diff --git a/src/components/Panel.tsx b/src/components/Panel.tsx
index 6cc1e1d..b2b2603 100644
--- a/src/components/Panel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Panel.tsx
@@ -4,85 +4,140 @@ import { Series } from '../models/series';
 import { BarSeries } from '../models/barSeries';
 
 import { PanelOptions, Pod } from '../types';
-
-import { DataProcessor } from '../grafana/data_processor';
+import { formatValue, getGrafanaSeriesList, getLastMetricValue } from '../utils';
 
 import { ChartwerkGaugePod } from '@chartwerk/gauge-pod';
 import { ChartwerkBarPod } from '@chartwerk/bar-pod';
 
-import { PanelData, TimeRange, PanelProps } from '@grafana/data';
+import { PanelProps } from '@grafana/data';
 import { VizLegend } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { LegendDisplayMode } from '@grafana/schema';
 
-import React, { useCallback, useRef } from 'react';
+import React, { useRef, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { css } from 'emotion';
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
 
 interface Props extends PanelProps<PanelOptions> {}
 
 export function Panel({ options, data, width, height, timeRange, onChangeTimeRange, replaceVariables }: Props) {
-  const grafanaSeriesList = getGrafanaSeriesList(data, timeRange);
-  let chartContainer = useRef(null);
+  const grafanaSeriesList = useMemo(() => getGrafanaSeriesList(data, timeRange), [data, timeRange]);
+  const podContainerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+
+  const podContainer = useMemo(() => {
+    const chartClickHandler = (event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      if (options.gauge.link === undefined || options.gauge.link === '') {
+        return;
+      }
+      const link = replaceVariables(options.gauge.link);
+      window.open(link, '_self');
+    };
+
+    const isLinkActive = options.gauge.link !== undefined && options.gauge.link !== '';
+    let containerHeight = height;
+    if (options.visualizationType === Pod.BAR) {
+      containerHeight = height - 20;
+    }
+    if (options.visualizationType === Pod.GAUGE && options.gauge.additionalInfo.display) {
+      containerHeight = height - options.gauge.additionalInfo.size - 8;
+    }
 
-  // we request animation frame here because we need an existing DOM-element at the moment we render the pod
-  window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+    return (
+      <div
+        ref={podContainerRef}
+        className={css`
+          width: ${width}px;
+          height: ${containerHeight}px;
+          cursor: ${isLinkActive ? 'pointer' : 'default'};
+        `}
+        onClick={chartClickHandler}
+      ></div>
+    );
+  }, [width, height, options, replaceVariables]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
     let pod;
+    if (podContainerRef.current === null) {
+      return;
+    }
     switch (options.visualizationType) {
       case Pod.GAUGE:
         const series = new Series(grafanaSeriesList, options.gauge.value).getChartwerkSeries();
         const chartwerkGaugeOptions = new GaugeOptions(grafanaSeriesList, options).getChartwerkOptions();
-        pod = new ChartwerkGaugePod((chartContainer as any).current, series, chartwerkGaugeOptions);
+        pod = new ChartwerkGaugePod(podContainerRef.current, series, chartwerkGaugeOptions);
         break;
       case Pod.BAR:
         const barSeries = new BarSeries(grafanaSeriesList).getChartwerkSeries();
         const chartwerkBarOptions = new BarOptions(grafanaSeriesList, onChangeTimeRange).getChartwerkOptions();
-        pod = new ChartwerkBarPod((chartContainer as any).current, barSeries, chartwerkBarOptions);
+        pod = new ChartwerkBarPod(podContainerRef.current, barSeries, chartwerkBarOptions);
         break;
       default:
-        throw new Error(`Unknown visualization type: ${options.visualizationType}`);
+        console.warn(`Unknown visualization type: ${options.visualizationType}`);
+        return;
     }
     pod.render();
-  });
+  }, [podContainer, grafanaSeriesList, onChangeTimeRange, options]);
 
