diff --git a/rclone_script-install.sh b/rclone_script-install.sh
index 10efc60..17538b2 100644
--- a/rclone_script-install.sh
+++ b/rclone_script-install.sh
@@ -1124,7 +1124,8 @@ function 9aSaveConfiguration ()
 	printf "$(date +%FT%T%:z):\t9aSaveConfiguration\tSTART\n" >> "${logfile}"
 	
 	echo "remotebasedir=${remotebasedir}" > ~/scripts/rclone_script/rclone_script.ini
-	echo "shownotifications=${shownotifications}" >> ~/scripts/rclone_script/rclone_script.ini
+	echo "showNotifications=${shownotifications}" >> ~/scripts/rclone_script/rclone_script.ini
+	echo "syncOnStartStop=\"TRUE\"" >> ~/scripts/rclone_script/rclone_script.ini
 	echo "logfile=~/scripts/rclone_script/rclone_script.log" >> ~/scripts/rclone_script/rclone_script.ini
 	echo "debug=0" >> ~/scripts/rclone_script/rclone_script.ini
 	
diff --git a/rclone_script-menu.sh b/rclone_script-menu.sh
index da407d1..dfe03c8 100644
--- a/rclone_script-menu.sh
+++ b/rclone_script-menu.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ NORMAL="\Zn"
 BLACK="\Z0"
 RED="\Z1"
 GREEN="\Z2"
-YELLOW="\Z3"
+YELLOW="\Z3\Zb"
 BLUE="\Z4"
 MAGENTA="\Z5"
 CYAN="\Z6"
@@ -15,28 +15,166 @@ REVERSE="\Zr"
 UNDERLINE="\Zu"
 
 
+# include settings file
+config=~/scripts/rclone_script/rclone_script.ini
+source ${config}
+
+
+####################
+# HELPER FUNCTIONS #
+####################
+
+function log ()
+{
+	severity=$1
+	message=$2
+	printf "$(date +%FT%T%:z):\t${severity}:\t${message}\n" >> ${logfile}
+}
+
+function getTypeOfRemote ()
+{
+	# list all remotes and their type
+	remotes=$(rclone listremotes -l)
+	
+	# get line wiht RETROPIE remote
+	retval=$(grep -i "^retropie:" <<< ${remotes})
+
+	remoteType="${retval#*:}"
+	remoteType=$(echo ${remoteType} | xargs)
+}
+
+function getStatusOfParameters ()
+{
+	if [ "${syncOnStartStop}" == "TRUE" ]
+	then
+		statusSyncOnStartStop="${GREEN}ENABLED${NORMAL}"
+	else
+		statusSyncOnStartStop="${RED}DISABLED${NORMAL}"
+	fi
+	
+	if [ "${showNotifications}" == "TRUE" ]
+	then
+		statusShowNotifications="${GREEN}ENABLED${NORMAL}"
+	else
+		statusShowNotifications="${RED}DISABLED${NORMAL}"
+	fi
+}
+
+function saveConfig ()
+{
+	echo "remotebasedir=${remotebasedir}" > ${config}
+	echo "showNotifications=${showNotifications}" >> ${config}
+	echo "syncOnStartStop=${syncOnStartStop}" >> ${config}
+	echo "logfile=~/scripts/rclone_script/rclone_script.log" >> ${config}
+	echo "debug=0" >> ${config}
+}
+
+
+##################
+# MENU FUNCTIONS #
+##################
+
+# Show the main menu. Return here anytime another dialog is closed
 function main_menu ()
 {
-	local choice
+	local choice="1"
 	
 	while true
 	do
+		getStatusOfParameters
+	
 		choice=$(dialog \
 			--stdout \
-			--ascii-lines \
+			--colors \
 			--backtitle "RCLONE_SCRIPT menu" \
 			--title "main menu" \
+			--default-item "${choice}" \
 			--menu "\nWhat do you want to do?" 25 75 20 \
 				1 "Full sync" \
-				9 "uninstall"
+				2 "Toggle \"Synchronize saves on start / stop\" (currently ${statusSyncOnStartStop})" \
+				3 "Toggle \"Show notifications on sync\" (currently ${statusShowNotifications})" \
+				"" ""\
+				9 "uninstall RCLONE_SCRIPT"
 			)
 		
