diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6f1e523..771e6ec 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 opencv-python
-numpy
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+numpy
+rich
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diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 1a02416..00eba38 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import numpy as np
 from datetime import datetime
 import asyncio
 import argparse
+from rich.console import Console
 
 from common import Packet, DoublyInterlacedPacket, from_bytes_dint
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ async def read_packet():
     """Asynchronous coroutine to read UDP packets from the client(s)."""
     while True:
         # we repeat this a ton of times all at once to hopefully capture all of the image data
-        for i in range(0, 1200):
+        for i in range(0, 1600):
             try:
                 data, addr = sock.recvfrom(DoublyInterlacedPacket.size)  # packet buffer size based on the packet size
                 # print("received packet from", addr)
@@ -48,8 +49,9 @@ async def read_packet():
 
                     # if this is a new client, give it a new image
                     if uuid not in frames.keys():
-                        print("New client acquired, naming %s", uuid)
+                        console.log(f"New client acquired, naming [bold cyan]{uuid}[bold cyan]")
                         frames[uuid] = Client()
+                        stat.update(f"[bold yellow]{len(frames.keys())}[/bold yellow] clients connected.")
 
                     frames[uuid].update(pkt)
 
@@ -65,9 +67,10 @@ async def show_frames():
         # drop clients that have not sent packets for > 5 seconds
         for id in list(frames.keys()):
             if frames[id].latency() >= 5:
-                print("Client likely lost connection, dropping %s", id)
+                console.log(f"Client likely lost connection, dropping [bold red]{id}[/bold red]")
                 cv2.destroyWindow(id)
                 frames.pop(id)
+                stat.update(f"[bold yellow]{len(frames.keys())}[/bold yellow] clients connected.")
             else:
                 # show the latest available frame
                 cv2.imshow(id, frames[id].read())
@@ -85,6 +88,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser.add_argument("-H", "--height", type=int, default=480)
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
+    # console
+    console = Console()
+
     # assign constants based on argument parser
     UDP_IP = args.listen
     UDP_PORT = args.port
@@ -98,18 +104,22 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     sock.setblocking(False)
     sock.bind((UDP_IP, UDP_PORT))
 
-    # create the async event loop
-    loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
-    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
+    console.log("Ready to accept connections.", style="bold green")
 
-    # create async tasks for reading network packets, displaying windows
-    loop.create_task(read_packet())
-    loop.create_task(show_frames())
-    try:
-        loop.run_forever()
-    finally:
-        loop.run_until_complete(loop.shutdown_asyncgens())
-        loop.close()
+    with console.status("[bold yellow]0[/bold yellow] clients connected.", spinner="pong") as stat:
 
-        # Release the capture and close all windows
-        cv2.destroyAllWindows()
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+        # create the async event loop
+        loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
+
+        # create async tasks for reading network packets, displaying windows
+        loop.create_task(read_packet())
+        loop.create_task(show_frames())
+        try:
+            loop.run_forever()
+        finally:
+            loop.run_until_complete(loop.shutdown_asyncgens())
+            loop.close()
+
+            # Release the capture and close all windows
+            cv2.destroyAllWindows()
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