diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fce2c83..02399d4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -292,9 +292,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
-version = "2.9.2"
+version = "2.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6a65b545ab31d687cff52899d4890855fec459eb6afe0da6417b8a18da87aa29"
+checksum = "2261d10cca569e4643e526d8dc2e62e433cc8aba21ab764233731f8d369bf394"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
@@ -346,10 +346,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.33"
+version = "1.2.35"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3ee0f8803222ba5a7e2777dd72ca451868909b1ac410621b676adf07280e9b5f"
+checksum = "590f9024a68a8c40351881787f1934dc11afd69090f5edb6831464694d836ea3"
 dependencies = [
+ "find-msvc-tools",
  "jobserver",
  "libc",
  "shlex",
@@ -397,9 +398,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.45"
+version = "4.5.47"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1fc0e74a703892159f5ae7d3aac52c8e6c392f5ae5f359c70b5881d60aaac318"
+checksum = "7eac00902d9d136acd712710d71823fb8ac8004ca445a89e73a41d45aa712931"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -407,9 +408,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.44"
+version = "4.5.47"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b3e7f4214277f3c7aa526a59dd3fbe306a370daee1f8b7b8c987069cd8e888a8"
+checksum = "2ad9bbf750e73b5884fb8a211a9424a1906c1e156724260fdae972f31d70e1d6"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -419,9 +420,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "4.5.45"
+version = "4.5.47"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "14cb31bb0a7d536caef2639baa7fad459e15c3144efefa6dbd1c84562c4739f6"
+checksum = "bbfd7eae0b0f1a6e63d4b13c9c478de77c2eb546fba158ad50b4203dc24b9f9c"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -562,9 +563,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deranged"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9c9e6a11ca8224451684bc0d7d5a7adbf8f2fd6887261a1cfc3c0432f9d4068e"
+checksum = "d630bccd429a5bb5a64b5e94f693bfc48c9f8566418fda4c494cc94f911f87cc"
 dependencies = [
  "powerfmt",
 ]
@@ -712,6 +713,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "find-msvc-tools"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e178e4fba8a2726903f6ba98a6d221e76f9c12c650d5dc0e6afdc50677b49650"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -741,9 +748,9 @@ checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
-version = "1.2.1"
+version = "1.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e13624c2627564efccf4934284bdd98cbaa14e79b0b5a141218e507b3a823456"
+checksum = "cb4cb245038516f5f85277875cdaa4f7d2c9a0fa0468de06ed190163b1581fcf"
 dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
@@ -892,7 +899,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
  "r-efi",
- "wasi 0.14.2+wasi-0.2.4",
+ "wasi 0.14.3+wasi-0.2.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1203,9 +1210,9 @@ checksum = "b9e0384b61958566e926dc50660321d12159025e767c18e043daf26b70104c39"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
-version = "1.0.3"
+version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "686f825264d630750a544639377bae737628043f20d38bbc029e8f29ea968a7e"
+checksum = "3b0875f23caa03898994f6ddc501886a45c7d3d62d04d2d90788d47be1b1e4de"
 dependencies = [
  "idna_adapter",
  "smallvec",
@@ -1224,9 +1231,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
-version = "2.10.0"
+version = "2.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fe4cd85333e22411419a0bcae1297d25e58c9443848b11dc6a86fefe8c78a661"
+checksum = "f2481980430f9f78649238835720ddccc57e52df14ffce1c6f37391d61b563e9"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -1259,9 +1266,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "io-uring"
-version = "0.7.9"
+version = "0.7.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d93587f37623a1a17d94ef2bc9ada592f5465fe7732084ab7beefabe5c77c0c4"
+checksum = "046fa2d4d00aea763528b4950358d0ead425372445dc8ff86312b3c69ff7727b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -1316,9 +1323,9 @@ checksum = "4a5f13b858c8d314ee3e8f639011f7ccefe71f97f96e50151fb991f267928e2c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jobserver"
-version = "0.1.33"
+version = "0.1.34"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "38f262f097c174adebe41eb73d66ae9c06b2844fb0da69969647bbddd9b0538a"
+checksum = "9afb3de4395d6b3e67a780b6de64b51c978ecf11cb9a462c66be7d4ca9039d33"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.3",
  "libc",
@@ -1461,9 +1468,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
-version = "0.4.27"
+version = "0.4.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "13dc2df351e3202783a1fe0d44375f7295ffb4049267b0f3018346dc122a1d94"
+checksum = "34080505efa8e45a4b816c349525ebe327ceaa8559756f0356cba97ef3bf7432"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lru"
@@ -1744,9 +1751,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
