diff --git a/data/ui/main.ui b/data/ui/main.ui
index 34c39e377..3b1eb0928 100644
--- a/data/ui/main.ui
+++ b/data/ui/main.ui
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ image: url(:/icons/icons/splitter_handle_vertical.svg);
      <x>0</x>
      <y>0</y>
      <width>798</width>
-     <height>27</height>
+     <height>30</height>
     </rect>
    </property>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuFile">
@@ -358,6 +358,11 @@ image: url(:/icons/icons/splitter_handle_vertical.svg);
      </property>
      <addaction name="actionSamples_from_csv"/>
     </widget>
+    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuRecent">
+     <property name="title">
+      <string>Recent</string>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
     <addaction name="actionNew_Project"/>
     <addaction name="actionProject_settings"/>
     <addaction name="actionSave_project"/>
@@ -365,6 +370,7 @@ image: url(:/icons/icons/splitter_handle_vertical.svg);
     <addaction name="separator"/>
     <addaction name="actionOpen"/>
     <addaction name="actionOpen_directory"/>
+    <addaction name="menuRecent"/>
     <addaction name="menuImport"/>
     <addaction name="separator"/>
     <addaction name="actionSpectrum_Analyzer"/>
@@ -375,6 +381,8 @@ image: url(:/icons/icons/splitter_handle_vertical.svg);
     <addaction name="actionCloseAllFiles"/>
     <addaction name="separator"/>
     <addaction name="actionConvert_Folder_to_Project"/>
+    <addaction name="separator"/>
+    <addaction name="actionExit_URH"/>
    </widget>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuEdit">
     <property name="title">
@@ -822,6 +830,20 @@ image: url(:/icons/icons/splitter_handle_vertical.svg);
     <string>100% (disables demodulation)</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="actionExit_URH">
+   <property name="icon">
+    <iconset theme="application-exit">
+     <normaloff>.</normaloff>.</iconset>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Exit URH</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
+  <action name="actionPlaceholder">
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Placeholder</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
diff --git a/src/urh/controller/MainController.py b/src/urh/controller/MainController.py
index ef65dcc19..44c07e41d 100644
--- a/src/urh/controller/MainController.py
+++ b/src/urh/controller/MainController.py
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ def create_connects(self):
         )
         self.ui.actionSave_project.triggered.connect(self.save_project)
         self.ui.actionClose_project.triggered.connect(self.close_project)
+        self.ui.actionExit_URH.triggered.connect(self.close)
 
         self.ui.actionAbout_AutomaticHacker.triggered.connect(
             self.on_show_about_clicked
@@ -352,13 +353,12 @@ def create_connects(self):
             self.on_label_non_project_mode_link_activated
         )
 
-        self.ui.menuFile.addSeparator()
         for i in range(settings.MAX_RECENT_FILE_NR):
             recent_file_action = QAction(self)
             recent_file_action.setVisible(False)
             recent_file_action.triggered.connect(self.on_open_recent_action_triggered)
             self.recentFileActionList.append(recent_file_action)
-            self.ui.menuFile.addAction(self.recentFileActionList[i])
+            self.ui.menuRecent.addAction(self.recentFileActionList[i])
 
     def add_plain_bits_from_txt(self, filename: str):
         with open(filename) as f:
diff --git a/src/urh/ui/ui_main.py b/src/urh/ui/ui_main.py
index 4634c24e3..5091c84d1 100644
--- a/src/urh/ui/ui_main.py
+++ b/src/urh/ui/ui_main.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def setupUi(self, MainWindow):
         self.verticalLayout_4.setStretch(1, 1)
         MainWindow.setCentralWidget(self.centralwidget)
         self.menubar = QtWidgets.QMenuBar(MainWindow)
-        self.menubar.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(0, 0, 798, 27))
+        self.menubar.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(0, 0, 798, 30))
         self.menubar.setObjectName("menubar")
         self.menuFile = QtWidgets.QMenu(self.menubar)
         self.menuFile.setObjectName("menuFile")
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ def setupUi(self, MainWindow):
         icon = QtGui.QIcon.fromTheme("document-import")
         self.menuImport.setIcon(icon)
         self.menuImport.setObjectName("menuImport")
+        self.menuRecent = QtWidgets.QMenu(self.menuFile)
+        self.menuRecent.setObjectName("menuRecent")
         self.menuEdit = QtWidgets.QMenu(self.menubar)
         self.menuEdit.setObjectName("menuEdit")
         self.menuDefault_noise_threshold = QtWidgets.QMenu(self.menuEdit)
@@ -378,6 +380,12 @@ def setupUi(self, MainWindow):
         self.action100NoiseThreshold = QtWidgets.QAction(MainWindow)
         self.action100NoiseThreshold.setCheckable(True)
         self.action100NoiseThreshold.setObjectName("action100NoiseThreshold")
+        self.actionExit_URH = QtWidgets.QAction(MainWindow)
+        icon = QtGui.QIcon.fromTheme("application-exit")
+        self.actionExit_URH.setIcon(icon)
+        self.actionExit_URH.setObjectName("actionExit_URH")
+        self.actionPlaceholder = QtWidgets.QAction(MainWindow)
+        self.actionPlaceholder.setObjectName("actionPlaceholder")
         self.menuImport.addAction(self.actionSamples_from_csv)
         self.menuFile.addAction(self.actionNew_Project)
         self.menuFile.addAction(self.actionProject_settings)
@@ -386,6 +394,7 @@ def setupUi(self, MainWindow):
         self.menuFile.addSeparator()
         self.menuFile.addAction(self.actionOpen)
         self.menuFile.addAction(self.actionOpen_directory)
+        self.menuFile.addAction(self.menuRecent.menuAction())
         self.menuFile.addAction(self.menuImport.menuAction())
         self.menuFile.addSeparator()
         self.menuFile.addAction(self.actionSpectrum_Analyzer)
@@ -396,6 +405,8 @@ def setupUi(self, MainWindow):
         self.menuFile.addAction(self.actionCloseAllFiles)
         self.menuFile.addSeparator()
         self.menuFile.addAction(self.actionConvert_Folder_to_Project)
+        self.menuFile.addSeparator()
+        self.menuFile.addAction(self.actionExit_URH)
         self.menuDefault_noise_threshold.addAction(self.actionAutomaticNoiseThreshold)
         self.menuDefault_noise_threshold.addAction(self.action1NoiseThreshold)
         self.menuDefault_noise_threshold.addAction(self.action5NoiseThreshold)
@@ -456,6 +467,7 @@ def retranslateUi(self, MainWindow):
         )
         self.menuFile.setTitle(_translate("MainWindow", "Fi&le"))
         self.menuImport.setTitle(_translate("MainWindow", "Import"))
+        self.menuRecent.setTitle(_translate("MainWindow", "Recent"))
         self.menuEdit.setTitle(_translate("MainWindow", "Edi&t"))
         self.menuDefault_noise_threshold.setTitle(
             _translate("MainWindow", "Default noise threshold")
@@ -536,6 +548,8 @@ def retranslateUi(self, MainWindow):
         self.action100NoiseThreshold.setText(
             _translate("MainWindow", "100% (disables demodulation)")
         )
+        self.actionExit_URH.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Exit URH"))
+        self.actionPlaceholder.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Placeholder"))
 
 
 from urh.ui.views.DirectoryTreeView import DirectoryTreeView