diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 68b4a45..8519491 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@ version = "0.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7c02d123df017efcdfbd739ef81735b36c5ba83ec3c59c80a9d7ecc718f92e50"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "autocfg"
-version = "1.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c08606f8c3cbf4ce6ec8e28fb0014a2c086708fe954eaa885384a6165172e7e8"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -64,37 +58,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dlib"
-version = "0.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "330c60081dcc4c72131f8eb70510f1ac07223e5d4163db481a04a0befcffa412"
-dependencies = [
- "libloading",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "downcast-rs"
-version = "1.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75b325c5dbd37f80359721ad39aca5a29fb04c89279657cffdda8736d0c0b9d2"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "errno"
-version = "0.3.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "39cab71617ae0d63f51a36d69f866391735b51691dbda63cf6f96d042b63efeb"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "windows-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "fastrand"
-version = "2.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "37909eebbb50d72f9059c3b6d82c0463f2ff062c9e95845c43a6c9c0355411be"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "find-msvc-tools"
 version = "0.1.8"
@@ -190,30 +153,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.3.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "899def5c37c4fd7b2664648c28120ecec138e4d395b459e5ca34f9cce2dd77fd"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "r-efi",
- "wasip2",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "instant"
-version = "0.1.13"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e0242819d153cba4b4b05a5a8f2a7e9bbf97b6055b2a002b395c96b5ff3c0222"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "js-sys",
- "wasm-bindgen",
- "web-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.17"
@@ -242,16 +181,6 @@ version = "0.2.180"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bcc35a38544a891a5f7c865aca548a982ccb3b8650a5b06d0fd33a10283c56fc"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "libloading"
-version = "0.8.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d7c4b02199fee7c5d21a5ae7d8cfa79a6ef5bb2fc834d6e9058e89c825efdc55"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "windows-link",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libredox"
 version = "0.1.12"
@@ -263,68 +192,34 @@ dependencies = [
  "redox_syscall",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "linux-raw-sys"
-version = "0.11.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "df1d3c3b53da64cf5760482273a98e575c651a67eec7f77df96b5b642de8f039"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f52b00d39961fc5b2736ea853c9cc86238e165017a493d1d5c8eac6bdc4cc273"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "memoffset"
-version = "0.6.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5aa361d4faea93603064a027415f07bd8e1d5c88c9fbf68bf56a285428fd79ce"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "minifb"
 version = "0.28.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d1a093126f2ed9012fc0b146934c97eb0273e54983680a8bf5309b6b4a365b32"
+source = "git+https://github.com/emoon/rust_minifb#e0cfce20df2375e7472f2e4bbf15b7cbde738655"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "console_error_panic_hook",
- "dlib",
  "futures",
- "instant",
  "js-sys",
- "lazy_static",
  "libc",
  "orbclient",
  "raw-window-handle",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
- "tempfile",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
- "wayland-client",
- "wayland-cursor",
- "wayland-protocols",
  "web-sys",
+ "web-time",
  "winapi",
  "x11-dl",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nix"
-version = "0.24.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fa52e972a9a719cecb6864fb88568781eb706bac2cd1d4f04a648542dbf78069"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "memoffset",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.30.1"
@@ -390,12 +285,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "r-efi"
-version = "5.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "69cdb34c158ceb288df11e18b4bd39de994f6657d83847bdffdbd7f346754b0f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "raw-window-handle"
 version = "0.6.2"
@@ -411,25 +300,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.10.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustix"
-version = "1.1.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "146c9e247ccc180c1f61615433868c99f3de3ae256a30a43b49f67c2d9171f34"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.10.0",
- "errno",
- "libc",
- "linux-raw-sys",
- "windows-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustty"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "minifb",
- "nix 0.30.1",
+ "nix",
  "ttf-parser",
  "vte",
  "zeno",
@@ -441,12 +317,6 @@ version = "1.0.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b39cdef0fa800fc44525c84ccb54a029961a8215f9619753635a9c0d2538d46d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "scoped-tls"
-version = "1.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e1cf6437eb19a8f4a6cc0f7dca544973b0b78843adbfeb3683d1a94a0024a294"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sdl2"
 version = "0.38.0"
@@ -525,12 +395,6 @@ version = "0.4.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7a2ae44ef20feb57a68b23d846850f861394c2e02dc425a50098ae8c90267589"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "smallvec"
-version = "1.15.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "67b1b7a3b5fe4f1376887184045fcf45c69e92af734b7aaddc05fb777b6fbd03"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.114"
@@ -542,19 +406,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tempfile"
-version = "3.24.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "655da9c7eb6305c55742045d5a8d2037996d61d8de95806335c7c86ce0f82e9c"
-dependencies = [
- "fastrand",
- "getrandom",
- "once_cell",
- "rustix",
- "windows-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ttf-parser"
 version = "0.25.1"
@@ -583,15 +434,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasip2"
-version = "1.0.2+wasi-0.2.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9517f9239f02c069db75e65f174b3da828fe5f5b945c4dd26bd25d89c03ebcf5"
-dependencies = [
- "wit-bindgen",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
 version = "0.2.108"
@@ -653,79 +495,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wayland-client"
-version = "0.29.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3f3b068c05a039c9f755f881dc50f01732214f5685e379829759088967c46715"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "downcast-rs",
- "libc",
- "nix 0.24.3",
- "scoped-tls",
- "wayland-commons",
- "wayland-scanner",
- "wayland-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wayland-commons"
-version = "0.29.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8691f134d584a33a6606d9d717b95c4fa20065605f798a3f350d78dced02a902"
-dependencies = [
- "nix 0.24.3",
- "once_cell",
- "smallvec",
- "wayland-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wayland-cursor"
-version = "0.29.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6865c6b66f13d6257bef1cd40cbfe8ef2f150fb8ebbdb1e8e873455931377661"
-dependencies = [
- "nix 0.24.3",
- "wayland-client",
- "xcursor",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wayland-protocols"
-version = "0.29.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b950621f9354b322ee817a23474e479b34be96c2e909c14f7bc0100e9a970bc6"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "wayland-client",
- "wayland-commons",
- "wayland-scanner",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wayland-scanner"
-version = "0.29.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8f4303d8fa22ab852f789e75a967f0a2cdc430a607751c0499bada3e451cbd53"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "xml-rs",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wayland-sys"
-version = "0.29.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "be12ce1a3c39ec7dba25594b97b42cb3195d54953ddb9d3d95a7c3902bc6e9d4"
-dependencies = [
- "dlib",
- "lazy_static",
- "pkg-config",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "web-sys"
 version = "0.3.85"
@@ -736,6 +505,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "web-time"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a6580f308b1fad9207618087a65c04e7a10bc77e02c8e84e9b00dd4b12fa0bb"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -758,27 +537,6 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-link"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f0805222e57f7521d6a62e36fa9163bc891acd422f971defe97d64e70d0a4fe5"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-sys"
-version = "0.61.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ae137229bcbd6cdf0f7b80a31df61766145077ddf49416a728b02cb3921ff3fc"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-link",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wit-bindgen"
-version = "0.51.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d7249219f66ced02969388cf2bb044a09756a083d0fab1e566056b04d9fbcaa5"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "x11-dl"
 version = "2.21.0"
@@ -790,18 +548,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "xcursor"
-version = "0.3.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bec9e4a500ca8864c5b47b8b482a73d62e4237670e5b5f1d6b9e3cae50f28f2b"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "xml-rs"
-version = "0.8.28"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3ae8337f8a065cfc972643663ea4279e04e7256de865aa66fe25cec5fb912d3f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "zeno"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -810,6 +556,6 @@ checksum = "6df3dc4292935e51816d896edcd52aa30bc297907c26167fec31e2b0c6a32524"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zmij"
-version = "1.0.14"
+version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bd8f3f50b848df28f887acb68e41201b5aea6bc8a8dacc00fb40635ff9a72fea"
+checksum = "94f63c051f4fe3c1509da62131a678643c5b6fbdc9273b2b79d4378ebda003d2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index edcefc9..5bc1a10 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ edition = "2024"
 license = " GPL-3.0-or-later"
 
