diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 329b37a..49f5289 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import { MarkdownRenderChild, Plugin, TFile } from "obsidian";
 import { defaultSettings, SimpleTimeTrackerSettings } from "./settings";
 import { SimpleTimeTrackerSettingsTab } from "./settings-tab";
-import { displayTracker, Entry, formatDuration, formatTimestamp, getDuration, getRunningEntry, getTotalDuration, isRunning, loadAllTrackers, loadTracker, orderedEntries } from "./tracker";
+import { displayTracker, Entry, formatDuration, formatTimestamp, getDuration, getDurationToday, getRunningEntry, getTotalDuration, getTotalDurationToday, isRunning, loadAllTrackers, loadTracker, orderedEntries } from "./tracker";
 
 export default class SimpleTimeTrackerPlugin extends Plugin {
 
     public api = {
         // verbatim versions of the functions found in tracker.ts with the same parameters
-        loadTracker, loadAllTrackers, getDuration, getTotalDuration, getRunningEntry, isRunning,
+        loadTracker, loadAllTrackers, getDuration, getTotalDuration, getDurationToday, getTotalDurationToday, getRunningEntry, isRunning,
 
         // modified versions of the functions found in tracker.ts, with the number of required arguments reduced
         formatTimestamp: (timestamp: string) => formatTimestamp(timestamp, this.settings),
diff --git a/src/settings-tab.ts b/src/settings-tab.ts
index 06bae5c..eec6639 100644
--- a/src/settings-tab.ts
+++ b/src/settings-tab.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import {App, PluginSettingTab, Setting} from "obsidian";
+import { App, PluginSettingTab, Setting } from "obsidian";
 import SimpleTimeTrackerPlugin from "./main";
-import {defaultSettings} from "./settings";
+import { defaultSettings } from "./settings";
 
 export class SimpleTimeTrackerSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ export class SimpleTimeTrackerSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 
     display(): void {
         this.containerEl.empty();
-        this.containerEl.createEl("h2", {text: "Super Simple Time Tracker Settings"});
+        this.containerEl.createEl("h2", { text: "Super Simple Time Tracker Settings" });
 
         new Setting(this.containerEl)
             .setName("Timestamp Display Format")
             .setDesc(createFragment(f => {
-                f.createSpan({text: "The way that timestamps in time tracker tables should be displayed. Uses "});
-                f.createEl("a", {text: "moment.js", href: "https://momentjs.com/docs/#/parsing/string-format/"});
-                f.createSpan({text: " syntax."});
+                f.createSpan({ text: "The way that timestamps in time tracker tables should be displayed. Uses " });
+                f.createEl("a", { text: "moment.js", href: "https://momentjs.com/docs/#/parsing/string-format/" });
+                f.createSpan({ text: " syntax." });
             }))
             .addText(t => {
                 t.setValue(String(this.plugin.settings.timestampFormat));
@@ -74,6 +74,17 @@ export class SimpleTimeTrackerSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
                 });
             });
 
+        new Setting(this.containerEl)
+            .setName('Show Total Today')
+            .setDesc('Whether the total time spent today should be displayed in the tracker table.')
+            .addToggle(t => {
+                t.setValue(this.plugin.settings.showToday);
+                t.onChange(async v => {
+                    this.plugin.settings.showToday = v;
+                    await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+                });
+            });
+
         this.containerEl.createEl("hr");
         this.containerEl.createEl("p", { text: "Need help using the plugin? Feel free to join the Discord server!" });
         this.containerEl.createEl("a", { href: "https://link.ellpeck.de/discordweb" }).createEl("img", {
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index a70e817..19ee4ec 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ export const defaultSettings: SimpleTimeTrackerSettings = {
     csvDelimiter: ",",
     fineGrainedDurations: true,
     reverseSegmentOrder: false,
-    timestampDurations: false
+    timestampDurations: false,
+    showToday: false,
 };
 
 export interface SimpleTimeTrackerSettings {
@@ -15,5 +16,5 @@ export interface SimpleTimeTrackerSettings {
     fineGrainedDurations: boolean;
     reverseSegmentOrder: boolean;
     timestampDurations: boolean;
-
+    showToday: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/src/tracker.ts b/src/tracker.ts
index 48476a1..eaf8952 100644
--- a/src/tracker.ts
+++ b/src/tracker.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ export function displayTracker(tracker: Tracker, element: HTMLElement, getFile:
     let total = totalDiv.createEl("span", { cls: "simple-time-tracker-timer-time", text: "0s" });
     totalDiv.createEl("span", { text: "Total" });
 
+    if (settings.showToday) {
+        let totalTodayDiv = timer.createEl("div", { cls: "simple-time-tracker-timer" })
+        let totalToday = totalTodayDiv.createEl("span", { cls: "simple-time-tracker-timer-time", text: "0s" })
+        totalTodayDiv.createEl("span", { text: "Today" })
+    }
+
     if (tracker.entries.length > 0) {
         // add table
         let table = element.createEl("table", { cls: "simple-time-tracker-table" });
@@ -145,6 +151,26 @@ export function getDuration(entry: Entry): number {
     }
 }
 
+export function getDurationToday(entry: Entry): number {
+    if (entry.subEntries) {
+        return getTotalDurationToday(entry.subEntries)
+    } else {
+        let today = moment().startOf('day')
+        let endTime = entry.endTime ? moment(entry.endTime) : moment()
+        let startTime = moment(entry.startTime)
+
+        if (endTime.isBefore(today)) {
+            return 0
+        }
+
+        if (startTime.isBefore(today)) {
+            startTime = today
+        }
+
+        return endTime.diff(startTime)
+    }
+}
+
 export function getTotalDuration(entries: Entry[]): number {
     let ret = 0;
     for (let entry of entries)
@@ -152,6 +178,13 @@ export function getTotalDuration(entries: Entry[]): number {
     return ret;
 }
 
+export function getTotalDurationToday(entries: Entry[]): number {
+    let ret = 0
+    for (let entry of entries)
+        ret += getDurationToday(entry)
+    return ret
+}
+
 export function isRunning(tracker: Tracker): boolean {
     return !!getRunningEntry(tracker.entries);
 }
diff --git a/test-vault/.obsidian/plugins/simple-time-tracker/data.json b/test-vault/.obsidian/plugins/simple-time-tracker/data.json
index de2b77c..41cc682 100644
--- a/test-vault/.obsidian/plugins/simple-time-tracker/data.json
+++ b/test-vault/.obsidian/plugins/simple-time-tracker/data.json
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
   "csvDelimiter": ",",
   "fineGrainedDurations": true,
   "reverseSegmentOrder": false,
-  "timestampDurations": true
+  "timestampDurations": true,
+  "showToday": true
 }
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