diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index d0fe838..8b5eca0 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
-import { MarkdownView, Plugin, TFile } from "obsidian";
+import { MarkdownView, Plugin, TFile, WorkspaceSidedock } from "obsidian";
+import { BetterWordCountSettingsTab } from "./settings/settings-tab";
+import { BetterWordCountSettings } from "./settings/settings";
 import { StatusBar } from "./status-bar";
 
 export default class BetterWordCount extends Plugin {
   public recentlyTyped: boolean;
   public statusBar: StatusBar;
   public currentFile: TFile;
+  public settings: BetterWordCountSettings;
 
-  onload() {
+  async onload() {
     let statusBarEl = this.addStatusBarItem();
     this.statusBar = new StatusBar(statusBarEl);
 
     this.recentlyTyped = false;
 
+    this.settings = (await this.loadData()) || new BetterWordCountSettings();
+    this.addSettingTab(new BetterWordCountSettingsTab(this.app, this));
+
     this.registerEvent(
       this.app.workspace.on("file-open", this.onFileOpen, this)
     );
@@ -78,7 +84,7 @@ export default class BetterWordCount extends Plugin {
   }
 
   updateWordCount(text: string) {
-    let words = 0;
+    let words: number = 0;
 
     const matches = text.match(
       /[a-zA-Z0-9_\u0392-\u03c9\u00c0-\u00ff\u0600-\u06ff]+|[\u4e00-\u9fff\u3400-\u4dbf\uf900-\ufaff\u3040-\u309f\uac00-\ud7af]+/gm
@@ -102,10 +108,29 @@ export default class BetterWordCount extends Plugin {
       ) || []
     ).length;
 
-    this.statusBar.displayText(
-      `${words} words ` +
-        `${text.length} characters ` +
-        `${sentences} sentences`
-    );
+    let displayText: string = "";
+    if (this.settings.showWords) {
+      displayText =
+        displayText +
+        this.settings.wordsPrefix +
+        words +
+        this.settings.wordsSuffix;
+    }
+    if (this.settings.showCharacters) {
+      displayText =
+        displayText +
+        this.settings.charactersPrefix +
+        text.length +
+        this.settings.charactersSuffix;
+    }
+    if (this.settings.showSentences) {
+      displayText =
+        displayText +
+        this.settings.sentencesPrefix +
+        sentences +
+        this.settings.sentencesSuffix;
+    }
+
+    this.statusBar.displayText(displayText);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/settings/settings-tab.ts b/src/settings/settings-tab.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e53a99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/settings/settings-tab.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+import { settings } from "cluster";
+import { PluginSettingTab, Setting } from "obsidian";
+import BetterWordCount from "../main";
+
+export class BetterWordCountSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
+  display(): void {
+    let { containerEl } = this;
+    const plugin: BetterWordCount = (this as any).plugin;
+
+    containerEl.empty();
+    containerEl.createEl("h2", { text: "Better Word Count Settings" });
+
+    // Word Count Settings
+    containerEl.createEl("h3", { text: "Word Count Settings" });
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName("Show Word Count")
+      .setDesc("Enable this to show the word count.")
+      .addToggle((boolean) =>
+        boolean.setValue(plugin.settings.showWords).onChange((value) => {
+          plugin.settings.showWords = value;
+          plugin.saveData(plugin.settings);
+        })
+      );
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName("Word Count Prefix")
+      .setDesc("This changes the text in front of the word count number.")
+      .addText((text) =>
+        text.setValue(plugin.settings.wordsPrefix).onChange((value) => {
+          plugin.settings.wordsPrefix = value;
+          plugin.saveData(plugin.settings);
+        })
+      );
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName("Word Count Suffix")
+      .setDesc("This changes the text after of the word count number.")
+      .addText((text) =>
+        text.setValue(plugin.settings.wordsSuffix).onChange((value) => {
+          plugin.settings.wordsSuffix = value;
+          plugin.saveData(plugin.settings);
+        })
+      );
+
+    // Character Count Settings
+    containerEl.createEl("h3", { text: "Character Count Settings" });
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName("Show Character Count")
+      .setDesc("Enable this to show the character count.")
+      .addToggle((boolean) =>
+        boolean.setValue(plugin.settings.showCharacters).onChange((value) => {
+          plugin.settings.showCharacters = value;
+          plugin.saveData(plugin.settings);
+        })
+      );
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName("Character Count Prefix")
+      .setDesc("This changes the text in front of the character count number.")
+      .addText((text) =>
+        text.setValue(plugin.settings.charactersPrefix).onChange((value) => {
+          plugin.settings.charactersPrefix = value;
+          plugin.saveData(plugin.settings);
+        })
+      );
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName("Character Count Suffix")
+      .setDesc("This changes the text after of the character count number.")
+      .addText((text) =>
+        text.setValue(plugin.settings.charactersSuffix).onChange((value) => {
+          plugin.settings.charactersSuffix = value;
+          plugin.saveData(plugin.settings);
+        })
+      );
+
+    // Sentence Count Settings
+    containerEl.createEl("h3", { text: "Sentence Count Settings" });
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName("Show Sentence Count")
+      .setDesc("Enable this to show the sentence count.")
+      .addToggle((boolean) =>
+        boolean.setValue(plugin.settings.showSentences).onChange((value) => {
+          plugin.settings.showSentences = value;
+          plugin.saveData(plugin.settings);
+        })
+      );
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName("Sentence Count Prefix")
+      .setDesc("This changes the text in front of the sentence count number.")
+      .addText((text) =>
+        text.setValue(plugin.settings.sentencesPrefix).onChange((value) => {
+          plugin.settings.sentencesPrefix = value;
+          plugin.saveData(plugin.settings);
+        })
+      );
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName("Sentence Count Suffix")
+      .setDesc("This changes the text after of the sentence count number.")
+      .addText((text) =>
+        text.setValue(plugin.settings.sentencesSuffix).onChange((value) => {
+          plugin.settings.sentencesSuffix = value;
+          plugin.saveData(plugin.settings);
+        })
+      );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/settings/settings.ts b/src/settings/settings.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2402f0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/settings/settings.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+export class BetterWordCountSettings {
+  showWords: boolean = true;
+  wordsPrefix: string = "";
+  wordsSuffix: string = " words ";
+  showCharacters: boolean = true;
+  charactersPrefix: string = "";
+  charactersSuffix: string = " characters ";
+  showSentences: boolean = true;
+  sentencesPrefix: string = "";
+  sentencesSuffix: string = " sentences";
+}