diff --git a/doc/motionplus_config.html b/doc/motionplus_config.html
index 62b1ed6..ee8ef81 100644
--- a/doc/motionplus_config.html
+++ b/doc/motionplus_config.html
@@ -832,7 +832,9 @@ <h3><a name="device_tmo"></a>device_tmo</h3>
         <h3><a name="pause"></a>pause</h3>
         <ul>
           <li> Values: Boolean | Default: false </li>
-          Pause detection at start up.
+          <li> Values: on, off, schedule | Default: schedule</li>
+          Use 'on' and 'off' to pause or enable motion detection respectively.  Use
+          'schedule' to allow the schedule process to pause or enable detection.
         </ul>
         <p></p>
 
@@ -844,7 +846,7 @@ <h3><a name="schedule_params"></a>schedule_params</h3>
         <ul>
           <p></p>
           This parameter specifies the time of the day that Motionplus will perform
-          motion detection.
+          motion detection.  To use this, the pause parameter must be set to schedule.
           <p></p>
 
           <div>
@@ -2444,7 +2446,7 @@ <h3><a name="webcontrol_actions"></a> webcontrol_actions </h3>
           Comma separated list of the actions=values to allow and show on the web control page.  The
           following parameters are recognized.
           <ul>
-            <li> pause:  Applies for both Pause and Unpause actions</li>
+            <li> pause:  Applies for Pause On, Pause Off and Pause schedule actions</li>
             <li> event:  Applies for both Start Event and End Event actions</li>
             <li> snapshot</li>
             <li> camera_add</li>
diff --git a/doc/motionplus_examples.html b/doc/motionplus_examples.html
index 5152644..23ad4a5 100644
--- a/doc/motionplus_examples.html
+++ b/doc/motionplus_examples.html
@@ -308,8 +308,9 @@ <h3><a name="webcontrol_pages"></a>Webcontrol pages</h3>
           <li><code>eventstart</code>Start an event</li>
           <li><code>eventend</code>End an event</li>
           <li><code>snapshot</code>Invoke a snapshot</li>
-          <li><code>pause</code>Pause motion detection</li>
-          <li><code>unpause</code>Unpause motion detection</li>
+          <li><code>pause_on</code>Pause motion detection</li>
+          <li><code>pause_off</code>Enable motion detection</li>
+          <li><code>pause_schedule</code>Allow schedule to pause or enable motion detection</li>
           <li><code>restart</code>Restart camera</li>
           <li><code>stop</code>Stop camera</li>
           <li><code>config_write</code>Write out the configuration to file.  User account running Motionplus must have write access to directory</li>
diff --git a/src/camera.cpp b/src/camera.cpp
index 3ec47fd..6aeeb18 100644
--- a/src/camera.cpp
+++ b/src/camera.cpp
@@ -637,14 +637,15 @@ void cls_camera::init_values()
         movie_passthrough = false;
     }
 
-    user_pause = false;
-    if (app->user_pause) {
-        user_pause = true;
-    } else if (cfg->pause) {
-        user_pause = true;
+    if (app->user_pause == "on") {
+        user_pause = "on";
+    } else {
+        user_pause = cfg->pause;
+    }
+    if (user_pause == "on") {
+        pause = true;
     }
 
-    pause = user_pause;
     v4l2cam = nullptr;
     netcam = nullptr;
     netcam_high = nullptr;
@@ -1814,11 +1815,15 @@ void cls_camera::check_schedule()
         return;
     }
 
-    if (user_pause) {
+    if (user_pause == "on") {
         pause = true;
         return;
+    } else if (user_pause == "off") {
+        pause = false;
+        return;
     }
 
+
     if (schedule.size() == 0) {
         return;
     }
@@ -2011,7 +2016,7 @@ cls_camera::cls_camera(cls_motapp *p_app)
     pipe = -1;
     mpipe = -1;
     pause = false;
-    user_pause = false;
+    user_pause = "schedule";
     missing_frame_counter = -1;
     schedule.clear();
     cleandir = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/camera.hpp b/src/camera.hpp
index d35e946..ef566e1 100644
--- a/src/camera.hpp
+++ b/src/camera.hpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class cls_camera {
         int     pipe;
         int     mpipe;
         bool    pause;
-        bool    user_pause;
+        std::string user_pause;
         int     missing_frame_counter;
 
