diff --git a/Mite/Mite.php b/Mite/Mite.php
index 293fd5d..9494bed 100644
--- a/Mite/Mite.php
+++ b/Mite/Mite.php
@@ -296,17 +296,17 @@ public function addService(Array $data)
 	 * Start tracking
 	 *
 	 * @param int $id
+     * @return MiteTracker
 	 */
 	public function startTracking($id)
 	{
         //PATCH /tracker/:id.json
 		try
 		{
-            
-			$response = $this->Resty->patch('/tracker/'.$id.'.json');
+			$response = $this->Resty->patch('tracker/'.$id.'.json');
 
 			if ($this->Resty->getInfo('http_code') == '200') {
-				return $response;
+                return MiteTracker::fromResponse($response);
 			}
 		}
 		catch(\Exception $e)
@@ -316,6 +316,53 @@ public function startTracking($id)
 
 		return false;
 	}
+
+    /**
+     * get tracking information as either MiteTracker entity if tracker is running, or null if no time entry is currently tracked
+     * @return MiteTracker|null
+     */
+    public function getTracking()
+    {
+        //GET /tracker.json
+        try
+        {
+            $response = $this->Resty->get('tracker.json');
+
+            if ($this->Resty->getInfo('http_code') == '200') {
+                return MiteTracker::fromResponse($response);
+            }
+        }
+        catch(\Exception $e)
+        {
+            throw new MiteException('Tracking couldn\'t not be fetched ('.$e->getMessage().').');
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Delete tracking and returns the deleted MiteTracker entity
+     *
+     * @param int $id
+     * @return MiteTracker|null
+     */
+    public function stopTracking($id)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            $response = $this->Resty->delete('tracker/'.$id.'.json');
+            if ($this->Resty->getInfo('http_code') == '200')
+            {
+                return MiteTracker::fromResponse($response);
+            }
+        }
+        catch (\Exception $e)
+        {
+            throw new MiteException('Entity deletion failed "tracker" ('.$e->getMessage().').');
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
 	
 	/**
 	 * Add entity
diff --git a/Mite/MiteTracker.php b/Mite/MiteTracker.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2c6447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Mite/MiteTracker.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Mite;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the mite tracker object of the current active time entry
+ *
+ * @author Thomas Lauria <thomas@mittagqi.com>
+ */
+class MiteTracker extends MiteEntity
+{
+    /**
+     * ID to the current active time entry (MiteTime)
+     * @var integer
+     */
+	public $id = null;
+
+    /**
+     * The duration of the current time entry in minutes
+     * @var integer
+     */
+	public $minutes = null;
+
+    /**
+     * The start time of the current time entry in DATE_RFC3339 format
+     * @var string
+     */
+	public $since = null;
+
+    /**
+     * factory for MiteTracker entities, out of a response object
+     * @param \stdClass $response
+     * @return MiteTracker|null
+     */
+	public static function fromResponse(\stdClass $response) {
+        if(!empty($response->tracker->stopped_time_entry)) {
+            return new self($response->tracker->stopped_time_entry);
+        }
+        if(!empty($response->tracker->tracking_time_entry)) {
+            return new self($response->tracker->tracking_time_entry);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f3de05..14401f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,6 +77,20 @@ $newtime = $mite->addTime(
 );
 ```
 
+Start and stop the current running time:
+```php
+<?php
+// get the current running time tracker
+$tracker = $mite->getTracking();
+
+// stop the tracker, where $tracker->id is the id of the corresponding time entry
+$mite->stopTracking($tracker->id);
+
+// and start it again:
+$mite->startTracking($tracker->id);
+
+```
+
 Look into the code `Mite/Mite.php` for a complete list of methods this library provides.
 
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