 [dependencies]
-minifb = "0.28.0"
-nix = {default-features = false, features=["term","process","fs"], version="0.30.1"}
+minifb = { version = "0.28.0", default-features = false, features = ["x11"], git = "https://github.com/emoon/rust_minifb" }
+nix = { version = "0.30.1", default-features = false, features = ["term", "process", "fs"] }
 ttf-parser = "0.25.1"
 vte = "0.15.0"
 zeno = "0.3.3"
diff --git a/package.nix b/package.nix
index 84aac79..d862ef7 100644
--- a/package.nix
+++ b/package.nix
@@ -1,28 +1,22 @@
 {
-  fontconfig,
-  freetype,
   lib,
   libGL,
   libxkbcommon,
   makeWrapper,
   naersk,
   pkg-config,
-  wayland,
+  xorg,
   ...
 }:
 naersk.buildPackage rec {
   name = "rustty";
   src = ./.;
   buildInputs = [
-    # fonts
-    fontconfig
-    freetype
-    freetype.dev
-
     # wayland graphics
     libGL
     libxkbcommon
-    wayland
+    xorg.libXcursor
+    xorg.libX11
   ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0c83398..927e5ff 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use nix::fcntl::{fcntl, OFlag, F_GETFL, F_SETFL};
 use nix::pty::{forkpty, ForkptyResult, PtyMaster};
-use nix::unistd::{execv, read, write};
+use nix::unistd::{execve, read, write};
 
