diff --git a/InvisibleMan-XRay/Assets/NotifyIcons/IconDisabled.ico b/InvisibleMan-XRay/Assets/NotifyIcons/IconDisabled.ico
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5889966
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diff --git a/InvisibleMan-XRay/Assets/NotifyIcons/IconEnabled.ico b/InvisibleMan-XRay/Assets/NotifyIcons/IconEnabled.ico
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39026d8
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diff --git a/InvisibleMan-XRay/Core/InvisibleManXRayCore.cs b/InvisibleMan-XRay/Core/InvisibleManXRayCore.cs
index 9976c02..ec9519b 100644
--- a/InvisibleMan-XRay/Core/InvisibleManXRayCore.cs
+++ b/InvisibleMan-XRay/Core/InvisibleManXRayCore.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using InvisibleManXRay.Handlers;
 
 namespace InvisibleManXRay.Core
 {
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ public class InvisibleManXRayCore
         private Func<IProxy> getProxy;
         private Func<ITunnel> getTunnel;
         private Action<string> onFailLoadingConfig;
+        private CoreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver coreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver;
 
         private LocalizationService LocalizationService => ServiceLocator.Get<LocalizationService>();
         private AnalyticsService AnalyticsService => ServiceLocator.Get<AnalyticsService>();
@@ -46,7 +48,8 @@ public void Setup(
             Func<string> getDns,
             Func<IProxy> getProxy, 
             Func<ITunnel> getTunnel,
-            Action<string> onFailLoadingConfig)
+            Action<string> onFailLoadingConfig,
+            CoreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver coreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver)
         {
             this.getConfig = getConfig;
             this.getMode = getMode;
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ public void Setup(
             this.getProxy = getProxy;
             this.getTunnel = getTunnel;
             this.onFailLoadingConfig = onFailLoadingConfig;
+            this.coreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver = coreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver;
         }
         
         public Status LoadConfig()
@@ -95,17 +99,26 @@ public Status LoadConfig(string path)
         public Status EnableMode()
         {
             Mode mode = getMode.Invoke();
-            
+
+            Status status;
             if (mode == Mode.PROXY)
-                return EnableProxy();
+                status = EnableProxy();
             else
-                return EnableTunnel();
+                status = EnableTunnel();
+
+            if (status.Code == Code.SUCCESS)
+            {
+                coreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver.Notify(ProxyEnabledOrDisabledState.ENABLED);
+            }
+            
+            return status;
         }
 
         public void DisableMode()
         {
             DisableProxy();
             DisableTunnel();
+            coreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver.Notify(ProxyEnabledOrDisabledState.DISABLED);
         }
 
         public void Run(string config)
@@ -139,6 +152,7 @@ public void Cancel()
         {
             CancelProxy();
             CancelTunnel();
+            coreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver.Notify(ProxyEnabledOrDisabledState.DISABLED);
         }
 
         public int Test(string config)
diff --git a/InvisibleMan-XRay/Handlers/CoreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver.cs b/InvisibleMan-XRay/Handlers/CoreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74418dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InvisibleMan-XRay/Handlers/CoreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace InvisibleManXRay.Handlers;
+
+public enum ProxyEnabledOrDisabledState
+{
+    ENABLED,
+    DISABLED
+}
+
+public class CoreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver : Handler
+{
+    private readonly List<Action<ProxyEnabledOrDisabledState>> listeners = new();
+
+    public void Subscribe(Action<ProxyEnabledOrDisabledState> listener)
+    {
+        listeners.Add(listener);
+    }
+
+    public void Unsubscribe(Action<ProxyEnabledOrDisabledState> listener)
+    {
+        listeners.Remove(listener);
+    }
+
+    public void Notify(ProxyEnabledOrDisabledState state)
+    {
+        foreach (var listener in listeners)
+        {
+            listener(state);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/InvisibleMan-XRay/Handlers/NotifyHandler.cs b/InvisibleMan-XRay/Handlers/NotifyHandler.cs
index 1455587..1e2ea1e 100644
--- a/InvisibleMan-XRay/Handlers/NotifyHandler.cs
+++ b/InvisibleMan-XRay/Handlers/NotifyHandler.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using System.Drawing;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Reflection;
 
 namespace InvisibleManXRay.Handlers
 {
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ namespace InvisibleManXRay.Handlers
 
     public class NotifyHandler : Handler
     {
-        private NotifyIcon notifyIcon;
+        private NotifyIcon? notifyIcon;
 
