diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index e89613b..4d6ddaa 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.elf_parser = ExtractGlobalVariablesThread(None, self.ui.tbl_vars)
         self.var_watcher = MonitoringThread(self.vars_watched_dict)
         self.var_watcher.signal_update_variable.connect(self.update_variable_in_table)  # Assuming 'self.update_variable_in_table' is a method that handles the update
+        self.var_watcher.var_monitor_active.connect(self.update_var_monitor_active)
         # USE CUSTOM TITLE BAR | USE AS "False" FOR MAC OR LINUX
         Settings.ENABLE_CUSTOM_TITLE_BAR = False
         # used to store the current popup window when selecting var type
@@ -793,6 +794,14 @@ def mousePressEvent(self, event):
         if event.buttons() == Qt.RightButton:
             pass
             #print('Mouse click: RIGHT CLICK')
+    def update_var_monitor_active(self, state):
+        if state == False:
+            # change button text to start
+            self.ui.btn_monitor.setText.setText("Start")
+        else:
+            # change button text to stop
+            self.ui.btn_monitor.setText.setText("Stop")
+
     def update_variable_in_table(self, var_name, value):
          # Check if the variable name is in the dictionary
         if var_name in self.vars_watched_dict:
diff --git a/modules/btn_callbacks.py b/modules/btn_callbacks.py
index 763f02d..8d834d1 100644
--- a/modules/btn_callbacks.py
+++ b/modules/btn_callbacks.py
@@ -598,11 +598,10 @@ def handle_symbol_extracted(name, address):
 def start_monitoring(main_window):
     if main_window.var_watcher.isRunning():
         main_window.var_watcher.exit_early = True
-        main_window.ui.btn_monitor.setText("Start Monitoring")
         main_window.stop_monitoringThread()
     else:
         main_window.var_watcher.start()
-        main_window.ui.btn_monitor.setText("Stop Monitoring")
+       
         
 def get_core_regs(main_window):
     logger = logging.getLogger("PDexLogger")
diff --git a/modules/elf_insights.py b/modules/elf_insights.py
index 298f8f5..8ecde1a 100644
--- a/modules/elf_insights.py
+++ b/modules/elf_insights.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 class MonitoringThread(QThread):
     signal_update_variable = Signal(str, object)  # Signal to update the variable value
+    var_monitor_active = Signal(bool)
     monitor_active = False
     exit_early = False
     logger = logging.getLogger("PDexLogger")
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ def run(self):
             self.logger.info("Monitoring variables ended")
             self.exit_early = False
             monitor_active = False
+            self.var_monitor_active.emit(False)
             # TODO emit signal to update UI monitoring button
             return
 
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@ def run(self):
             monitor_active = True
             target = probe.target
             target.resume()
+            self.var_monitor_active.emit(True)
             self.print_core_registers(target)
             self.monitor_variables(target, self.address_dict)
            
@@ -150,6 +153,7 @@ def monitor_variables(self, target, addresses):
             #target.close()  # Replace this with the appropriate method to close the connection to the target
             # You can also add any other cleanup code that needs to be executed here
             self.logger.info("Monitoring variables ended")
+            self.var_monitor_active.emit(False)
             self.exit_early = False
             monitor_active = False