diff --git a/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po b/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
index 76cf8365..c2cdd294 100644
--- a/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
+++ b/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
@@ -1063,6 +1063,11 @@ msgctxt "#39071"
 msgid "Current plex.tv status:"
 msgstr ""
 
+# PKC Settings - Connection
+msgctxt "#39072"
+msgid "Background sync connection:"
+msgstr ""
+
 # PKC Settings, category name
 msgctxt "#39073"
 msgid "Appearance Tweaks"
@@ -1124,6 +1129,26 @@ msgctxt "#39085"
 msgid "Reload Kodi node files to apply all the settings below"
 msgstr ""
 
+# PKC Settings - Connection - Background sync connection status
+msgctxt "#39089"
+msgid "Alexa connection status:"
+msgstr ""
+
+# PKC Settings - Connection - Background sync connection status
+msgctxt "#39090"
+msgid "Suspended - not connected"
+msgstr ""
+
+# PKC Settings - Connection - Background sync connection status
+msgctxt "#39091"
+msgid "Timeout - not connected"
+msgstr ""
+
+# PKC Settings - Connection - Background sync connection status
+msgctxt "#39092"
+msgid "IOError - not connected"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgctxt "#39200"
 msgid "Log-out Plex Home User "
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/resources/lib/websocket_client.py b/resources/lib/websocket_client.py
index f50bbbd0..694c264c 100644
--- a/resources/lib/websocket_client.py
+++ b/resources/lib/websocket_client.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ LOG = getLogger('PLEX.websocket_client')
 
 class WebSocket(backgroundthread.KillableThread):
     opcode_data = (websocket.ABNF.OPCODE_TEXT, websocket.ABNF.OPCODE_BINARY)
+    status_setting = None
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.ws = None
@@ -77,6 +78,8 @@ class WebSocket(backgroundthread.KillableThread):
             if self.should_suspend():
                 # Set in service.py
                 self.close_websocket()
+                # Status = 'Suspended - not connected'
+                utils.settings(self.status_setting, value=utils.lang(39090))
                 if self.wait_while_suspended():
                     # Abort was requested while waiting. We should exit
                     return
@@ -100,10 +103,16 @@ class WebSocket(backgroundthread.KillableThread):
                     # Server is probably offline
                     LOG.debug("%s: IOError connecting", self.__class__.__name__)
                     self.ws = None
+                    # Status = IOError - not connected
+                    utils.settings(self.status_setting,
+                                   value=utils.lang(39092))
                     self._sleep_cycle()
                 except websocket.WebSocketTimeoutException:
                     LOG.debug("%s: WebSocketTimeoutException", self.__class__.__name__)
                     self.ws = None
+                    # Status = 'Timeout - not connected'
+                    utils.settings(self.status_setting,
+                                   value=utils.lang(39091))
                     self._sleep_cycle()
                 except websocket.WebsocketRedirect as e:
                     LOG.debug('301 redirect detected: %s', e)
@@ -116,6 +125,9 @@ class WebSocket(backgroundthread.KillableThread):
                 except websocket.WebSocketException as e:
                     LOG.debug('%s: WebSocketException: %s', self.__class__.__name__, e)
                     self.ws = None
+                    # Status = Error
+                    utils.settings(self.status_setting,
+                                   value=utils.lang(257))
                     self._sleep_cycle()
                 except Exception as e:
                     LOG.error('%s: Unknown exception encountered when '
@@ -124,9 +136,15 @@ class WebSocket(backgroundthread.KillableThread):
                     LOG.error("%s: Traceback:\n%s",
                               self.__class__.__name__, traceback.format_exc())
                     self.ws = None
+                    # Status = Error
+                    utils.settings(self.status_setting,
+                                   value=utils.lang(257))
                     self._sleep_cycle()
                 else:
                     self.sleeptime = 0.0
+                    # Status = Connected
+                    utils.settings(self.status_setting,
+                                   value=utils.lang(13296))
             except Exception as e:
                 LOG.error("%s: Unknown exception encountered: %s",
                           self.__class__.__name__, e)
@@ -134,12 +152,16 @@ class WebSocket(backgroundthread.KillableThread):
                 LOG.error("%s: Traceback:\n%s",
                           self.__class__.__name__, traceback.format_exc())
                 self.close_websocket()
+                # Status = Error
+                utils.settings(self.status_setting, value=utils.lang(257))
 