 use minifb::{Key, KeyRepeat, Window, WindowOptions};
 
@@ -242,11 +242,19 @@ fn main() {
         };
 
         let keys = window.get_keys_pressed(KeyRepeat::No);
+        if !keys.is_empty() { println!("{:?}", keys); }
+        let shift = window.is_key_down(Key::LeftShift);
+        let ctrl = window.is_key_down(Key::LeftCtrl);
         if !keys.is_empty() {
             let bytes: Vec<u8> = keys
                 .iter()
                 // TODO apply modifiers
-                .map(|key| key_to_u8(*key, false, false))
+                .map(|key| key_to_u8(
+                        *key, // key
+                        shift,
+                        ctrl
+                        ))
+                .filter(|v| *v != 0u8)
                 .collect();
             write(&pty, bytes.as_slice());
         };
@@ -263,13 +271,14 @@ fn spawn_pty() -> Option<PtyMaster> {
                 return Some(unsafe { PtyMaster::from_owned_fd(master) });
             }
             ForkptyResult::Child => {
-                let _ = execv::<CString>(
+                let _ = execve::<CString, CString>(
                     &CString::new("/usr/bin/env").unwrap(),
                     &[  CString::new("/usr/bin/env").unwrap(),
                         CString::new("-i").unwrap(),
                         CString::new("sh").unwrap(),
                         CString::new("--norc").unwrap(),
                         CString::new("--noprofile").unwrap() ],
+                    &[  CString::new("TERM=dumb").unwrap() ],
                     );
                 return None;
             }
@@ -280,7 +289,7 @@ fn spawn_pty() -> Option<PtyMaster> {
 
 // WARNING not functional; missing some keys and also modifiers
 fn key_to_u8(key: Key, shift: bool, ctrl: bool) -> u8 {
-    let base = match key {
+    let mut base = match key {
         Key::Key0 => b'0',
         Key::Key1 => b'1',
         Key::Key2 => b'2',
@@ -391,8 +400,8 @@ fn key_to_u8(key: Key, shift: bool, ctrl: bool) -> u8 {
         Key::Count => 0,
     };
 
-    let base_shift = if shift {
-        match base {
+    if shift {
+        base = match base {
             b'0' => b')',
             b'1' => b'!',
             b'2' => b'@',
@@ -416,14 +425,14 @@ fn key_to_u8(key: Key, shift: bool, ctrl: bool) -> u8 {
             b';' => b':',
             b'/' => b'?',
             _ => base,
-        }
-    } else {
-        base
-    };
+        };
+    }
 
-    let base_shift_ctrl = if ctrl { base_shift & 0x1F } else { base_shift };
+    if ctrl {
+        base = base & 0x1F;
+    }
 
-    return base_shift_ctrl;
+    return base;
 }
 
 // creats a mapping from a `char` to its svg spec for a selection of characters