diff --git a/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd_qt.pro b/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd_qt.pro
index 66839ff5..ed9ffd2e 100644
--- a/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd_qt.pro
+++ b/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd_qt.pro
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ INCLUDEPATH += ../../daemon
 INCLUDEPATH += .
 
 FORMS += mainwindow.ui \
-    tunnelform.ui
+    tunnelform.ui \
+    statusbuttons.ui
 
 LIBS += -lz
 
diff --git a/qt/i2pd_qt/mainwindow.cpp b/qt/i2pd_qt/mainwindow.cpp
index 9d312fa0..a4afe6a3 100644
--- a/qt/i2pd_qt/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/qt/i2pd_qt/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "mainwindow.h"
 #include "ui_mainwindow.h"
+#include "ui_statusbuttons.h"
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QFile>
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
     ,quitting(false)
 #endif
     ,ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
+    ,statusButtonsUI(new Ui::StatusButtonsForm)
     ,i2pController(nullptr)
     ,configItems()
     ,datadir()
@@ -37,12 +39,16 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
 
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
+    statusButtonsUI->setupUi(ui->statusButtonsPane);
+    ui->statusButtonsPane->setFixedSize(172,300);
+    ui->verticalLayout->setGeometry(QRect(0,0,172,ui->verticalLayout->geometry().height()));
+    ui->statusButtonsPane->adjustSize();
+    ui->centralWidget->adjustSize();
     setWindowTitle(QApplication::translate("AppTitle","I2PD"));
 
     //TODO handle resizes and change the below into resize() call
-    setFixedSize(width(), 480);
-    ui->centralWidget->setMinimumHeight(480);
-    ui->centralWidget->setMaximumHeight(480);
+    setFixedSize(width(), 550);
+    ui->centralWidget->setFixedHeight(550);
     onResize();
 
     ui->stackedWidget->setCurrentIndex(0);
@@ -70,6 +76,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
 #endif
 
     QObject::connect(ui->statusPagePushButton, SIGNAL(released()), this, SLOT(showStatusPage()));
+    setStatusButtonsVisible(true);
     QObject::connect(ui->settingsPagePushButton, SIGNAL(released()), this, SLOT(showSettingsPage()));
 
     QObject::connect(ui->tunnelsPagePushButton, SIGNAL(released()), this, SLOT(showTunnelsPage()));
@@ -226,11 +233,15 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
     //QMetaObject::connectSlotsByName(this);
 }
 
-void MainWindow::showStatusPage(){ui->stackedWidget->setCurrentIndex(0);}
-void MainWindow::showSettingsPage(){ui->stackedWidget->setCurrentIndex(1);}
-void MainWindow::showTunnelsPage(){ui->stackedWidget->setCurrentIndex(2);}
-void MainWindow::showRestartPage(){ui->stackedWidget->setCurrentIndex(3);}
-void MainWindow::showQuitPage(){ui->stackedWidget->setCurrentIndex(4);}
+void MainWindow::showStatusPage(){ui->stackedWidget->setCurrentIndex(0);setStatusButtonsVisible(true);}
+void MainWindow::showSettingsPage(){ui->stackedWidget->setCurrentIndex(1);setStatusButtonsVisible(false);}
+void MainWindow::showTunnelsPage(){ui->stackedWidget->setCurrentIndex(2);setStatusButtonsVisible(false);}
+void MainWindow::showRestartPage(){ui->stackedWidget->setCurrentIndex(3);setStatusButtonsVisible(false);}
+void MainWindow::showQuitPage(){ui->stackedWidget->setCurrentIndex(4);setStatusButtonsVisible(false);}
+
+void MainWindow::setStatusButtonsVisible(bool visible) {
+    ui->statusButtonsPane->setVisible(visible);
+}
 
 //TODO
 void MainWindow::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event)
diff --git a/qt/i2pd_qt/mainwindow.h b/qt/i2pd_qt/mainwindow.h
index 05cb7151..fbadf83e 100644
--- a/qt/i2pd_qt/mainwindow.h
+++ b/qt/i2pd_qt/mainwindow.h
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ public:
 
 namespace Ui {
 class MainWindow;
+class StatusButtonsForm;
 }
 
 using namespace i2p::client;
@@ -359,6 +360,7 @@ private:
 #endif
 
     Ui::MainWindow* ui;
+    Ui::StatusButtonsForm* statusButtonsUI;
 
     i2p::qt::Controller* i2pController;
 
@@ -369,6 +371,8 @@ protected:
     void resizeEvent(QResizeEvent* event);
     void onResize();
 
