diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/en.json b/src/i18n/locales/en.json
index 549bba02..ccb4377b 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -468,6 +468,8 @@
         "discordApplicationId_description": "the application id for {{discord}} rich presence (defaults to {{defaultId}})",
         "discordIdleStatus": "show rich presence idle status",
         "discordIdleStatus_description": "when enabled, update status while player is idle",
+        "discordListening": "show status as listening",
+        "discordListening_description": "show status as listening instead of playing. note that this currently breaks timer bar",
         "discordRichPresence": "{{discord}} rich presence",
         "discordRichPresence_description": "enable playback status in {{discord}} rich presence. Image keys are: {{icon}}, {{playing}}, and {{paused}} ",
         "discordUpdateInterval": "{{discord}} rich presence update interval",
diff --git a/src/renderer/features/discord-rpc/use-discord-rpc.ts b/src/renderer/features/discord-rpc/use-discord-rpc.ts
index 0489f70f..7b20e546 100644
--- a/src/renderer/features/discord-rpc/use-discord-rpc.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/features/discord-rpc/use-discord-rpc.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const useDiscordRpc = () => {
             state: (artists && `By ${artists}`) || 'Unknown artist',
             // I would love to use the actual type as opposed to hardcoding to 2,
             // but manually installing the discord-types package appears to break things
-            type: 2,
+            type: discordSettings.showAsListening ? 2 : 0,
         };
 
         if (currentStatus === PlayerStatus.PLAYING) {
@@ -73,7 +73,13 @@ export const useDiscordRpc = () => {
         }
 
         discordRpc?.setActivity(activity);
-    }, [currentSong, currentStatus, discordSettings.enableIdle, discordSettings.showServerImage]);
+    }, [
+        currentSong,
+        currentStatus,
+        discordSettings.enableIdle,
+        discordSettings.showAsListening,
+        discordSettings.showServerImage,
+    ]);
 
     useEffect(() => {
         const initializeDiscordRpc = async () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/features/settings/components/window/discord-settings.tsx b/src/renderer/features/settings/components/window/discord-settings.tsx
index f30fd459..6b162346 100644
--- a/src/renderer/features/settings/components/window/discord-settings.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/features/settings/components/window/discord-settings.tsx
@@ -119,6 +119,29 @@ export const DiscordSettings = () => {
                 postProcess: 'sentenceCase',
             }),
         },
+        {
+            control: (
+                <Switch
+                    checked={settings.showAsListening}
+                    onChange={(e) => {
+                        setSettings({
+                            discord: {
+                                ...settings,
+                                showAsListening: e.currentTarget.checked,
+                            },
+                        });
+                    }}
+                />
+            ),
+            description: t('setting.discordListening', {
+                context: 'description',
+                postProcess: 'sentenceCase',
+            }),
+            isHidden: !isElectron(),
+            title: t('setting.discordListening', {
+                postProcess: 'sentenceCase',
+            }),
+        },
     ];
 
     return <SettingsSection options={discordOptions} />;
diff --git a/src/renderer/store/settings.store.ts b/src/renderer/store/settings.store.ts
index 9f22d992..ccd17e6e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/store/settings.store.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/store/settings.store.ts
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ export interface SettingsState {
         clientId: string;
         enableIdle: boolean;
         enabled: boolean;
+        showAsListening: boolean;
         showServerImage: boolean;
         updateInterval: number;
     };
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ const initialState: SettingsState = {
         clientId: '1165957668758900787',
         enableIdle: false,
         enabled: false,
+        showAsListening: false,
         showServerImage: false,
         updateInterval: 15,
     },