diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index 600d2d3..344208f 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode
+CHANGELOG.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e-tests/cycle-todo-dwim.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/cycle-todo-dwim.spec.ts
index c10dafb..4550759 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/cycle-todo-dwim.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/cycle-todo-dwim.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import { expect } from '@playwright/test'
+import { expect, Page } from '@playwright/test'
 import { test } from './fixtures'
 import { createRandomPage, modKey } from './utils'
 
 test('cycling TODO state', async ({ page, block }) => {
+  await setSkipDoingSettingTo(page, false)
   await createRandomPage(page)
 
   await block.mustFill('foo')
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ test('cycling TODO state', async ({ page, block }) => {
 })
 
 test('cycling TODO state while editing', async ({ page, block }) => {
+  await setSkipDoingSettingTo(page, false)
   await createRandomPage(page)
 
   await block.activeEditing(0)
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ test('cycling TODO state while editing', async ({ page, block }) => {
 })
 
 test('cycling TODO state (SCHEDULED)', async ({ page, block }) => {
+  await setSkipDoingSettingTo(page, false)
   await createRandomPage(page)
 
   await block.mustFill(`LATER foobar\nSCHEDULED: <2000-01-01 Sat .+73y>`)
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ test('cycling TODO state (SCHEDULED) while editing', async ({
   page,
   block,
 }) => {
+  await setSkipDoingSettingTo(page, false)
   await createRandomPage(page)
 
   await block.activeEditing(0)
@@ -90,6 +94,7 @@ test('cycling TODO state (SCHEDULED, but not repeating)', async ({
   page,
   block,
 }) => {
+  await setSkipDoingSettingTo(page, false)
   await createRandomPage(page)
 
   await block.mustFill(`LATER foobar\nSCHEDULED: <2000-01-01 Sat>`)
@@ -110,3 +115,34 @@ test('cycling TODO state (SCHEDULED, but not repeating)', async ({
     ).toContainText(`SCHEDULED: ${expected.scheduled}`)
   }
 })
+
+test('skipping NOW/DOING when this option is enabled', async ({
+  page,
+  block,
+}) => {
+  await setSkipDoingSettingTo(page, true)
+  await createRandomPage(page)
+
+  await block.mustFill(`LATER foobar`)
+  await block.escapeEditing()
+  await page.keyboard.press('ArrowDown', { delay: 10 })
+  await page.keyboard.press(modKey + '+Shift+Enter', { delay: 10 })
+  await expect(page.locator('.block-content span >> nth=0')).toHaveClass(
+    `inline done`
+  )
+})
+
+async function setSkipDoingSettingTo(page: Page, enabled: boolean) {
+  await page.click('#head .toolbar-dots-btn')
+  await page.click('#head .dropdown-wrapper >> text=Settings')
+  await page.click('.settings-modal [data-id=plugins] a')
+
+  const setting = page.locator(
+    '[data-key=cycleTODOdwimSkipDoing] >> input[type=checkbox]'
+  )
+
+  await setting.setChecked(enabled)
+  await page.waitForTimeout(1000)
+  await page.keyboard.press('Escape')
+  await page.keyboard.press('Escape')
+}
diff --git a/e2e-tests/install.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/install.spec.ts
index a561c82..93eacd9 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/install.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/install.spec.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ test('verifying the plugin is installed', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.keyboard.press('Escape')
   await page.keyboard.press('t+p')
   await expect(page.locator('.installed h3 span')).toHaveText(
-    'logseq-cycle-todo-dwim'
+    'Cycle TODO (Do What I Mean)'
   )
 })
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 5a5db70..95c8e6c 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,16 @@ function setMarker(block: BlockEntity, newMarker: Marker) {
 async function computeNextMarker(currentMarker: Marker) {
   const userPreferredStyle = await preferredTodoStyle()
   const todoSeq = todoSequences[userPreferredStyle] as readonly Marker[]
-  return todoSeq[(todoSeq.indexOf(currentMarker) + 1) % todoSeq.length]
+  const nextMarker =
+    todoSeq[(todoSeq.indexOf(currentMarker) + 1) % todoSeq.length]
+  if (
+    ['NOW', 'DOING'].includes(nextMarker) &&
+    logseq.settings!['cycleTODOdwimSkipDoing']
+  ) {
+    return computeNextMarker(nextMarker)
+  } else {
+    return nextMarker
+  }
 }
 
 type Timestamp = {
@@ -153,6 +162,17 @@ async function cycleTODOdwim(): Promise<void[]> {
 }
 
 async function main() {
+  logseq.useSettingsSchema([
+    {
+      key: 'cycleTODOdwimSkipDoing',
+      type: 'boolean',
+      title: 'Skip NOW/DOING State',
+      description:
+        '<p>Determines whether the Cycle TODO (Do What I Mean) feature skips the NOW/DOING state</p>',
+      default: false,
+    },
+  ])
+
   logseq.App.registerCommandPalette(
     {
       label: 'Cycle TODO (Do What I Mean)',
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c3811d2..ae923d9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
   "logseq": {
     "main": "dist/index.html",
     "icon": "./logo.webp",
-    "id": "cycle-todo-dwim"
+    "id": "cycle-todo-dwim",
+    "title": "Cycle TODO (Do What I Mean)"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@logseq/libs": "^0.2.0",