diff --git a/mwes/mwe_03.jl b/mwes/mwe_03.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c1fe72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mwes/mwe_03.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+using KiteViewers
+Viewer3D()
+
+# KiteViewers.running[]=true
+nothing
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/KiteViewers.jl b/src/KiteViewers.jl
index 87729df..b74c558 100644
--- a/src/KiteViewers.jl
+++ b/src/KiteViewers.jl
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ using GeometryBasics, Rotations, GLMakie, FileIO, LinearAlgebra, Printf, Paramet
 import GeometryBasics:Point3f, GeometryBasics.Point2f
 using KiteUtils
 
-export Viewer3D, AbstractKiteViewer, AKV                        # types
-export clear_viewer, update_system, save_png, stop, set_status  # functions
+export Viewer3D, AbstractKiteViewer, AKV                               # types
+export clear_viewer, update_system, save_png, stop, pause, set_status  # functions
 @reexport using GLMakie: on
 
 const KITE_SPRINGS = 8 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ end
 	@compile_workload begin
 		# all calls in this block will be precompiled, regardless of whether
 		# they belong to your package or not (on Julia 1.8 and higher)
-		viewer=Viewer3D(true)
+		viewer=Viewer3D(true; precompile=true)
         segments=6
         state=demo_state_4p(segments+1)
         update_system(viewer, state, kite_scale=0.25)
diff --git a/src/viewer3D.jl b/src/viewer3D.jl
index bc9cfb1..48b3a35 100644
--- a/src/viewer3D.jl
+++ b/src/viewer3D.jl
@@ -98,11 +98,16 @@ function stop(kv::AKV)
     status[]="Stopped"
 end
 
+function pause(kv::AKV)
+    kv.stop = true
+    status[]="Paused"
+end
+
 function set_status(kv::AKV, status_text)
     status[] = status_text
 end
 
-function Viewer3D(show_kite=true, autolabel="Autopilot") 
+function Viewer3D(show_kite=true, autolabel="Autopilot"; precompile=false) 
     fig = Figure(size=(840, 900), backgroundcolor=RGBf(0.7, 0.8, 1))
     sub_fig = fig[1,1]
     scene2D = LScene(fig[3,1], show_axis=false, height=16)
@@ -135,7 +140,11 @@ function Viewer3D(show_kite=true, autolabel="Autopilot")
     btn_RESET       = Button(sub_fig, label = "RESET")
     btn_ZOOM_in     = Button(sub_fig, label = "Zoom +")
     btn_ZOOM_out    = Button(sub_fig, label = "Zoom -")
-    btn_PLAY_PAUSE  = Button(sub_fig, label = @lift($running ? "PAUSE" : " RUN "))
+    if precompile
+        btn_PLAY_PAUSE  = Button(sub_fig, label = " RUN ")
+    else
+        btn_PLAY_PAUSE  = Button(sub_fig, label = @lift($running ? "PAUSE" : " RUN "))
+    end
     btn_AUTO        = Button(sub_fig, label = autolabel)
     btn_PARKING     = Button(sub_fig, label = "Parking")  
     btn_STOP        = Button(sub_fig, label = "STOP")
@@ -174,6 +183,9 @@ function Viewer3D(show_kite=true, autolabel="Autopilot")
     on(s.btn_STOP.clicks) do c
         stop(s)
     end
+    on(s.btn_PLAY.clicks) do c
+        running[] = ! running[]
+    end
     status[] = "Stopped"
     s
 end