diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b6ce031..9493aa6 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -96,6 +96,22 @@ app.on('ready', () => {
 		icon: image,
 	});
 
+	// Flag to detect if the window was hidden manually
+	let manualHide = false;
+
+	// Prevent window from hiding when in development mode if not hidden manually
+	// (for debugging)
+	if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
+		const originalHideWindow = mb.hideWindow.bind(mb);
+
+		mb.hideWindow = () => {
+			if (manualHide) {
+				manualHide = false; // Reset the flag
+				originalHideWindow(); // Call the original hideWindow method
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
 	// On menubar ready, the following code will execute
 	mb.on('ready', () => {
 		const { window } = mb;
@@ -234,6 +250,16 @@ app.on('ready', () => {
 				},
 			];
 
+			// FYI to the user that they are in development mode
+			if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
+				menuHeader.unshift(
+					{
+						label: '👨‍💻 IN DEV MODE 👨‍💻',
+					},
+					separator,
+				);
+			}
+
 			// Return the complete context menu template
 			return [
 				...menuHeader,
@@ -259,12 +285,20 @@ app.on('ready', () => {
 			if (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) {
 				const contextMenuTemplate = createContextMenuTemplate();
 				mb.tray.popUpContextMenu(Menu.buildFromTemplate(contextMenuTemplate));
+			} else {
+				quickOpen();
 			}
 		});
+
+		tray.on('double-click', () => {
+			quickOpen();
+		});
+
 		const menu = new Menu();
 
 		function quickOpen() {
 			if (window.isVisible()) {
+				manualHide = true; // Honor manual hide in development mode
 				mb.hideWindow();
 			} else {
 				mb.showWindow();
@@ -358,13 +392,6 @@ app.on('ready', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
-	if (process.platform == 'darwin') {
-		// restore focus to previous app on hiding
-		mb.on('after-hide', () => {
-			mb.app.hide();
-		});
-	}
-
 	// open links in new window
 	// app.on("web-contents-created", (event, contents) => {
 	//   contents.on("will-navigate", (event, navigationUrl) => {