-  const isLinkActive = !_.isEmpty(options.gauge.link);
-  const chartClickHandler = useCallback((event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
-    event.preventDefault();
-    if (!isLinkActive) {
-      return;
-    }
-    const link = replaceVariables(options.gauge.link as string);
-    window.open(link, '_self');
-  }, [options.gauge.link]);
-  const legendItems = _.map(grafanaSeriesList, (serie) => {
-    return {
-      label: serie.alias,
-      color: serie.color,
-      yAxis: 1,
-    };
-  });
-  const chartHeight = options.visualizationType !== Pod.GAUGE ? height - 20 : height;
-  return (
-    <div>
-      <div
-        ref={chartContainer}
-        className={css`
-          width: ${width}px;
-          height: ${chartHeight}px;
-          cursor: ${isLinkActive ? 'pointer' : 'default'};
-        `}
-        onClick={chartClickHandler}
-      ></div>
-      {options.visualizationType !== Pod.GAUGE && (
-        <VizLegend placement={'bottom'} items={legendItems} displayMode={LegendDisplayMode.List} />
-      )}
-    </div>
-  );
-}
+  switch (options.visualizationType) {
+    case Pod.GAUGE:
+      let additionalInfo;
+      const additionalInfoConfig = options.gauge.additionalInfo;
+      if (additionalInfoConfig.display) {
+        // TODO: move `useMetric` handling to utils, as it's duplicated in gaugeOptions.ts
+        let value: number | undefined = undefined;
+        if (!additionalInfoConfig.value?.useMetric) {
+          value = additionalInfoConfig.value.value;
+        } else {
+          if (!_.isEmpty(additionalInfoConfig.value.metricName)) {
+            const aggregatedValue = getLastMetricValue(
+              grafanaSeriesList,
+              additionalInfoConfig.value.metricName,
+              'Additional Info'
+            );
+            value = aggregatedValue !== null ? aggregatedValue : undefined;
+          }
+        }
+
+        additionalInfo = (
+          <div
+            className={css`
+              width: ${width}px;
+              height: ${additionalInfoConfig.size + 8}px;
+              font-size: ${additionalInfoConfig.size}px;
+              color: ${additionalInfoConfig.color};
+              display: flex;
+              justify-content: center;
+              align-items: center;
+            `}
+          >
+            {additionalInfoConfig.prefix} {value !== undefined ? formatValue(value, additionalInfoConfig) : '-'}
+          </div>
+        );
+      }
+      return (
+        <div>
+          {podContainer}
+          {additionalInfo && additionalInfo}
+        </div>
+      );
+    case Pod.BAR:
+      const legendItems = _.map(grafanaSeriesList, (serie) => {
+        return {
+          label: serie.alias,
+          color: serie.color,
+          yAxis: 1,
+        };
+      });
+
+      return (
+        <div>
+          {podContainer}
 
-function getGrafanaSeriesList(grafanaData: PanelData, timeRange: TimeRange): any[] {
-  const processor = new DataProcessor({});
-  return processor.getSeriesList({
-    dataList: grafanaData.series,
-    range: timeRange,
-  });
+          <VizLegend placement={'bottom'} items={legendItems} displayMode={LegendDisplayMode.List} />
+        </div>
+      );
+    default:
+      console.warn(`Unknown visualization type: ${options.visualizationType}`);
+      return <div>This visualization is not supported</div>;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/models/options/gaugeOptions.ts b/src/models/options/gaugeOptions.ts
index 5bc4698..0049b38 100644
--- a/src/models/options/gaugeOptions.ts
+++ b/src/models/options/gaugeOptions.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-import { PanelOptions, Aggregation, Threshold, Icon, IconPosition, Condition } from 'types';
+import { PanelOptions, Threshold, Icon, IconPosition, Condition } from 'types';
 
-import { filterMetricListByAlias, getAggregatedValueFromSerie } from '../../utils';
-
-import { getValueFormat } from '@grafana/data';
+import { formatValue, getLastMetricValue } from '../../utils';
 
 import _ from 'lodash';
 
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ export class GaugeOptions {
       this.minValue = this.grafanaOptions.gauge.min.value;
       return;
     }
-    const aggregatedValue = this.getLastValueFromMetrics(this.grafanaOptions.gauge.min.metricName, 'Min');
+    const aggregatedValue = getLastMetricValue(this.grafanaSeriesList, this.grafanaOptions.gauge.min.metricName, 'Min');
     this.minValue = aggregatedValue ? aggregatedValue : undefined;
   }
 
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ export class GaugeOptions {
       this.maxValue = this.grafanaOptions.gauge.max.value;
       return;
     }
-    const aggregatedValue = this.getLastValueFromMetrics(this.grafanaOptions.gauge.max.metricName, 'Max');
+    const aggregatedValue = getLastMetricValue(this.grafanaSeriesList, this.grafanaOptions.gauge.max.metricName, 'Max');
     this.maxValue = aggregatedValue ? aggregatedValue : undefined;
   }
 
