diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7ad905e..28fec63 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ Create your token here: https://<your-company>.pagerduty.com/api_keys
 Example configuration file (which is the default one you will get the first time you run the notifier.):
 
 ```
+[main]
+# default timezone is UTC
+timezone = Europe/Copenhagen
+# default pause timeout is "0", which is no timeout
+pause.timeout = 60
+# clear.on.unpause defines if notifier should clear last timestamp and start notifying from unpause time.
+clear.on.unpause = false
+
 [pagerduty]
 # You need to add your Pagerduty API token
 token = your-secret-token-here
diff --git a/src/app.go b/src/app.go
index 27ceb20..3a2cfad 100644
--- a/src/app.go
+++ b/src/app.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var menuItems = []trayhost.MenuItem{
 	{
 		Title: "Pause",
 		Handler: func() {
-			appNotify("Pagerduty Notifier", "This is not implemeted yet.", "", nil, 30*time.Second)
+			togglePause()
 		},
 	},
 	{
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ var menuItems = []trayhost.MenuItem{
 }
 
 var menuItemsCopy = []trayhost.MenuItem{}
+var pause = false
+var pauseStopTime time.Time
 
 func appInit() {
 
@@ -78,6 +80,39 @@ func appInit() {
 	trayhost.Initialize("Pagerduty Notifier", iconData, menuItems)
 }
 
+func togglePause() {
+	if pause {
+		appNotify("Pagerduty Notifier", "Unpausing notifications", "", nil, 10*time.Second)
+		log.Println("Stop pause ...")
+
+		for i, m := range menuItemsCopy {
+			if m.Title == "√ Pause" {
+				menuItemsCopy[i].Title = "Pause"
+			}
+		}
+		trayhost.UpdateMenu(menuItemsCopy)
+		pause = false
+		if clearOnUnpause {
+			writeTimestamp(time.Now())
+		}
+	} else {
+		msg := "Pausing notifications"
+		if (pauseTimeout > 0) {
+			msg = fmt.Sprintf("%s for %d minutes", msg, pauseTimeout)
+			pauseStopTime = time.Now().Add(time.Duration(pauseTimeout) * time.Minute)
+		}
+		appNotify("Pagerduty Notifier", msg, "", nil, 10*time.Second)
+		log.Println("Start pause ...")
+
+		for i, m := range menuItemsCopy {
+			if m.Title == "Pause" {
+				menuItemsCopy[i].Title = "√ Pause"
+			}
+		}
+		trayhost.UpdateMenu(menuItemsCopy)
+		pause = true
+	}
+}
 func toggleStartup() {
 	if existsLaunchConf() {
 		deleteLaunchConf()
diff --git a/src/main.go b/src/main.go
index 19f985d..2240ae8 100644
--- a/src/main.go
+++ b/src/main.go
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"log"
 	"runtime"
 	"time"
 )
 
+var pauseTimeout int
+var clearOnUnpause bool
+
 func main() {
 
 	// We need to lock the go threads to avoid NSInternalInconsistencyException from 'NSWindow drag regions should only be invalidated on the Main Thread!'
@@ -22,10 +26,24 @@ func main() {
 		interval = 30
 	}
 
+	pauseTimeout, err = cfg.Section("main").Key("pause.timeout").Int()
+	if err != nil { pauseTimeout = 0 }
+	clearOnUnpause, err = cfg.Section("main").Key("clear.on.unpause").Bool()
+	if err != nil {clearOnUnpause = true}
+
 	go func() {
 		for {
-			for _, incident := range pdGetIncidents(cfg) {
-				pdNotify(incident)
+			if pause {
+				if (pauseTimeout > 0) {
+					if time.Now().After(pauseStopTime) {
+						log.Println("Pause timeout ...")
+						togglePause()
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				for _, incident := range pdGetIncidents(cfg) {
+					pdNotify(incident)
+				}
 			}
 			time.Sleep(time.Duration(interval) * time.Second)
 		}