diff --git a/MTMR/AppDelegate.swift b/MTMR/AppDelegate.swift
index 6c55260..9838b67 100644
--- a/MTMR/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/MTMR/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
         TouchBarController.shared.createAndUpdatePreset()
     }
     
+    @objc func toggleControlStrip(_ sender: Any?) {
+        TouchBarController.shared.controlStripState = !TouchBarController.shared.controlStripState
+        createMenu()
+        TouchBarController.shared.resetControlStrip()
+    }
+    
     @objc func openPreset(_ sender: Any?) {
         let dialog = NSOpenPanel();
         
@@ -71,6 +77,7 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
         menu.addItem(withTitle: "Preferences", action: #selector(openPrefereces(_:)), keyEquivalent: ",")
         menu.addItem(withTitle: "Reload Preset", action: #selector(updatePreset(_:)), keyEquivalent: "r")
         menu.addItem(withTitle: "Open Preset", action: #selector(openPreset(_:)), keyEquivalent: "O")
+        menu.addItem(withTitle: TouchBarController.shared.controlStripState ? "Hide Control Strip" : "Show Control Strip" , action: #selector(toggleControlStrip(_:)), keyEquivalent: "T")
         menu.addItem(NSMenuItem.separator())
         menu.addItem(withTitle: "Quit", action: #selector(NSApplication.terminate(_:)), keyEquivalent: "q")
         statusItem.menu = menu
diff --git a/MTMR/TouchBarController.swift b/MTMR/TouchBarController.swift
index b981a29..a396add 100644
--- a/MTMR/TouchBarController.swift
+++ b/MTMR/TouchBarController.swift
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ class TouchBarController: NSObject, NSTouchBarDelegate {
     var scrollArea: NSCustomTouchBarItem?
     var centerScrollArea = NSTouchBarItem.Identifier("com.toxblh.mtmr.scrollArea.".appending(UUID().uuidString))
 
+    var controlStripState: Bool {
+        get {
+            return UserDefaults.standard.bool(forKey: "com.toxblh.mtmr.settings.showControlStrip")
+        }
+        set {
+            UserDefaults.standard.set(!controlStripState, forKey: "com.toxblh.mtmr.settings.showControlStrip")
+        }
+    }
+    
     private override init() {
         super.init()
         SupportedTypesHolder.sharedInstance.register(typename: "exitTouchbar", item: .staticButton(title: "exit"), action: .custom(closure: { [weak self] in self?.dismissTouchBar()}), longAction: .none)
@@ -152,7 +161,16 @@ class TouchBarController: NSObject, NSTouchBarDelegate {
     }
 
     @objc private func presentTouchBar() {
-        NSTouchBar.presentSystemModalFunctionBar(touchBar, placement: 1, systemTrayItemIdentifier: .controlStripItem)
+        if self.controlStripState {
+            NSTouchBar.presentSystemModalFunctionBar(touchBar, systemTrayItemIdentifier: .controlStripItem)
+        } else {
+            NSTouchBar.presentSystemModalFunctionBar(touchBar, placement: 1, systemTrayItemIdentifier: .controlStripItem)
+        }
+    }
+    
+    @objc func resetControlStrip() {
+        NSTouchBar.minimizeSystemModalFunctionBar(self.touchBar)
+        presentTouchBar()
     }
 
     @objc private func dismissTouchBar() {