diff --git a/src/ConsoleBuffer/Line.cs b/src/ConsoleBuffer/Line.cs
index 16f8f7f..874df01 100644
--- a/src/ConsoleBuffer/Line.cs
+++ b/src/ConsoleBuffer/Line.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public override string ToString()
             var sb = new StringBuilder(this.chars.Count);
             foreach (var c in this.chars)
             {
-                sb.Append(c.Glyph);
+                sb.Append((char)c.Glyph);
             }
             return sb.ToString();
         }
diff --git a/src/ConsoleBuffer/Logger.cs b/src/ConsoleBuffer/Logger.cs
index 05ef692..d8e3e76 100644
--- a/src/ConsoleBuffer/Logger.cs
+++ b/src/ConsoleBuffer/Logger.cs
@@ -6,14 +6,21 @@
 
     public sealed class Logger
     {
-        private static readonly Logger Instance = new Logger();
+        private static Logger Instance = null;
 
         private readonly StreamWriter writer;
 
-        private Logger()
+        public static void Init(string filename)
         {
-            var logfile = Path.Combine(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("USERPROFILE"), @"Source\Repos\wincon\wincon.log");
-            this.writer = new StreamWriter(logfile, false, Encoding.UTF8);
+            if (Instance == null)
+            {
+                Instance = new Logger(filename);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private Logger(string filename)
+        {
+            this.writer = new StreamWriter(filename, false, Encoding.UTF8);
         }
 
         private void Write(string msg)
@@ -27,7 +34,7 @@ private void Write(string msg)
 
         public static void Verbose(string msg)
         {
-            Instance.Write(msg);
+            Instance?.Write(msg);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/condo/App.xaml.cs b/src/condo/App.xaml.cs
index 0cd31d1..e368ce8 100644
--- a/src/condo/App.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/condo/App.xaml.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ public App()
         {
             this.InitializeComponent();
             this.Suspending += OnSuspending;
+            ConsoleBuffer.Logger.Init(Path.Combine(Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.Path, "wincon.log"));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/condo/MainPage.xaml.cs b/src/condo/MainPage.xaml.cs
index 57b8415..1c9e025 100644
--- a/src/condo/MainPage.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/condo/MainPage.xaml.cs
@@ -24,15 +24,14 @@ public MainPage()
             this.Loaded += this.OnLoaded;
 
             this.console = TerminalManager.Instance.GetOrCreate(0, "ping -t localhost");
-            System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch();
-            this.stuff.Text = "abjkkas";
-            //this.console.PropertyChanged += this.UpdateContents;
+            this.characters = new ConsoleBuffer.Character[this.console.Height, this.console.Width];
+            //System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch();
         }
 
-        private async void UpdateContents(object sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs args)
+        private void UpdateContents(object sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs args)
         {
             this.console.Buffer.Render(this);
-            await this.Dispatcher.RunAsync(Windows.UI.Core.CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal, () =>  this.Redraw());
+            this.Dispatcher.TryRunAsync(Windows.UI.Core.CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal, () => this.Redraw());
         }
 
         private Size DetermineSize()
@@ -47,9 +46,7 @@ private void OnLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
             var stuffSize = this.DetermineSize();
             this.stuff.Height = stuffSize.Height;
             this.stuff.Width = stuffSize.Width;
-
-            this.characters = new ConsoleBuffer.Character[this.console.Height, this.console.Width];
-            this.Redraw();
+            this.console.PropertyChanged += this.UpdateContents;
         }
 
         private void Redraw()
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@ private void Redraw()
                 sb.Append('\n');
             }
 
-            this.stuff.Text = sb.ToString();
+            //this.stuff.Text = sb.ToString();
         }
 
         public void RenderCharacter(ConsoleBuffer.Character c, int x, int y)