diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index ddf5d78..127d1c3 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ let package = Package(
                 .product(name: "WhisperKit", package: "WhisperKit"),
             ]
         ),
+        .executableTarget(name: "Sst", dependencies: ["SstCore", "SstWhisper"]),
         .executableTarget(name: "SstProbe", dependencies: ["SstCore", "SstWhisper"]),
         .testTarget(name: "SstCoreTests", dependencies: ["SstCore"]),
     ],
diff --git a/Sources/Sst/AppModel.swift b/Sources/Sst/AppModel.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4502627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/Sst/AppModel.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import AVFoundation
+import ApplicationServices
+import SwiftUI
+import SstCore
+import SstWhisper
+
+@MainActor
+final class AppModel: ObservableObject {
+    @Published var state: DictationState = .idle
+    @Published var modelStatus = "Model laden…"
+    @Published var modelReady = false
+    @Published var lastError: String?
+    @Published var micGranted = false
+    @Published var accessibilityGranted = false
+    @Published var inputMonitoringGranted = false
+
+    private let transcriber = WhisperKitTranscriber()
+    private let hotkey = HotkeyMonitor()
+    private let controller: DictationController
+
+    init() {
+        controller = DictationController(
+            recorder: AudioRecorder(),
+            transcriber: transcriber,
+            cleaner: PassthroughCleaner(),
+            inserter: TextInserter(pasteboard: SystemPasteboard(), paster: CGEventPaster())
+        )
+        controller.onStateChange = { [weak self] in self?.state = $0 }
+        controller.onError = { [weak self] in self?.lastError = $0 }
+        hotkey.onEvent = { [weak self] event in
+            guard let self, self.modelReady else { return }
+            Task { await self.controller.handle(event) }
+        }
+        Task { await start() }
+    }
+
+    var statusLine: String {
+        guard modelReady else { return modelStatus }
+        switch state {
+        case .idle: return "Klaar — houd Fn ingedrukt om te dicteren"
+        case .recording: return "Luistert…"
+        case .transcribing: return "Transcriberen…"
+        case .inserting: return "Invoegen…"
+        }
+    }
+
+    var iconName: String {
+        switch state {
+        case .idle: return modelReady ? "mic" : "mic.slash"
+        case .recording: return "mic.fill"
+        case .transcribing, .inserting: return "waveform"
+        }
+    }
+
+    func refreshPermissions() {
+        micGranted = AVCaptureDevice.authorizationStatus(for: .audio) == .authorized
+        accessibilityGranted = AXIsProcessTrusted()
+        inputMonitoringGranted = CGPreflightListenEventAccess()
+    }
+
+    func retryHotkey() {
+        refreshPermissions()
+        do {
+            try hotkey.start()
+            lastError = nil
+        } catch {
+            lastError = error.localizedDescription
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func start() async {
+        _ = await AVCaptureDevice.requestAccess(for: .audio)
+        if !CGPreflightListenEventAccess() { _ = CGRequestListenEventAccess() }
+        if !AXIsProcessTrusted() {
+            _ = AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions(["AXTrustedCheckOptionPrompt": true] as CFDictionary)
+        }
+        retryHotkey()
+        do {
+            try await transcriber.load()
+            modelReady = true
+            modelStatus = "Klaar"
+        } catch {
+            modelStatus = "Model laden mislukt"
+            lastError = error.localizedDescription
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/Sst/MenuContent.swift b/Sources/Sst/MenuContent.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d9b15f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/Sst/MenuContent.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import AppKit
+import SwiftUI
+
+struct MenuContent: View {
+    @ObservedObject var model: AppModel
+
+    var body: some View {
+        Text(model.statusLine)
+        if let error = model.lastError {
+            Text("Fout: \(error)")
+        }
+        Divider()
+        permissionRow("Microfoon", granted: model.micGranted, pane: "Privacy_Microphone")
+        permissionRow("Accessibility", granted: model.accessibilityGranted, pane: "Privacy_Accessibility")
+        permissionRow("Input Monitoring", granted: model.inputMonitoringGranted, pane: "Privacy_ListenEvent")
+        Button("Rechten opnieuw controleren") { model.retryHotkey() }
+        Divider()
+        Button("Stop") { NSApplication.shared.terminate(nil) }
+            .keyboardShortcut("q")
+    }
+
+    @ViewBuilder
+    private func permissionRow(_ title: String, granted: Bool, pane: String) -> some View {
+        if granted {
+            Text("✓ \(title)")
+        } else {
+            Button("⚠︎ \(title) — open Instellingen") {
+                if let url = URL(string: "x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?\(pane)") {
+                    NSWorkspace.shared.open(url)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/Sst/SstApp.swift b/Sources/Sst/SstApp.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4d86be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/Sst/SstApp.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import SwiftUI
+
+@main
+struct SstApp: App {
+    @StateObject private var model = AppModel()
+
+    var body: some Scene {
+        MenuBarExtra {
+            MenuContent(model: model)
+        } label: {
+            Image(systemName: model.iconName)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/SstCore/AudioRecorder.swift b/Sources/SstCore/AudioRecorder.swift
index 83373ed..b537465 100644
--- a/Sources/SstCore/AudioRecorder.swift
+++ b/Sources/SstCore/AudioRecorder.swift
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public final class AudioRecorder: AudioRecording {
         }
         let ratio = targetFormat.sampleRate / inputFormat.sampleRate
 
+        input.removeTap(onBus: 0)
         input.installTap(onBus: 0, bufferSize: 4096, format: inputFormat) { [weak self] pcm, _ in
             guard let self else { return }
             let capacity = AVAudioFrameCount(Double(pcm.frameLength) * ratio) + 1
@@ -52,7 +53,12 @@ public final class AudioRecorder: AudioRecording {
             self.lock.withLock { self.buffer.append(contentsOf: samples) }
         }
         engine.prepare()
-        try engine.start()
+        do {
+            try engine.start()
+        } catch {
+            input.removeTap(onBus: 0)
+            throw error
+        }
     }
 
     public func stop() -> [Float] {
diff --git a/scripts/make-app.sh b/scripts/make-app.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c7661a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/make-app.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+
+swift build -c release --product Sst
+BIN=".build/release/Sst"
+APP="build/Sst.app"
+
+rm -rf "$APP"
+mkdir -p "$APP/Contents/MacOS" "$APP/Contents/Resources"
+cp "$BIN" "$APP/Contents/MacOS/Sst"
+# SwiftPM resource bundles (if any dependency ships them) live next to the binary.
+for b in .build/release/*.bundle; do
+  [ -e "$b" ] && cp -R "$b" "$APP/Contents/Resources/"
+done
+
+cat > "$APP/Contents/Info.plist" <<'PLIST'
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+  <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key><string>local.sst.app</string>
+  <key>CFBundleName</key><string>Sst</string>
+  <key>CFBundleExecutable</key><string>Sst</string>
+  <key>CFBundlePackageType</key><string>APPL</string>
+  <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key><string>0.1.0</string>
+  <key>CFBundleVersion</key><string>1</string>
+  <key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key><string>14.0</string>
+  <key>LSUIElement</key><true/>
+  <key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
+  <string>Sst neemt je stem op zolang je Fn ingedrukt houdt, om die lokaal naar tekst om te zetten.</string>
+</dict>
+</plist>
+PLIST
+
+codesign --force --sign - --identifier local.sst.app "$APP"
+echo "Gebouwd: $APP"