 
 class PMS_Websocket(WebSocket):
     """
     Websocket connection with the PMS for Plex Companion
     """
+    status_setting = 'pms_websocket_status'
+
     def should_suspend(self):
         """
         Returns True if the thread is suspended.
@@ -208,6 +230,8 @@ class Alexa_Websocket(WebSocket):
     """
     Websocket connection to talk to Amazon Alexa.
     """
+    status_setting = 'alexa_websocket_status'
+
     def should_suspend(self):
         """
         Overwrite method since we need to check for plex token
diff --git a/resources/settings.xml b/resources/settings.xml
index b046ce12..fda93768 100644
--- a/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/resources/settings.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
 <settings>
 	<category label="30014"><!-- Connection -->
-		<setting label="[COLOR yellow]$ADDON[plugin.video.plexkodiconnect 39050][/COLOR]" type="action" action="RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.video.plexkodiconnect?mode=chooseServer)" option="close" /><!-- Choose Plex Server from a list -->
-		<setting label="[COLOR yellow]$ADDON[plugin.video.plexkodiconnect 39068][/COLOR]" type="action" action="RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.video.plexkodiconnect?mode=enterPMS)" option="close" /><!-- Manually enter Plex Media Server IP -->
 		<setting id="plex_servername" label="39067" type="text" default="" enable="false" /><!-- Your current PMS server: -->
 		<setting id="ipaddress" label="39069" type="text" default="" enable="false" /><!-- Current address: -->
 		<setting id="port" label="39070" type="text" default="" enable="false" /><!-- Current port: -->
-		<setting id="plex_serverowned" label="30031" type="bool" default="true" /><!-- I own this PMS -->
+        <setting id="pms_websocket_status" label="39072" type="text" default="" enable="false" /><!-- Background sync connection: -->
+		<setting type="sep" text=""/>
+        <setting label="[COLOR yellow]$ADDON[plugin.video.plexkodiconnect 39050][/COLOR]" type="action" action="RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.video.plexkodiconnect?mode=chooseServer)" option="close" /><!-- Choose Plex Server from a list -->
+		<setting label="[COLOR yellow]$ADDON[plugin.video.plexkodiconnect 39068][/COLOR]" type="action" action="RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.video.plexkodiconnect?mode=enterPMS)" option="close" /><!-- Manually enter Plex Media Server IP -->
+		<setting type="sep" text=""/>
+        <setting id="plex_serverowned" label="30031" type="bool" default="true" /><!-- I own this PMS -->
 		<setting id="https" label="30243" type="bool" default="false" />
         <setting id="sslcert" subsetting="true" label="30501" type="file" default="None" visible="eq(-1,true)" />
 		<setting id="sslverify" label="30500" type="bool" default="false" visible="String.StartsWith(System.BuildVersion,17.)" /><!-- Verify SSL Certificate (more secure) - Only visible for Kodi 17 Krypton eq(-1,true) +  -->
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@
 		<setting type="sep" text=""/>
         <setting type="lsep" label="39700" />
 		<setting id="enable_alexa" label="39701" type="bool" default="true"/>
+        <setting id="alexa_websocket_status" label="39089" type="text" default="" enable="false" /><!-- Alexa connection status: -->
         <!-- Different settings that are not visible - to avoid warnings in the log -->
 		<setting id="plex_restricteduser" type="bool" default="false" visible="false"/>
 		<setting id="plex_allows_mediaDeletion" type="bool" default="true" visible="false"/>