diff --git a/grid.c b/grid.c
index 830b5fb..2608615 100644
--- a/grid.c
+++ b/grid.c
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ void drawGrid(Grid* grid)
 	width = grid->width;
 	height = grid->size/width;
 	// Init color pair init_pair(index, fg, bg);
-	init_pair(1, COLOR_BLUE, COLOR_WHITE);
 	for (int y = 0; y < height; y++) {
 		for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
 			if (grid->state[toIndex(grid, x, y)]){
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index d36f4c6..5564bb7 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -6,16 +6,28 @@
 #include "grid.h"
 #include "vect.h"
 
+static bool running = true;
+
+void handleInput(char ch);
+
+void showLastPressed(char ch);
+
 int main()
 { 
 	// init 
-	bool running = true;
 	initscr();
 	raw();
+	
+	// Colors
 	// allows for transparancy when color values in init_pair(); are set to -1 or, no pair specified
 	// e.g init_pair(1, COLOR_WHITE, -1) would be transparent background but white text
 	use_default_colors();
 	start_color();
+	// cell
+	init_pair(1, COLOR_BLUE, COLOR_WHITE);
+	// text
+	init_pair(2, COLOR_YELLOW, -1);
+
 	// doesn't wait for user to input.
 	// timeout(100) waits for 100ms for input.
 	timeout(0); 	
@@ -28,31 +40,32 @@ int main()
 	getmaxyx(stdscr, height, width);
 
 	// framerate of the game 
-	const int FRAME_RATE = 30;
-	const float FRAME_TIME = 1.f/(double)FRAME_RATE;
-
-	const int DELAY = (float)pow(10,6)/(float)FRAME_RATE;
+	const int FRAME_RATE = 144;
+	const float FRAME_TIME = 1.f/(float)FRAME_RATE;
 
 	Grid grid;
 	initGrid(&grid, width, height);
 	randomizeGrid(&grid);
 
-	clock_t t = 0;
+	float t = 0;
 	while (running) {
 		clock_t start_t = clock();
 		char ch = getch();
-		if (ch == 'q') running = false;  
 
-		float actual_frame_time = (float) t / (float) CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
+		handleInput(ch);
 
-		if (actual_frame_time >= FRAME_TIME) {
-			drawGrid(&grid);
-			refresh();
-			updateGrid(&grid);
-			t = 0;
-		}
+		// draw grid
+		drawGrid(&grid);
+		// draw overlays
+		attron(COLOR_PAIR(2));
+		showLastPressed(ch);
+		attroff(COLOR_PAIR(2));
 
-		t += clock()-start_t;
+		refresh();
+		updateGrid(&grid);
+
+		usleep(pow(10,6)*(FRAME_TIME-t));
+		float t = (float) (clock()-start_t) / (float) CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
 
 	}
 
@@ -60,3 +73,13 @@ int main()
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void showLastPressed(char ch)
+{
+	static char lastc = ' ';
+	if (ch != -1) lastc = ch;
+	mvprintw(0, 0, "LastPressed: %c", lastc);
+}
+void handleInput(char ch)
+{
+	if (ch == 'q') running = false;  
+}