diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1e2782b..2f4233c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ checksum = "f476fe445d41c9e991fd07515a6f463074b782242ccf4a5b7b1d1012e70824df"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.5.0",
  "crossterm_winapi",
+ "futures-core",
  "libc",
  "mio",
  "parking_lot 0.12.1",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ee87f7d..dd0d1e6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ clap_derive = "4.5.4"
 cliclack = "0.2.5"
 color-eyre = "0.6.3"
 config = "0.14.0"
-crossterm = "0.27.0"
+crossterm = { version = "0.27.0", features = ["event-stream"] }
 futures = "0.3.30"
 keyring = "2.3.2"
 ratatui = "0.26.2"
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index df6497b..0766dea 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ mod ui {
 
     impl Args {
         pub async fn run(&self, tasks: SharedTasks) -> Result<()> {
-            let tui = crate::tui::Tui::new(tasks);
-            tui.run().await
+            crate::tui::Tui::run(tasks).await
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tui.rs b/src/tui.rs
index 69f89ff..0ba8cc6 100644
--- a/src/tui.rs
+++ b/src/tui.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use crossterm::{
     ExecutableCommand,
 };
 use futures::stream::StreamExt;
+use futures::FutureExt;
 use ratatui::{
     prelude::{CrosstermBackend, Stylize, Terminal},
     widgets::Paragraph,
@@ -14,39 +15,88 @@ use signal_hook::consts::*;
 use signal_hook_tokio::Signals;
 use std::io::stdout;
 
-pub struct Tui {
-    tasks: SharedTasks,
+pub struct Tui {}
+
+enum Event {
+    CrosstermEvent(crossterm::event::Event),
+    // CrosstermError(Arc<dyn std::error::Error>),
+    Quit,
+    Tick,
 }
 
 impl Tui {
-    pub fn new(tasks: SharedTasks) -> Self {
-        Self { tasks }
-    }
-
-    pub async fn run(&self) -> Result<()> {
-        self.tui().await
-    }
-
-    async fn tui(&self) -> Result<()> {
+    pub async fn run(tasks: SharedTasks) -> Result<()> {
         stdout().execute(EnterAlternateScreen)?;
         enable_raw_mode()?;
+
         let mut terminal = Terminal::new(CrosstermBackend::new(stdout()))?;
         terminal.clear()?;
-        let mut signals = Signals::new(&[SIGHUP, SIGTERM, SIGINT, SIGQUIT])?;
-        let signalled: Arc<Mutex<bool>> = Arc::new(Mutex::new(false));
-        let handle = signals.handle();
 
-        let signaler = Arc::clone(&signalled);
+        let (tx, mut rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::unbounded_channel::<Event>();
+
+        let mut signals = Signals::new(&[SIGHUP, SIGTERM, SIGINT, SIGQUIT])?;
+        let signal_handle = signals.handle();
+        let signal_sender = tx.clone();
         tokio::spawn(async move {
-            // await a signal - once we receive one mark the boolean as true to
-            // quit the app
+            // await a signal - once we receive one send the quit event
             signals.next().await;
-            let mut signalled = signaler.lock().await;
-            *signalled = true;
+            signal_sender.send(Event::Quit).unwrap();
+        });
+
+        let tick_rate = std::time::Duration::from_millis(1000);
+
+        let event_publisher_loop = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let mut crossterm_event_stream = crossterm::event::EventStream::new();
+            let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(tick_rate);
+
+            loop {
+                let delay = interval.tick();
+                // TODO: read about FusedFutures
+                let crossterm_event = crossterm_event_stream.next().fuse();
+
+                // TODO: fix unwrap?
+                tokio::select! {
+                    e = crossterm_event => {
+                        match e {
+                            Some(Ok(e)) => {
+                                tx.send(Event::CrosstermEvent(e)).unwrap();
+                            },
+                            Some(Err(_e)) => {
+                                // tx.send(Event::CrosstermError(Arc::new(e))).unwrap();
+                            },
+                            None => {},
+                        }
+                    }
+                    _ = delay => {
+                        tx.send(Event::Tick).unwrap();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         });
-        // TODO: enable isig to re-allow ctrl-z?
 
         loop {
+            let event = rx.recv().await;
+
+            match event {
+                Some(Event::CrosstermEvent(e)) => match e {
+                    event::Event::Key(key) => {
+                        if key.kind == KeyEventKind::Press
+                            && key.code == KeyCode::Char('c')
+                            && key.modifiers == KeyModifiers::CONTROL
+                        {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        if key.kind == KeyEventKind::Press && key.code == KeyCode::Char('q') {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    _ => {}
+                },
+                Some(Event::Tick) => {}
+                Some(Event::Quit) => break,
+                None => {}
+            }
+
             terminal.draw(|frame| {
                 let area = frame.size();
                 frame.render_widget(
@@ -54,27 +104,13 @@ impl Tui {
                     area,
                 );
             })?;
-            if event::poll(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10))? {
-                if let event::Event::Key(key) = event::read()? {
-                    if key.kind == KeyEventKind::Press
-                        && key.code == KeyCode::Char('c')
-                        && key.modifiers == KeyModifiers::CONTROL
-                    {
-                        break;
-                    }
-                    if key.kind == KeyEventKind::Press && key.code == KeyCode::Char('q') {
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            if *(*signalled).lock().await {
-                break;
-            }
         }
 
-        handle.close();
+        signal_handle.close();
+
         stdout().execute(LeaveAlternateScreen)?;
         disable_raw_mode()?;
+
         Ok(())
     }
 }