         uint64_t    info_diff_tot;
diff --git a/src/conf.cpp b/src/conf.cpp
index bd7b061..1f862c4 100644
--- a/src/conf.cpp
+++ b/src/conf.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ ctx_parm config_parms[] = {
     {"device_name",               PARM_TYP_STRING, PARM_CAT_01, PARM_LEVEL_LIMITED },
     {"device_id",                 PARM_TYP_INT,    PARM_CAT_01, PARM_LEVEL_LIMITED },
     {"device_tmo",                PARM_TYP_INT,    PARM_CAT_01, PARM_LEVEL_LIMITED },
-    {"pause",                     PARM_TYP_BOOL,   PARM_CAT_01, PARM_LEVEL_LIMITED },
+    {"pause",                     PARM_TYP_LIST,   PARM_CAT_01, PARM_LEVEL_LIMITED },
     {"schedule_params",           PARM_TYP_STRING, PARM_CAT_01, PARM_LEVEL_LIMITED },
     {"cleandir_params",           PARM_TYP_STRING, PARM_CAT_01, PARM_LEVEL_LIMITED },
     {"target_dir",                PARM_TYP_STRING, PARM_CAT_01, PARM_LEVEL_ADVANCED },
@@ -688,11 +688,35 @@ void cls_config::edit_device_tmo(std::string &parm, enum PARM_ACT pact)
 void cls_config::edit_pause(std::string &parm, enum PARM_ACT pact)
 {
     if (pact == PARM_ACT_DFLT) {
-        pause = false;
-    } else if (pact == PARM_ACT_SET) {
-        edit_set_bool(pause, parm);
+        pause = "schedule";
+    } else if (pact == PARM_ACT_SET) {
+        if ((parm == "schedule") ||
+            (parm == "1")   || (parm == "yes") ||
+            (parm == "on")  || (parm == "true") ||
+            (parm == "0")   || (parm == "no") ||
+            (parm == "off") || (parm == "false")) {
+            if ((parm == "schedule") || (parm == "on") || (parm == "off")) {
+                pause = parm;
+            } else if ((parm == "1") || (parm == "yes") || (parm == "true")) {
+                MOTPLS_LOG(WRN, TYPE_ALL, NO_ERRNO
+                    , _("Old type specified for pause %s. Use 'on' instead")
+                    ,parm.c_str());
+                pause = "on";
+            } else if ((parm == "0") || (parm == "no") || (parm == "false")) {
+                MOTPLS_LOG(WRN, TYPE_ALL, NO_ERRNO
+                    , _("Old type specified for pause %s.  Use 'off' instead")
+                    ,parm.c_str());
+                pause = "off";
+            }
+        } else {
+            MOTPLS_LOG(NTC, TYPE_ALL, NO_ERRNO, _("Invalid pause %s"),parm.c_str());
+        }
     } else if (pact == PARM_ACT_GET) {
-        edit_get_bool(parm, pause);
+        parm = pause;
+    } else if (pact == PARM_ACT_LIST) {
+        parm = "[";
+        parm = parm + "\"schedule\",\"on\",\"off\"";
+        parm = parm + "]";
     }
     return;
     MOTPLS_LOG(DBG, TYPE_ALL, NO_ERRNO,"%s:%s","pause",_("pause"));
@@ -3668,7 +3692,7 @@ void cls_config::cmdline()
             edit_set("log_file", optarg);
             break;
         case 'm':
-            app->user_pause = true;
+            app->user_pause = "on";
             break;
         case 'h':
         case '?':
diff --git a/src/conf.hpp b/src/conf.hpp
index 4be7587..f2688d7 100644
--- a/src/conf.hpp
+++ b/src/conf.hpp
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
             int             watchdog_tmo;
             int             watchdog_kill;
             int             device_tmo;
-            bool            pause;
+            std::string     pause;
             std::string     schedule_params;
             std::string     cleandir_params;
 
diff --git a/src/motionplus.hpp b/src/motionplus.hpp
index b820ea6..f90683e 100644
--- a/src/motionplus.hpp
+++ b/src/motionplus.hpp
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class cls_motapp {
 
         int     argc;
         char    **argv;
-        bool    user_pause;
+        std::string user_pause;
 
         cls_config          *conf_src;
         cls_config          *cfg;
diff --git a/src/webu_html.cpp b/src/webu_html.cpp
index a47e865..caece7a 100644
--- a/src/webu_html.cpp
+++ b/src/webu_html.cpp
@@ -689,12 +689,16 @@ void cls_webu_html::script_assign_actions()
             (itm->param_value == "on")) {
             webua->resp_page +=
                 "      html_actions += \"<a onclick=\\\"send_action(\";\n"
-                "      html_actions += \"'pause');\\\">\";\n"
-                "      html_actions += \"Pause</a>\\n\";\n\n"
+                "      html_actions += \"'pause_on');\\\">\";\n"
+                "      html_actions += \"Pause On</a>\\n\";\n\n"
 
