diff --git a/tui/src/main.rs b/tui/src/main.rs
index 961d588..a54bbba 100644
--- a/tui/src/main.rs
+++ b/tui/src/main.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ extern crate tokio;
 extern crate reqwest;
 
 use std::{fs, env};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use clap::{Arg, App};
-use cursive::views::{CircularFocus, Dialog, TextView};
 use cursive::Cursive;
+use cursive::views::Dialog;
 use cursive::event::Key;
 
 use serde_json;
@@ -28,6 +29,12 @@ async fn main() {
             .long("config")
             .value_name("CONFIG")
             .help("Specify path of config to use")
+            .takes_value(true))
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("theme")
+            .short("t")
+            .long("theme")
+            .value_name("THEME_FILE")
+            .help("Specify theme file on startup")
             .takes_value(true)).get_matches();
     
     let config: types::Config = if args.args.len() == 0 {
@@ -44,18 +51,23 @@ async fn main() {
         }
     };
 
+
+    // only load a theme if requested
+    let theme = if let Some(theme) = args.value_of("theme") {
+        Some(PathBuf::from(theme))
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+
     let mut app = cursive::default();
 
+    // optionally load optional theme
+    if let Some(theme) = theme { let _ = app.load_theme_file(theme); }
+
     app.add_global_callback('q', Cursive::quit);
     app.add_global_callback(Key::Esc, |s| s.select_menubar());
 
 
-    app.add_layer(CircularFocus::wrap_tab(
-        Dialog::around(TextView::new("something"))
-            .title("Freechat")
-            .button("Random", |_s| {})
-            .button("Quit", |s| { s.quit() })
-    ));
 
     // menu bar at the top lets us pick between different servers in the config
     for server in config.servers.iter() {
@@ -68,7 +80,10 @@ async fn main() {
             Some(channels) => {
                 // add the channels to the current sub tree
                 for channel in channels {
-                    app.menubar().add_leaf(name, |_| {});
+                    app.menubar().add_leaf(&name, move |appref| {
+                        let address = format!("{}", channel.ip);
+                        appref.add_layer(Dialog::info(address));
+                    });
                 }
             },
             _ => {}