diff --git a/cli-lanterna/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/clilanterna/CliLanterna.groovy b/cli-lanterna/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/clilanterna/CliLanterna.groovy
index 15283a4f..40cb49f9 100644
--- a/cli-lanterna/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/clilanterna/CliLanterna.groovy
+++ b/cli-lanterna/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/clilanterna/CliLanterna.groovy
@@ -1,7 +1,137 @@
 package com.muwire.clilanterna
 
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch
+import java.util.logging.Level
+import java.util.logging.LogManager
+
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.BasicWindow
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.Border
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.BorderLayout
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.Borders
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.Button
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.GridLayout
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.Label
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.MultiWindowTextGUI
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.Panel
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.SeparateTextGUIThread
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.Window
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.WindowBasedTextGUI
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.GridLayout.Alignment
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.dialogs.MessageDialog
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.dialogs.MessageDialogButton
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.dialogs.TextInputDialog
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.dialogs.TextInputDialogBuilder
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.dialogs.WaitingDialog
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.screen.Screen
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.terminal.DefaultTerminalFactory
+import com.googlecode.lanterna.terminal.Terminal
+import com.muwire.core.Core
+import com.muwire.core.MuWireSettings
+
 class CliLanterna {
+    private static final String MW_VERSION = "0.5.3"
+    
+    private static volatile Core core
+    
+    private static WindowBasedTextGUI textGUI
+    
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        println "hello world"
+        if (System.getProperty("java.util.logging.config.file") == null) {
+            def names = LogManager.getLogManager().getLoggerNames()
+            while(names.hasMoreElements()) {
+                def name = names.nextElement()
+                LogManager.getLogManager().getLogger(name).setLevel(Level.SEVERE)
+            }
+        }
+        
+        def home = System.getProperty("user.home") + File.separator + ".MuWire"
+        home = new File(home)
+        if (!home.exists())
+            home.mkdirs()
+
+        def propsFile = new File(home,"MuWire.properties")
+        
+        
+        DefaultTerminalFactory terminalFactory = new DefaultTerminalFactory()
+        Screen screen = terminalFactory.createScreen()
+        textGUI = new MultiWindowTextGUI( new SeparateTextGUIThread.Factory(), screen)
+        screen.startScreen()
+
+        def props
+        if (!propsFile.exists()) {
+            String nickname = TextInputDialog.showDialog(textGUI, "Select a nickname", "", "")
+            String defaultDownloadLocation = System.getProperty("user.home")+File.separator+"Downloads"
+            String downloadLocation = TextInputDialog.showDialog(textGUI, "Select download location", "", defaultDownloadLocation)
+            String defaultIncompletesLocation = System.getProperty("user.home")+File.separator+".MuWire"+File.separator+"incompletes"
+            String incompletesLocation = TextInputDialog.showDialog(textGUI, "Select incompletes location", "", defaultIncompletesLocation)
+            
+            
+            File downloadLocationFile = new File(downloadLocation)
+            if (!downloadLocationFile.exists())
+                downloadLocationFile.mkdirs()
+            File incompletesLocationFile = new File(incompletesLocation)
+            if (!incompletesLocationFile.exists())
+                incompletesLocationFile.mkdirs()
+            
+            props = new MuWireSettings()
+            props.setNickname(nickname)
+            props.setDownloadLocation(downloadLocationFile)
+            props.incompleteLocation = incompletesLocationFile
+            
+            propsFile.withOutputStream { 
+                props.write(it)
+            }
+        } else {
+            props = new Properties()
+            propsFile.withInputStream { 
+                props.load(it)
+            }
+            props = new MuWireSettings(props)
+        }
+        
+        
+
+        Window window = new BasicWindow("MuWire "+ MW_VERSION)
+        window.setHints([Window.Hint.CENTERED])
+        Panel contentPanel = new Panel()
+        contentPanel.withBorder(Borders.doubleLine())
+        BorderLayout layout = new BorderLayout()
+        contentPanel.setLayoutManager(layout)
+        
+        Panel welcomeNamePanel = new Panel()
+        contentPanel.addComponent(welcomeNamePanel, BorderLayout.Location.CENTER)
+        welcomeNamePanel.setLayoutManager(new GridLayout(1))
+        Label welcomeLabel = new Label("Welcome to MuWire "+ props.nickname)
+        welcomeNamePanel.addComponent(welcomeLabel, GridLayout.createLayoutData(Alignment.CENTER, Alignment.CENTER))
+        
+
+        Panel connectButtonPanel = new Panel()
+        contentPanel.addComponent(connectButtonPanel, BorderLayout.Location.BOTTOM)
+        connectButtonPanel.setLayoutManager(new GridLayout(1))
+        Button connectButton = new Button("Connect", {
+            core = new Core(props, home, MW_VERSION)
+            core.startServices()
+            window.close()
+        } as Runnable)
+        welcomeNamePanel.addComponent(connectButton, GridLayout.createLayoutData(Alignment.CENTER, Alignment.CENTER))
+        
+        
+        window.setComponent(contentPanel)
+        textGUI.getGUIThread().start()
+        textGUI.addWindowAndWait(window)
+
+        if (core == null) {
+            MessageDialog.showMessageDialog(textGUI, "Failed", "MuWire failed to load", MessageDialogButton.Close)
+            System.exit(1)
+        }        
+        
+        window = new BasicWindow("MuWire " + MW_VERSION)
+        contentPanel = new Panel()
+        Label addStuff = new Label("Add stuff here")
+        contentPanel.addComponent(addStuff)
+        window.setComponent(contentPanel)
+        textGUI.addWindowAndWait(window)
+        screen.stopScreen()
     }
 }