diff --git a/src/client/app.rs b/src/client/app.rs
index b65e11c..451c678 100644
--- a/src/client/app.rs
+++ b/src/client/app.rs
@@ -73,5 +73,7 @@ impl App {
 
     pub fn on_tab(&mut self) {}
 
-    pub fn on_tick(&mut self, duration: Duration) {}
+    pub fn on_tick(&mut self, duration: Duration) {
+        self.push_message(Message::new(MessageType::StateFetch, None));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/client/request_queue.rs b/src/client/request_queue.rs
index 302785e..3d901ea 100644
--- a/src/client/request_queue.rs
+++ b/src/client/request_queue.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ pub fn request_queue_cleaner(
         if should_connect {
             *state.lock().unwrap() = None;
             stream = Some(connect());
+            queue
+                .lock()
+                .unwrap()
+                .push(Message::new(MessageType::StateFetch, None));
             should_connect = false;
         }
         match stream.as_mut() {
@@ -40,12 +44,6 @@ pub fn request_queue_cleaner(
                     }
                 }
 
-                // HACK: keep updating state
-                queue
-                    .lock()
-                    .unwrap()
-                    .push(Message::new(MessageType::StateFetch, None));
-
                 let sleep_duration = message_rate
                     .checked_sub(last_tick.elapsed())
                     .unwrap_or_else(|| Duration::from_secs(0));
diff --git a/src/client/ui.rs b/src/client/ui.rs
index b7aacac..4e2c087 100644
--- a/src/client/ui.rs
+++ b/src/client/ui.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
-use ratatui::{prelude::*, widgets::*};
+use ratatui::{
+    prelude::*,
+    widgets::{block::Title, *},
+};
+use rmp::ServerState;
 
 use super::app::App;
 
 pub fn draw<B: Backend>(f: &mut Frame<B>, app: &mut App) {
-    if app.connected() {
+    if let Some(state) = app.state.lock().unwrap().as_ref() {
         let chunks = Layout::default()
             .constraints([Constraint::Min(3), Constraint::Length(2)].as_ref())
             .split(f.size());
-        draw_playlist(f, app, chunks[0]);
-        draw_player(f, app, chunks[1]);
+        draw_playlist(f, state, chunks[0]);
+        draw_player(f, state, chunks[1]);
     } else {
         draw_no_connection(f);
     }
@@ -17,6 +21,9 @@ pub fn draw<B: Backend>(f: &mut Frame<B>, app: &mut App) {
 static PRIMARY_COLOR: Color = Color::Rgb(200, 150, 70);
 static SECONDARY_COLOR: Color = Color::Rgb(200, 200, 200);
 
+static PRIMARY_CONTRAST: Color = Color::Black;
+static CLEAR_CONTRAST: Color = Color::Rgb(100, 100, 100);
+
 fn draw_no_connection<B: Backend>(f: &mut Frame<B>) {
     let message = "Not connected";
     let width = message.len() as u16 + 4;
@@ -40,7 +47,7 @@ fn draw_no_connection<B: Backend>(f: &mut Frame<B>) {
     );
 }
 
-fn draw_playlist<B: Backend>(f: &mut Frame<B>, app: &App, area: Rect) {
+fn draw_playlist<B: Backend>(f: &mut Frame<B>, state: &ServerState, area: Rect) {
     let playlist = List::new(vec![])
         .block(
             Block::default()
@@ -51,21 +58,62 @@ fn draw_playlist<B: Backend>(f: &mut Frame<B>, app: &App, area: Rect) {
     f.render_widget(playlist, area);
 }
 
-fn draw_player<B: Backend>(f: &mut Frame<B>, app: &App, area: Rect) {
-    let title_content = vec![
+fn draw_player<B: Backend>(f: &mut Frame<B>, state: &ServerState, area: Rect) {
+    fn decorate_bool(span: Span, value: bool) -> Span {
+        match value {
+            true => return span.bg(PRIMARY_COLOR).fg(PRIMARY_CONTRAST),
+            false => return span.fg(CLEAR_CONTRAST),
+        }
+    }
+
+    let track_title = vec![
         Span::from("[ "),
         Span::from("??").fg(PRIMARY_COLOR),
         Span::from(" ]"),
     ];
 
+    let mut block = Block::default()
+        .borders(Borders::TOP)
+        .border_style(Style::default().fg(SECONDARY_COLOR))
+        .title(track_title);
+
+    // Horrible to look at, worse to write
+    let param_titles: Vec<Title> = vec![
+        (
+            state.playlist_params.next,
+            vec![
+                Span::from("NE"),
+                Span::from("X").underlined(),
+                Span::from("T"),
+            ],
+        ),
+        (
+            state.playlist_params.shuffle,
+            vec![Span::from("S").underlined(), Span::from("UFFLE")],
+        ),
+        (
+            state.playlist_params.repeat,
+            vec![Span::from("R").underlined(), Span::from("EPEAT")],
+        ),
+    ]
+    .iter()
+    .map(|(value, spans)| {
+        spans
+            .iter()
+            .map(|span| decorate_bool(span.clone(), *value))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+    })
+    .map(|spans| Title::from([&[Span::from(" ")], spans.as_slice(), &[Span::from(" ")]].concat()))
+    .collect();
+
+    for title in param_titles {
+        block = block.title(title);
+    }
+
+    let block = block.title_position(block::Position::Top);
+
     let player = Gauge::default()
-        .block(
-            Block::default()
-                .borders(Borders::TOP)
-                .border_style(Style::default().fg(SECONDARY_COLOR))
-                .title(title_content)
-                .title_position(block::Position::Top),
-        )
+        .block(block)
         .gauge_style(Style::default().fg(PRIMARY_COLOR))
         .ratio(0.25)
         .label("[ PAUSED ]");
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 34cc0b2..8ecf7da 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ pub struct CliArgs {
     client_only: bool,
 
     /// time in ms between two ticks.
-    #[argh(option, default = "250")]
+    #[argh(option, default = "100")]
     tick_rate: u64,
 
     /// interval in ms for clearing the request queue.
-    #[argh(option, default = "50")]
+    #[argh(option, default = "100")]
     message_rate: u64,
 
     /// whether unicode symbols are used to improve the overall look of the app
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 8c6f38f..a3e9314 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ fn session_handler(mut stream: LocalSocketStream, server: Arc<Mutex<Server>>) {
                     return;
                 }
                 error => {
-                    eprintln!("[{session_id}] rx {error:?}");
+                    eprintln!("[{session_id}] rx Error {error:?}");
                     let body = bincode::serialize(&error).unwrap();
                     let message = Message::new(MessageType::ProtocolError, Some(&body));
-                    println!("[{session_id}] tx {message}");
+                    eprintln!("[{session_id}] tx {message}");
                     rmp::protocol::send(&mut stream, &message).unwrap();
                 }
             },