-version = "2.3.1"
+version = "2.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
+checksum = "9b4f627cb1b25917193a259e49bdad08f671f8d9708acfd5fe0a8c1455d87220"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
@@ -1768,9 +1775,9 @@ checksum = "7edddbd0b52d732b21ad9a5fab5c704c14cd949e5e9a1ec5929a24fded1b904c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "potential_utf"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e5a7c30837279ca13e7c867e9e40053bc68740f988cb07f7ca6df43cc734b585"
+checksum = "84df19adbe5b5a0782edcab45899906947ab039ccf4573713735ee7de1e6b08a"
 dependencies = [
  "zerovec",
 ]
@@ -1933,9 +1940,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.11.1"
+version = "1.11.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b544ef1b4eac5dc2db33ea63606ae9ffcfac26c1416a2806ae0bf5f56b201191"
+checksum = "23d7fd106d8c02486a8d64e778353d1cffe08ce79ac2e82f540c86d0facf6912"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -1945,9 +1952,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-automata"
-version = "0.4.9"
+version = "0.4.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "809e8dc61f6de73b46c85f4c96486310fe304c434cfa43669d7b40f711150908"
+checksum = "6b9458fa0bfeeac22b5ca447c63aaf45f28439a709ccd244698632f9aa6394d6"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -1956,9 +1963,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.8.5"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
+checksum = "caf4aa5b0f434c91fe5c7f1ecb6a5ece2130b02ad2a590589dda5146df959001"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "reqwest"
@@ -2422,31 +2429,31 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
-version = "3.20.0"
+version = "3.21.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e8a64e3985349f2441a1a9ef0b853f869006c3855f2cda6862a94d26ebb9d6a1"
+checksum = "15b61f8f20e3a6f7e0649d825294eaf317edce30f82cf6026e7e4cb9222a7d1e"
 dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
  "getrandom 0.3.3",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix 1.0.8",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "2.0.15"
+version = "2.0.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "80d76d3f064b981389ecb4b6b7f45a0bf9fdac1d5b9204c7bd6714fecc302850"
+checksum = "3467d614147380f2e4e374161426ff399c91084acd2363eaf549172b3d5e60c0"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "2.0.15"
+version = "2.0.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "44d29feb33e986b6ea906bd9c3559a856983f92371b3eaa5e83782a351623de0"
+checksum = "6c5e1be1c48b9172ee610da68fd9cd2770e7a4056cb3fc98710ee6906f0c7960"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -2455,9 +2462,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
-version = "0.3.41"
+version = "0.3.43"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8a7619e19bc266e0f9c5e6686659d394bc57973859340060a69221e57dbc0c40"
+checksum = "83bde6f1ec10e72d583d91623c939f623002284ef622b87de38cfd546cbf2031"
 dependencies = [
  "deranged",
  "num-conv",
@@ -2468,9 +2475,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time-core"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c9e9a38711f559d9e3ce1cdb06dd7c5b8ea546bc90052da6d06bb76da74bb07c"
+checksum = "40868e7c1d2f0b8d73e4a8c7f0ff63af4f6d19be117e90bd73eb1d62cf831c6b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tinystr"
@@ -2793,13 +2800,14 @@ checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
-version = "2.5.4"
+version = "2.5.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "32f8b686cadd1473f4bd0117a5d28d36b1ade384ea9b5069a1c40aefed7fda60"
+checksum = "08bc136a29a3d1758e07a9cca267be308aeebf5cfd5a10f3f67ab2097683ef5b"
 dependencies = [
  "form_urlencoded",
  "idna",
  "percent-encoding",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2843,11 +2851,11 @@ checksum = "ccf3ec651a847eb01de73ccad15eb7d99f80485de043efb2f370cd654f4ea44b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
-version = "0.14.2+wasi-0.2.4"
+version = "0.14.3+wasi-0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9683f9a5a998d873c0d21fcbe3c083009670149a8fab228644b8bd36b2c48cb3"
+checksum = "6a51ae83037bdd272a9e28ce236db8c07016dd0d50c27038b3f407533c030c95"
 dependencies = [
- "wit-bindgen-rt",
+ "wit-bindgen",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3193,21 +3201,18 @@ checksum = "271414315aff87387382ec3d271b52d7ae78726f5d44ac98b4f4030c91880486"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "0.7.12"
+version = "0.7.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f3edebf492c8125044983378ecb5766203ad3b4c2f7a922bd7dd207f6d443e95"
+checksum = "21a0236b59786fed61e2a80582dd500fe61f18b5dca67a4a067d0bc9039339cf"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "wit-bindgen-rt"
-version = "0.39.0"
+name = "wit-bindgen"
+version = "0.45.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6f42320e61fe2cfd34354ecb597f86f413484a798ba44a8ca1165c58d42da6c1"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
-]
