diff --git a/database/database.go b/database/database.go
index 7118e50..73e4aaf 100644
--- a/database/database.go
+++ b/database/database.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"berty.tech/go-orbit-db/stores"
 	"berty.tech/go-orbit-db/stores/documentstore"
 	config "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-config"
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core"
 	icore "github.com/ipfs/interface-go-ipfs-core"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core/peer"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
@@ -27,7 +28,10 @@ type Database struct {
   Cache               string
 
   Logger              *zap.Logger
-  IPFSNode            icore.CoreAPI
+
+  IPFSNode            *core.IpfsNode
+  IPFSCoreAPI         icore.CoreAPI
+
   OrbitDB             orbitdb.OrbitDB
   Store               orbitdb.DocumentStore
   StoreEventChan      <-chan events.Event
@@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ type Database struct {
 func (db *Database) init() (error) {
   var err error
 
-  db.OrbitDB, err = orbitdb.NewOrbitDB(db.ctx, db.IPFSNode, &orbitdb.NewOrbitDBOptions{
+  db.OrbitDB, err = orbitdb.NewOrbitDB(db.ctx, db.IPFSCoreAPI, &orbitdb.NewOrbitDBOptions{
     Directory: &db.Cache,
     Logger: db.Logger,
   })
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ func(db *Database) connectToPeers() error {
 	for _, peerInfo := range peerInfos {
 		go func(peerInfo *peer.AddrInfo) {
 			defer wg.Done()
-			err := db.IPFSNode.Swarm().Connect(db.ctx, *peerInfo)
+			err := db.IPFSCoreAPI.Swarm().Connect(db.ctx, *peerInfo)
 			if err != nil {
         db.Logger.Debug("failed to connect", zap.String("peerID", peerInfo.ID.String()), zap.Error(err))
 			} else {
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ func NewDatabase(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-  db.IPFSNode, err = createNode(ctx, defaultPath)
+  db.IPFSNode, db.IPFSCoreAPI, err = createNode(ctx, defaultPath)
   if err != nil {
     return nil, err
   }
diff --git a/database/helpers.go b/database/helpers.go
index 0cc0122..489c61d 100644
--- a/database/helpers.go
+++ b/database/helpers.go
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ func setupPlugins(path string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func createNode(ctx context.Context, repoPath string) (icore.CoreAPI, error) {
+func createNode(ctx context.Context, repoPath string) (*core.IpfsNode, icore.CoreAPI, error) {
 	repo, err := fsrepo.Open(repoPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
 	nodeOptions := &core.BuildCfg{
@@ -50,10 +50,15 @@ func createNode(ctx context.Context, repoPath string) (icore.CoreAPI, error) {
 
 	node, err := core.NewNode(ctx, nodeOptions)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
-	return coreapi.NewCoreAPI(node)
+  coreAPI, err := coreapi.NewCoreAPI(node)
+  if err != nil {
+    return nil, nil, err
+  }
+
+  return node, coreAPI, nil
 }
 
 func getUnixfsNode(path string) (files.Node, error) {
diff --git a/superhighway84.go b/superhighway84.go
index b6c7087..8b22de7 100644
--- a/superhighway84.go
+++ b/superhighway84.go
@@ -77,6 +77,19 @@ func main() {
   }
 
