diff --git a/app/components/Onboarding/Autopilot.js b/app/components/Onboarding/Autopilot.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..225fb0cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/Onboarding/Autopilot.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
+import { FaCircle, FaCircleThin } from 'react-icons/lib/fa'
+import styles from './Autopilot.scss'
+
+const Autopilot = ({ autopilot, setAutopilot }) => (
+  <div className={styles.container}>
+    <section className={`${styles.enable} ${autopilot && styles.active}`}>
+      <div onClick={() => setAutopilot(true)}>
+        {
+          autopilot ?
+            <FaCircle />
+            :
+            <FaCircleThin />
+        }
+        <span className={styles.label}>
+          Enable Autopilot
+        </span>
+      </div>
+    </section>
+    <section className={`${styles.disable} ${(!autopilot && autopilot !== null) && styles.active}`}>
+      <div onClick={() => setAutopilot(false)}>
+        {
+          !autopilot && autopilot !== null ?
+            <FaCircle />
+            :
+            <FaCircleThin />
+        }
+        <span className={styles.label}>
+          Disable Autopilot
+        </span>
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  </div>
+)
+
+Autopilot.propTypes = {
+  autopilot: PropTypes.bool,
+  setAutopilot: PropTypes.func.isRequired
+}
+
+export default Autopilot
diff --git a/app/components/Onboarding/Autopilot.scss b/app/components/Onboarding/Autopilot.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9ff9ac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/Onboarding/Autopilot.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+@import '../../variables.scss';
+
+.container {
+  color: $white;
+
+  section {
+    margin: 20px 0;
+    
+    &.enable {
+      &.active {
+        div {
+          color: $green;
+          border-color: $green;
+        }
+      }
+
+      div:hover {
+        color: $green;
+        border-color: $green;
+      }
+    }
+
+    &.disable {
+      &.active {
+        div {
+          color: $red;
+          border-color: $red;
+        }
+      }
+
+      div:hover {
+        color: $red;
+        border-color: $red;
+      }
+    }
+
+    div {
+      width: 150px;
+      text-align: center;
+      display: inline-block;
+      padding: 20px;
+      border: 1px solid $white;
+      border-radius: 5px;
+      font-weight: 200;
+      cursor: pointer;
+      transition: all 0.25s;
+    }
+
+    .label {
+      margin-left: 15px;
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/components/Onboarding/FormContainer.js b/app/components/Onboarding/FormContainer.js
index 8d01c285..c026d21d 100644
--- a/app/components/Onboarding/FormContainer.js
+++ b/app/components/Onboarding/FormContainer.js
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
 import Isvg from 'react-inlinesvg'
+
+import { FaAngleLeft, FaAngleRight } from 'react-icons/lib/fa'
+
 import zapLogo from 'icons/zap_logo.svg'
 import styles from './FormContainer.scss'
 
@@ -28,12 +31,12 @@ const FormContainer = ({ title, description, back, next, children }) => (
       <div className={styles.buttonsContainer}>
         <section>
           {
-            back && <div onClick={back}>Back</div>
+            back && <div onClick={back}><FaAngleLeft style={{ verticalAlign: 'top' }} /> Back</div>
           }
         </section>
         <section>
           {
-            next && <div onClick={next}>Next</div>
+            next && <div onClick={next}>Next <FaAngleRight style={{ verticalAlign: 'top' }} /></div>
           }
         </section>
       </div>
diff --git a/app/components/Onboarding/FormContainer.scss b/app/components/Onboarding/FormContainer.scss
index cdbbb737..e5f960db 100644
--- a/app/components/Onboarding/FormContainer.scss
+++ b/app/components/Onboarding/FormContainer.scss
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 
   p {
     font-size: 12px;
+    line-height: 1.5;
+    width: 70%;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/components/Onboarding/Onboarding.js b/app/components/Onboarding/Onboarding.js
index 34ae5d46..4c10d797 100644
--- a/app/components/Onboarding/Onboarding.js
+++ b/app/components/Onboarding/Onboarding.js
@@ -5,15 +5,19 @@ import LoadingBolt from 'components/LoadingBolt'
 