         private Func<Mode> getMode;
         private Action onOpenClick;
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ public void Setup(
             Action onAboutClick,
             Action onCloseClick,
             Action onProxyModeClick,
-            Action onTunnelModeClick
+            Action onTunnelModeClick,
+            CoreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver coreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver
         )
         {
             this.getMode = getMode;
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ Action onTunnelModeClick
             this.onCloseClick = onCloseClick;
             this.onProxyModeClick = onProxyModeClick;
             this.onTunnelModeClick = onTunnelModeClick;
+            coreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver.Subscribe(HandleProxyEnabledOrDisabled);
         }
 
         public void CheckModeItem(Mode mode)
@@ -60,20 +63,35 @@ public void InitializeNotifyIcon()
                 notifyIcon.Dispose();
 
             notifyIcon = new NotifyIcon();
-            notifyIcon.Icon = GetNotifyIcon();
+            notifyIcon.Icon = GetNotifyIconFromResources(forEnabled: false);
             notifyIcon.Visible = true;
 
             HandleNotifyIconClick();
             AddMenuStrip();
 
             bool IsNotifyIconAlreadyExists() => notifyIcon != null;
+        }
 
-            Icon GetNotifyIcon()
-            {
-                return Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(
-                    System.Environment.GetCommandLineArgs().First()
-                );
-            }
+        public void HandleProxyEnabledOrDisabled(ProxyEnabledOrDisabledState state)
+        {
+            if (notifyIcon is null)
+                return;
+            
+            var icon = GetNotifyIconFromResources(forEnabled: state == ProxyEnabledOrDisabledState.ENABLED);
+            notifyIcon.Icon = icon;
+        }
+        
+        private Icon GetNotifyIconFromResources(bool forEnabled)
+        {
+            const string rootNamespace = "InvisibleManXRay";
+            const string basePath = $"Assets.NotifyIcons";
+            var fileName = forEnabled ? "IconEnabled.ico" : "IconDisabled.ico";
+            var resourceName = $"{rootNamespace}.{basePath}.{fileName}";
+            
+            var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
+            using var stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(resourceName) ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Something went wrong with resources or with assembly or with root namespace");
+            var icon = new Icon(stream);
+            return icon;
         }
 
         private void HandleNotifyIconClick()
diff --git a/InvisibleMan-XRay/InvisibleMan-XRay.csproj b/InvisibleMan-XRay/InvisibleMan-XRay.csproj
index b6a1fbf..6c26b59 100644
--- a/InvisibleMan-XRay/InvisibleMan-XRay.csproj
+++ b/InvisibleMan-XRay/InvisibleMan-XRay.csproj
@@ -41,4 +41,10 @@
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <!-- icons for notify icon-->
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="Assets\NotifyIcons\IconDisabled.ico" />
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="Assets\NotifyIcons\IconEnabled.ico" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/InvisibleMan-XRay/Managers/Initializers/CoreInitializer.cs b/InvisibleMan-XRay/Managers/Initializers/CoreInitializer.cs
index 2a4be85..76d86de 100644
--- a/InvisibleMan-XRay/Managers/Initializers/CoreInitializer.cs
+++ b/InvisibleMan-XRay/Managers/Initializers/CoreInitializer.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ public void Setup(HandlersManager handlersManager)
                 getDns: settingsHandler.UserSettings.GetDns,
                 getProxy: proxyHandler.GetProxy,
                 getTunnel: tunnelHandler.GetTunnel,
-                onFailLoadingConfig: configHandler.RemoveConfigFromList
+                onFailLoadingConfig: configHandler.RemoveConfigFromList,
+                coreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver: handlersManager.GetHandler<CoreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver>()
             );
         }
     }
diff --git a/InvisibleMan-XRay/Managers/Initializers/HandlersInitializer.cs b/InvisibleMan-XRay/Managers/Initializers/HandlersInitializer.cs
index e1ba684..2407ae0 100644
--- a/InvisibleMan-XRay/Managers/Initializers/HandlersInitializer.cs
+++ b/InvisibleMan-XRay/Managers/Initializers/HandlersInitializer.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public void Register()
             HandlersManager.AddHandler(new DeepLinkHandler());
             HandlersManager.AddHandler(new LinkHandler());
             HandlersManager.AddHandler(new LocalizationHandler());
+            HandlersManager.AddHandler(new CoreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver());
         }
 
         public void Setup(
@@ -96,7 +97,8 @@ void SetupNotifyHandler()
                     onAboutClick: OpenAboutWindow,
                     onCloseClick: CloseApplication,
                     onProxyModeClick: () => { OnModeClick(Mode.PROXY); },
-                    onTunnelModeClick: () => { OnModeClick(Mode.TUN); }
+                    onTunnelModeClick: () => { OnModeClick(Mode.TUN); },
+                    coreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver: HandlersManager.GetHandler<CoreEnabledOrDisabledModeObserver>()
                 );
 
                 void CloseApplication()