diff --git a/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvContainer.cc b/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvContainer.cc
index 2930a7d91b8681c4735e391341341b1ced7794a4..ddaebac6927aad7ff39702eae3cfccb7e6847faa 100644
--- a/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvContainer.cc
+++ b/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvContainer.cc
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ MpvContainer::mpvPause() noexcept
 void
 MpvContainer::mpvTogglePlayback() noexcept
 {
+    qDebug() << "MPV: Toggling the playback";
     asyncCommand(AsyncCmdType::TogglePlayback, { "cycle", "pause", "up", nullptr });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvControls.cc b/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvControls.cc
index a40a198888077ebb78b35366981fac6bf41aff23..375ca3f9bba8cc6999aa6c508e3a73447478f15a 100644
--- a/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvControls.cc
+++ b/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvControls.cc
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 #include "MpvContainer.hh"
 
 #include <QSlider>
-#include <QVBoxLayout>
+#include <QHBoxLayout>
+#include <QPushButton>
 
 using namespace Vivy;
 
@@ -10,7 +11,9 @@ MpvControls::MpvControls(MpvContainer *passedContainer, QWidget *parent) noexcep
     : QWidget(parent)
     , mpv(passedContainer)
 {
-    auto *progressBar = new QSlider(this);
+    auto *progressBar          = new QSlider(this);
+    auto *togglePlaybackButton = new QPushButton("Pause", this); // Be default MPV is paused
+
     progressBar->setTracking(false);
     progressBar->setOrientation(Qt::Horizontal);
 
@@ -33,7 +36,15 @@ MpvControls::MpvControls(MpvContainer *passedContainer, QWidget *parent) noexcep
         timePosition = value;
     });
 
-    auto *centralLayout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
-    centralLayout->addWidget(progressBar);
+    connect(togglePlaybackButton, &QAbstractButton::clicked, mpv, &MpvContainer::mpvTogglePlayback);
+    connect(mpv, &MpvContainer::mpvPlaybackToggled, this,
+            [togglePlaybackButton](bool isPlay) noexcept -> void {
+                togglePlaybackButton->setText(isPlay ? QStringLiteral("Play")
+                                                     : QStringLiteral("Pause"));
+            });
+
+    auto *centralLayout = new QHBoxLayout(this);
+    centralLayout->addWidget(togglePlaybackButton);
+    centralLayout->addWidget(progressBar, 1);
     setLayout(centralLayout);
 }