+    void setStatusButtonsVisible(bool visible);
+
     QList<MainWindowItem*> configItems;
     NonGUIOptionItem* logOption;
     NonGUIOptionItem* daemonOption;
diff --git a/qt/i2pd_qt/mainwindow.ui b/qt/i2pd_qt/mainwindow.ui
index 0b3071e9..8fb9ffc1 100644
--- a/qt/i2pd_qt/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/qt/i2pd_qt/mainwindow.ui
@@ -6,10 +6,22 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>816</width>
-    <height>516</height>
+    <width>904</width>
+    <height>550</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
+  <property name="minimumSize">
+   <size>
+    <width>904</width>
+    <height>0</height>
+   </size>
+  </property>
+  <property name="maximumSize">
+   <size>
+    <width>950</width>
+    <height>16777215</height>
+   </size>
+  </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>MainWindow</string>
   </property>
@@ -22,14 +34,14 @@
    </property>
    <property name="minimumSize">
     <size>
-     <width>0</width>
-     <height>516</height>
+     <width>904</width>
+     <height>550</height>
     </size>
    </property>
    <property name="maximumSize">
     <size>
      <width>16777215</width>
-     <height>516</height>
+     <height>550</height>
     </size>
    </property>
    <widget class="QWidget" name="horizontalLayoutWidget">
@@ -37,19 +49,27 @@
      <rect>
       <x>10</x>
       <y>10</y>
-      <width>796</width>
-      <height>496</height>
+      <width>931</width>
+      <height>498</height>
      </rect>
     </property>
     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
      <property name="sizeConstraint">
-      <enum>QLayout::SetDefaultConstraint</enum>
+      <enum>QLayout::SetMaximumSize</enum>
      </property>
      <item>
-      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout" stretch="0,0,0,0,0,0">
+      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout" stretch="0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0">
        <property name="sizeConstraint">
         <enum>QLayout::SetMinimumSize</enum>
        </property>
+       <property name="geometry" stdset="0">
+        <rect>
+         <x>0</x>
+         <y>0</y>
+         <width>170</width>
+         <height>496</height>
+        </rect>
+       </property>
        <item>
         <widget class="QPushButton" name="statusPagePushButton">
          <property name="enabled">
@@ -60,6 +80,22 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QWidget" name="statusButtonsPane" native="true">
+         <property name="sizePolicy">
+          <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
+           <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+           <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+          </sizepolicy>
+         </property>
+         <property name="minimumSize">
+          <size>
+           <width>172</width>
+           <height>0</height>
+          </size>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
        <item>
         <widget class="QPushButton" name="settingsPagePushButton">
          <property name="enabled">
@@ -100,6 +136,22 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
+       <item>
+        <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_19">
+         <property name="orientation">
+          <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="sizeType">
+          <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+          <size>
+           <width>172</width>
+           <height>0</height>
+          </size>
+         </property>
+        </spacer>
+       </item>
        <item>
         <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
          <property name="orientation">
@@ -136,7 +188,7 @@
         </size>
        </property>
        <property name="currentIndex">
-        <number>4</number>
+        <number>0</number>
        </property>
        <widget class="QWidget" name="statusPage">
         <widget class="QWidget" name="verticalLayoutWidget_5">
@@ -231,8 +283,8 @@
               <rect>
                <x>0</x>
                <y>0</y>
-               <width>679</width>
-               <height>3000</height>
+               <width>684</width>
+               <height>426</height>
               </rect>
              </property>
              <property name="sizePolicy">
@@ -247,7 +299,7 @@
                 <x>10</x>
                 <y>10</y>
                 <width>679</width>
-                <height>3000</height>
+                <height>3052</height>
                </rect>
               </property>
               <layout class="QGridLayout" name="settingsContentsGridLayout" rowstretch="0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0">
diff --git a/qt/i2pd_qt/statusbuttons.ui b/qt/i2pd_qt/statusbuttons.ui
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79461cd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt/i2pd_qt/statusbuttons.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ui version="4.0">
+ <class>StatusButtonsForm</class>
+ <widget class="QWidget" name="StatusButtonsForm">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>170</width>
+    <height>295</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="sizePolicy">
+   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
+    <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+    <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+   </sizepolicy>
+  </property>
+  <property name="minimumSize">
+   <size>
+    <width>170</width>
+    <height>295</height>
+   </size>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle">
+   <string>Form</string>
+  </property>
+  <widget class="QWidget" name="verticalLayoutWidget">
+   <property name="geometry">
+    <rect>
+     <x>20</x>
+     <y>0</y>
+     <width>151</width>
+     <height>301</height>
+    </rect>
+   </property>
+   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+    <property name="sizeConstraint">
+     <enum>QLayout::SetDefaultConstraint</enum>
+    </property>
+    <item>
+     <widget class="QPushButton" name="mainPagePushButton">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Main page</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+     <widget class="QPushButton" name="routerCommandsPushButton">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Router commands</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+     <widget class="QPushButton" name="localDestinationsPushButton">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Local destinations</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+     <widget class="QPushButton" name="leasesetsPushButton">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Leasesets</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+     <widget class="QPushButton" name="tunnelsPushButton">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Tunnels</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+     <widget class="QPushButton" name="transitTunnelsPushButton">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Transit tunnels</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+     <widget class="QPushButton" name="transportsPushButton">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Transports</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+     <widget class="QPushButton" name="i2pTunnelsPushButton">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>I2P tunnels</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+     <widget class="QPushButton" name="samSessionsPushButton">
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>SAM sessions</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+   </layout>
+  </widget>
+ </widget>
+ <resources/>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>