 import FormContainer from './FormContainer'
 import Alias from './Alias'
+import Autopilot from './Autopilot'
 import styles from './Onboarding.scss'
 
 const Onboarding = ({
   onboarding: {
     step,
-    alias
+    alias,
+    autopilot
   },
+  changeStep,
   submit,
-  aliasProps
+  aliasProps,
+  autopilotProps
 }) => {
   const renderStep = () => {
     switch (step) {
@@ -23,11 +27,22 @@ const Onboarding = ({
             title={'1. What should we call you?'}
             description={'Set your nickname to help others connect with you on the Lightning Network'}
             back={null}
-            next={() => submit(alias)}
+            next={() => changeStep(2)}
           >
             <Alias {...aliasProps} />
           </FormContainer>
         )
+      case 2:
+        return (
+          <FormContainer
+            title={'2. Autopilot'}
+            description={'Autopilot is an automatic network manager. Instead of manually adding people to build your network to make payments, enable autopilot to automatically connect you to the Lightning Network using 60% of your balance.'} // eslint-disable-line
+            back={() => changeStep(1)}
+            next={() => submit(alias, autopilot)}
+          >
+            <Autopilot {...autopilotProps} />
+          </FormContainer>
+        )
       default:
         return <LoadingBolt />
     }
@@ -43,6 +58,8 @@ const Onboarding = ({
 Onboarding.propTypes = {
   onboarding: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
   aliasProps: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+  autopilotProps: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+  changeStep: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   submit: PropTypes.func.isRequired
 }
 
diff --git a/app/containers/Root.js b/app/containers/Root.js
index f2a922ec..b517a3da 100644
--- a/app/containers/Root.js
+++ b/app/containers/Root.js
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
 import LoadingBolt from '../components/LoadingBolt'
 import Onboarding from '../components/Onboarding'
 import Syncing from '../components/Onboarding/Syncing'
-import { updateAlias, changeStep, submit } from '../reducers/onboarding'
+import { updateAlias, setAutopilot, changeStep, submit } from '../reducers/onboarding'
 import { fetchBlockHeight, lndSelectors } from '../reducers/lnd'
 import Routes from '../routes'
 
 const mapDispatchToProps = {
   updateAlias,
+  setAutopilot,
   changeStep,
   submit,
 
@@ -37,10 +38,17 @@ const mergeProps = (stateProps, dispatchProps, ownProps) => {
     alias: stateProps.onboarding.alias
   }
 
+  const autopilotProps = {
+    autopilot: stateProps.onboarding.autopilot,
+    setAutopilot: dispatchProps.setAutopilot
+  }
+
   const onboardingProps = {
     onboarding: stateProps.onboarding,
+    changeStep: dispatchProps.changeStep,
     submit: dispatchProps.submit,
-    aliasProps
+    aliasProps,
+    autopilotProps
   }
 
   return {
diff --git a/app/main.dev.js b/app/main.dev.js
index bc84b8d2..e16f893a 100644
--- a/app/main.dev.js
+++ b/app/main.dev.js
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ const sendLndSynced = () => {
 }
 
 // Starts the LND node
-const startLnd = (alias) => {
+const startLnd = (alias, autopilot) => {
   let lndPath
 
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
@@ -148,21 +148,21 @@ const startLnd = (alias) => {
     lndPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'bin', plat === 'win32' ? 'lnd.exe' : 'lnd')
   }
 
