diff --git a/data/indicator.css b/data/indicator.css
index ed3405b2..ad5494fb 100644
--- a/data/indicator.css
+++ b/data/indicator.css
@@ -18,18 +18,32 @@
 */
 
 .mic-icon {
-    animation: none;
+    animation: microphone-recording 1s ease-in-out infinite;
+    animation-direction: alternate;
+    border-radius: 100px;
     min-width: 24px;
     opacity: 1;
+    padding: 1px;
     transition: none;
     -gtk-icon-source: -gtk-icontheme("audio-input-microphone-symbolic");
 }
 
 .mic-icon.disabled {
     animation: microphone-disabled 160ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.0, 0.2, 1);
+    animation-direction: normal;
+    min-height: 24px;
     -gtk-icon-source: -gtk-icontheme("microphone-sensitivity-muted-symbolic");
 }
 
+@keyframes microphone-recording {
+    0% {
+        background: alpha(@BLUEBERRY_500, 0.5);
+    }
+    100% {
+        background: alpha(@BLUEBERRY_500, 0.8);
+    }
+}
+
 @keyframes microphone-disabled {
     0% { -gtk-icon-source: -gtk-icontheme("audio-input-microphone-symbolic"); }
     10% { -gtk-icon-source: -gtk-icontheme("microphone-sensitivity-muted-10-symbolic"); opacity: 0.94; }
diff --git a/src/Widgets/DisplayWidget.vala b/src/Widgets/DisplayWidget.vala
index b910e11a..cd8768f8 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/DisplayWidget.vala
+++ b/src/Widgets/DisplayWidget.vala
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public class DisplayWidget : Gtk.Grid {
         volume_icon.pixel_size = 24;
 
         var mic_icon = new Gtk.Spinner ();
+        mic_icon.valign = Gtk.Align.CENTER;
         mic_icon.margin_end = 18;
 
         var mic_style_context = mic_icon.get_style_context ();