diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index c928065..0ca9ba2 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import logging
 import getpass
 import textwrap
 import threading
+import platform
 import re
 import toml 
 import readchar
@@ -17,9 +18,11 @@ from colorama import Fore, Back, Style, init as colorama_init
 import contentapi
 import myutils
 
+VERSION="0.1.0" # Arbitrary but whatever
 CONFIGFILE="config.toml"
 MAXTITLE=25
 MAXMESSAGEWIDTH=80 # May instead check the console window
+MSGPREFIX=Back.GREEN + " " + Back.RESET + " "
 
 # The entire config object with all defaults
 config = {
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ config = {
     "default_markup" : "plaintext",
     "expire_seconds" : 31536000, # 365 days in seconds, expiration for token
     "appear_in_global" : False,
+    "print_status_after_insert" : True,
     "tokenfile" : ".qcstoken"
 }
 
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ commands = OrderedDict([
 
 def main():
 
-    print("Program start")
+    print("Program start: %s" % VERSION)
     win_unicode_console.enable()
     colorama_init() # colorama init
 
@@ -105,6 +109,8 @@ def ws_onopen(ws):
         # The infinite input loop! Or something!
         while True:
 
+            ws.pause_output = False     # Allow arbitrary output again. Do this BEFORE other stuff for race conditions
+
             # We can be certain that at this point, there is no user input (because this loop is all there is)
             # As such, just dump the buffer
             for output in ws.output_buffer:
@@ -116,8 +122,13 @@ def ws_onopen(ws):
                 print_statusline(ws)
 
             printstatus = False         # Assume we are not printing the status every time (it's kinda annoying)
-            ws.pause_output = False     # Allow arbitrary output again
-            key = readchar.readkey()
+
+            if platform.system().startswith("Windows"):
+                import msvcrt
+                logging.debug("on windows, using msvcrt.getch")
+                key = msvcrt.getch().decode("utf-8")
+            else:
+                key = readchar.readkey()
 
             ws.pause_output = True      # Disable output for the duration of input handling
 
@@ -144,7 +155,7 @@ def ws_onopen(ws):
                     if message:
                         ws.context.post_message(contentapi.comment_builder(message, 
                                 ws.current_room, ws.main_config["default_markup"], ws.user_info["avatar"]))
-                printstatus = True
+                printstatus = ws.main_config["print_status_after_insert"]
             elif key == "t":
                 print(" -- Ignored WS Data (normal) --")
                 for key,value in ws.ignored.items():
@@ -198,10 +209,10 @@ def ws_onmessage(ws, message):
                 if message and message["contentId"] == ws.current_room:
                     # OK we're DEFINITELY displaying it now
                     user = contentapi.get_user_or_default(objects["user"], message["createUserId"])
-                    ws_print(ws, Fore.CYAN + Style.BRIGHT + user["username"] + " " + Style.DIM + "#%d" % user["id"] + 
+                    ws_print(ws, MSGPREFIX + Fore.CYAN + Style.BRIGHT + user["username"] + " " + Style.DIM + "#%d" % user["id"] + 
                              Fore.MAGENTA + "  " + message["createDate"] + " [%d]" % message["id"])
                     for t in textwrap.wrap(message["text"], width = MAXMESSAGEWIDTH):
-                        ws_print(ws, t)
+                        ws_print(ws, MSGPREFIX + t)
 
     # Track ignored data
     if result["type"] not in ws.ignored:
@@ -266,6 +277,7 @@ def search(ws):
         if match:
             roomid = int(match.group(1))
             set_current_room(ws, roomid)
+            return
         elif searchterm:
             # Go search for rooms and display them
             result = ws.context.basic_search(searchterm)["objects"]["content"]