diff --git a/src/app/operations.go b/src/app/operations.go
index e853f72..c0387fd 100644
--- a/src/app/operations.go
+++ b/src/app/operations.go
@@ -152,13 +152,17 @@ func (s *Service) SetEnabled(id int, enabled bool) error {
 func (s *Service) SetGlobalPause(paused bool) error {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	s.paused = paused
+	s.store.Config.Paused = paused
 	now := time.Now()
 	for index := range s.jobs {
 		job := &s.jobs[index]
 		runtime := s.runtimeForLocked(job)
 		s.refreshNextRunFromLocked(job, runtime, now)
 	}
-	err := s.store.SaveJobs(s.jobs)
+	err := s.store.SaveConfig()
+	if err == nil {
+		err = s.store.SaveJobs(s.jobs)
+	}
 	s.mu.Unlock()
 
 	state, detail := "Resumed", "All job execution resumed"
diff --git a/src/app/service.go b/src/app/service.go
index 210ca66..33c7ff3 100644
--- a/src/app/service.go
+++ b/src/app/service.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ func NewService(store *storage.Store, jobs []domain.Job) *Service {
 		schedules: make(map[int]domain.Schedule, len(jobs)),
 		runJob:    runner.RunJob,
 		ctx:       context.Background(),
+		paused:    store.Config.Paused,
 	}
 	// Parse every schedule once, then compute each job's first next-run so the
 	// Service is ready to schedule the moment it exists — mirroring the old
diff --git a/src/domain/config.go b/src/domain/config.go
index f0095ca..0cbfb3d 100644
--- a/src/domain/config.go
+++ b/src/domain/config.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	NotifyOnFailure   bool          `json:"notify_on_failure,omitempty"`
 	ExecutionMode     ExecutionMode `json:"execution_mode,omitempty"`
 	OverlapPolicy     OverlapPolicy `json:"overlap_policy,omitempty"`
+	Paused            bool          `json:"paused,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // JobsFile is the on-disk shape of jobs.json. Wrapping the slice in a top-level
diff --git a/src/storage/store.go b/src/storage/store.go
index 27cbbdd..2673bc0 100644
--- a/src/storage/store.go
+++ b/src/storage/store.go
@@ -24,15 +24,16 @@ type Store struct {
 // domain struct so the value conversions in importYAMLConfig / importYAMLJobs
 // remain valid.
 type yamlConfig struct {
-	JobsDir           string              `yaml:"jobs_dir"`
-	LogsDir           string              `yaml:"logs_dir"`
-	MaxLogFiles       int                 `yaml:"max_log_files"`
-	MaxLogAgeDays     int                 `yaml:"max_log_age_days"`
-	StartOnLogin      bool                `yaml:"start_on_login,omitempty"`
-	KeepRunningInTray bool                `yaml:"keep_running_in_tray,omitempty"`
-	NotifyOnFailure   bool                `yaml:"notify_on_failure,omitempty"`
+	JobsDir           string               `yaml:"jobs_dir"`
+	LogsDir           string               `yaml:"logs_dir"`
+	MaxLogFiles       int                  `yaml:"max_log_files"`
+	MaxLogAgeDays     int                  `yaml:"max_log_age_days"`
+	StartOnLogin      bool                 `yaml:"start_on_login,omitempty"`
+	KeepRunningInTray bool                 `yaml:"keep_running_in_tray,omitempty"`
+	NotifyOnFailure   bool                 `yaml:"notify_on_failure,omitempty"`
 	ExecutionMode     domain.ExecutionMode `yaml:"execution_mode,omitempty"`
 	OverlapPolicy     domain.OverlapPolicy `yaml:"overlap_policy,omitempty"`
+	Paused            bool                 `yaml:"paused,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type yamlJob struct {