl.items(
                             media_id=item_id,
                             media_type=media_type,
@@ -379,5 +392,21 @@ def gui(ctx: typer.Context):
     gui_activate(ctx.obj[CTX_TIDAL])
 
 
+def handle_sigint_term(signum, frame):
+    """Set app abort event, so threads can check it and shutdown.
+
+    :param signum:
+    :param frame:
+    :return:
+    """
+    handling_app: HandlingApp = HandlingApp()
+
+    handling_app.event_abort.set()
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Catch CTRL+C
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, handle_sigint_term)
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, handle_sigint_term)
+
     app()
diff --git a/tidal_dl_ng/config.py b/tidal_dl_ng/config.py
index c6fdaee..345bebd 100644
--- a/tidal_dl_ng/config.py
+++ b/tidal_dl_ng/config.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import shutil
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from json import JSONDecodeError
 from pathlib import Path
+from threading import Event
 from typing import Any
 
 import tidalapi
@@ -189,3 +190,11 @@ class Tidal(BaseConfig, metaclass=SingletonMeta):
         del self.session
 
         return True
+
+
+class HandlingApp(metaclass=SingletonMeta):
+    event_abort: Event = Event()
+    event_run: Event = Event()
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.event_run.set()
diff --git a/tidal_dl_ng/download.py b/tidal_dl_ng/download.py
index c147ce9..fae7b41 100644
--- a/tidal_dl_ng/download.py
+++ b/tidal_dl_ng/download.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import tempfile
 import time
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from concurrent import futures
+from threading import Event
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 import m3u8
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ class Download:
     progress_gui: ProgressBars
     progress: Progress
     progress_overall: Progress
+    event_abort: Event
+    event_run: Event
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -84,6 +87,8 @@ class Download:
         progress_gui: ProgressBars = None,
         progress: Progress = None,
         progress_overall: Progress = None,
+        event_abort: Event = None,
+        event_run: Event = None,
     ):
         self.settings = Settings()
         self.session = session
@@ -93,6 +98,8 @@ class Download:
         self.progress = progress
         self.progress_overall = progress_overall
         self.path_base = path_base
+        self.event_abort = event_abort
+        self.event_run = event_run
 
         if not self.settings.data.path_binary_ffmpeg and (
             self.settings.data.video_convert_mp4 or self.settings.data.extract_flac
@@ -172,10 +179,11 @@ class Download:
                 max_workers=self.settings.data.downloads_simultaneous_per_track_max
             ) as executor:
                 # Dispatch all download tasks to worker threads
-                l_futures: [any] = [
+                l_futures: [futures.Future] = [
                     executor.submit(self._download_segment, url, path_base, block_size, p_task, progress_to_stdout)
                     for url in urls
                 ]
+
                 # Report results as they become available
                 for future in futures.as_completed(l_futures):
                     # Retrieve result
@@ -192,6 +200,14 @@ class Download:
                         result_segments = False
                         self.fn_logger.error(f"Something went wrong while downloading {media_name}. File is corrupt!")
 
+                    # If app is terminated (CTRL+C)
+                    if self.event_abort.is_set():
+                        # Cancel all not yet started tasks
+                        for f in l_futures:
+                            f.cancel()
+
+                        return False, path_file
+
         tmp_path_file_decrypted: pathlib.Path = path_file
 
         # Only if no error happened while downloading.
@@ -241,6 +257,15 @@ class Download:
         id_segment: int = int(filename_stem) if filename_stem.isdecimal() else 0
         error: HTTPError | None = None
 
+        # If app is terminated (CTRL+C)
+        if self.event_abort.is_set():
+            return DownloadSegmentResult(
+                result=False, url=url, path_segment=path_segment, id_segment=id_segment, error=error
+            )
+
+        if not self.event_run.is_set():
+            self.event_run.wait()
+
         # Retry download on failed segments, with an exponential delay between retries
         with requests.Session() as s:
             retries = Retry(total=5, backoff_factor=1)  # , status_forcelist=[ 502, 503, 504 ])
@@ -478,7 +503,7 @@ class Download:
 
