diff --git a/copyparty/__main__.py b/copyparty/__main__.py
index 946b3d0a..e1fcce2f 100644
--- a/copyparty/__main__.py
+++ b/copyparty/__main__.py
@@ -1019,14 +1019,15 @@ def add_general(ap, nc, srvname):
 
 def add_qr(ap, tty):
     ap2 = ap.add_argument_group("qr options")
-    ap2.add_argument("--qr", action="store_true", help="show http:// QR-code on startup")
-    ap2.add_argument("--qrs", action="store_true", help="show https:// QR-code on startup")
+    ap2.add_argument("--qr", action="store_true", help="show QR-code on startup")
+    ap2.add_argument("--qrs", action="store_true", help="change the QR-code URL to https://")
     ap2.add_argument("--qrl", metavar="PATH", type=u, default="", help="location to include in the url, for example [\033[32mpriv/?pw=hunter2\033[0m]")
     ap2.add_argument("--qri", metavar="PREFIX", type=u, default="", help="select IP which starts with \033[33mPREFIX\033[0m; [\033[32m.\033[0m] to force default IP when mDNS URL would have been used instead")
-    ap2.add_argument("--qr-fg", metavar="COLOR", type=int, default=0 if tty else 16, help="foreground; try [\033[32m0\033[0m] if the qr-code is unreadable")
+    ap2.add_argument("--qr-fg", metavar="COLOR", type=int, default=0 if tty else 16, help="foreground; try [\033[32m0\033[0m] or [\033[32m-1\033[0m] if the qr-code is unreadable")
     ap2.add_argument("--qr-bg", metavar="COLOR", type=int, default=229, help="background (white=255)")
     ap2.add_argument("--qrp", metavar="CELLS", type=int, default=4, help="padding (spec says 4 or more, but 1 is usually fine)")
     ap2.add_argument("--qrz", metavar="N", type=int, default=0, help="[\033[32m1\033[0m]=1x, [\033[32m2\033[0m]=2x, [\033[32m0\033[0m]=auto (try [\033[32m2\033[0m] on broken fonts)")
+    ap2.add_argument("--qr-pin", metavar="N", type=int, default=0, help="sticky/pin the qr-code to always stay on-screen; [\033[32m0\033[0m]=disabled, [\033[32m1\033[0m]=with-url, [\033[32m2\033[0m]=just-qr")
 
 
 def add_fs(ap):
diff --git a/copyparty/svchub.py b/copyparty/svchub.py
index 5e0ab886..a6f87a85 100644
--- a/copyparty/svchub.py
+++ b/copyparty/svchub.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import argparse
+import atexit
 import errno
 import logging
 import os
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ from .util import (
     pybin,
     start_log_thrs,
     start_stackmon,
+    termsize,
     ub64enc,
 )
 
@@ -775,6 +777,39 @@ class SvcHub(object):
     def sigterm(self) -> None:
         self.signal_handler(signal.SIGTERM, None)
 
+    def sticky_qr(self) -> None:
+        tw, th = termsize()
+        zs1, qr = self.tcpsrv.qr.split("\n", 1)
+        url, colr = zs1.split(" ", 1)
+        nl = len(qr.split("\n"))  # numlines
+        lp = 3 if nl * 2 + 4 < tw else 0  # leftpad
+        lp0 = lp
+        if self.args.qr_pin == 2:
+            url = ""
+        else:
+            while lp and (nl + lp) * 2 + len(url) + 1 > tw:
+                lp -= 1
+            if (nl + lp) * 2 + len(url) + 1 > tw:
+                qr = url + "\n" + qr
+                url = ""
+                nl += 1
+                lp = lp0
+        sh = 1 + th - nl
+        if lp:
+            zs = " " * lp
+            qr = zs + qr.replace("\n", "\n" + zs)
+        if url:
+            url = "%s\033[%d;%dH%s\033[0m" % (colr, sh + 1, (nl + lp) * 2, url)
+        qr = colr + qr
+
+        def unlock():
+            print("\033[s\033[r\033[u", file=sys.stderr)
+
+        atexit.register(unlock)
+        t = "%s\033[%dA" % ("\n" * nl, nl)
+        t = "%s\033[s\033[1;%dr\033[%dH%s%s\033[u" % (t, sh - 1, sh, qr, url)
+        self.pr(t, file=sys.stderr)
+
     def cb_httpsrv_up(self) -> None:
         self.httpsrv_up += 1
         if self.httpsrv_up != self.broker.num_workers:
@@ -787,7 +822,10 @@ class SvcHub(object):
                 break
 
         if self.tcpsrv.qr:
-            self.log("qr-code", self.tcpsrv.qr)
+            if self.args.qr_pin:
+                self.sticky_qr()
+            else:
+                self.log("qr-code", self.tcpsrv.qr)
         else:
             self.log("root", "workers OK\n")
 
diff --git a/copyparty/tcpsrv.py b/copyparty/tcpsrv.py
index 6c61fe61..55ea3a56 100644
--- a/copyparty/tcpsrv.py
+++ b/copyparty/tcpsrv.py
@@ -614,6 +614,10 @@ class TcpSrv(object):
 
         fg = self.args.qr_fg
         bg = self.args.qr_bg
+        nocolor = fg == -1
+        if nocolor:
+            fg = 0
+
         pad = self.args.qrp
         zoom = self.args.qrz
         qrc = QrCode.encode_binary(btxt)
@@ -641,6 +645,8 @@ class TcpSrv(object):
 
         qr = qr.replace("\n", "\033[K\n") + "\033[K"  # win10do
         cc = " \033[0;38;5;{0};47;48;5;{1}m" if fg else " \033[0;30;47m"
+        if nocolor:
+            cc = " \033[0m"
         t = cc + "\n{2}\033[999G\033[0m\033[J"
         t = t.format(fg, bg, qr)
         if ANYWIN:
diff --git a/tests/util.py b/tests/util.py
index d3884ca9..f02f81ba 100644
--- a/tests/util.py
+++ b/tests/util.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class Cfg(Namespace):
         ex = "au_vol dl_list mtab_age reg_cap s_thead s_tbody tail_tmax tail_who th_convt ups_who zip_who"
         ka.update(**{k: 9 for k in ex.split()})
 
-        ex = "ctl_re db_act forget_ip idp_cookie idp_store k304 loris no304 nosubtle re_maxage rproxy rsp_jtr rsp_slp s_wr_slp snap_wri theme themes turbo u2ow zipmaxn zipmaxs"
+        ex = "ctl_re db_act forget_ip idp_cookie idp_store k304 loris no304 nosubtle qr_pin re_maxage rproxy rsp_jtr rsp_slp s_wr_slp snap_wri theme themes turbo u2ow zipmaxn zipmaxs"
         ka.update(**{k: 0 for k in ex.split()})
 
         ex = "ah_alg bname chmod_f chpw_db doctitle df exit favico idp_h_usr ipa html_head lg_sba lg_sbf log_fk md_sba md_sbf name og_desc og_site og_th og_title og_title_a og_title_v og_title_i shr tcolor textfiles txt_eol unlist vname xff_src zipmaxt R RS SR"