diff --git a/Artemis/Artemis/Artemis.csproj b/Artemis/Artemis/Artemis.csproj
index ac305a684..b56f3704b 100644
--- a/Artemis/Artemis/Artemis.csproj
+++ b/Artemis/Artemis/Artemis.csproj
@@ -610,6 +610,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Settings\OverlaySettings.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Styles\DropTargetAdorners\DropTargetMetroHighlightAdorner.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Styles\DropTargetAdorners\DropTargetMetroInsertionAdorner.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Utilities\ActiveWindowHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Utilities\ColorHelpers.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Utilities\Converters\JsonConverters.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Utilities\Converters\NinjectCustomConverter.cs" />
diff --git a/Artemis/Artemis/ArtemisBootstrapper.cs b/Artemis/Artemis/ArtemisBootstrapper.cs
index 30f3b2d3c..754eed3cc 100644
--- a/Artemis/Artemis/ArtemisBootstrapper.cs
+++ b/Artemis/Artemis/ArtemisBootstrapper.cs
@@ -90,11 +90,15 @@ namespace Artemis
                 ContractResolver = _kernel.Get<NinjectContractResolver>()
             };
             JsonConvert.DefaultSettings = () => settings;
+
+            //TODO DarthAffe 17.12.2016: Is this the right location for this?
+            ActiveWindowHelper.Initialize();
         }
 
         protected override void OnExit(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
             _kernel.Dispose();
+            ActiveWindowHelper.Dispose();
             base.OnExit(sender, e);
         }
 
diff --git a/Artemis/Artemis/Modules/Effects/WindowsProfile/WindowsProfileDataModel.cs b/Artemis/Artemis/Modules/Effects/WindowsProfile/WindowsProfileDataModel.cs
index 400bfa441..7efdf765f 100644
--- a/Artemis/Artemis/Modules/Effects/WindowsProfile/WindowsProfileDataModel.cs
+++ b/Artemis/Artemis/Modules/Effects/WindowsProfile/WindowsProfileDataModel.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace Artemis.Modules.Effects.WindowsProfile
             Performance = new PerformanceDataModel();
             CurrentTime = new CurrentTime();
             Keyboard = new KbDataModel();
+            ActiveWindow = new ActiveWindow();
         }
 
         public CpuDataModel Cpu { get; set; }
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ namespace Artemis.Modules.Effects.WindowsProfile
         public GooglePlayMusic GooglePlayMusic { get; set; }
         public CurrentTime CurrentTime { get; set; }
         public KbDataModel Keyboard { get; set; }
+        public ActiveWindow ActiveWindow { get; set; }
     }
 
     [MoonSharpUserData]
@@ -110,4 +112,11 @@ namespace Artemis.Modules.Effects.WindowsProfile
         public bool CapsLock { get; set; }
         public bool ScrollLock { get; set; }
     }
+
+    [MoonSharpUserData]
+    public class ActiveWindow
+    {
+        public string ProcessName { get; set; }
+        public string WindowTitle { get; set; }
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/Artemis/Artemis/Modules/Effects/WindowsProfile/WindowsProfileModel.cs b/Artemis/Artemis/Modules/Effects/WindowsProfile/WindowsProfileModel.cs
index 724535874..7a5607c43 100644
--- a/Artemis/Artemis/Modules/Effects/WindowsProfile/WindowsProfileModel.cs
+++ b/Artemis/Artemis/Modules/Effects/WindowsProfile/WindowsProfileModel.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using Artemis.DAL;
 using Artemis.Managers;
 using Artemis.Models;
 using Artemis.Profiles.Layers.Models;
+using Artemis.Utilities;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using SpotifyAPI.Local;
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ namespace Artemis.Modules.Effects.WindowsProfile
             UpdateMusicPlayers(dataModel);
             UpdateDay(dataModel);
             UpdateKeyStates(dataModel);
+            UpdateActiveWindow(dataModel);
         }
 
         #region Current Time
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ namespace Artemis.Modules.Effects.WindowsProfile
         }
 
         #endregion
-        
+
         #region CPU
 
         private void SetupCpu()
@@ -249,6 +251,12 @@ namespace Artemis.Modules.Effects.WindowsProfile
             dataModel.Keyboard.ScrollLock = ((ushort)GetKeyState(0x91) & 0xffff) != 0;
         }
 