         # Whether a file was downloaded or skipped and the download delay is enabled, wait until the next download.
         # Only use this, if you have a list of several Track items.
-        if download_delay and not skip_file:
+        if (download_delay and not skip_file) and not self.event_abort.is_set():
             time_sleep: float = round(
                 random.SystemRandom().uniform(
                     self.settings.data.download_delay_sec_min, self.settings.data.download_delay_sec_max
@@ -726,7 +751,7 @@ class Download:
         while not progress.finished:
             with futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=self.settings.data.downloads_concurrent_max) as executor:
                 # Dispatch all download tasks to worker threads
-                l_futures: [any] = [
+                l_futures: [futures.Future] = [
                     executor.submit(
                         self.item,
                         media=item_media,
@@ -738,6 +763,7 @@ class Download:
                     )
                     for item_media in items
                 ]
+
                 # Report results as they become available
                 for future in futures.as_completed(l_futures):
                     # Retrieve result
@@ -752,6 +778,15 @@ class Download:
                     if not progress_stdout:
                         self.progress_gui.list_item.emit(progress.tasks[p_task1].percentage)
 
+                    # If app is terminated (CTRL+C)
+                    if self.event_abort.is_set():
+                        # Cancel all not yet started tasks
+                        for f in l_futures:
+                            f.cancel()
+
+                        # End method here.
+                        return
+
         # Create playlist file
         if self.settings.data.playlist_create:
             self.playlist_populate(set(result_dirs), list_media_name, is_album)
diff --git a/tidal_dl_ng/gui.py b/tidal_dl_ng/gui.py
index 425719a..2e81c41 100644
--- a/tidal_dl_ng/gui.py
+++ b/tidal_dl_ng/gui.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import sys
 import time
 from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 
+from config import HandlingApp
 from requests.exceptions import HTTPError
 from tidalapi.session import LinkLogin
 
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         self._populate_search_types(self.cb_search_type, SearchTypes)
         self.apply_settings(self.settings)
         self._init_signals()
+        self._init_buttons()
         self.init_tidal(tidal)
 
         logger_gui.debug("All setup.")
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
             list_name=self.s_list_name,
         )
         progress: Progress = Progress()
+        handling_app: HandlingApp = HandlingApp()
         self.dl = Download(
             session=self.tidal.session,
             skip_existing=self.tidal.settings.data.skip_existing,
@@ -225,6 +228,8 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
             fn_logger=logger_gui,
             progress_gui=data_pb,
             progress=progress,
+            event_abort=handling_app.event_abort,
+            event_run=handling_app.event_run,
         )
 
     def _init_progressbar(self):
@@ -751,6 +756,7 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         self.pb_queue_download_clear_all.clicked.connect(self.on_queue_download_clear_all)
         self.pb_queue_download_clear_finished.clicked.connect(self.on_queue_download_clear_finished)
         self.pb_queue_download_remove.clicked.connect(self.on_queue_download_remove)
+        self.pb_queue_download_toggle.clicked.connect(self.on_pb_queue_download_toggle)
         self.l_search.returnPressed.connect(
             lambda: self.search_populate_results(self.l_search.text(), self.cb_search_type.currentData())
         )
@@ -776,7 +782,7 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         self.s_update_show.connect(self.on_version)
 
         # Menubar
-        self.a_exit.triggered.connect(sys.exit)
+        self.a_exit.triggered.connect(self.close)
         self.a_version.triggered.connect(self.on_version)
         self.a_preferences.triggered.connect(self.on_preferences)
         self.a_logout.triggered.connect(self.on_logout)
@@ -793,6 +799,9 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         self.s_queue_download_item_failed.connect(self.on_queue_download_item_failed)
         self.s_queue_download_item_skipped.connect(self.on_queue_download_item_skipped)
 
+    def _init_buttons(self):
+        self.pb_queue_download_run()
+
     def on_logout(self):
         result: bool = self.tidal.logout()
 
@@ -929,6 +938,36 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
                 else:
                     logger_gui.info("Cannot remove a currently downloading item from queue.")
 