 
+  go func() {
+    peers := 0
+    for {
+      bw := db.IPFSNode.Reporter.GetBandwidthTotals()
+      connections, err := db.IPFSCoreAPI.Swarm().Peers(context.Background())
+      if err == nil {
+        peers = len(connections)
+      }
+      TUI.SetStats(int64(peers), int64(bw.RateIn), int64(bw.RateOut), bw.TotalIn , bw.TotalOut)
+      time.Sleep(time.Second * 5)
+    }
+  }()
+
   // ======================== TESTING ===============================
   // var articles []models.Article
   // mockGroups := []string{
diff --git a/tui/mainscreen.go b/tui/mainscreen.go
index 536da7e..a544aea 100644
--- a/tui/mainscreen.go
+++ b/tui/mainscreen.go
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 var HEADER_LOGO =
-`    _  _ _ __ ____                  __   _      __                   ___  ____
-   /  / / // / __/_ _____  ___ ____/ /  (_)__ _/ / _    _____ ___ __( _ )/ / /
-  _\ _\_\_\\_\ \/ // / _ \/ -_) __/ _ \/ / _ \/ _ \ |/|/ / _ \/ // / _  /_  _/
- /  / / // /___/\_,_/ .__/\__/_/ /_//_/_/\_, /_//_/__,__/\_,_/\_, /\___/ /_/
-                   /_/                  /___/                /___/
+`[white]    _  _ _ __ [-][hotpink]____                  __   _      __                   ___  ____[-]   [grey]⦿ %d PEERS[-]
+[teal]   /  / / // [-][hotpink]/ __/_ _____  ___ ____/ /  (_)__ _/ / _    _____ ___ __( _ )/ / /[-]   [yellow]▲ %.2f[-] [grey]MB/s[-]
+[teal]  _\ _\_\_\\_[-][fuchsia]\ \/ // / _ \/ -_) __/ _ \/ / _ \/ _ \ |/|/ / _ \/ // / _  /_  _/[-]   [teal]▼ %.2f[-] [grey]MB/s[-]
+[darkcyan] /  / / // [-][hotpink]/___/\_,_/ .__/\__/_/ /_//_/_/\_, /_//_/__,__/\_,_/\_, /\___/ /_/[-]     [yellow]▲ %.2f[-] [grey]MB[-]
+[hotpink]                   /_/                  /___/                /___/[-]               [teal]▼ %.2f[-] [grey]MB[-]
 `
 
 type GroupMapEntry struct {
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ func(t *TUI) NewMainscreen() (*Mainscreen) {
 
   mainscreen.Header = tview.NewTextView().
     SetText(HEADER_LOGO).
-    SetTextColor(tcell.ColorHotPink)
+    SetTextColor(tcell.ColorHotPink).
+    SetDynamicColors(true)
   mainscreen.Header.SetBorder(false)
 
   mainscreen.Footer = tview.NewTextView().
@@ -103,6 +104,18 @@ func (mainscreen *Mainscreen) SetFooter(text string) {
   mainscreen.Footer.SetText(text)
 }
 
+func (mainscreen *Mainscreen) SetStats(stats map[string]int64) {
+  peers := stats["peers"]
+  totalIn := float64(stats["total_in"]) / 1024.0 / 1024.0
+  totalOut := float64(stats["total_out"]) / 1024.0 / 1024.0
+  rateIn := float64(stats["rate_in"]) / 1024.0 / 1024.0
+  rateOut := float64(stats["rate_out"]) / 1024.0 / 1024.0
+
+  mainscreen.Header.SetText(
+    fmt.Sprintf(HEADER_LOGO, peers, rateOut, rateIn, totalOut, totalIn),
+  )
+}
+
 func (mainscreen *Mainscreen) GetCanvas() (tview.Primitive) {
   return mainscreen.Canvas
 }
diff --git a/tui/tui.go b/tui/tui.go
index 31d4e0a..ee2c3e8 100644
--- a/tui/tui.go
+++ b/tui/tui.go
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ type TUI struct {
 
   Config                     *config.Config
   Logger                     *zap.Logger
+
+  Stats                      map[string]int64
 }
 
 type View interface {
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ func Init(embedfs *embed.FS, cfg *config.Config, logger *zap.Logger) (*TUI) {
   t.Config = cfg
   t.Logger = logger
 
+  t.Stats = make(map[string]int64)
+
   logoBytes, err := embedfs.ReadFile("superhighway84.jpeg")
   if err != nil {
     log.Panicln(err)
@@ -190,3 +194,15 @@ func(t *TUI) ShowErrorModal(text string) {
       },
     })
 }
+
+func (t* TUI) SetStats(peers, rateIn, rateOut, totalIn, totalOut int64) () {
+  t.Stats["peers"] = peers
+  t.Stats["rate_in"] = rateIn
+  t.Stats["rate_out"] = rateOut
+  t.Stats["total_in"] = totalIn
+  t.Stats["total_out"] = totalOut
+
+  t.Views["mainscreen"].(*Mainscreen).SetStats(t.Stats)
+  t.App.Draw()
+}
+