+        private void UpdateActiveWindow(WindowsProfileDataModel dataModel)
+        {
+            dataModel.ActiveWindow.ProcessName = ActiveWindowHelper.ActiveWindowProcessName;
+            dataModel.ActiveWindow.WindowTitle = ActiveWindowHelper.ActiveWindowWindowTitle;
+        }
+
         #endregion
     }
 }
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diff --git a/Artemis/Artemis/Profiles/Layers/Types/AmbientLight/AmbientLightType.cs b/Artemis/Artemis/Profiles/Layers/Types/AmbientLight/AmbientLightType.cs
index c176040f9..5795bdbb0 100644
--- a/Artemis/Artemis/Profiles/Layers/Types/AmbientLight/AmbientLightType.cs
+++ b/Artemis/Artemis/Profiles/Layers/Types/AmbientLight/AmbientLightType.cs
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ namespace Artemis.Profiles.Layers.Types.AmbientLight
             properties.AmbientLightBrush = new DrawingBrush(new ImageDrawing
                 (BitmapSource.Create(width, height, 96, 96, ScreenCaptureManager.LastCapturePixelFormat, null, _lastData,
                     stride), new Rect(0, 0, width, height)));
+
+            layerModel.ApplyProperties(true);
         }
 
         public void Draw(LayerModel layerModel, DrawingContext c)
diff --git a/Artemis/Artemis/Utilities/ActiveWindowHelper.cs b/Artemis/Artemis/Utilities/ActiveWindowHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b4e712f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Artemis/Artemis/Utilities/ActiveWindowHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Artemis.Utilities
+{
+    public static class ActiveWindowHelper
+    {
+        #region DLL-Imports
+
+        private delegate void WinEventDelegate(IntPtr hWinEventHook, uint eventType, IntPtr hwnd, int idObject, int idChild, uint dwEventThread, uint dwmsEventTime);
+
+        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+        private static extern IntPtr SetWinEventHook(uint eventMin, uint eventMax, IntPtr hmodWinEventProc, WinEventDelegate lpfnWinEventProc, uint idProcess, uint idThread, uint dwFlags);
+
+        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+        private static extern bool UnhookWinEvent(IntPtr hWinEventHook);
+
+        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+        private static extern int GetWindowText(IntPtr hWnd, StringBuilder text, int count);
+
+        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+        private static extern IntPtr GetWindowThreadProcessId(IntPtr hWnd, out uint processId);
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Constants
+
+        private const uint WINEVENT_OUTOFCONTEXT = 0;
+        private const uint EVENT_SYSTEM_FOREGROUND = 3;
+
+        private const int MAX_TITLE_LENGTH = 256;
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Properties & Fields
+
+        // DarthAffe 17.12.2016: We need to keep a reference to this or it might get collected by the garbage collector and cause some random crashes afterwards.
+        private static WinEventDelegate _activeWindowChangedDelegate;
+        private static IntPtr _winEventHook;
+
+        public static string ActiveWindowProcessName { get; private set; }
+        public static string ActiveWindowWindowTitle { get; private set; }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Methods
+
+        private static void ActiveWindowChanged(IntPtr hWinEventHook, uint eventType,
+            IntPtr hwnd, int idObject, int idChild, uint dwEventThread, uint dwmsEventTime)
+        {
+            ActiveWindowProcessName = GetActiveWindowProcessName(hwnd) ?? string.Empty;
+            ActiveWindowWindowTitle = GetActiveWindowTitle(hwnd) ?? string.Empty;
+        }
+
+        private static string GetActiveWindowProcessName(IntPtr hwnd)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                uint pid;
+                GetWindowThreadProcessId(hwnd, out pid);
+                return System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessById((int)pid).ProcessName;
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static string GetActiveWindowTitle(IntPtr hwnd)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(MAX_TITLE_LENGTH);
+                return GetWindowText(hwnd, buffer, MAX_TITLE_LENGTH) > 0 ? buffer.ToString() : null;
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static void Initialize()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                if (_winEventHook != IntPtr.Zero) return;
+
+                _activeWindowChangedDelegate = ActiveWindowChanged;
+                _winEventHook = SetWinEventHook(EVENT_SYSTEM_FOREGROUND, EVENT_SYSTEM_FOREGROUND, IntPtr.Zero, _activeWindowChangedDelegate, 0, 0, WINEVENT_OUTOFCONTEXT);
+            }
+            catch { /* catch'em all - I don't want it to crash here */ }
+        }
+
+        public static void Dispose()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                if (_winEventHook == IntPtr.Zero) return;
+
+                UnhookWinEvent(_winEventHook);
+                _activeWindowChangedDelegate = null;
+                _winEventHook = IntPtr.Zero;
+            }
+            catch { /* catch'em all - I don't want it to crash here */ }
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+    }
+}