+    def on_pb_queue_download_toggle(self) -> None:
+        """Toggle download status (pause / resume) accordingly.
+
+        :return: None
+        """
+        handling_app: HandlingApp = HandlingApp()
+
+        if handling_app.event_run.is_set():
+            self.pb_queue_download_pause()
+        else:
+            self.pb_queue_download_run()
+
+    def pb_queue_download_run(self):
+        handling_app: HandlingApp = HandlingApp()
+
+        handling_app.event_run.set()
+
+        icon = QtGui.QIcon(QtGui.QIcon.fromTheme(QtGui.QIcon.ThemeIcon.MediaPlaybackStart))
+        self.pb_queue_download_toggle.setIcon(icon)
+        self.pb_queue_download_toggle.setStyleSheet("background-color: #218838; color: #fff")
+
+    def pb_queue_download_pause(self):
+        handling_app: HandlingApp = HandlingApp()
+
+        handling_app.event_run.clear()
+
+        icon = QtGui.QIcon(QtGui.QIcon.fromTheme(QtGui.QIcon.ThemeIcon.MediaPlaybackPause))
+        self.pb_queue_download_toggle.setIcon(icon)
+        self.pb_queue_download_toggle.setStyleSheet("background-color: #e0a800; color: #212529")
+
     # TODO: Must happen in main thread. Do not thread this.
     def on_download_results(self) -> None:
         items: [HumanProxyModel | None] = self.tr_results.selectionModel().selectedRows()
@@ -958,7 +997,9 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         self.tr_queue_download.addTopLevelItem(child)
 
     def watcher_queue_download(self) -> None:
-        while not self.shutdown:
+        handling_app: HandlingApp = HandlingApp()
+
+        while not handling_app.event_abort.is_set():
             items: [QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem | None] = self.tr_queue_download.findItems(
                 QueueDownloadStatus.Waiting, QtCore.Qt.MatchFlag.MatchExactly, column=0
             )
@@ -1107,6 +1148,9 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
     def closeEvent(self, event):
         self.shutdown = True
 
+        handling_app: HandlingApp = HandlingApp()
+        handling_app.event_abort.set()
+
         event.accept()
 
 
@@ -1114,7 +1158,9 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
 def gui_activate(tidal: Tidal | None = None):
     # Set dark theme and create QT app.
     qdarktheme.enable_hi_dpi()
+
     app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
+
     # Fix for Windows: Tooltips have bright font color
     # https://github.com/5yutan5/PyQtDarkTheme/issues/239
     # qdarktheme.setup_theme()
@@ -1123,6 +1169,7 @@ def gui_activate(tidal: Tidal | None = None):
     # Create icon object and apply it to app window.
     pixmap: QtGui.QPixmap = QtGui.QPixmap("tidal_dl_ng/ui/icon.png")
     icon: QtGui.QIcon = QtGui.QIcon(pixmap)
+
     app.setWindowIcon(icon)
 
     # This bit gets the taskbar icon working properly in Windows
@@ -1136,6 +1183,7 @@ def gui_activate(tidal: Tidal | None = None):
             ctypes.windll.shell32.SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID(my_app_id)
 
     window = MainWindow(tidal=tidal)
+
     window.show()
     # Check for updates
     window.s_update_check.emit(True)
diff --git a/tidal_dl_ng/ui/main.py b/tidal_dl_ng/ui/main.py
index 4c68126..432f7b7 100644
--- a/tidal_dl_ng/ui/main.py
+++ b/tidal_dl_ng/ui/main.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 from PySide6.QtCore import QCoreApplication, QLocale, QMetaObject, QRect, QSize, Qt
-from PySide6.QtGui import QAction, QFont, QPixmap
+from PySide6.QtGui import QAction, QFont, QIcon, QPixmap
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import (
     QAbstractItemView,
     QComboBox,
@@ -455,11 +455,24 @@ class Ui_MainWindow:
 
         self.lv_queue_download.addWidget(self.tr_queue_download)
 