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ export class GaugeOptions {
 
   private _setThreshold(threshold: Threshold, idx: number): void {
     const value = threshold.useMetric
-      ? this.getLastValueFromMetrics(threshold.metricName, `Threshold ${idx + 1}`)
+      ? getLastMetricValue(this.grafanaSeriesList, threshold.metricName, `Threshold ${idx + 1}`)
       : threshold.value;
     if (value === null || value === undefined) {
       // TODO: may be throw an error
@@ -67,12 +65,6 @@ export class GaugeOptions {
     });
   }
 
-  private _valueFormatter(value: number): string {
-    const suffix = getValueFormat(this.grafanaOptions.gauge.unit)(0)?.suffix || '';
-    const decimals = _.isNumber(this.grafanaOptions.gauge.decimals) ? this.grafanaOptions.gauge.decimals : 2;
-    return `${value.toFixed(decimals)} ${suffix}`;
-  }
-
   private _setIcons(): void {
     if (_.isEmpty(this.grafanaOptions.gauge.icons)) {
       return;
@@ -100,12 +92,16 @@ export class GaugeOptions {
 
     // check each condition and return false if something goes wrong
     for (let [conditionIdx, metric] of icon.metrics.entries()) {
-      const value = this.getLastValueFromMetrics(metric, `Icon ${iconIdx + 1}, Condition ${conditionIdx + 1}`);
+      const value = getLastMetricValue(
+        this.grafanaSeriesList,
+        metric,
+        `Icon ${iconIdx + 1}, Condition ${conditionIdx + 1}`
+      );
       if (value === null || value === undefined) {
         // TODO: may be throw an error
         return false;
       }
-      if (!this.checkIconCondition(value, icon.values[conditionIdx], icon.conditions[conditionIdx])) {
+      if (!this._checkIconCondition(value, icon.values[conditionIdx], icon.conditions[conditionIdx])) {
         return false;
       }
     }
@@ -113,7 +109,7 @@ export class GaugeOptions {
     return true;
   }
 