 		case "$choice" in
-			1) ~/scripts/rclone_script/rclone_script.sh "full"  ;;
+			1) doFullSync  ;;
+			2) toggleSyncOnStartStop  ;;
+			3) toggleShowNotifications  ;;
 			9) ~/scripts/rclone_script/rclone_script-uninstall.sh  ;;
 			*) break  ;;
 		esac
 	done
 }
 
+# Syncs all files in both directions, only transferring newer files
+function doFullSync ()
+{
+	local tmpfile=~/scripts/rclone_script/tmp-sync.txt
+	
+	getTypeOfRemote
+	printf "\nStarted full sync...\n\n" > ${tmpfile}
+	log "INFO" "Started full sync..."
+	
+	# start sync process in background
+	{
+		# Download newer files from remote to local
+		printf "Downloading newer files from retropie:${remotebasedir} (${remoteType}) to ~/RetroPie/saves/...\n"
+		rclone copy retropie:${remotebasedir}/ ~/RetroPie/saves/ --update --verbose 2>&1
+		
+		# Upload newer files from local to remote
+		printf "Uploading newer files from ~/RetroPie/saves/ to retropie:${remotebasedir} (${remoteType})...\n"
+		rclone copy ~/RetroPie/saves/ retropie:${remotebasedir}/ --update --verbose 2>&1
+		
+		printf "Done\n"
+	} >> ${tmpfile} & # capture output of background process
+	
+	dialog \
+			--backtitle "${backtitle}" \
+			--title "Doing full sync..." \
+			--colors \
+			--no-collapse \
+			--cr-wrap \
+			--tailbox ${tmpfile} 40 120
+			
+	wait
+	
+	cat ${tmpfile} >> ${logfile}
+	rm ${tmpfile}
+	
+	log "INFO" "Finished full sync..."
+}
+
+function toggleSyncOnStartStop ()
+{
+	if [ "${syncOnStartStop}" == "TRUE" ]
+	then
+		syncOnStartStop="FALSE"
+	else
+		syncOnStartStop="TRUE"
+	fi
+	
+	saveConfig
+}
+
+function toggleShowNotifications ()
+{
+	if [ "${showNotifications}" == "TRUE" ]
+	then
+		showNotifications="FALSE"
+	else
+		showNotifications="TRUE"
+	fi
+	
+	saveConfig
+}
+
+
+########
+# MAIN #
+########
+
+# make puTTY draw fancy lines
+export NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS=1
+
 main_menu
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rclone_script.sh b/rclone_script.sh
index 2948d7c..b0f7951 100644
--- a/rclone_script.sh
+++ b/rclone_script.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ UNDERLINE=$(tput smul)
 
 
 # include settings file
-source ~/scripts/rclone_script/rclone_script.ini
+config=~/scripts/rclone_script/rclone_script.ini
+source ${config}
 
 
 # parameters
@@ -21,14 +22,18 @@ rom="$4"
 command="$5"
 
 
-log ()
+####################
+# HELPER FUNCTIONS #
+####################
+
+function log ()
 {
 	severity=$1
 	message=$2
 	printf "$(date +%FT%T%:z):\t${severity}:\t${message}\n" >> ${logfile}
 }
 
-debug ()
+function debug ()
 {
 	log "DEBUG" "direction: ${direction}"
 	log "DEBUG" "system: ${system}"
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ debug ()
 	log "DEBUG" "romfileext: ${romfileext}"
 }
 
-killOtherNotification ()
+function killOtherNotification ()
 {
 	# get PID of other PNGVIEW process
 	otherPID=$(pgrep --full pngview)
@@ -57,8 +62,14 @@ killOtherNotification ()
 	fi
 }
 