+        self.horizontalLayout_4 = QHBoxLayout()
+        self.horizontalLayout_4.setObjectName("horizontalLayout_4")
         self.pb_queue_download_remove = QPushButton(self.w_central)
         self.pb_queue_download_remove.setObjectName("pb_queue_download_remove")
         self.pb_queue_download_remove.setEnabled(True)
+        icon = QIcon(QIcon.fromTheme(QIcon.ThemeIcon.EditClear))
+        self.pb_queue_download_remove.setIcon(icon)
 
-        self.lv_queue_download.addWidget(self.pb_queue_download_remove)
+        self.horizontalLayout_4.addWidget(self.pb_queue_download_remove)
+
+        self.pb_queue_download_toggle = QPushButton(self.w_central)
+        self.pb_queue_download_toggle.setObjectName("pb_queue_download_toggle")
+        icon1 = QIcon(QIcon.fromTheme(QIcon.ThemeIcon.MediaPlaybackStart))
+        self.pb_queue_download_toggle.setIcon(icon1)
+
+        self.horizontalLayout_4.addWidget(self.pb_queue_download_toggle)
+
+        self.lv_queue_download.addLayout(self.horizontalLayout_4)
 
         self.horizontalLayout_3 = QHBoxLayout()
         self.horizontalLayout_3.setObjectName("horizontalLayout_3")
@@ -557,7 +570,7 @@ class Ui_MainWindow:
     def retranslateUi(self, MainWindow):
         MainWindow.setWindowTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", "MainWindow", None))
         self.a_version.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", "Version", None))
-        self.a_exit.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", "Exit", None))
+        self.a_exit.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", "Quit TIDAL-Downloader-NG", None))
         self.a_logout.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", "Logout", None))
         self.a_updates_check.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", "Check for Updates", None))
         ___qtreewidgetitem = self.tr_lists_user.headerItem()
@@ -585,6 +598,7 @@ class Ui_MainWindow:
         ___qtreewidgetitem4.setText(2, QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", "Name", None))
         ___qtreewidgetitem4.setText(1, QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", "obj", None))
         self.pb_queue_download_remove.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", "Remove", None))
+        self.pb_queue_download_toggle.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", "Queue", None))
         self.pb_queue_download_clear_finished.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", "Clear Finished", None))
         self.pb_queue_download_clear_all.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", "Clear All", None))
         self.m_file.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", "File", None))
diff --git a/tidal_dl_ng/ui/main.ui b/tidal_dl_ng/ui/main.ui
index 47f17a4..49c1a45 100644
--- a/tidal_dl_ng/ui/main.ui
+++ b/tidal_dl_ng/ui/main.ui
@@ -650,14 +650,31 @@
          </widget>
         </item>
         <item>
-         <widget class="QPushButton" name="pb_queue_download_remove">
-          <property name="enabled">
-           <bool>true</bool>
-          </property>
-          <property name="text">
-           <string>Remove</string>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
+         <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_4">
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QPushButton" name="pb_queue_download_remove">
+            <property name="enabled">
+             <bool>true</bool>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Remove</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="icon">
+             <iconset theme="QIcon::ThemeIcon::EditClear"/>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QPushButton" name="pb_queue_download_toggle">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Queue</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="icon">
+             <iconset theme="QIcon::ThemeIcon::MediaPlaybackStart"/>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+         </layout>
         </item>
         <item>
          <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
@@ -787,7 +804,7 @@
   </action>
   <action name="a_exit">
    <property name="text">
-    <string>Exit</string>
+    <string>Quit TIDAL-Downloader-NG</string>
    </property>
   </action>
   <action name="a_logout">