diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index e8fd672..cabab13 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   removeFromIndex,
 } from './search'
 import { OmnisearchInFileModal, OmnisearchVaultModal } from './modals'
-import { loadSettings, SettingsTab } from './settings'
+import { loadSettings, settings, SettingsTab } from './settings'
 import { eventBus } from './globals'
 import { registerAPI } from '@vanakat/plugin-api'
 import api from './api'
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ export default class OmnisearchPlugin extends Plugin {
 
     _registerAPI(this)
 
+    if (settings.ribbonIcon) {
+      this.addRibbonButton()
+    }
+
     this.addSettingTab(new SettingsTab(this))
     eventBus.disable('vault')
     eventBus.disable('infile')
@@ -85,4 +89,10 @@ export default class OmnisearchPlugin extends Plugin {
   }
 
   onunload(): void {}
+
+  addRibbonButton(): void {
+    this.addRibbonIcon('search', 'Omnisearch', evt => {
+      new OmnisearchVaultModal(app).open()
+    })
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index 0bdfee7..c63c44d 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export interface OmnisearchSettings extends WeightingSettings {
   respectExcluded: boolean
   ignoreDiacritics: boolean
   showIndexingNotices: boolean
+  ribbonIcon: boolean
   showShortName: boolean
   CtrlJK: boolean
   CtrlNP: boolean
@@ -93,6 +94,20 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 
     new Setting(containerEl).setName('User Interface').setHeading()
 
+    // Show Ribbon Icon
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName('Show ribbon button')
+      .setDesc('Add a button on the sidebar to open the Vault search modal. Needs a restart to remove the button.')
+      .addToggle(toggle =>
+        toggle.setValue(settings.ribbonIcon).onChange(async v => {
+          settings.ribbonIcon = v
+          await saveSettings(this.plugin)
+          if (v) {
+            this.plugin.addRibbonButton()
+          }
+        }),
+      )
+
     // Show notices
     new Setting(containerEl)
       .setName('Show indexing notices')
@@ -189,6 +204,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: OmnisearchSettings = {
 
   showIndexingNotices: false,
   showShortName: false,
+  ribbonIcon: true,
 
   weightBasename: 2,
   weightH1: 1.5,