diff --git a/res/layouts/pages/settings_audio.xml.lua b/res/layouts/pages/settings_audio.xml.lua
index 1ff217534..b63b06234 100644
--- a/res/layouts/pages/settings_audio.xml.lua
+++ b/res/layouts/pages/settings_audio.xml.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-function create_setting(id, name, step, postfix)
+function create_trackbar_setting(id, name, step, postfix)
     local info = app.get_setting_info(id)
     postfix = postfix or ""
     document.root:add(gui.template("track_setting", {
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ function create_setting(id, name, step, postfix)
         step=step,
         postfix=postfix
     }))
-    update_setting(app.get_setting(id), id, name, postfix)
+    update_trackbar_label(app.get_setting(id), id, name, postfix)
 end
 
-function update_setting(x, id, name, postfix)
+function update_trackbar_label(x, id, name, postfix)
     app.set_setting(id, x)
     -- updating label
     document[id..".L"].text = string.format(
@@ -24,12 +24,22 @@ function update_setting(x, id, name, postfix)
     )
 end
 
+function update_checkbox_setting(id, value)
+    app.set_setting(id, value)
+
+    local recording_enabled = app.get_setting("audio.recording-enabled")
+    document.input_device_select.enabled = recording_enabled
+    document.input_volume_inner.enabled = recording_enabled
+    document.input_volume_outer.enabled = recording_enabled
+end
+
 function create_checkbox(id, name, tooltip)
     tooltip = tooltip or ''
     document.root:add(string.format(
-        "<checkbox consumer='function(x) app.set_setting(\"%s\", x) end' checked='%s' tooltip='%s'>%s</checkbox>",
+        "<checkbox consumer='function(x) update_checkbox_setting(\"%s\", x) end' checked='%s' tooltip='%s'>%s</checkbox>",
         id, app.str_setting(id), gui.str(tooltip, "settings"), gui.str(name, "settings")
     ))
+    update_checkbox_setting(id, app.get_setting(id))
 end
 
 local initialized = false
@@ -55,11 +65,12 @@ function on_open()
             prev_amplitude = amplitude
         end)
     end
-    create_setting("audio.volume-master", "Master Volume", 0.01)
-    create_setting("audio.volume-regular", "Regular Sounds", 0.01)
-    create_setting("audio.volume-ui", "UI Sounds", 0.01)
-    create_setting("audio.volume-ambient", "Ambient", 0.01)
-    create_setting("audio.volume-music", "Music", 0.01)
+    create_trackbar_setting("audio.volume-master", "Master Volume", 0.01)
+    create_trackbar_setting("audio.volume-regular", "Regular Sounds", 0.01)
+    create_trackbar_setting("audio.volume-ui", "UI Sounds", 0.01)
+    create_trackbar_setting("audio.volume-ambient", "Ambient", 0.01)
+    create_trackbar_setting("audio.volume-music", "Music", 0.01)
+
     document.root:add("<label context='settings'>@Microphone</label>")
     document.root:add("<select id='input_device_select' "..
         "onselect='function(opt) app.set_setting(\"audio.input-device\", opt) end'/>")
@@ -67,9 +78,7 @@ function on_open()
                         .."<container id='input_volume_inner' color='#00FF00FF' pos='1' size='2'/>"
                     .."</container>")
     local selectbox = document.input_device_select
-    local devices = {
-        {value="none", text=gui.str("None", "settings.microphone")},
-    }
+    local devices = {}
     local names = audio.__get_input_devices_names()
     for i, name in ipairs(names) do
         table.insert(devices, {value=name, text=name})
@@ -78,7 +87,10 @@ function on_open()
     local info = audio.input.get_input_info()
     if info then
         selectbox.value = info.device_specifier
+    else
+        selectbox.value = app.get_setting("audio.input-device")
     end
 
+    create_checkbox("audio.recording-enabled", "Enable microphone", "audio.recording-enabled.tooltip")
     create_checkbox("audio.acoustic-effects", "Acoustic effects", "audio.acoustic-effects.tooltip")
 end
diff --git a/res/layouts/pages/settings_display.xml.lua b/res/layouts/pages/settings_display.xml.lua
index 1e7861ff0..a3941bf2a 100644
--- a/res/layouts/pages/settings_display.xml.lua
+++ b/res/layouts/pages/settings_display.xml.lua
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ tostring_overrides["display.framerate"] = function(x)
     end
 end
 
