diff --git a/ui/app/components/Connection.vue b/ui/app/components/Connection.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e5ac902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/components/Connection.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<template>
+  <Message message_class="p-2 m-2 is-success has-background-warning-90 has-text-dark" v-if="status === 'disconnected'">
+    <span class="icon"><i class="fas fa-info-circle" /></span>
+    <span>
+      Connection lost, <NuxtLink class="is-bold" @click.prevent="() => $emit('reconnect')">Click here</NuxtLink>
+      to reconnect.
+    </span>
+  </Message>
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import Message from '~/components/Message.vue'
+import type { connectionStatus } from '~/stores/SocketStore'
+defineProps<{ 'status': connectionStatus }>()
+defineEmits<{ (e: "reconnect"): void }>()
+</script>
diff --git a/ui/app/components/Simple.vue b/ui/app/components/Simple.vue
index b90805cc..a24e7dc9 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/Simple.vue
+++ b/ui/app/components/Simple.vue
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
           <label class="label" for="download-url">
             What you would like to download?
             <span class="is-pulled-right">
-              <span class="icon has-text-primary is-pointer" @click="$emit('show_settings')" v-tooltip="'WebUI Settings'"><i
-                  class="fas fa-cogs" /></span>
+              <span class="icon is-pointer" :class="connectionStatusColor" @click="$emit('show_settings')"
+                v-tooltip="'WebUI Settings'">
+                <i class="fas fa-cogs" /></span>
             </span>
           </label>
           <div class="field has-addons">
@@ -542,6 +543,18 @@ const showMessage = (item: StoreItem) => {
   }
   return (item.msg?.length || 0) > 0
 }
+
+const connectionStatusColor = computed(() => {
+  switch (socketStore.connectionStatus) {
+    case 'connected':
+      return 'has-text-success'
+    case 'connecting':
+      return 'has-text-warning fa-spin'
+    case 'disconnected':
+    default:
+      return 'has-text-danger'
+  }
+})
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
diff --git a/ui/app/layouts/default.vue b/ui/app/layouts/default.vue
index 12b49beb..94e61737 100644
--- a/ui/app/layouts/default.vue
+++ b/ui/app/layouts/default.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <template>
 
   <template v-if="simpleMode">
+    <Connection :status="socket.connectionStatus" @reconnect="() => socket.reconnect()" />
     <Simple @show_settings="() => show_settings = true" />
   </template>
 
@@ -15,14 +16,18 @@
     <Shutdown v-if="app_shutdown" />
     <div id="main_container" class="container" v-else>
       <NewVersion v-if="newVersionIsAvailable" />
+      <Connection :status="socket.connectionStatus" @reconnect="() => socket.reconnect()" />
       <nav class="navbar is-mobile is-dark">
 
         <div class="navbar-brand pl-5">
           <NuxtLink class="navbar-item is-text-overflow" to="/" @click.prevent="(e: MouseEvent) => changeRoute(e)"
             v-tooltip="socket.isConnected ? 'Connected' : 'Connecting'">
             <span class="is-text-overflow">
-              <span class="icon"><i class="fas fa-home" /></span>
-              <span class="has-text-bold" :class="`has-text-${socket.isConnected ? 'success' : 'danger'}`">
+              <span class="icon">
+                <i v-if="'connecting' === socket.connectionStatus" class="fas fa-arrows-rotate fa-spin" />
+                <i v-else class="fas fa-home" />
+              </span>
+              <span class="has-text-bold" :class="connectionStatusColor">
                 YTPTube
               </span>
               <span class="has-text-bold" v-if="config?.app?.instance_title">: {{ config.app.instance_title }}</span>
@@ -191,6 +196,7 @@ import Dialog from '~/components/Dialog.vue'
 import Simple from '~/components/Simple.vue'
 import Shutdown from '~/components/shutdown.vue'
 import Markdown from '~/components/Markdown.vue'
+import Connection from '~/components/Connection.vue'
 
 const Year = new Date().getFullYear()
 const selectedTheme = useStorage('theme', 'auto')
@@ -470,4 +476,16 @@ const shutdownApp = async () => {
   }
 }
 
+const connectionStatusColor = computed(() => {
+  switch (socket.connectionStatus) {
+    case 'connected':
+      return 'has-text-success'
+    case 'connecting':
+      return 'has-text-warning'
+    case 'disconnected':
+    default:
+      return 'has-text-danger'
+  }
+})
+
 </script>
diff --git a/ui/app/stores/SocketStore.ts b/ui/app/stores/SocketStore.ts
index 5256aabe..6405a545 100644
--- a/ui/app/stores/SocketStore.ts
+++ b/ui/app/stores/SocketStore.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { io, type Socket as IOSocket, type SocketOptions, type ManagerOptions }
 import type { ConfigState } from "~/types/config";
 import type { StoreItem } from "~/types/store";
 
+export type connectionStatus = 'connected' | 'disconnected' | 'connecting';
+
 export const useSocketStore = defineStore('socket', () => {
   const runtimeConfig = useRuntimeConfig()
   const config = useConfigStore()
@@ -10,6 +12,7 @@ export const useSocketStore = defineStore('socket', () => {
 
   const socket = ref<IOSocket | null>(null)
   const isConnected = ref<boolean>(false)
+  const connectionStatus = ref<connectionStatus>('disconnected')
 
   const emit = (event: string, data?: any): any => socket.value?.emit(event, data)
   const on = (event: string | string[], callback: (...args: any[]) => void, withEvent: boolean = false) => {
@@ -26,6 +29,24 @@ export const useSocketStore = defineStore('socket', () => {
     event.forEach(e => socket.value?.off(e, callback));
   }
 
+  const reconnect = () => {
+    if (true === isConnected.value) {
+      return;
+    }
+    connect();
+    connectionStatus.value = 'connecting';
+  }
+
+  const disconnect = () => {
+    if (null === socket.value) {
+      return;
+    }
+    socket.value.disconnect();
+    socket.value = null;
+    isConnected.value = false;
+    connectionStatus.value = 'disconnected';
+  }
+
   const connect = () => {
     const opts = {
       transports: ['websocket', 'polling'],
@@ -44,10 +65,18 @@ export const useSocketStore = defineStore('socket', () => {
       window.ws = socket.value;
     }
 
+    connectionStatus.value = 'connecting';
     socket.value = io(url, opts)
 
-    socket.value.on('connect', () => isConnected.value = true);
-    socket.value.on('disconnect', () => isConnected.value = false);
+    socket.value.on('connect', () => {
+      isConnected.value = true
+      connectionStatus.value = 'connected';
+    });
+
+    socket.value.on('disconnect', () => {
+      isConnected.value = false
+      connectionStatus.value = 'disconnected';
+    });
 
     socket.value.on('connected', stream => {
       const json = JSON.parse(stream)
@@ -187,6 +216,10 @@ export const useSocketStore = defineStore('socket', () => {
     connect();
   }
 
-
-  return { connect, on, off, emit, socket, isConnected };
+  return {
+    connect, reconnect, disconnect,
+    on, off, emit,
+    socket, isConnected,
+    connectionStatus: readonly(connectionStatus) as Readonly<Ref<connectionStatus>>,
+  };
 });