diff --git a/internal/app/canvas.go b/internal/app/canvas.go
index fca0234..5820e34 100644
--- a/internal/app/canvas.go
+++ b/internal/app/canvas.go
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ func cut(img canvas, bounds math.Rect) canvas {
 	return &section{img: img, frame: bounds}
 }
 
+func fill(img canvas, style tcell.Style) {
+	bounds := img.bounds()
+	for x := 0; x < bounds.Width; x++ {
+		for y := 0; y < bounds.Height; y++ {
+			img.setTile(x, y, tile{r: ' ', style: style})
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 type section struct {
 	img   canvas
 	frame math.Rect
diff --git a/internal/app/chat_view.go b/internal/app/chat_view.go
index b6b9988..4d76d81 100644
--- a/internal/app/chat_view.go
+++ b/internal/app/chat_view.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ func (c *chatView) handleEvent(e tcell.Event) change {
 
 func (c *chatView) draw(img canvas, st *state) {
 	bounds := img.bounds()
+	fill(img, tcell.StyleDefault.Background(tcell.NewRGBColor(32, 32, 32)))
 	chatHeight := bounds.Height - 1
 	for i := 0; i < math.Min(chatHeight, len(c.history)); i++ {
 		msg := c.history[len(c.history)-1-i]
diff --git a/internal/app/container_view.go b/internal/app/container_view.go
index 3417361..f40e38b 100644
--- a/internal/app/container_view.go
+++ b/internal/app/container_view.go
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 type containerView struct {
-	children []*node
-	focussed int
+	refWidth  int
+	refHeight int
+	children  []*node
+	focussed  int
 }
 
 func (c *containerView) handleEvent(e tcell.Event) change {
@@ -23,8 +25,20 @@ func (c *containerView) handleEvent(e tcell.Event) change {
 }
 
 func (c *containerView) draw(img canvas, st *state) {
+	bounds := img.bounds()
+
 	for _, n := range c.children {
-		n.draw(cut(img, n.frame), st)
+		n.draw(cut(img, c.scaleFrame(n.frame, bounds)), st)
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *containerView) scaleFrame(frame math.Rect, bounds math.Rect) math.Rect {
+	xscale := bounds.Width / c.refWidth
+	yscale := bounds.Height / c.refHeight
+	return math.Rect{
+		Origin: math.Vec{xscale * frame.Origin.X, yscale * frame.Origin.Y},
+		Width:  xscale * frame.Width,
+		Height: yscale * frame.Height,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/app/login.go b/internal/app/login.go
index aba51a1..56e8e89 100644
--- a/internal/app/login.go
+++ b/internal/app/login.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package app
 
 import (
-	"github.com/jordanorelli/astro-domu/internal/math"
 	"github.com/jordanorelli/astro-domu/internal/wire"
 )
 
@@ -38,19 +37,5 @@ func (l login) exec(ui *UI) {
 	// e := room.Entities[p.Avatar]
 	ui.state.room = &room
 
-	ui.root = &containerView{
-		children: []*node{
-			{
-				frame: math.Rect{math.Vec{0, 0}, 20, 20},
-				view: &gameView{
-					Log: ui.Child("game-view"),
-				},
-			},
-			{
-				frame: math.Rect{math.Vec{0, 20}, 40, 20},
-				view:  &chatView{},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-	ui.Info("done logging in, we replaced the root view whaduheck")
+	ui.root = inGameView
 }
diff --git a/internal/app/ui.go b/internal/app/ui.go
index 47fa6c6..d437b28 100644
--- a/internal/app/ui.go
+++ b/internal/app/ui.go
@@ -191,3 +191,18 @@ var joinForm = &form{
 		},
 	},
 }
+
+var inGameView = &containerView{
+	refWidth:  8,
+	refHeight: 8,
+	children: []*node{
+		{
+			frame: math.Rect{math.Vec{0, 0}, 4, 4},
+			view:  &gameView{},
+		},
+		{
+			frame: math.Rect{math.Vec{0, 4}, 8, 4},
+			view:  &chatView{},
+		},
+	},
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e27b615..15e44c4 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func newLog(path string) *blammo.Log {
 
 func main() {
 	if len(os.Args) < 2 {
-		exit.WithMessage(1, "client or server?")
+		runClient()
 	}
 
 	switch os.Args[1] {