-function create_setting(id, name, step, postfix, tooltip, changeonrelease)
+function create_trackbar_setting(id, name, step, postfix, tooltip, changeonrelease)
     local info = app.get_setting_info(id)
     postfix = postfix or ""
     tooltip = tooltip or ""
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ function create_setting(id, name, step, postfix, tooltip, changeonrelease)
         tooltip=tooltip,
         changeonrelease=changeonrelease
     }))
-    update_setting(app.get_setting(id), id, name, postfix)
+    update_trackbar_label(app.get_setting(id), id, name, postfix)
 end
 
-function update_setting(x, id, name, postfix)
+function update_trackbar_label(x, id, name, postfix)
     local str
     local func = tostring_overrides[id]
     if func then
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ end
 
 
 function on_open()
-    create_setting("camera.fov", "FOV", 1, "°")
-    create_setting("display.framerate", "Framerate", 1, "", "", true)
+    create_trackbar_setting("camera.fov", "FOV", 1, "°")
+    create_trackbar_setting("display.framerate", "Framerate", 1, "", "", true)
 
     document.root:add(string.format(
         "<select context='settings' onselect='function(opt) app.set_setting(\"display.window-mode\", tonumber(opt)) end' selected='%s'>"..
@@ -70,5 +70,5 @@ function on_open()
     create_checkbox("camera.inertia", "Camera Inertia")
     create_checkbox("camera.fov-effects", "Camera FOV Effects")
     create_checkbox("display.limit-fps-iconified", "Limit Background FPS")
-    create_setting("graphics.gamma", "Gamma", 0.05, "", "graphics.gamma.tooltip")
+    create_trackbar_setting("graphics.gamma", "Gamma", 0.05, "", "graphics.gamma.tooltip")
 end
diff --git a/res/layouts/pages/settings_graphics.xml.lua b/res/layouts/pages/settings_graphics.xml.lua
index 806f48d0c..6a4596a04 100644
--- a/res/layouts/pages/settings_graphics.xml.lua
+++ b/res/layouts/pages/settings_graphics.xml.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-function create_setting(id, name, step, postfix, tooltip, changeonrelease)
+function create_trackbar_setting(id, name, step, postfix, tooltip, changeonrelease)
     local info = app.get_setting_info(id)
     postfix = postfix or ""
     tooltip = tooltip or ""
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ function create_setting(id, name, step, postfix, tooltip, changeonrelease)
         tooltip=tooltip,
         changeonrelease=changeonrelease
     }))
-    update_setting(app.get_setting(id), id, name, postfix)
+    update_trackbar_label(app.get_setting(id), id, name, postfix)
 end
 
-function update_setting(x, id, name, postfix)
+function update_trackbar_label(x, id, name, postfix)
     -- updating label
     document[id..".L"].text = string.format(
         "%s: %s%s",
@@ -36,15 +36,15 @@ function create_checkbox(id, name, tooltip)
 end
 
 function on_open()
-    create_setting("chunks.load-distance", "Load Distance", 1)
-    create_setting("chunks.load-speed", "Load Speed", 1)
-    create_setting("graphics.fog-curve", "Fog Curve", 0.1)
+    create_trackbar_setting("chunks.load-distance", "Load Distance", 1)
+    create_trackbar_setting("chunks.load-speed", "Load Speed", 1)
+    create_trackbar_setting("graphics.fog-curve", "Fog Curve", 0.1)
 
