diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d559257..5eb0fc7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -494,6 +494,39 @@ version = "1.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "514de17de45fdb8dc022b1a7975556c53c86f9f0aa5f534b98977b171857c2c9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cached"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a8466736fe5dbcaf8b8ee24f9bbefe43c884dc3e9ff7178da70f55bffca1133c"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+ "cached_proc_macro",
+ "cached_proc_macro_types",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.5",
+ "instant",
+ "once_cell",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cached_proc_macro"
+version = "0.22.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "575f32e012222055211b70f5b0601f951f84523410a0e65c81f2744a6042450d"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cached_proc_macro_types"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ade8366b8bd5ba243f0a58f036cc0ca8a2f069cff1a2351ef1cac6b083e16fc0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cairo-rs"
 version = "0.18.5"
@@ -940,6 +973,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ident_case",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
+ "strsim",
  "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
@@ -2659,6 +2693,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lastlog"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/imgurbot12/lastlog#58eb3daf9f1e56ed033a4d1acb89ba3c445ed536"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -3677,19 +3719,28 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "rmenu"
 version = "1.2.2"
 dependencies = [
+ "cached",
  "clap",
  "dioxus",
  "dioxus-desktop",
  "env_logger",
  "heck 0.5.0",
+ "lastlog",
  "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "png",
  "regex",
  "resvg",
  "rmenu-plugin",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml",
+ "shell-words",
  "shellexpand",
+ "strfmt",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "which",
  "xdg",
 ]
 
@@ -4040,6 +4091,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shell-words"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "24188a676b6ae68c3b2cb3a01be17fbf7240ce009799bb56d5b1409051e78fde"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shellexpand"
 version = "3.1.0"
@@ -4206,6 +4263,12 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strfmt"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a8348af2d9fc3258c8733b8d9d8db2e56f54b2363a4b5b81585c7875ed65e65"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strict-num"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -5047,6 +5110,18 @@ version = "0.1.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "53a85b86a771b1c87058196170769dd264f66c0782acf1ae6cc51bfd64b39082"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "which"
+version = "6.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8211e4f58a2b2805adfbefbc07bab82958fc91e3836339b1ab7ae32465dce0d7"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+ "home",
+ "rustix 0.38.34",
+ "winsafe",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -5408,6 +5483,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winsafe"
+version = "0.0.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d135d17ab770252ad95e9a872d365cf3090e3be864a34ab46f48555993efc904"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wry"
 version = "0.37.0"
diff --git a/rmenu/src/cli.rs b/rmenu/src/cli.rs
index 7ddbabf..d999b25 100644
--- a/rmenu/src/cli.rs
+++ b/rmenu/src/cli.rs
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ impl Args {
             match crate::cache::read_cache(&name, &plugin) {
                 Err(err) => log::error!("cache read failed: {err:?}"),
                 Ok(cached) => {
+                    log::debug!("plugin {name:?} loaded entries from cache");
                     entries.extend(cached);
                     continue;
                 }
@@ -355,6 +356,7 @@ impl Args {
                 .get(0)
                 .ok_or_else(|| RMenuError::InvalidPlugin(name.to_owned()))?;
             // spawn command
+            log::debug!("plugin {name:?} reading from command output");
             let mut command = Command::new(main)
                 .args(&args[1..])
                 .stdout(Stdio::piped())
diff --git a/rmenu/src/gui/mod.rs b/rmenu/src/gui/mod.rs
index 88324c9..d1b231b 100644
--- a/rmenu/src/gui/mod.rs
+++ b/rmenu/src/gui/mod.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ pub fn run(ctx: Context) {
         .with_inner_size(ctx.config.window.logical_size())
         .with_fullscreen(ctx.config.window.get_fullscreen())
         .with_theme(ctx.config.window.get_theme());
-    let config = dioxus_desktop::Config::default().with_window(window);
+    let config = dioxus_desktop::Config::default()
+        .with_window(window)
+        .with_menu(None);
     LaunchBuilder::desktop()
         .with_cfg(config)
         .with_context(Rc::new(RefCell::new(ctx)))
diff --git a/rmenu/src/main.rs b/rmenu/src/main.rs
index d744755..1d2e435 100644
--- a/rmenu/src/main.rs
+++ b/rmenu/src/main.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ fn main() -> cli::Result<()> {
     cli.set_env();
 
     // run gui
+    log::debug!("launching gui");
     let context = gui::ContextBuilder::default()
         .with_css(css)
         .with_theme(theme)