diff --git a/osx/MainMenu.xib b/osx/MainMenu.xib
index 0ad9c80..4605fe3 100644
--- a/osx/MainMenu.xib
+++ b/osx/MainMenu.xib
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
                 <outlet property="connectionStatusView" destination="24d-37-bzd" id="AYC-I7-1KX"/>
                 <outlet property="daemonStatus" destination="Tap-5m-ZRP" id="yrK-Nr-zKm"/>
                 <outlet property="daemonStatusView" destination="NBE-Gf-zLc" id="91G-ey-DeA"/>
+                <outlet property="ndnPreferences" destination="c5x-Oa-5tb" id="5qP-ZT-G5y"/>
+                <outlet property="preferencesPanel" destination="coQ-VU-5RU" id="Jb0-qB-W2K"/>
                 <outlet property="routingStatus" destination="Vc8-fu-RAY" id="GVC-zB-uSO"/>
                 <outlet property="statusMenu" destination="ovl-jc-kIR" id="dlz-Qz-Ia0"/>
                 <outlet property="statusPopover" destination="eAA-vc-IW1" id="bD5-Rp-Syx"/>
@@ -59,6 +61,9 @@
                 </menuItem>
                 <menuItem title="Preferences" id="c5x-Oa-5tb">
                     <modifierMask key="keyEquivalentModifierMask"/>
+                    <connections>
+                        <action selector="openNDNDPreferences:" target="494" id="VWY-2X-g0b"/>
+                    </connections>
                 </menuItem>
             </items>
             <connections>
@@ -120,5 +125,40 @@
                 </textField>
             </subviews>
         </customView>
+        <window title="NDN Preferences" allowsToolTipsWhenApplicationIsInactive="NO" autorecalculatesKeyViewLoop="NO" oneShot="NO" releasedWhenClosed="NO" showsToolbarButton="NO" visibleAtLaunch="NO" animationBehavior="default" id="coQ-VU-5RU">
+            <windowStyleMask key="styleMask" titled="YES" closable="YES" miniaturizable="YES" resizable="YES"/>
+            <windowPositionMask key="initialPositionMask" leftStrut="YES" rightStrut="YES" topStrut="YES" bottomStrut="YES"/>
+            <rect key="contentRect" x="163" y="199" width="480" height="270"/>
+            <rect key="screenRect" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="1680" height="1028"/>
+            <view key="contentView" id="aW4-0e-sj2">
+                <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="480" height="270"/>
+                <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask"/>
+            </view>
+            <toolbar key="toolbar" implicitIdentifier="0943E656-2E2A-4D7E-9B26-FBD529BA0E9F" autosavesConfiguration="NO" displayMode="iconAndLabel" sizeMode="regular" id="UQm-vD-cSv">
+                <allowedToolbarItems>
+                    <toolbarItem implicitItemIdentifier="NSToolbarShowColorsItem" id="Ce4-Os-mjG"/>
+                    <toolbarItem implicitItemIdentifier="NSToolbarShowFontsItem" id="3ic-rw-laG"/>
+                    <toolbarItem implicitItemIdentifier="NSToolbarPrintItem" id="5Vl-D8-4Ln"/>
+                    <toolbarItem implicitItemIdentifier="NSToolbarSpaceItem" id="5XW-vG-TKY"/>
+                    <toolbarItem implicitItemIdentifier="NSToolbarFlexibleSpaceItem" id="NVu-QV-Pc4"/>
+                    <toolbarItem implicitItemIdentifier="3648465F-1236-436C-88D7-002134AB1299" label="General" paletteLabel="General" tag="-1" image="NSPreferencesGeneral" id="Ppn-Fc-Ncg"/>
+                    <toolbarItem implicitItemIdentifier="0FA8D11D-6C2C-43BD-94B8-3A7A8F16C193" label="Forwarding" paletteLabel="Forwarding" tag="-1" image="NSNetwork" id="wWT-fR-d9Z"/>
+                    <toolbarItem implicitItemIdentifier="40F41351-5D87-4CD1-81BF-EB61A224433D" label="Security" paletteLabel="Security" tag="-1" image="NSAdvanced" id="JtM-k1-dOw"/>
+                </allowedToolbarItems>
+                <defaultToolbarItems>
+                    <toolbarItem reference="Ppn-Fc-Ncg"/>
+                    <toolbarItem reference="wWT-fR-d9Z"/>
+                    <toolbarItem reference="JtM-k1-dOw"/>
+                </defaultToolbarItems>
+            </toolbar>
+            <connections>
+                <outlet property="delegate" destination="494" id="YXz-pN-o9y"/>
+            </connections>
+        </window>
     </objects>
+    <resources>
+        <image name="NSAdvanced" width="32" height="32"/>
+        <image name="NSNetwork" width="32" height="32"/>
+        <image name="NSPreferencesGeneral" width="32" height="32"/>
+    </resources>
 </document>
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diff --git a/osx/menu-delegate.h b/osx/menu-delegate.h
index ca6e133..d7a51e5 100644
--- a/osx/menu-delegate.h
+++ b/osx/menu-delegate.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     IBOutlet NSMenuItem *daemonStatus;
     IBOutlet NSMenuItem *routingStatus;
     IBOutlet NSMenuItem *trafficMap;
+    IBOutlet NSMenuItem *ndnPreferences;
   
