diff --git a/src/transcript_browser/main.cpp b/src/transcript_browser/main.cpp
index 8e7ef33..16564c5 100644
--- a/src/transcript_browser/main.cpp
+++ b/src/transcript_browser/main.cpp
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 /*
 @todo: popup when error
-@todo: read recursive
-@todo: add option for user to control what files are read
 @todo: pdf files
-@todo: plumbing for custom commands - pdf: {tools_path}/vlc {filename} --start-at {hour}:{second}:{minute}
-@todo: config with preload_files, initial_query, style
-@todo: help menu and config menu
-
+@todo: help menu
 @todo: check for number of cores before creating threads
-@todo:
 */
 
 #define BASIC_IMPL
@@ -149,23 +143,6 @@ int main(int, char **) {
     InitOS();
     InitScratch();
     InitArena(&Perm);
-
-    // {
-    //     Scratch scratch;
-    //     for (FileIter it = IterateFiles(scratch, "D:/pdfs"); IsValid(it); Advance(&it)) {
-    //         if (it.is_directory || !EndsWith(it.absolute_path, ".pdf", true)) continue;
-    //         PDF           pdf     = pdfioReadPDF(scratch, it.absolute_path);
-    //         Array<String> strings = {scratch};
-    //         For(pdf.pages) {
-    //             strings.add(it.string);
-    //         }
-    //         String s = Merge(scratch, strings, "\n");
-    //         WriteFile(Format(scratch, "%.*s.txt", FmtString(it.absolute_path)), s);
-
-    //         String pdf_content = ReadFile(scratch, it.absolute_path);
-    //     }
-    // }
-
     XInitLoading();
     InitSearch();
     LoadConfig();
@@ -222,17 +199,20 @@ int main(int, char **) {
     ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_Init(glsl_version);
     io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF("c:\\Windows\\Fonts\\segoeui.ttf", 18.0f);
 
+    bool deffered_read_on_start = false;
     {
-        String read_on_start = ReadOnStart;
-        if (read_on_start != "-") {
-            Scratch       scratch;
-            Array<String> strings = Split(scratch, read_on_start, ";");
-            For(strings) XAddFolder(it, &filenames);
-        }
+        String read_on_start   = ReadOnStart;
+        deffered_read_on_start = (read_on_start != "-");
     }
 
-    bool    command_menu_open  = false;
-    bool    show_loaded_files  = false;
+    enum MenuOpen {
+        MenuOpen_Query,
+        MenuOpen_LoadedFiles,
+        MenuOpen_Config,
+        MenuOpen_Count,
+    };
+    MenuOpen menu_open = MenuOpen_Query;
+
     bool    set_focus_to_input = true;
     int64_t frame              = -1;
 
@@ -305,29 +285,29 @@ int main(int, char **) {
 
             ImGui::Begin("input", NULL, window_flags);
 
-            if (show_loaded_files) {
-                if (ImGui::Button("Show files (F1)") || f1_press) {
-                    show_loaded_files = !show_loaded_files;
+            if (menu_open == MenuOpen_LoadedFiles) {
+                if (ImGui::Button("Hide files (F1)") || f1_press) {
+                    menu_open = MenuOpen_Query;
                 }
             } else {
-                if (ImGui::Button("Hide files (F1)") || f1_press) {
-                    show_loaded_files = !show_loaded_files;
+                if (ImGui::Button("Show files (F1)") || f1_press) {
+                    menu_open = MenuOpen_LoadedFiles;
                 }
             }
             ImGui::SameLine();
 
-            if (command_menu_open) {
+            if (menu_open == MenuOpen_Config) {
                 if (ImGui::Button("Hide config (F2)") || f2_press) {
-                    command_menu_open = !command_menu_open;
+                    menu_open = MenuOpen_Query;
                 }
             } else {
                 if (ImGui::Button("Show config (F2)") || f2_press) {
-                    command_menu_open = !command_menu_open;
+                    menu_open = MenuOpen_Config;
                 }
             }
 
             ImGui::SameLine();
-            if (!command_menu_open && set_focus_to_input) ImGui::SetKeyboardFocusHere(0);
+            if (menu_open != MenuOpen_Query && set_focus_to_input) ImGui::SetKeyboardFocusHere(0);
             if (tab_press && ImGui::IsWindowFocused()) set_focus_to_list = true;
             if (ImGui::InputText("Input your query", Prompt, sizeof(Prompt))) {
                 StartSearchingForMatches();
@@ -342,6 +322,13 @@ int main(int, char **) {
                     memset(Prompt, 0, sizeof(Prompt));
                 }
             }
+            if (frame > 2 && deffered_read_on_start) {
+                deffered_read_on_start = false;
+                Scratch       scratch;
+                String        read_on_start = ReadOnStart;
+                Array<String> strings       = Split(scratch, read_on_start, ";");
+                For(strings) XAddFolder(it, &filenames);
+            }
         }
 
         {
@@ -353,7 +340,7 @@ int main(int, char **) {
             ImGui::Begin("result", NULL, window_flags);
             if (!ImGui::IsWindowFocused() && set_focus_to_list) ImGui::SetKeyboardFocusHere(0);
 
-            if (command_menu_open) {
+            if (menu_open == MenuOpen_Config) {
                 ImGui::InputText(".srt", SRTCommand, sizeof(SRTCommand));
                 ImGui::InputText(".pdf", PDFCommand, sizeof(PDFCommand));
                 ImGui::InputText(".txt", TXTCommand, sizeof(TXTCommand));
@@ -362,12 +349,10 @@ int main(int, char **) {
                     SaveConfig();
                     LoadConfig();
                 }
+            } else if (menu_open == MenuOpen_LoadedFiles) {
+                UILoadedFiles();
             } else {
-                if (show_loaded_files) {
-                    UILoadedFiles();
-                } else {
-                    UISearchResults(filenames);
-                }
+                UISearchResults(filenames);
             }
 
             ImGui::End();