diff --git a/App.config b/App.config
index 3062bfd..8723ca1 100644
--- a/App.config
+++ b/App.config
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
             <setting name="WindowSettings" serializeAs="String">
                 <value />
             </setting>
+            <setting name="AutoStart" serializeAs="String">
+                <value>True</value>
+            </setting>
         </ProcessCpuUsageStatusWindow.Properties.Settings>
     </userSettings>
 </configuration>
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diff --git a/App.xaml.cs b/App.xaml.cs
index e755a39..4768dab 100644
--- a/App.xaml.cs
+++ b/App.xaml.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-using System.Windows;
+using FloatingStatusWindowLibrary;
+using ProcessCpuUsageStatusWindow.Properties;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Windows;
 
 namespace ProcessCpuUsageStatusWindow
 {
@@ -10,6 +13,14 @@ namespace ProcessCpuUsageStatusWindow
         {
             base.OnStartup(e);
 
+            StartManager.ManageAutoStart = true;
+            StartManager.AutoStartEnabled = !Debugger.IsAttached && Settings.Default.AutoStart;
+            StartManager.AutoStartChanged += (value =>
+            {
+                Settings.Default.AutoStart = value;
+                Settings.Default.Save();
+            });
+
             _windowSource = new WindowSource();
         }
 
diff --git a/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs b/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
index 6e0bde0..5f6f8ba 100644
--- a/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
+++ b/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
@@ -58,5 +58,17 @@ namespace ProcessCpuUsageStatusWindow.Properties {
                 this["WindowSettings"] = value;
             }
         }
+        
+        [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("True")]
+        public bool AutoStart {
+            get {
+                return ((bool)(this["AutoStart"]));
+            }
+            set {
+                this["AutoStart"] = value;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Properties/Settings.settings b/Properties/Settings.settings
index af8bde6..6d8c7f4 100644
--- a/Properties/Settings.settings
+++ b/Properties/Settings.settings
@@ -11,5 +11,8 @@
     <Setting Name="WindowSettings" Type="System.String" Scope="User">
       <Value Profile="(Default)" />
     </Setting>
+    <Setting Name="AutoStart" Type="System.Boolean" Scope="User">
+      <Value Profile="(Default)">True</Value>
+    </Setting>
   </Settings>
 </SettingsFile>
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