diff --git a/src/ddebug/gdb/gdbmiparser.d b/src/ddebug/gdb/gdbmiparser.d
index e0c2d9d..148c9b4 100644
--- a/src/ddebug/gdb/gdbmiparser.d
+++ b/src/ddebug/gdb/gdbmiparser.d
@@ -68,15 +68,30 @@ DebugLocation parseFrame(MIValue frame) {
     if (!frame)
         return null;
     DebugLocation location = new DebugLocation();
-    location.file = baseName(frame.getString("file"));
-    location.projectFilePath = frame.getString("file");
-    location.fullFilePath = frame.getString("fullname");
+    location.file = baseName(toNativeDelimiters(frame.getString("file")));
+    location.projectFilePath = toNativeDelimiters(frame.getString("file"));
+    location.fullFilePath = toNativeDelimiters(frame.getString("fullname"));
     location.line = frame.getInt("line");
     location.func = frame.getString("func");
     location.address = frame.getUlong("addr");
     return location;
 }
 
+string toNativeDelimiters(string s) {
+    version(Windows) {
+        char[] buf;
+        foreach(ch; s) {
+            if (ch == '/')
+                buf ~= '\\';
+            else
+                buf ~= ch;
+        }
+        return buf.dup;
+    } else {
+        return s;
+    }
+}
+
 string parseIdent(ref string s) {
     string res = null;
     int len = 0;
@@ -273,7 +288,7 @@ MIValue parseMIValue(ref MIToken[] tokens) {
 }
 
 private MIValue[] parseMIList(ref MIToken[] tokens, MITokenType closingToken = MITokenType.eol) {
-    Log.v("parseMIList: " ~ tokens.dumpTokens);
+    //Log.v("parseMIList: " ~ tokens.dumpTokens);
     MIValue[] res;
     if (!tokens.length)
         return res;
diff --git a/src/dlangide/ui/debuggerui.d b/src/dlangide/ui/debuggerui.d
index 8b1e987..9251483 100644
--- a/src/dlangide/ui/debuggerui.d
+++ b/src/dlangide/ui/debuggerui.d
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ module dlangide.ui.debuggerui;
 
 import dlangui.core.logger;
 import dlangui.core.events;
+import dlangide.workspace.project;
+import dlangide.workspace.workspace;
 import dlangide.ui.frame;
 import dlangide.ui.commands;
+import dlangide.ui.dsourceedit;
 import ddebug.common.execution;
 import ddebug.common.debugger;
 
@@ -44,18 +47,39 @@ class DebuggerUIHandler : DebuggerCallback {
         _debugger.execStart();
     }
 
+    void updateLocation(DebugLocation location) {
+        _location = location;
+        ProjectSourceFile sourceFile = currentWorkspace.findSourceFile(location.projectFilePath, location.fullFilePath);
+        if (sourceFile) {
+            _ide.openSourceFile(sourceFile.filename, sourceFile, true);
+        } else {
+            _ide.openSourceFile(location.fullFilePath, null, true);
+        }
+        DSourceEdit[] editors = _ide.allOpenedEditors;
+        foreach(ed; editors) {
+            if (ed.projectSourceFile is sourceFile)
+                ed.executionLine = location.line - 1;
+            else
+                ed.executionLine = -1;
+        }
+    }
+
     /// state changed: running / paused / stopped
     void onDebugState(DebuggingState state, StateChangeReason reason, DebugLocation location, Breakpoint bp) {
         Log.d("onDebugState: ", state, " reason=", reason);
         _state = state;
         if (state == DebuggingState.stopped) {
             _ide.logPanel.logLine("Program is stopped");
+            _ide.statusLine.setStatusText("Stopped"d);
             _debugger.stop();
         } else if (state == DebuggingState.running) {
             _ide.logPanel.logLine("Program is started");
+            _ide.statusLine.setStatusText("Running"d);
+            _ide.window.update();
         } else if (state == DebuggingState.paused) {
-            _location = location;
+            updateLocation(location);
             _ide.logPanel.logLine("Program is paused.");
+            _ide.statusLine.setStatusText("Paused"d);
             _ide.window.update();
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/dlangide/ui/dsourceedit.d b/src/dlangide/ui/dsourceedit.d
index 99877c4..b880ac0 100644
--- a/src/dlangide/ui/dsourceedit.d
+++ b/src/dlangide/ui/dsourceedit.d
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ module dlangide.ui.dsourceedit;
 
 import dlangui.core.logger;
 import dlangui.core.signals;
+import dlangui.graphics.drawbuf;
 import dlangui.widgets.editors;
 import dlangui.widgets.srcedit;
 import dlangui.widgets.menu;
@@ -123,6 +124,24 @@ class DSourceEdit : SourceEdit, EditableContentMarksChangeListener {
         return menu;
     }
 
