diff --git a/ShhShell/Misc/Backgrounder.swift b/ShhShell/Misc/Backgrounder.swift
index 4b07b3d..d0c56c3 100644
--- a/ShhShell/Misc/Backgrounder.swift
+++ b/ShhShell/Misc/Backgrounder.swift
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import CoreLocation
 
 class Backgrounder: NSObject, CLLocationManagerDelegate, ObservableObject {
 	private let manager = CLLocationManager()
+	var tracking: Bool = false
 	
 	@MainActor
 	static var shared: Backgrounder = Backgrounder()
@@ -23,17 +24,19 @@ class Backgrounder: NSObject, CLLocationManagerDelegate, ObservableObject {
 	}
 	
 	func startBgTracking() {
-//		guard mana
+		guard !tracking else { return }
+		guard checkPermsStatus() else { return }
 		manager.allowsBackgroundLocationUpdates = true
 		manager.pausesLocationUpdatesAutomatically = false
 		manager.startMonitoringSignificantLocationChanges()
-		print("started tgracking")
+		tracking = true
 	}
 	
 	func stopBgTracking() {
+		guard tracking else { return }
 		manager.stopUpdatingLocation()
 		manager.allowsBackgroundLocationUpdates = false
-		print("stopped tracking")
+		tracking = false
 	}
 	
 	func requestPerms() {
diff --git a/ShhShell/SSH/SSHError.swift b/ShhShell/SSH/SSHError.swift
index dfcc04a..374f572 100644
--- a/ShhShell/SSH/SSHError.swift
+++ b/ShhShell/SSH/SSHError.swift
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@ enum KeyError: Error {
 	case pubkeyRejected
 	case privkeyRejected
 }
+
+enum ReconnectError: Error {
+	case alreadyConnected
+}
diff --git a/ShhShell/SSH/SSHHandler.swift b/ShhShell/SSH/SSHHandler.swift
index 01d9292..1272bb5 100644
--- a/ShhShell/SSH/SSHHandler.swift
+++ b/ShhShell/SSH/SSHHandler.swift
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ class SSHHandler: @unchecked Sendable, ObservableObject {
 		return String(cString: cString)
 	}
 	
-	func go() {
+	func go(id: UUID = UUID()) {
 		guard !connected else { disconnect(); return }
 		
-		do { try connect() } catch {
+		do { try connect(id: id) } catch {
 			print("error when connecting \(error.localizedDescription)")
 			return
 		}
@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ class SSHHandler: @unchecked Sendable, ObservableObject {
 		setTitle("\(host.username)@\(host.address)")
 	}
 	
-	func connect() throws(SSHError) {
+	func connect(id: UUID) throws(SSHError) {
 		guard !host.address.isEmpty else { throw .connectionFailed("No address to connect to.") }
 		withAnimation { state = .connecting }
-		sessionID = UUID()
+		sessionID = id
 		
 		var verbosity: Int = 0
 //		var verbosity: Int = SSH_LOG_FUNCTIONS
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ class SSHHandler: @unchecked Sendable, ObservableObject {
 		return
 	}
 	
+	func reconnect() throws(ReconnectError) {
+		guard !connected else { throw .alreadyConnected }
+		go(id: sessionID!)
+	}
+	
 	func disconnect() {
 //		Task {
 			self.hostkeyChanged = false
@@ -359,7 +364,7 @@ class SSHHandler: @unchecked Sendable, ObservableObject {
 			return nil
 		}
 		
-		var buffer: [CChar] = Array(repeating: 0, count: 1024)
+		var buffer: [CChar] = Array(repeating: 0, count: 4096)
 		let nbytes = ssh_channel_read_nonblocking(channel, &buffer, UInt32(buffer.count), 0)
 		
 		guard nbytes > 0 else { return nil }
diff --git a/ShhShell/Terminal/SSHTerminalDelegate.swift b/ShhShell/Terminal/SSHTerminalDelegate.swift
index de668e2..1dd7450 100644
--- a/ShhShell/Terminal/SSHTerminalDelegate.swift
+++ b/ShhShell/Terminal/SSHTerminalDelegate.swift
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ final class SSHTerminalDelegate: TerminalView, Sendable, @preconcurrency Termina
 	var handler: SSHHandler?
 	var hostsManager: HostsManager?
 	
+	var readTimer: Timer?
+	
 	public convenience init(frame: CGRect, handler: SSHHandler, hostsManager: HostsManager) {
 		self.init(frame: frame)
 		
@@ -97,19 +99,18 @@ final class SSHTerminalDelegate: TerminalView, Sendable, @preconcurrency Termina
 	}
 	
 	func startFeedLoop() {
-		Task {
-			guard let handler else { return }
-			while checkShell(handler.state) {
+		guard readTimer == nil else { return }
+		readTimer = Timer(timeInterval: 0.01, repeats: true) { timer in
+			Task(priority: .high) {
+				guard let handler = await self.handler else { return }
 				if let read = handler.readFromChannel() {
-					await MainActor.run {
+					Task { @MainActor in
 						self.feed(text: read)
 					}
-				} else {
-					try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 10_000_000) //10ms
 				}
 			}
-			print("task end?")
 		}
+		RunLoop.main.add(readTimer!, forMode: .common)
 	}
 	
 	func applySelectedTheme() {
diff --git a/ShhShell/Views/Terminal/ShellView.swift b/ShhShell/Views/Terminal/ShellView.swift
index e178c7e..d7456a2 100644
--- a/ShhShell/Views/Terminal/ShellView.swift
+++ b/ShhShell/Views/Terminal/ShellView.swift
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ struct ShellView: View {
 				if !checkShell(handler.state) {
 					ZStack {
 						RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 25)
-							.fill(hostsManager.selectedTheme.foreground.suiColor.opacity(0.5))
-							.blur(radius: 5)
+							.fill(hostsManager.selectedTheme.foreground.suiColor)
+							.opacity(0.5)
+							.blur(radius: 2)
 							.shadow(color: hostsManager.selectedTheme.foreground.suiColor, radius: 5)
 						VStack {
 							HStack {
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ struct ShellView: View {
 						.padding(10)
 					}
 					.fixedSize()
+					.transition(.opacity)
+					.animation(.spring, value: checkShell(handler.state))
 				}
 			}
 		}