diff --git a/gooey/_tmp/example_progress_bar_2.py b/gooey/_tmp/example_progress_bar_2.py
index ae70555..776f8f2 100644
--- a/gooey/_tmp/example_progress_bar_2.py
+++ b/gooey/_tmp/example_progress_bar_2.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from gooey import Gooey, GooeyParser
 
 @Gooey(progress_regex=r"^progress: (\d+)/(\d+)$",
        progress_expr="x[0] / x[1] * 100",
-       progress_animation=False)
+       disable_progress_bar_animation=False)
 def main():
     parser = GooeyParser(prog="example_progress_bar_2")
     parser.add_argument("steps", type=int, default=15)
diff --git a/gooey/_tmp/example_progress_bar_4.py b/gooey/_tmp/example_progress_bar_4.py
index c322ffa..7cd2792 100644
--- a/gooey/_tmp/example_progress_bar_4.py
+++ b/gooey/_tmp/example_progress_bar_4.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from gooey import Gooey, GooeyParser
 
 
 @Gooey(progress_regex=r"^progress: (-?\d+)%$",
-       progress_animation=False)
+       disable_progress_bar_animation=False)
 def main():
     parser = GooeyParser(prog="example_progress_bar_1")
     _ = parser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
diff --git a/gooey/gui/windows/base_window.py b/gooey/gui/windows/base_window.py
index 647e241..732c733 100644
--- a/gooey/gui/windows/base_window.py
+++ b/gooey/gui/windows/base_window.py
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ class BaseWindow(wx.Frame):
 
     self.runtime_display = RuntimeDisplay(self, self.build_spec)
     self.foot_panel = footer.Footer(self)
+
+    if self.build_spec['disable_stop_button']:
+      self.foot_panel.stop_button.Disable()
+    else:
+      self.foot_panel.stop_button.Enable()
+
     self.panels = [self.head_panel, self.config_panel, self.foot_panel]
 
   def _do_layout(self):
@@ -163,7 +169,8 @@ class BaseWindow(wx.Frame):
       value = min(int(value), pb.GetRange())
       if pb.GetValue() != value:
         # Windows 7 progress bar animation hack
-        if not self.build_spec["progress_animation"] \
+        # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5332616/disabling-net-progressbar-animation-when-changing-value
+        if not self.build_spec["disable_progress_bar_animation"] \
            and sys.platform.startswith("win"):
           if pb.GetRange() == value:
             pb.SetValue(value)
diff --git a/gooey/python_bindings/config_generator.py b/gooey/python_bindings/config_generator.py
index 06d8e93..1918596 100644
--- a/gooey/python_bindings/config_generator.py
+++ b/gooey/python_bindings/config_generator.py
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ def create_from_parser(parser, source_path, **kwargs):
     'monospace_display':    kwargs.get('monospace_display', False),
     'progress_regex':       kwargs.get('progress_regex'),
     'progress_expr':        kwargs.get('progress_expr'),
-    'progress_animation':   kwargs.get('progress_animation'),
+    'disable_progress_bar_animation': kwargs.get('disable_progress_bar_animation'),
+    'disable_stop_button':  kwargs.get('disable_stop_button'),
   }
 
   if show_config:
diff --git a/gooey/python_bindings/gooey_decorator.py b/gooey/python_bindings/gooey_decorator.py
index f048459..dbe942d 100644
--- a/gooey/python_bindings/gooey_decorator.py
+++ b/gooey/python_bindings/gooey_decorator.py
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ def Gooey(f=None,
           monospace_display=False,
           progress_regex=None,
           progress_expr=None,
-          progress_animation=True):
+          disable_progress_bar_animation=False,
+          disable_stop_button=False):
   '''
   Decorator for client code's main function.
   Serializes argparse data to JSON for use with the Gooey front end