     BOOL daemonStarted;
   
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@
   
     IBOutlet NSView *connectionStatusView;
     IBOutlet NSTextField *connectionStatusText;
+  
+    IBOutlet NSWindow *preferencesPanel;
 }
 
 -(void)menu:(NSMenu *)menu willHighlightItem:(NSMenuItem *)item;
@@ -35,5 +38,6 @@
 -(IBAction)openDaemonStatus:(id)sender;
 -(IBAction)openRoutingStatusPage:(id)sender;
 -(IBAction)openTrafficMapPage:(id)sender;
+-(IBAction)openNDNDPreferences:(id)sender;
 
 @end
diff --git a/osx/menu-delegate.mm b/osx/menu-delegate.mm
index 1e2b1c1..c4c0790 100644
--- a/osx/menu-delegate.mm
+++ b/osx/menu-delegate.mm
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 
 #import "menu-delegate.h"
 
+#define NDND_START_COMMAND @"/opt/local/bin/ndndstart"
+#define NDND_STOP_COMMAND @"/opt/local/bin/ndndstop"
+#define NDND_STATUS_COMMAND @"/opt/local/bin/ndndstatus"
+
 @implementation MenuDelegate
 
 - (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification
@@ -21,7 +25,6 @@
   [statusItem setMenu:statusMenu];
   [statusItem setToolTip:@"NDN Control Center"];
   [statusItem setEnabled:YES];
-  //[statusItem setTitle:@"Status"];
   [statusItem setHighlightMode:YES];
   //[statusItem setTarget:self];
 
@@ -32,13 +35,13 @@
   [statusItem setImage:menuIcon];
   
   
-  
   [connectionStatus setView: connectionStatusView];
   [connectionStatus setTarget:self];
   [daemonStatus setView: daemonStatusView];
   [daemonStatus setTarget:self];
 
   daemonStarted = false;
+  [NSApp activateIgnoringOtherApps:YES];
 }
 
 -(IBAction)switchDaemon:(id)sender
@@ -47,9 +50,12 @@
   {
     daemonStarted = false;
     [sender setTitle:@"Start"];
-    //[connectionStatus setTitle:@"NDN disconnected"];
     [connectionStatusText setStringValue:@"Disconnected"];
     
+    NSTask *task = [[NSTask alloc] init];
+    [task setLaunchPath: NDND_STOP_COMMAND];
+    [task launch];
+    
     NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle bundleForClass:[self class]];
     NSString *path = [bundle pathForResource:@"FlatDisconnected" ofType:@"png"];
     menuIcon = [[NSImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:path];
@@ -59,9 +65,12 @@
   {
     daemonStarted = true;
     [sender setTitle:@"Stop"];
-    //[connectionStatus setTitle:@"NDN connected"];
     [connectionStatusText setStringValue:@"Connected"];
     
+    NSTask *task = [[NSTask alloc] init];
+    [task setLaunchPath: NDND_START_COMMAND];
+    [task launch];
+    
     NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle bundleForClass:[self class]];
     NSString *path = [bundle pathForResource:@"FlatConnected" ofType:@"png"];
     menuIcon = [[NSImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:path];
@@ -104,4 +113,10 @@
   }
 }
 
+-(IBAction)openNDNDPreferences:(id)sender
+{
+  [preferencesPanel makeKeyAndOrderFront:sender];
+  [preferencesPanel setLevel: NSStatusWindowLevel];
+}
+//
 @end