-showNotification ()
+function showNotification ()
 {
+	# Quit here, if Notifications are not to be shown and they are not forced
+	if [ "${showNotifications}" == "FALSE" ] && [ "$6" != "force" ]
+	then
+		return
+	fi
+	
 	message="$1"
 	
 	if [ "$2" = "" ]
@@ -101,7 +112,7 @@ showNotification ()
 	nohup pngview -b 0 -l 10000 ~/scripts/rclone_script/rclone_script-notification.png -x ${posx} -y ${posy} -t ${timeout} &>/dev/null &
 }
 
-getROMFileName ()
+function getROMFileName ()
 {
 	rompath="${rom%/*}" # directory containing $rom
 	romfilename="${rom##*/}" # filename of $rom, including extension
@@ -109,13 +120,13 @@ getROMFileName ()
 	romfileext="${romfilename#*.}" # extension of $rom
 }
 
-prepareFilter ()
+function prepareFilter ()
 {
 	filter="${romfilebase//\[/\\[}"
 	filter="${filter//\]/\\]}"
 }
 
-getTypeOfRemote ()
+function getTypeOfRemote ()
 {
 	# list all remotes and their type
 	remotes=$(rclone listremotes -l)
@@ -127,8 +138,19 @@ getTypeOfRemote ()
 	remoteType=$(echo ${remoteType} | xargs)
 }
 
-downloadSaves ()
+
+##################
+# SYNC FUNCTIONS #
+##################
+
+function downloadSaves ()
 {
+	if [ "${syncOnStartStop}" == "FALSE" ]
+	then
+		showNotification "!!! Synchronization is currently disabled !!!" "red" "" "" "" "forced"
+		return
+	fi
+
 	log "INFO" "Started ${romfilename} (${system})"
 	log "INFO" "Downloading saves and states from ${remoteType}..."
 	showNotification "Downloading saves and states from ${remoteType}..."
@@ -167,8 +189,14 @@ downloadSaves ()
 	fi
 }
 
-uploadSaves ()
+function uploadSaves ()
 {
+	if [ "${syncOnStartStop}" == "FALSE" ]
+	then
+		showNotification "!!! Synchronization is currently disabled !!!" "red" "" "" "" "forced"
+		return
+	fi
+
 	log "INFO" "Stopped ${romfilename} (${system})"
 	log "INFO" "Uploading saves and states to ${remoteType}..."
 	showNotification "Uploading saves and states to ${remoteType}..."
@@ -195,28 +223,10 @@ uploadSaves ()
 	fi
 }
 
-doFullSync ()
-{
-	# header
-	printf "${UNDERLINE}Full synchronization\n\n"
-
-	# Download newer files from remote to local
-	printf "${NORMAL}Downloading newer files from ${YELLOW}${YELLOW}retropie:${remotebasedir} (${remoteType}) ${NORMAL}to ${YELLOW}~/RetroPie/saves/${NORMAL}...\n"
-	rclone copy retropie:${remotebasedir}/ ~/RetroPie/saves/ --update --verbose
-	printf "${GREEN}Done\n"
-
-	printf "\n"
-
-	# Upload newer files from local to remote
-	printf "${NORMAL}Uploading newer files from ${YELLOW}~/RetroPie/saves/${NORMAL} to ${YELLOW}${YELLOW}retropie:${remotebasedir} (${remoteType})${NORMAL} ...\n"
-	rclone copy ~/RetroPie/saves/ retropie:${remotebasedir}/ --update --verbose
-	printf "${GREEN}Done\n"
-
-	printf "\n"
-	printf "${NORMAL}Returning to EmulationStation in ${YELLOW}10 seconds ${NORMAL}...\n"
-	read -t 10
-}
 
+########
+# MAIN #
+########
 
 if [ "${debug}" = "1" ]; then debug; fi
 
@@ -235,9 +245,3 @@ then
 	getTypeOfRemote
 	downloadSaves
 fi
-
-if [ "${direction}" == "full" ]
-then
-	getTypeOfRemote
-	doFullSync
-fi