-  private checkIconCondition(metricValue: number, inputValue: number, condition: Condition): boolean {
+  private _checkIconCondition(metricValue: number, inputValue: number, condition: Condition): boolean {
     if (inputValue === undefined || inputValue === null) {
       return true;
     }
@@ -151,7 +147,7 @@ export class GaugeOptions {
     return {
       maxValue: this.maxValue,
       minValue: this.minValue,
-      valueFormatter: (val: number) => this._valueFormatter(val),
+      valueFormatter: (val: number) => formatValue(val, this.grafanaOptions.gauge),
       defaultColor: this.grafanaOptions.gauge.thresholds.defaultColor,
       valueArcBackgroundColor: this.grafanaOptions.gauge.thresholds.arcBackground,
       reversed: this.grafanaOptions.gauge.reversed,
@@ -160,12 +156,4 @@ export class GaugeOptions {
       icons: this.icons,
     };
   }
-
-  getLastValueFromMetrics(metricName: string | undefined, optionName: string): number | null {
-    // optionName -> helper in Error, mb use option path instead
-    const filteredSeries = filterMetricListByAlias(this.grafanaSeriesList, metricName, optionName);
-    const serie = filteredSeries[0];
-    // Last value for now
-    return getAggregatedValueFromSerie(serie, Aggregation.LAST);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/module.ts b/src/module.ts
index de92132..d04cb8f 100644
--- a/src/module.ts
+++ b/src/module.ts
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ export const plugin = new PanelPlugin<PanelOptions>(Panel).setPanelOptions((buil
               label: 'Gauge',
               value: Pod.GAUGE,
             },
-            {
-              label: 'Line',
-              value: Pod.LINE,
-            },
             {
               label: 'Bar',
               value: Pod.BAR,
             },
+            {
+              label: 'Line',
+              value: Pod.LINE,
+            },
           ],
         },
       })
@@ -42,13 +42,72 @@ export const plugin = new PanelPlugin<PanelOptions>(Panel).setPanelOptions((buil
         showIf: (config) => config.visualizationType !== Pod.GAUGE,
         editor: NotSupportedText as any,
       })
-
       .addFieldNamePicker({
         name: 'Metric',
         path: 'gauge.value.metricName',
         category: ['Value'],
         showIf: (config) => config.visualizationType === Pod.GAUGE,
       })
+
+      .addBooleanSwitch({
+        path: 'gauge.additionalInfo.display',
+        name: 'Display',
+        defaultValue: false,
+        category: ['Additional Info'],
+        showIf: (config) => config.visualizationType === Pod.GAUGE,
+      })
+      .addCustomEditor({
+        id: 'additionalInfo',
+        name: 'Value',
+        path: 'gauge.additionalInfo.value',
+        category: ['Additional Info'],
+        defaultValue: { useMetric: false, value: 0 },
+        showIf: (config) => config.visualizationType === Pod.GAUGE && config.gauge.additionalInfo?.display,
+        editor: UseMetricEditor as any,
+      })
+      .addSliderInput({
+        path: 'gauge.additionalInfo.size',
+        defaultValue: 20,
+        name: 'Size (px)',
+        settings: {
+          min: 1,
+          max: 50,
+        },
+        category: ['Additional Info'],
+        showIf: (config) => config.visualizationType === Pod.GAUGE && config.gauge.additionalInfo?.display,
+      })
+      .addTextInput({
+        path: 'gauge.additionalInfo.prefix',
+        defaultValue: '',
+        name: 'Prefix',
+        category: ['Additional Info'],
+        showIf: (config) => config.visualizationType === Pod.GAUGE && config.gauge.additionalInfo?.display,
+      })
+      .addColorPicker({
+        path: 'gauge.additionalInfo.color',
+        defaultValue: 'white',
+        name: 'Text Color',
+        category: ['Additional Info'],
+        showIf: (config) => config.visualizationType === Pod.GAUGE && config.gauge.additionalInfo?.display,
+      })
+      .addUnitPicker({
+        path: 'gauge.additionalInfo.unit',
+        name: 'Unit',
+        category: ['Additional Info'],
+        showIf: (config) => config.visualizationType === Pod.GAUGE && config.gauge.additionalInfo?.display,
+      })
+      .addNumberInput({
+        path: 'gauge.additionalInfo.decimals',
+        name: 'Decimals',
+        settings: {
+          placeholder: 'auto',
+          min: 0,
+          max: 5,
+        },
+        category: ['Additional Info'],
+        showIf: (config) => config.visualizationType === Pod.GAUGE && config.gauge.additionalInfo?.display,
+      })
+
       .addCustomEditor({
         id: 'min',
         name: 'Min',
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index cf3f960..4ca1d01 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ export interface PanelOptions {
     decimals?: number;
     unit?: string;
     link?: string;
+    additionalInfo: {
+      display: boolean;
+      value: ExtremumOptions;
+      size: number;
+      color: number;
+      prefix: string;
+      unit: string;
+      decimals: number;
+    };
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 007f8d2..1a29ba3 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,38 @@
 import { Aggregation } from './types';
 
+import { DataProcessor } from './grafana/data_processor';
+
+import { PanelData, TimeRange, getValueFormat } from '@grafana/data';
+import TimeSeries from 'grafana/app/core/time_series2';
+
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
 
+export function formatValue(value: number, options: { unit?: string; decimals?: number }): string {
+  const suffix = getValueFormat(options.unit)(0)?.suffix || '';
+  const decimals = _.isNumber(options.decimals) ? options.decimals : 2;
+  return `${value.toFixed(decimals)} ${suffix}`;
+}
+
+export function getGrafanaSeriesList(grafanaData: PanelData, timeRange: TimeRange): TimeSeries[] {
+  const processor = new DataProcessor({});
+  return processor.getSeriesList({
+    dataList: grafanaData.series,
+    range: timeRange,
+  });
+}
+
+export function getLastMetricValue(
+  grafanaSeriesList: TimeSeries[],
+  metricName: string | undefined,
+  optionName: string
+): number | null {
+  // optionName -> helper in Error, mb use option path instead
+  const filteredSeries = filterMetricListByAlias(grafanaSeriesList, metricName, optionName);
+  const serie = filteredSeries[0];
+  // Last value for now
+  return getAggregatedValueFromSerie(serie, Aggregation.LAST);
+}
+
 export function filterMetricListByAlias(list: any[], alias: string | undefined, option: string): any[] {
   const filteredSeries = _.filter(list, (serie) => serie.alias === alias);
   if (filteredSeries.length === 0) {