+checksum = "052283831dbae3d879dc7f51f3d92703a316ca49f91540417d38591826127814"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "writeable"
diff --git a/src/app/handle.rs b/src/app/handle.rs
index b7d1911..3725403 100644
--- a/src/app/handle.rs
+++ b/src/app/handle.rs
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ impl App {
                 _ => match mode {
                     CurrentScreen::Main | CurrentScreen::Help => {}
                     CurrentScreen::Logging => match code {
-                        KeyCode::Left => super::change_log_level(-1),
-                        KeyCode::Right => super::change_log_level(1),
+                        KeyCode::Left => change_log_level(LogDelta::Down),
+                        KeyCode::Right => change_log_level(LogDelta::Up),
                         _ => {}
                     },
                     CurrentScreen::Receiving => match code {
@@ -325,3 +325,17 @@ impl App {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+enum LogDelta {
+    Up,
+    Down,
+}
+
+fn change_log_level(delta: LogDelta) {
+    let level = match delta {
+        LogDelta::Up => log::max_level().increment_severity(),
+        LogDelta::Down => log::max_level().decrement_severity(),
+    };
+    log::set_max_level(level);
+}
diff --git a/src/app/mod.rs b/src/app/mod.rs
index d0f105d..45716c9 100644
--- a/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use crossterm::event::{Event, EventStream, KeyEventKind};
 use futures::{FutureExt, StreamExt};
 use jocalsend::{JocalEvent, JocalService, ReceiveRequest, error::Result};
 use julid::Julid;
-use log::LevelFilter;
 use ratatui::{
     Frame,
     widgets::{ListState, TableState},
@@ -143,13 +142,3 @@ impl App {
         frame.render_widget(self, frame.area());
     }
 }
-
-fn change_log_level(delta: isize) {
-    let level = log::max_level() as isize;
-    let max = log::LevelFilter::max() as isize;
-    let level = (level + delta).clamp(0, max) as usize;
-    // levelfilter is repr(usize) so this is safe
-    let level = unsafe { std::mem::transmute::<usize, LevelFilter>(level) };
-
-    log::set_max_level(level);
-}
diff --git a/src/app/widgets.rs b/src/app/widgets.rs
index 3f56305..c3af687 100644
--- a/src/app/widgets.rs
+++ b/src/app/widgets.rs
@@ -192,18 +192,30 @@ impl Widget for &mut App {
                 }
 
                 let file_area = header_left.inner(header_margin);
-
+                let cwd = self
+                    .file_finder
+                    .cwd()
+                    .as_os_str()
+                    .to_string_lossy()
+                    .into_owned();
                 match sending_screen {
                     SendingScreen::Files(FileMode::Picking)
                     | SendingScreen::Peers
                     | SendingScreen::Text => {
+                        let layout = Layout::vertical([Constraint::Length(3), Constraint::Min(5)]);
+                        let [cwd_area, file_area] = layout.areas(file_area);
+                        let cwd: Line = cwd.into();
+                        Paragraph::new(cwd)
+                            .centered()
+                            .block(Block::bordered())
+                            .render(cwd_area, buf);
                         self.file_finder.widget().render(file_area, buf);
                     }
                     SendingScreen::Files(FileMode::Fuzzy) => {
-                        let layout = Layout::vertical([Constraint::Max(6), Constraint::Min(5)]);
-                        let [input, files] = layout.areas(file_area);
-                        text_popup(self.file_finder.input.value(), "fuzzy search", input, buf);
-                        self.file_finder.widget().render(files, buf);
+                        let layout = Layout::vertical([Constraint::Max(3), Constraint::Min(5)]);
+                        let [input_area, files_area] = layout.areas(file_area);
+                        text_popup(self.file_finder.input.value(), &cwd, input_area, buf);
+                        self.file_finder.widget().render(files_area, buf);
                     }
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a1c3f56..38fb569 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use log::{error, info};
 use ratatui::DefaultTerminal;
 use ratatui_explorer::FileExplorer;
 use tokio::task::JoinSet;
-use tui_logger::{LevelFilter, init_logger, set_env_filter_from_env};
+use tui_logger::{LevelFilter, init_logger};
 
 mod app;
 use app::{App, CurrentScreen, Peer};
@@ -18,13 +18,11 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     // just in case we need to display the help
     let _ = Cli::parse();
 
-    if std::env::var("RUST_LOG").is_err() {
-        unsafe {
-            std::env::set_var("RUST_LOG", "jocalsend");
-        }
-    }
     init_logger(LevelFilter::Info).map_err(|e| std::io::Error::other(format!("{e}")))?;
-    set_env_filter_from_env(None);
+
+    tui_logger::set_env_filter_from_string(
+        &std::env::var("RUST_LOG").unwrap_or("jocalsend".to_string()),
+    );
 
     let config = Config::new()?;