diff --git a/fitnesstrax/app/src/app_window.rs b/fitnesstrax/app/src/app_window.rs
index 0a127c4..31a05c3 100644
--- a/fitnesstrax/app/src/app_window.rs
+++ b/fitnesstrax/app/src/app_window.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ impl AppWindow {
             .width_request(800)
             .height_request(746)
             .build();
+        window.connect_destroy(|s| {
+            let _ = gtk::prelude::WidgetExt::activate_action(s, "app.quit", None);
+        });
 
         let stylesheet = String::from_utf8(
             resources_lookup_data(
@@ -83,10 +86,22 @@ impl AppWindow {
 
         let initial_view = View::Placeholder(PlaceholderView::default().upcast());
 
+        let header_bar = adw::HeaderBar::new();
+
+        let main_menu = gio::Menu::new();
+        main_menu.append(Some("Quit"), Some("app.quit"));
+        let main_menu_button = gtk::MenuButton::builder()
+            .icon_name("open-menu")
+            .direction(gtk::ArrowType::Down)
+            .halign(gtk::Align::End)
+            .menu_model(&main_menu)
+            .build();
+        header_bar.pack_end(&main_menu_button);
+
         layout.append(&initial_view.widget());
 
         let nav_layout = gtk::Box::new(gtk::Orientation::Vertical, 0);
-        nav_layout.append(&adw::HeaderBar::new());
+        nav_layout.append(&header_bar);
         nav_layout.append(&layout);
         navigation.push(
             &adw::NavigationPage::builder()
diff --git a/fitnesstrax/app/src/main.rs b/fitnesstrax/app/src/main.rs
index bbad804..921f708 100644
--- a/fitnesstrax/app/src/main.rs
+++ b/fitnesstrax/app/src/main.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ mod views;
 
 use adw::prelude::*;
 use app_window::AppWindow;
+use components::ActionGroup;
+use gio::{Action, ActionEntry};
 use std::{env, path::PathBuf};
 
 const APP_ID_DEV: &str = "com.luminescent-dreams.fitnesstrax.dev";
@@ -32,6 +34,20 @@ const APP_ID_PROD: &str = "com.luminescent-dreams.fitnesstrax";
 
 const RESOURCE_BASE_PATH: &str = "/com/luminescent-dreams/fitnesstrax/";
 
+/// Sets up an application-global action, `app.quit`, which will terminate the application.
+fn setup_app_close_action(app: &adw::Application) {
+    let action = ActionEntry::builder("quit")
+        .activate(|app: &adw::Application, _, _| {
+            // right now, stopping the application is dirt simple. But we could use this
+            // block to add extra code that does additional shutdown steps if we ever want
+            // some states that shouldn't be discarded.
+            app.quit();
+        })
+        .build();
+    app.add_action_entries([action]);
+    app.set_accels_for_action("app.quit", &["<Ctrl>Q"]);
+}
+
 fn main() {
     // I still don't fully understand gio resources. resources_register_include! is convenient
     // because I don't have to deal with filesystem locations at runtime. However, I think other
@@ -65,6 +81,8 @@ fn main() {
         let icon_theme = gtk::IconTheme::for_display(&gdk::Display::default().unwrap());
         icon_theme.add_resource_path(&(RESOURCE_BASE_PATH.to_owned() + "/icons/scalable/actions"));
 
+        setup_app_close_action(&adw_app);
+
         AppWindow::new(app_id, RESOURCE_BASE_PATH, adw_app, ft_app.clone());
     });