diff -up dfmpeg-vanilla/dfmpeg dfmpeg-patch/dfmpeg
--- dfmpeg-vanilla/dfmpeg	2022-04-10 11:56:41.414021739 +0200
+++ dfmpeg-patch/dfmpeg	2022-04-10 11:57:10.317023160 +0200
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ defaultConfig() {
 	DFMPEG_DMENU="dmenu" # Path to dmenu
 	DFMPEG_TERM="$TERMINAL" # Terminal to use when editing the configuration file.
 	DFMPEG_EDITOR="vim" # Editor to edit the config file with
+    DFMPEG_STOP_ON_RUN=false # Stop recording once dfmpeg is loaded if it's already recording
 }
 
 defaultConfig
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ about_screen="dfmpeg $dfmpeg_ver."
 about_screen_2="Licensed under MIT, written by speedie + contributors."
 about_screen_3="https://github.com/speediegamer/dfmpeg"
 
+case "$DFMPEG_STOP_ON_RUN" in
+    "true") ls /tmp/dfmpeg-recording && $stoprec && DFMPEG_STATUS=idle && rm /tmp/dfmpeg-recording && exit 0 ;;
+esac
+
 case "$(printf 'Start\nStop\nStart-No-Audio\nConfigure\nExit\nAbout' | dmenu -p 'Record your screen:')" in
 	"Exit") DFMPEG_STATUS=idle && exit 0 ;;
 	"Start") DFMPEG_STATUS=recording && touch /tmp/dfmpeg-recording && $startrec && exit 0 ;;
@@ -43,4 +48,4 @@ case "$(printf 'Start\nStop\nStart-No-Au
 	;;
 esac
 
diff -up dfmpeg-vanilla/dfmpegrc dfmpeg-patch/dfmpegrc
--- dfmpeg-vanilla/dfmpegrc	2022-04-10 11:56:50.093022166 +0200
+++ dfmpeg-patch/dfmpegrc	2022-04-10 11:58:12.963026238 +0200
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ DFMPEG_WH=:0.0 # Width and height, no ne
 DFMPEG_DMENU=dmenu # Path to dmenu
 DFMPEG_TERM=$TERMINAL # Terminal to use when editing the configuration file.
 DFMPEG_EDITOR=vim # Editor to edit the config file with
+DFMPEG_STOP_ON_RUN=false # Stop recording when dfmpeg is loaded if its recording