                 "      html_actions += \"<a onclick=\\\"send_action(\";\n"
-                "      html_actions += \"'unpause');\\\">\";\n"
-                "      html_actions += \"Unpause</a>\\n\";\n\n"
+                "      html_actions += \"'pause_off');\\\">\";\n"
+                "      html_actions += \"Pause Off</a>\\n\";\n\n"
+
+                "      html_actions += \"<a onclick=\\\"send_action(\";\n"
+                "      html_actions += \"'pause_schedule');\\\">\";\n"
+                "      html_actions += \"Pause Schedule</a>\\n\";\n\n"
                 ;
         } else if ((itm->param_name == "camera_add") &&
             (itm->param_value == "on")) {
diff --git a/src/webu_json.cpp b/src/webu_json.cpp
index ed64fcc..5d1cc75 100644
--- a/src/webu_json.cpp
+++ b/src/webu_json.cpp
@@ -408,6 +408,8 @@ void cls_webu_json::status_vars(int indx_cam)
         webua->resp_page += ",\"pause\":false";
     }
 
+    webua->resp_page += ",\"user_pause\":\"" + cam->user_pause +"\"";
+
     webua->resp_page += "}";
 }
 
diff --git a/src/webu_post.cpp b/src/webu_post.cpp
index 7ae30b8..904bdff 100644
--- a/src/webu_post.cpp
+++ b/src/webu_post.cpp
@@ -251,8 +251,7 @@ void cls_webu_post::action_snapshot()
 
 }
 
-/* Process the pause action */
-void cls_webu_post::action_pause()
+void cls_webu_post::action_pause_on()
 {
     int indx;
 
@@ -269,16 +268,15 @@ void cls_webu_post::action_pause()
 
     if (webua->device_id == 0) {
         for (indx=0; indx<app->cam_cnt; indx++) {
-            app->cam_list[indx]->user_pause = true;
+            app->cam_list[indx]->user_pause = "on";
         }
     } else {
-        app->cam_list[webua->camindx]->user_pause = true;
+        app->cam_list[webua->camindx]->user_pause = "on";
     }
 
 }
 
-/* Process the unpause action */
-void cls_webu_post::action_unpause()
+void cls_webu_post::action_pause_off()
 {
     int indx;
 
@@ -295,10 +293,35 @@ void cls_webu_post::action_unpause()
 
     if (webua->device_id == 0) {
         for (indx=0; indx<app->cam_cnt; indx++) {
-            app->cam_list[indx]->user_pause = false;
+            app->cam_list[indx]->user_pause = "off";
         }
     } else {
-        app->cam_list[webua->camindx]->user_pause = false;
+        app->cam_list[webua->camindx]->user_pause = "off";
+    }
+
+}
+
+void cls_webu_post::action_pause_schedule()
+{
+    int indx;
+
+    for (indx=0;indx<webu->wb_actions->params_cnt;indx++) {
+        if (webu->wb_actions->params_array[indx].param_name == "pause") {
+            if (webu->wb_actions->params_array[indx].param_value == "off") {
+                MOTPLS_LOG(INF, TYPE_ALL, NO_ERRNO, "Pause action disabled");
+                return;
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (webua->device_id == 0) {
+        for (indx=0; indx<app->cam_cnt; indx++) {
+            app->cam_list[indx]->user_pause = "schedule";
+        }
+    } else {
+        app->cam_list[webua->camindx]->user_pause = "schedule";
     }
 
 }
@@ -738,10 +761,23 @@ void cls_webu_post::process_actions()
         action_snapshot();
 
     } else if (post_cmd == "pause") {
-        action_pause();
+        MOTPLS_LOG(NTC, TYPE_STREAM, NO_ERRNO
+            , _("pause action deprecated.  Use pause_on"));
+        action_pause_on();
 
     } else if (post_cmd == "unpause") {
-        action_unpause();
+        MOTPLS_LOG(NTC, TYPE_STREAM, NO_ERRNO
+            , _("unpause action deprecated.  Use pause_off"));
+        action_pause_off();
+
+    } else if (post_cmd == "pause_on") {
+        action_pause_on();
+
+    } else if (post_cmd == "pause_off") {
+        action_pause_off();
+
+    } else if (post_cmd == "pause_schedule") {
+        action_pause_schedule();
 
     } else if (post_cmd == "restart") {
         action_restart();
diff --git a/src/webu_post.hpp b/src/webu_post.hpp
index 63360c3..1036167 100644
--- a/src/webu_post.hpp
+++ b/src/webu_post.hpp
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@
             void action_eventend();
             void action_eventstart();
             void action_snapshot();
-            void action_pause();
-            void action_unpause();
+            void action_pause_on();
+            void action_pause_off();
+            void action_pause_schedule();
             void action_restart();
             void action_stop();
             void action_user();