diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 137359f..faa701a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .mypy_cache
 __pycache__
 *.egg-info
+dist
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 76bf8a8..f7ba9c0 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+[[package]]
+category = "main"
+description = "Python wrapper for loading Jason Hood's ANSICON"
+marker = "platform_system == \"Windows\""
+name = "ansicon"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+version = "1.89.0"
+
 [[package]]
 category = "dev"
 description = "A small Python module for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a \"user data dir\"."
@@ -49,6 +58,19 @@ typed-ast = ">=1.4.0"
 [package.extras]
 d = ["aiohttp (>=3.3.2)", "aiohttp-cors"]
 
+[[package]]
+category = "main"
+description = "Easy, practical library for making terminal apps, by providing an elegant, well-documented interface to Colors, Keyboard input, and screen Positioning capabilities."
+name = "blessed"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+version = "1.17.2"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+jinxed = ">=0.5.4"
+six = ">=1.9.0"
+wcwidth = ">=0.1.4"
+
 [[package]]
 category = "main"
 description = "Composable command line interface toolkit"
@@ -88,6 +110,18 @@ mccabe = ">=0.6.0,<0.7.0"
 pycodestyle = ">=2.5.0,<2.6.0"
 pyflakes = ">=2.1.0,<2.2.0"
 
+[[package]]
+category = "main"
+description = "Jinxed Terminal Library"
+marker = "platform_system == \"Windows\""
+name = "jinxed"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+version = "1.0.0"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+ansicon = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 category = "dev"
 description = "McCabe checker, plugin for flake8"
@@ -222,7 +256,7 @@ python-versions = "*"
 version = "2020.1.8"
 
 [[package]]
-category = "dev"
+category = "main"
 description = "Python 2 and 3 compatibility utilities"
 name = "six"
 optional = false
@@ -254,7 +288,7 @@ python-versions = "*"
 version = "3.7.4.1"
 
 [[package]]
-category = "dev"
+category = "main"
 description = "Measures number of Terminal column cells of wide-character codes"
 name = "wcwidth"
 optional = false
@@ -262,10 +296,14 @@ python-versions = "*"
 version = "0.1.8"
 
 [metadata]
-content-hash = "5ee688461f1b2ba8350b7b41c0576dc2f5657754268b7226cfeac73975b2f26e"
+content-hash = "cfd25d1d42c5011134c700ba470269b7c0d6076e9cc444a69b4dcfefdb8ea2bd"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
 
 [metadata.files]
+ansicon = [
+    {file = "ansicon-1.89.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f1def52d17f65c2c9682cf8370c03f541f410c1752d6a14029f97318e4b9dfec"},
+    {file = "ansicon-1.89.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e4d039def5768a47e4afec8e89e83ec3ae5a26bf00ad851f914d1240b444d2b1"},
+]
 appdirs = [
     {file = "appdirs-1.4.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d8b24664561d0d34ddfaec54636d502d7cea6e29c3eaf68f3df6180863e2166e"},
     {file = "appdirs-1.4.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:9e5896d1372858f8dd3344faf4e5014d21849c756c8d5701f78f8a103b372d92"},
@@ -282,6 +320,9 @@ black = [
     {file = "black-19.10b0-py36-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1b30e59be925fafc1ee4565e5e08abef6b03fe455102883820fe5ee2e4734e0b"},
     {file = "black-19.10b0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c2edb73a08e9e0e6f65a0e6af18b059b8b1cdd5bef997d7a0b181df93dc81539"},
 ]
+blessed = [
+    {file = "blessed-1.17.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:401e6116c2e34f6c11dd9f5f24e820afd4a4892d2904fcdc8f0b70c618eb099f"},
+]
 click = [
     {file = "Click-7.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2335065e6395b9e67ca716de5f7526736bfa6ceead690adf616d925bdc622b13"},
     {file = "Click-7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5b94b49521f6456670fdb30cd82a4eca9412788a93fa6dd6df72c94d5a8ff2d7"},
@@ -298,6 +339,10 @@ flake8 = [
     {file = "flake8-3.7.9-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:49356e766643ad15072a789a20915d3c91dc89fd313ccd71802303fd67e4deca"},
     {file = "flake8-3.7.9.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:45681a117ecc81e870cbf1262835ae4af5e7a8b08e40b944a8a6e6b895914cfb"},
 ]
+jinxed = [
+    {file = "jinxed-1.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:79ceb7097ba9d905000905173554092e81fe31aebb107b9566a15767dfdc3a82"},
+    {file = "jinxed-1.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:094d0e1c92b8bcf324d1fb4dceaa82cb79e4524790caf524eca0499807a0fbd8"},
+]
 mccabe = [
     {file = "mccabe-0.6.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ab8a6258860da4b6677da4bd2fe5dc2c659cff31b3ee4f7f5d64e79735b80d42"},
     {file = "mccabe-0.6.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:dd8d182285a0fe56bace7f45b5e7d1a6ebcbf524e8f3bd87eb0f125271b8831f"},
diff --git a/pomme/pomme.py b/pomme/pomme.py
index d5e08b2..019b3bf 100644
--- a/pomme/pomme.py
+++ b/pomme/pomme.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import os
 import sched
 import time
 
+from blessed import Terminal     # type: ignore
+
 from pomme.timer import Timer
 
 file_path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ config = toml.load(os.path.join(file_path, "config.toml"))
 database_location = config['database']['location']
 
 timer = Timer(database_location)
+term = Terminal()
 
 
 @click.command()
@@ -35,8 +38,10 @@ def start(duration: str) -> None:
     print("timer start")
     timer.start(duration)
 
-    # TODO: abstract this behavior in a function/class besause it's awefull
-    # TODO: add the stopping condition
+    run_tui_timer()
+
+
+def run_tui_timer() -> None:
     s = sched.scheduler(time.time, time.sleep)
     s.enter(1, 1, print_time, (s,))
     s.run()
@@ -46,6 +51,7 @@ def print_time(s) -> None:
     """
     :param s: sheduler
     """
+    print(term.home + term.clear)
     if timer.running():
         print(timer.remaining())
     else:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a39a982..73946c3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pomme"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 description = "proof of concept for pomme timer"
 authors = ["koalp <koalp@alpaga.dev>"]
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 python = "^3.8"
 click = "^7.0"
 toml = "^0.10.0"
+blessed = "^1.5"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 mypy = "^0.761"