diff --git a/frontend/src/components/GenericComponent.tsx b/frontend/src/components/GenericComponent.tsx
index 67e442e..95211ad 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/GenericComponent.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/GenericComponent.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { updateValue } from "../socket";
 import { DictComponent } from "./DictComponent";
 import { parseFullAccessPath } from "../utils/stateUtils";
 import { SerializedEnum, SerializedObject } from "../types/SerializedObject";
+import { TaskComponent, TaskStatus } from "./TaskComponent";
 
 interface GenericComponentProps {
   attribute: SerializedObject;
@@ -182,6 +183,17 @@ export const GenericComponent = React.memo(
           id={id}
         />
       );
+    } else if (attribute.type == "Task") {
+      return (
+        <TaskComponent
+          fullAccessPath={fullAccessPath}
+          docString={attribute.doc}
+          status={attribute.value["status"].value as TaskStatus}
+          addNotification={addNotification}
+          displayName={displayName}
+          id={id}
+        />
+      );
     } else if (attribute.type === "DataService") {
       return (
         <DataServiceComponent
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/TaskComponent.tsx b/frontend/src/components/TaskComponent.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0342cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/TaskComponent.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { runMethod } from "../socket";
+import { Form, Button, InputGroup, Spinner } from "react-bootstrap";
+import { DocStringComponent } from "./DocStringComponent";
+import { LevelName } from "./NotificationsComponent";
+import useRenderCount from "../hooks/useRenderCount";
+
+export type TaskStatus = "RUNNING" | "NOT_RUNNING";
+
+interface TaskProps {
+  fullAccessPath: string;
+  docString: string | null;
+  status: TaskStatus;
+  addNotification: (message: string, levelname?: LevelName) => void;
+  displayName: string;
+  id: string;
+}
+
+export const TaskComponent = React.memo((props: TaskProps) => {
+  const { fullAccessPath, docString, status, addNotification, displayName, id } = props;
+
+  const renderCount = useRenderCount();
+  const formRef = useRef(null);
+  const [spinning, setSpinning] = useState(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let message: string;
+
+    if (status === "RUNNING") {
+      message = `${fullAccessPath} was started.`;
+    } else {
+      message = `${fullAccessPath} was stopped.`;
+    }
+
+    addNotification(message);
+    setSpinning(false);
+  }, [status]);
+
+  const execute = async (event: React.FormEvent) => {
+    event.preventDefault();
+
+    const method_name = status == "RUNNING" ? "stop" : "start";
+
+    const accessPath = [fullAccessPath, method_name]
+      .filter((element) => element)
+      .join(".");
+    setSpinning(true);
+    runMethod(accessPath);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className="component taskComponent" id={id}>
+      {process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" && <div>Render count: {renderCount}</div>}
+      <Form onSubmit={execute} ref={formRef}>
+        <InputGroup>
+          <InputGroup.Text>
+            {displayName}
+            <DocStringComponent docString={docString} />
+          </InputGroup.Text>
+          <Button id={`button-${id}`} type="submit">
+            {spinning ? (
+              <Spinner size="sm" role="status" aria-hidden="true" />
+            ) : status === "RUNNING" ? (
+              "Stop "
+            ) : (
+              "Start "
+            )}
+          </Button>
+        </InputGroup>
+      </Form>
+    </div>
+  );
+});
+
+TaskComponent.displayName = "TaskComponent";
diff --git a/frontend/src/types/SerializedObject.ts b/frontend/src/types/SerializedObject.ts
index 8dec4f4..cd940c4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types/SerializedObject.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types/SerializedObject.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,12 @@ type SerializedException = SerializedObjectBase & {
   type: "Exception";
 };
 
-type DataServiceTypes = "DataService" | "Image" | "NumberSlider" | "DeviceConnection";
+type DataServiceTypes =
+  | "DataService"
+  | "Image"
+  | "NumberSlider"
+  | "DeviceConnection"
+  | "Task";
 
 type SerializedDataService = SerializedObjectBase & {
   name: string;