-  const neutrino = spawn(lndPath,
-    [
-      '--bitcoin.active',
-      '--bitcoin.testnet',
-      '--bitcoin.node=neutrino',
-      '--neutrino.connect=btcd.jackmallers.com:18333',
-      '--neutrino.addpeer=188.166.148.62:18333',
-      '--neutrino.addpeer=159.65.48.139:18333',
-      '--neutrino.connect=127.0.0.1:18333',
-      '--autopilot.active',
-      '--debuglevel=debug',
-      '--noencryptwallet',
-      `--alias=${alias}`
-    ]
-  )
+  const neutrinoArgs = [
+    '--bitcoin.active',
+    '--bitcoin.testnet',
+    '--bitcoin.node=neutrino',
+    '--neutrino.connect=btcd.jackmallers.com:18333',
+    '--neutrino.addpeer=188.166.148.62:18333',
+    '--neutrino.addpeer=159.65.48.139:18333',
+    '--neutrino.connect=127.0.0.1:18333',
+    '--debuglevel=debug',
+    '--noencryptwallet',
+    `${autopilot ? '--autopilot.active' : ''}`,
+    `${alias ? `--alias=${alias}` : ''}`
+  ]
+
+  const neutrino = spawn(lndPath, neutrinoArgs)
     .on('error', error => console.log(`lnd error: ${error}`))
     .on('close', code => console.log(`lnd shutting down ${code}`))
 
@@ -284,9 +284,9 @@ app.on('ready', async () => {
       // Start LND
       // startLnd()
       // once the onboarding has finished we wanna let the application we have started syncing and start LND
-      ipcMain.on('onboardingFinished', (event, { alias }) => {
+      ipcMain.on('onboardingFinished', (event, { alias, autopilot }) => {
         sendLndSyncing()
-        startLnd(alias)
+        startLnd(alias, autopilot)
       })
     } else {
       // An LND process was found, no need to start our own
diff --git a/app/reducers/onboarding.js b/app/reducers/onboarding.js
index 4fb5665f..905f7b93 100644
--- a/app/reducers/onboarding.js
+++ b/app/reducers/onboarding.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ export const UPDATE_ALIAS = 'UPDATE_ALIAS'
 
 export const CHANGE_STEP = 'CHANGE_STEP'
 
+export const SET_AUTOPILOT = 'SET_AUTOPILOT'
+
 export const ONBOARDING_STARTED = 'ONBOARDING_STARTED'
 export const ONBOARDING_FINISHED = 'ONBOARDING_FINISHED'
 
@@ -20,6 +22,13 @@ export function updateAlias(alias) {
   }
 }
 
+export function setAutopilot(autopilot) {
+  return {
+    type: SET_AUTOPILOT,
+    autopilot
+  }
+}
+
 export function changeStep(step) {
   return {
     type: CHANGE_STEP,
@@ -27,9 +36,10 @@ export function changeStep(step) {
   }
 }
 
-export function submit(alias) {
+export function submit(alias, autopilot) {
   // alert the app we're done onboarding and it's cool to start LND
-  ipcRenderer.send('onboardingFinished', { alias })
+  // send the alias they set along with whether they want autopilot on or not
+  ipcRenderer.send('onboardingFinished', { alias, autopilot })
 
   return {
     type: ONBOARDING_FINISHED
@@ -45,6 +55,7 @@ export const startOnboarding = () => (dispatch) => {
 // ------------------------------------
 const ACTION_HANDLERS = {
   [UPDATE_ALIAS]: (state, { alias }) => ({ ...state, alias }),
+  [SET_AUTOPILOT]: (state, { autopilot }) => ({ ...state, autopilot }),
   [CHANGE_STEP]: (state, { step }) => ({ ...state, step }),
   [ONBOARDING_STARTED]: state => ({ ...state, onboarded: false }),
   [ONBOARDING_FINISHED]: state => ({ ...state, onboarded: true })
@@ -56,13 +67,14 @@ const ACTION_HANDLERS = {
 const initialState = {
   onboarded: true,
   step: 1,
-  alias: ''
+  alias: '',
+  autopilot: null
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------
 // Reducer
 // ------------------------------------
-export default function lndReducer(state = initialState, action) {
+export default function onboardingReducer(state = initialState, action) {
   const handler = ACTION_HANDLERS[action.type]
 
   return handler ? handler(state, action) : state