+    uint _executionLineHighlightColor = 0x808080FF;
+    int _executionLine = -1;
+    @property int executionLine() { return _executionLine; }
+    @property void executionLine(int line) {
+        if (line == _executionLine)
+            return;
+        _executionLine = line;
+        if (_executionLine >= 0) {
+            setCaretPos(_executionLine, 0, true);
+        }
+        invalidate();
+    }
+    /// override to custom highlight of line background
+    override protected void drawLineBackground(DrawBuf buf, int lineIndex, Rect lineRect, Rect visibleRect) {
+        if (lineIndex == _executionLine) {
+            buf.fillRect(visibleRect, _executionLineHighlightColor);
+        }
+    }
 
     void setSyntaxSupport() {
         if (isDSourceFile) {
diff --git a/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d b/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d
index 7f8a365..3e616dd 100644
--- a/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d
+++ b/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d
@@ -411,6 +411,18 @@ class IDEFrame : AppFrame, ProgramExecutionStatusListener, BreakpointListChangeL
         }
     }
 
+    /// returns array of all opened source editors
+    DSourceEdit[] allOpenedEditors() {
+        DSourceEdit[] res;
+        for (int i = _tabs.tabCount - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            DSourceEdit ed = cast(DSourceEdit)_tabs.tabBody(i);
+            if (ed) {
+                res ~= ed;
+            }
+        }
+        return res;
+    }
+
     /// close editor tabs for which files are removed from filesystem
     void closeRemovedDocuments() {
         import std.file;
diff --git a/src/dlangide/workspace/project.d b/src/dlangide/workspace/project.d
index 3979bc8..c3f7ec0 100644
--- a/src/dlangide/workspace/project.d
+++ b/src/dlangide/workspace/project.d
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ class ProjectItem {
 
     void refresh() {
     }
+
+    ProjectSourceFile findSourceFile(string projectFileName, string fullFileName) {
+        if (fullFileName.equal(_filename))
+            return cast(ProjectSourceFile)this;
+        if (project && projectFileName.equal(project.absoluteToRelativePath(_filename)))
+            return cast(ProjectSourceFile)this;
+        return null;
+    }
 }
 
 /// Project folder
@@ -122,6 +130,14 @@ class ProjectFolder : ProjectItem {
         return null;
     }
 
+    override ProjectSourceFile findSourceFile(string projectFileName, string fullFileName) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < _children.count; i++) {
+            if (ProjectSourceFile res = _children[i].findSourceFile(projectFileName, fullFileName))
+                return res;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     bool loadDir(string path) {
         string src = relativeToAbsolutePath(path);
         if (exists(src) && isDir(src)) {
@@ -419,6 +435,10 @@ class Project : WorkspaceItem {
         return _builderSourcePaths; 
     }
 
+    ProjectSourceFile findSourceFile(string projectFileName, string fullFileName) {
+        return _items ? _items.findSourceFile(projectFileName, fullFileName) : null;
+    }
+
     private static void addUnique(ref string[] dst, string[] items) {
         foreach(item; items) {
             bool found = false;
diff --git a/src/dlangide/workspace/workspace.d b/src/dlangide/workspace/workspace.d
index 9c6a773..4b765c7 100644
--- a/src/dlangide/workspace/workspace.d
+++ b/src/dlangide/workspace/workspace.d
@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ class Workspace : WorkspaceItem {
         _frame = frame;
     }
 
+    ProjectSourceFile findSourceFile(string projectFileName, string fullFileName) {
+        foreach(p; _projects) {
+            ProjectSourceFile res = p.findSourceFile(projectFileName, fullFileName);
+            if (res)
+                return res;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     @property Project[] projects() {
         return _projects;
     }