diff --git a/src/nimdowpkg/config/configloader.nim b/src/nimdowpkg/config/configloader.nim
index d596c50..cdf6e16 100644
--- a/src/nimdowpkg/config/configloader.nim
+++ b/src/nimdowpkg/config/configloader.nim
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ type
     height*: uint
     windowTitlePosition*: WindowTitlePosition
     fonts*: seq[string]
+    showIndicator*: bool
     # Hex values
-    fgColor*, bgColor*, selectionColor*, urgentColor*: int
+    fgColor*, bgColor*, selectionColor*, urgentColor*, hasTagsColor*: int
     transparency*: uint8
   ScratchpadSettings* = object
     width*: int
@@ -203,10 +204,12 @@ proc populateDefaultMonitorSettings(this: Config, display: PDisplay) =
         "monospace:size=10:antialias=true",
         "NotoColorEmoji:size=10:antialias=true"
       ],
+      showIndicator: true,
       fgColor: 0xfce8c3,
       bgColor: 0x1c1b19,
       selectionColor: 0x519f50,
-      urgentColor: 0xef2f27
+      urgentColor: 0xef2f27,
+      hasTagsColor: 0xfce8c3
   )
 
   this.defaultMonitorSettings.layoutSettings = LayoutSettings(
@@ -405,6 +408,15 @@ proc populateBarSettings*(this: Config, barSettings: var BarSettings, settingsTa
     if barTransparency.kind == TomlValueKind.Int:
       barSettings.transparency = clamp(barTransparency.intVal, 0, 255).uint8
 
+  let hasTagsColor = this.loadHexValue(settingsTable, "barHasTagsColor")
+  if hasTagsColor != -1:
+    barSettings.hasTagsColor = hasTagsColor
+
+  if settingsTable.hasKey("barShowIndicator"):
+    let showIndicator = settingsTable["barShowIndicator"]
+    if showIndicator.kind == TomlValueKind.Bool:
+      barSettings.showIndicator = showIndicator.boolVal
+
   if settingsTable.hasKey("barHeight"):
     let barHeight = settingsTable["barHeight"]
     if barHeight.kind == TomlValueKind.Int:
diff --git a/src/nimdowpkg/statusbar.nim b/src/nimdowpkg/statusbar.nim
index 3d7dbd7..3143ffa 100644
--- a/src/nimdowpkg/statusbar.nim
+++ b/src/nimdowpkg/statusbar.nim
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type
     visual: PVisual
     depth: int
     colormap: Colormap
-    fgColor*, bgColor*, selectionColor*, urgentColor*: XftColor
+    fgColor*, bgColor*, selectionColor*, urgentColor*, hasTagsColor*: XftColor
     area*: Area
     systrayWidth: int
     clickables: seq[tuple[start: int, stop: int, characters: seq[int]]]
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ proc freeAllColors(this: StatusBar) =
   this.freeColor(this.bgColor.unsafeAddr)
   this.freeColor(this.selectionColor.unsafeAddr)
   this.freeColor(this.urgentColor.unsafeAddr)
+  this.freeColor(this.hasTagsColor.unsafeAddr)
 
 proc toRGB(hex: int): RGB =
   return (
@@ -292,6 +293,7 @@ proc configureColors(this: StatusBar) =
   this.configureColor(this.settings.bgColor, this.bgColor, this.settings.transparency)
   this.configureColor(this.settings.selectionColor, this.selectionColor)
   this.configureColor(this.settings.urgentColor, this.urgentColor)
+  this.configureColor(this.settings.hasTagsColor, this.hasTagsColor)
 
 proc configureFont(this: StatusBar, fontString: string): PXftFont =
   result = XftFontOpenXlfd(this.display, this.screen, fontString)
@@ -740,9 +742,6 @@ proc renderTags(this: var StatusBar): int =
       tagHasCurrentClient = false
       tagIsUrgent = false
 
-    if this.selectedTags.contains(tagID):
-      fgColor = this.selectionColor
-
     for node in this.taggedClients.clientWithTagIter(tagID):
       tagIsEmpty = false
       let client = node.value
@@ -752,6 +751,11 @@ proc renderTags(this: var StatusBar): int =
         if tagIsUrgent:
           break
 
+    if this.selectedTags.contains(tagID):
+      fgColor = this.selectionColor
+    elif not tagIsEmpty:
+      fgColor = this.hasTagsColor
+
     let text = tagSettings.displayString
     let stringLength = this.forEachCharacter(text, textXPos, fgColor)
 
@@ -766,10 +770,11 @@ proc renderTags(this: var StatusBar): int =
           stringLength + boxWidth * 4,
           this.area.height.cuint
         )
-      XftDrawRect(this.draw, fgColor.addr, boxXLoc, 0, 4, 4)
-      if not tagHasCurrentClient:
-        var bgColor = if tagIsUrgent: this.urgentColor else: this.bgColor
-        XftDrawRect(this.draw, bgColor.addr, boxXLoc + 1, 1, 2, 2)
+      if this.settings.showIndicator:
+        XftDrawRect(this.draw, fgColor.addr, boxXLoc, 0, 4, 4)
+        if not tagHasCurrentClient:
+          var bgColor = if tagIsUrgent: this.urgentColor else: this.bgColor
+          XftDrawRect(this.draw, bgColor.addr, boxXLoc + 1, 1, 2, 2)
 
     let stringInfo = this.renderString(text, fgColor, textXPos)
     this.clickables.add (start: textXPos - boxWidth*2, stop: textXPos + stringLength + boxWidth*2, characters: stringInfo.characters)