diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 8b3d422..d416055 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
                 android:resource="@xml/widget_record_display" />
         </receiver>
 
+        <activity
+            android:name=".activities.BackgroundRecordActivity"
+            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoDisplay" />
+
         <activity
             android:name=".activities.SplashActivity"
             android:theme="@style/SplashTheme" />
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/activities/BackgroundRecordActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/activities/BackgroundRecordActivity.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d66fa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/activities/BackgroundRecordActivity.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.simplemobiletools.voicerecorder.activities
+
+import android.content.Intent
+import com.simplemobiletools.voicerecorder.services.RecorderService
+
+class BackgroundRecordActivity : SimpleActivity() {
+    companion object {
+        const val RECORD_INTENT_ACTION = "RECORD_ACTION";
+    }
+
+    override fun onResume() {
+        super.onResume()
+        if (intent.action == RECORD_INTENT_ACTION) {
+            Intent(this@BackgroundRecordActivity, RecorderService::class.java).apply {
+                try {
+                    if (RecorderService.isRunning) {
+                        stopService(this)
+                    } else {
+                        startService(this)
+                    }
+                } catch (ignored: Exception) {
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        moveTaskToBack(true)
+        finish()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/activities/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/activities/MainActivity.kt
index 21458d1..0d10d93 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_main.*
 
 class MainActivity : SimpleActivity() {
 
-    companion object {
-        const val RECORD_INTENT_ACTION = "RECORD_ACTION";
-    }
-
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
@@ -44,16 +40,6 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity() {
         super.onResume()
         getPagerAdapter()?.onResume()
         setupTabColors()
-
-        if (intent.action == RECORD_INTENT_ACTION) {
-            view_pager.currentItem = 0
-            Intent(this@MainActivity, RecorderService::class.java).apply {
-                try {
-                    startService(this)
-                } catch (ignored: Exception) {
-                }
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     override fun onDestroy() {
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/activities/WidgetRecordDisplayConfigureActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/activities/WidgetRecordDisplayConfigureActivity.kt
index 9304cc2..65baff4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/activities/WidgetRecordDisplayConfigureActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/activities/WidgetRecordDisplayConfigureActivity.kt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class WidgetRecordDisplayConfigureActivity : SimpleActivity() {
     }
 
     private fun initVariables() {
-        mWidgetColor = config.widgetBgColor
+        mWidgetColor = resources.getColor(R.color.color_primary)
         mWidgetAlpha = if (mWidgetColor == DEFAULT_WIDGET_BG_COLOR) {
             1f
         } else {
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/fragments/RecorderFragment.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/fragments/RecorderFragment.kt
index 1cf94f4..65b8b95 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/fragments/RecorderFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/fragments/RecorderFragment.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ class RecorderFragment(context: Context, attributeSet: AttributeSet) : MyViewPag
 
     override fun onResume() {
         setupColors()
+        if (!RecorderService.isRunning) status = RECORDING_STOPPED
+        refreshView()
     }
 
     override fun onDestroy() {
@@ -127,14 +129,7 @@ class RecorderFragment(context: Context, attributeSet: AttributeSet) : MyViewPag
         }
     }
 
-    @Subscribe(threadMode = ThreadMode.MAIN)
-    fun gotDurationEvent(event: Events.RecordingDuration) {
-        updateRecordingDuration(event.duration)
-    }
-
-    @Subscribe(threadMode = ThreadMode.MAIN)
-    fun gotStatusEvent(event: Events.RecordingStatus) {
-        status = event.status
+    private fun refreshView() {
         toggle_recording_button.setImageDrawable(getToggleButtonIcon())
         toggle_pause_button.beVisibleIf(status != RECORDING_STOPPED && isNougatPlus())
         if (status == RECORDING_PAUSED) {
@@ -149,6 +144,17 @@ class RecorderFragment(context: Context, attributeSet: AttributeSet) : MyViewPag
         }
     }
 
+    @Subscribe(threadMode = ThreadMode.MAIN)
+    fun gotDurationEvent(event: Events.RecordingDuration) {
+        updateRecordingDuration(event.duration)
+    }
+
+    @Subscribe(threadMode = ThreadMode.MAIN)
+    fun gotStatusEvent(event: Events.RecordingStatus) {
+        status = event.status
+        refreshView()
+    }
+
     @Subscribe(threadMode = ThreadMode.MAIN)
     fun gotAmplitudeEvent(event: Events.RecordingAmplitude) {
         val amplitude = event.amplitude
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/helpers/MyWidgetRecordDisplayProvider.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/helpers/MyWidgetRecordDisplayProvider.kt
index 365865e..1379b5b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/helpers/MyWidgetRecordDisplayProvider.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/helpers/MyWidgetRecordDisplayProvider.kt
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import android.graphics.Color
 import android.widget.RemoteViews
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.extensions.getColoredDrawableWithColor
 import com.simplemobiletools.voicerecorder.R
+import com.simplemobiletools.voicerecorder.activities.BackgroundRecordActivity
 import com.simplemobiletools.voicerecorder.extensions.config
-import com.simplemobiletools.voicerecorder.activities.MainActivity
 import com.simplemobiletools.voicerecorder.extensions.drawableToBitmap
 
 class MyWidgetRecordDisplayProvider : AppWidgetProvider() {
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ class MyWidgetRecordDisplayProvider : AppWidgetProvider() {
     private fun getComponentName(context: Context) = ComponentName(context, MyWidgetRecordDisplayProvider::class.java)
 
     private fun setupAppOpenIntent(context: Context, views: RemoteViews) {
-        Intent(context, MainActivity::class.java).apply {
-            action = MainActivity.RECORD_INTENT_ACTION;
-            val pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, OPEN_APP_INTENT_ID, this, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT)
+        Intent(context, BackgroundRecordActivity::class.java).apply {
+            action = BackgroundRecordActivity.RECORD_INTENT_ACTION
+            val pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, OPEN_APP_INTENT_ID, this, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT)
             views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.record_display_btn, pendingIntent)
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/services/RecorderService.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/services/RecorderService.kt
index b021286..31971f7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/services/RecorderService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/voicerecorder/services/RecorderService.kt
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ import java.io.File
 import java.util.*
 
 class RecorderService : Service() {
+    companion object {
+        var isRunning = false
+    }
+
     private val AMPLITUDE_UPDATE_MS = 75L
 
     private var currFilePath = ""
@@ -56,10 +60,12 @@ class RecorderService : Service() {
     override fun onDestroy() {
         super.onDestroy()
         stopRecording()
+        isRunning = false
     }
 
     // mp4 output format with aac encoding should produce good enough m4a files according to https://stackoverflow.com/a/33054794/1967672
     private fun startRecording() {
+        isRunning = true
         if (status == RECORDING_RUNNING) {
             return
         }