diff --git a/qubesmanager/settings.py b/qubesmanager/settings.py
index eb20ac5..48e5011 100755
--- a/qubesmanager/settings.py
+++ b/qubesmanager/settings.py
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ class VMSettingsWindow(Ui_SettingsDialog, QDialog):
     def __init_basic_tab__(self):
         self.vmname.setText(self.vm.name)
         self.vmname.setValidator(QRegExpValidator(QRegExp("[a-zA-Z0-9-]*", Qt.CaseInsensitive), None))
+        self.vmname.setEnabled(not self.vm.is_running())
 
         #self.qvm_collection.lock_db_for_reading()
         #self.qvm_collection.load()
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ class VMSettingsWindow(Ui_SettingsDialog, QDialog):
                 self.vmlabel.insertItem(i, label.name)
                 self.vmlabel.setItemIcon (i, QIcon(label.icon_path))
             self.vmlabel.setCurrentIndex(self.label_idx)
+        self.vmlabel.setEnabled(not self.vm.is_running())
 
         if not self.vm.is_template() and self.vm.template is not None:
             template_vm_list = [vm for vm in self.qvm_collection.values() if not vm.internal and vm.is_template()]
diff --git a/settingsdlg.ui b/settingsdlg.ui
index b4c1318..cc1d7ca 100644
--- a/settingsdlg.ui
+++ b/settingsdlg.ui
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
             <item row="0" column="0">
              <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
               <property name="text">
-               <string>Name &amp;&amp; label:</string>
+               <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Name &amp;amp;&amp;amp; label&lt;span style=&quot; color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
               </property>
               <property name="buddy">
                <cstring>vmname</cstring>
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
            </layout>
           </widget>
          </item>
-         <item row="4" column="0">
+         <item row="5" column="0">
           <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
            <property name="orientation">
             <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
@@ -356,6 +356,13 @@
            </layout>
           </widget>
          </item>
+         <item row="4" column="0">
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_5">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;* &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; color:#000000;&quot;&gt;Cannot be changed while the VM is running&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
         </layout>
        </widget>
        <widget class="QWidget" name="advanced_tab">