     create_checkbox("graphics.backlight", "Backlight", "graphics.backlight.tooltip")
     create_checkbox("graphics.soft-lighting", "Soft lighting", "graphics.soft-lighting.tooltip")
     create_checkbox("graphics.dense-render", "Dense blocks render", "graphics.dense-render.tooltip")
     create_checkbox("graphics.advanced-render", "Advanced render", "graphics.advanced-render.tooltip")
-    create_setting("graphics.ssao", "SSAO", 1, "", "graphics.ssao.tooltip")
-    create_setting("graphics.shadows-quality", "Shadows quality", 1)
-    create_setting("graphics.clouds-quality", "Clouds quality", 1)
+    create_trackbar_setting("graphics.ssao", "SSAO", 1, "", "graphics.ssao.tooltip")
+    create_trackbar_setting("graphics.shadows-quality", "Shadows quality", 1)
+    create_trackbar_setting("graphics.clouds-quality", "Clouds quality", 1)
 end
diff --git a/res/layouts/templates/track_setting.xml b/res/layouts/templates/track_setting.xml
index f01b8f842..79cdb41c1 100644
--- a/res/layouts/templates/track_setting.xml
+++ b/res/layouts/templates/track_setting.xml
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
     <trackbar 
         value='%{value}' min='%{min}' max='%{max}' step='%{step}' tooltip='%{tooltip}'
         consumer='function(x) app.set_setting("%{id}", x) end' change-on-release='%{changeonrelease}'
-        sub-consumer='function(x) update_setting(x, "%{id}", "%{name}", "%{postfix}") end'/>
+        sub-consumer='function(x) update_trackbar_label(x, "%{id}", "%{name}", "%{postfix}") end'/>
 </panel>
diff --git a/src/audio/audio.cpp b/src/audio/audio.cpp
index cfc84ce00..d6e32d089 100644
--- a/src/audio/audio.cpp
+++ b/src/audio/audio.cpp
@@ -190,18 +190,34 @@ void audio::initialize(
             audio::get_channel(channel.name)->setVolume(value * value);
         }, true));
     }
-    objects_keeper.keepAlive(settings.acousticEffects.observe([=](auto value) {
+    objects_keeper.keepAlive(settings.acousticEffects.observe([=](bool value) {
         if (value) return;
         backend->setAcoustics(audio::Acoustics {});
     }, true));
 
-    if (inputEnabled) {
-        ::input_device = backend->openInputDevice("", 44100, 1, 16);
-        ::input_enabled = true;
-    }
-    if (::input_device) {
-        ::input_device->startCapture();
-    }
+    ::input_enabled = inputEnabled;
+
+    objects_keeper.keepAlive(settings.recordingEnabled.observe([&settings](bool enabled) {
+        if (!::input_enabled) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (!enabled && ::input_device == nullptr) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (enabled) {
+            logger.info() << "recording enabled; input device is "
+                          << settings.inputDevice.get();
+            ::input_device = backend->openInputDevice(
+                settings.inputDevice.get(), 44100, 1, 16
+            );
+            ::input_device->startCapture();
+        } else {
+            if (::input_device) {
+                ::input_device->stopCapture();
+            }
+            ::input_device = nullptr;
+        }
+    }, true));
 }
 
 InputDevice* audio::get_input_device() {
diff --git a/src/engine/Engine.cpp b/src/engine/Engine.cpp
index 89a345ff6..879d95f0b 100644
--- a/src/engine/Engine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/Engine.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ void Engine::initialize(CoreParameters coreParameters) {
 
     keepAlive(settings.audio.inputDevice.observe([](auto name) {
         audio::set_input_device(name == "auto" ? "" : name);
-    }, true));
+    }));
 
     project->loadProjectStartScript();
     if (!params.headless) {
diff --git a/src/graphics/ui/elements/CheckBox.cpp b/src/graphics/ui/elements/CheckBox.cpp
index 8694dc085..fe3a342dd 100644
--- a/src/graphics/ui/elements/CheckBox.cpp
+++ b/src/graphics/ui/elements/CheckBox.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ FullCheckBox::FullCheckBox(
 
     add(checkbox);
 
+    auto& checkboxActions = actions;
     label->setMargin(glm::vec4(5.f, 5.f, 0.f, 0.f));
+    label->listenAction(UIAction::CLICK, [&checkboxActions](auto& gui) {
+        checkboxActions.notify(UIAction::CLICK, gui);
+    });
     add(label);
 }
diff --git a/src/io/settings_io.cpp b/src/io/settings_io.cpp
index 5f93e5be7..8e8b0a2dc 100644
--- a/src/io/settings_io.cpp
+++ b/src/io/settings_io.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ SettingsHandler::SettingsHandler(EngineSettings& settings) {
 
     builder.addSection("audio");
     builder.add("enabled", &settings.audio.enabled, false);
+    builder.add("recording-enabled", &settings.audio.recordingEnabled);
     builder.add("volume-master", &settings.audio.volumeMaster);
     builder.add("volume-regular", &settings.audio.volumeRegular);
     builder.add("volume-ui", &settings.audio.volumeUI);
diff --git a/src/settings.hpp b/src/settings.hpp
index 6c3df896a..5220ca328 100644
--- a/src/settings.hpp
+++ b/src/settings.hpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 struct AudioSettings {
     /// @brief try to initialize AL backend
     FlagSetting enabled {true};
+    FlagSetting recordingEnabled {false};
     
     NumberSetting volumeMaster {1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, setting_format::percent};
     NumberSetting volumeRegular {1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, setting_format::percent};