diff --git a/MareSynchronos/UI/CompactUI.cs b/MareSynchronos/UI/CompactUI.cs
index 15b5ea9..1be869c 100644
--- a/MareSynchronos/UI/CompactUI.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronos/UI/CompactUI.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using Dalamud.Interface;
 using Dalamud.Interface.Colors;
-using Dalamud.Interface.Components;
 using Dalamud.Interface.Utility;
 using Dalamud.Interface.Utility.Raii;
 using Dalamud.Utility;
@@ -69,7 +68,8 @@ public class CompactUi : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
         _selectPairsForGroupUi = selectPairForTagUi;
         _tabMenu = new TopTabMenu(Mediator, _apiController, _pairManager);
 
-        AllowPinning = false;
+        // todo: reenable when dalamud title bar buttons are out of staging
+        /*AllowPinning = false;
         AllowClickthrough = false;
         TitleBarButtons = new()
         {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class CompactUi : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
                 },
                 IconOffset = new(2,1)
             }
-        };
+        };*/
 
         _drawFolders = GetDrawFolders().ToList();
 
@@ -371,6 +371,17 @@ public class CompactUi : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
             }
             UiSharedService.AttachToolTip("Click to copy");
 
+            // todo: remove when dalamud title bar buttons are out of staging
+            ImGui.SetWindowFontScale(1.5f);
+            var buttonSize = UiSharedService.GetIconButtonSize(FontAwesomeIcon.Cog);
+            ImGui.SameLine();
+            ImGui.SetCursorPosX(ImGui.GetWindowContentRegionMax().X - buttonSize.X);
+            if (UiSharedService.NormalizedIconButton(FontAwesomeIcon.Cog))
+            {
+                Mediator.Publish(new UiToggleMessage(typeof(SettingsUi)));
+            }
+            ImGui.SetWindowFontScale(1.0f);
+
             if (!string.Equals(_apiController.DisplayName, _apiController.UID, StringComparison.Ordinal))
             {
                 var origTextSize = ImGui.CalcTextSize(_apiController.UID);
diff --git a/MareSynchronos/UI/SettingsUi.cs b/MareSynchronos/UI/SettingsUi.cs
index 1d7cc0b..fea0a6c 100644
--- a/MareSynchronos/UI/SettingsUi.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronos/UI/SettingsUi.cs
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ public class SettingsUi : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
         _apiController = apiController;
         _fileCompactor = fileCompactor;
         _uiShared = uiShared;
-        AllowClickthrough = false;
-        AllowPinning = false;
+        // todo: reenable when dalamud is out of staging
+        /*AllowClickthrough = false;
+        AllowPinning = false;*/
 
         SizeConstraints = new WindowSizeConstraints()
         {