diff --git a/MareSynchronos/MareConfiguration/Configurations/MareConfig.cs b/MareSynchronos/MareConfiguration/Configurations/MareConfig.cs
index 7d66175..a755304 100644
--- a/MareSynchronos/MareConfiguration/Configurations/MareConfig.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronos/MareConfiguration/Configurations/MareConfig.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public class MareConfig : IMareConfiguration
     public int DtrStyle { get; set; } = 0;
     public bool ShowUidInDtrTooltip { get; set; } = true;
     public bool PreferNoteInDtrTooltip { get; set; } = false;
+    public bool UseColorsInDtr { get; set; } = true;
     public bool EnableRightClickMenus { get; set; } = true;
     public NotificationLocation ErrorNotification { get; set; } = NotificationLocation.Both;
     public string ExportFolder { get; set; } = string.Empty;
diff --git a/MareSynchronos/UI/DtrEntry.cs b/MareSynchronos/UI/DtrEntry.cs
index 2bd66cb..026a5c2 100644
--- a/MareSynchronos/UI/DtrEntry.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronos/UI/DtrEntry.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using Dalamud.Game.Gui.Dtr;
+using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling;
 using Dalamud.Plugin.Services;
 using MareSynchronos.MareConfiguration;
 using MareSynchronos.MareConfiguration.Configurations;
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ public sealed class DtrEntry : IDisposable, IHostedService
     private readonly PairManager _pairManager;
     private Task? _runTask;
     private string? _text;
+    private string? _tooltip;
+    private StatusColorId _color;
 
     public DtrEntry(ILogger<DtrEntry> logger, IDtrBar dtrBar, ConfigurationServiceBase<MareConfig> configService, MareMediator mareMediator, PairManager pairManager, ApiController apiController)
     {
@@ -90,6 +93,8 @@ public sealed class DtrEntry : IDisposable, IHostedService
         if (!_entry.IsValueCreated) return;
         _logger.LogInformation("Clearing entry");
         _text = null;
+        _tooltip = null;
+        _color = default;
 
         _entry.Value.Shown = false;
     }
@@ -134,6 +139,7 @@ public sealed class DtrEntry : IDisposable, IHostedService
 
         string text;
         string tooltip;
+        StatusColorId color;
         if (_apiController.IsConnected)
         {
             var pairCount = _pairManager.GetVisibleUserCount();
@@ -156,22 +162,30 @@ public sealed class DtrEntry : IDisposable, IHostedService
                 }
 
                 tooltip = $"Loporrit: Connected{Environment.NewLine}----------{Environment.NewLine}{string.Join(Environment.NewLine, visiblePairs)}";
+                color = StatusColorId.PairsInRange;
             }
             else
             {
                 tooltip = "Loporrit: Connected";
+                color = default;
             }
         }
         else
         {
             text = RenderDtrStyle(_configService.Current.DtrStyle, "\uE04C");
             tooltip = "Loporrit: Not Connected";
+            color = StatusColorId.NotConnected;
         }
 
-        if (!string.Equals(text, _text, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+        if (!_configService.Current.UseColorsInDtr)
+            color = default;
+
+        if (!string.Equals(text, _text, StringComparison.Ordinal) || !string.Equals(tooltip, _tooltip, StringComparison.Ordinal) || color != _color)
         {
             _text = text;
-            _entry.Value.Text = text;
+            _tooltip = tooltip;
+            _color = color;
+            _entry.Value.Text = color != default ? BuildColoredSeString(text, color) : text;
             _entry.Value.Tooltip = tooltip;
         }
     }
@@ -193,4 +207,14 @@ public sealed class DtrEntry : IDisposable, IHostedService
             _ => $"\uE044 {text}"
         };
     }
+
+    private static SeString BuildColoredSeString(string text, StatusColorId color)
+        => new SeStringBuilder().AddUiGlow(text, (ushort)color).Build();
+
+    private enum StatusColorId : ushort
+    {
+        None = default,
+        NotConnected = 518,
+        PairsInRange = 526,
+    }
 }
diff --git a/MareSynchronos/UI/SettingsUi.cs b/MareSynchronos/UI/SettingsUi.cs
index df94cc1..fc68b9c 100644
--- a/MareSynchronos/UI/SettingsUi.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronos/UI/SettingsUi.cs
@@ -979,6 +979,7 @@ public class SettingsUi : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
         var enableDtrEntry = _configService.Current.EnableDtrEntry;
         var showUidInDtrTooltip = _configService.Current.ShowUidInDtrTooltip;
         var preferNoteInDtrTooltip = _configService.Current.PreferNoteInDtrTooltip;
+        var useColorsInDtr = _configService.Current.UseColorsInDtr;
 
         if (ImGui.Checkbox("Enable Game Right Click Menu Entries", ref enableRightClickMenu))
         {
@@ -1016,6 +1017,12 @@ public class SettingsUi : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
                 _configService.Current.DtrStyle = i;
                 _configService.Save();
             }, _configService.Current.DtrStyle);
+
+            if (ImGui.Checkbox("Color-code the Server Info Bar entry according to status", ref useColorsInDtr))
+            {
+                _configService.Current.UseColorsInDtr = useColorsInDtr;
+                _configService.Save();
+            }
         }
 
         if (ImGui.Checkbox("Show separate Visible group", ref showVisibleSeparate))