diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 14668e2..405a7af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -193,13 +193,13 @@ aniwrapper -C
 aniwrapper -Q <query>
 
 # Choose rofi theme from presets
-aniwrapper -t [aniwrapper (default)|dracula|fancy|flamingo|material|onedark]
+aniwrapper -t <aniwrapper (default)|dracula|fancy|flamingo|material|nord|onedark>
 
 # Specify custom rofi config
 aniwrapper -T <path_to_config>
 
 # Specify starting directory for play_from_file mode, bypassing main menu
-aniwrapper -f <starting_directory> (no trailing slash in path)
+aniwrapper -f <starting_directory>
 
 # Use ani-cli command-line mode (rofi disabled)
 aniwrapper -c
@@ -258,13 +258,13 @@ ani-cli -H
 ani-cli -s
 
 # choose quality
-ani-cli -q [high|normal (default)|low]
+ani-cli -q <high|normal (default)|low>
 
 # choose rofi theme from presets
-ani-cli -t [aniwrapper (default)|dracula|fancy|flamingo|material|onedark]
+ani-cli -t <aniwrapper (default)|dracula|fancy|flamingo|material|nord|onedark>
 
 # Specify starting directory for play_from_file mode (does not work with -c)
-ani-cli -f <starting_directory> (no trailing slash in path)
+ani-cli -f <starting_directory>
 
 # run ani-cli in command-line mode (rofi disabled)
 ani-cli -c
diff --git a/ani-cli b/ani-cli
index 3199f54..6aeb563 100755
--- a/ani-cli
+++ b/ani-cli
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MAISAN_ICON_PATH="$CFG_DIR/icons/MYsan.png"
 ROFI_THEME="aniwrapper.rasi"
 ROFI_CFG="$CFG_DIR/themes/$ROFI_THEME"
 PLAYER_CMD="mpv"
-THEMES="aniwrapper (default)|dracula|fancy|flamingo|material|onedark"
+THEMES="aniwrapper (default)|dracula|fancy|flamingo|material|nord|onedark"
 
 # dependencies: grep, sed, curl, video_player, rofi, sqlite3
 # video_player ( needs to be able to play urls )
@@ -318,21 +318,16 @@ sync_watch_history() {
 play_file() {
 	logger "Checking if file is playable"
 	if [[ "$1" =~ ($playable)$ ]]; then
-		logger "File is playable..."
 		filename=$(grep -oE '[^/]*$' <<< "$1")
 		directory=$(sed -E "s/\/$filename//" <<< "$1")
-		logger "FILENAME: $filename"
-		logger "DIRECTORY: $directory"
 		insert_history "file" "$directory" "$filename" &
 		if [[ "$1" =~ .mp3 ]]; then
 			logger ".mp3 file found... playing without video"
-			logger "MPV COMMAND: $PLAYER_CMD --no-video $1"
 			notification "Playing $1"
 			$PLAYER_CMD --no-video "$1"
 		else
 			notification "Playing $1"
-			logger "MPV COMMAND: $PLAYER_CMD $1"
-			$PLAYER_CMD "$1"
+			$PLAYER_CMD "$1" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
 		fi
 		return $?
 	else
@@ -340,41 +335,15 @@ play_file() {
 	fi
 }
 
-# attempt to generate list of valid files and directories
-generate_inputlist() {
-	# start at 2nd line, because first line out output from find is $1
-	outstr=""
-	while read -r directory; do
-		if [[ "${directory// /}" == "" ]]; then
-			continue
-		fi
-		[ "$outstr" = "" ] && outstr="$directory" || outstr="$outstr|$directory"
-	done <<< "$(find "$1" -maxdepth 1 -type d | sed "s|$1/||" | tail -n +2 | sort -V)"
-	# logger "DIRS: $outstr" 1> /dev/stderr
-	while read -r filename; do
-		if [[ "${filename// /}" == "" ]]; then
-			continue
-		fi
-		[ "$outstr" = "" ] && outstr="$filename" || outstr="$outstr|$filename"
-	done <<< "$(find "$1" -maxdepth 1 -type f | sed "s|$1/||" | grep -E "$playable$" | sort -V)"
-	# logger "DIRS + FILES: $outstr" 1> /dev/stderr
-	outstr="$outstr|Back|Quit"
-	printf "%s\n" "$outstr"
-}
-
-get_file_history_as_string() {
-	while read -r directory; do
-		continue
-	done <<< "$(run_stmt 'SELECT DISTINCT DIRECTORY FROM FILE_HISTORY;')"
-}
-
-generate_file_watchedlist() {
+get_directory_data() {
 	search_dir="$1"
+	inputlist=""
 	watched=""
-	cnt=0
+	cnt=1
 	while read -r directory; do
 		# sometimes direetory is empty string due to find parsing
-		[ -z "$directory" ] && continue
+		[ -z "${directory// /}" ] && continue
+		[ "$inputlist" = "" ] && inputlist="$directory" || inputlist="$inputlist|$directory"
 		if ! check_db "directory" "$search_dir/$directory"; then
 			logger "$search_dir/$directory opened before... adding $cnt to list" 1> /dev/stderr
 			[ "$watched" = "" ] && watched="$cnt" || watched="$watched, $cnt"
@@ -382,14 +351,17 @@ generate_file_watchedlist() {
 		((++cnt))
 	done <<< "$(find "$search_dir" -maxdepth 1 -type d | sed -E "s|$search_dir/||" | tail -n +2 | sort -V)"
 	while read -r filename; do
+		[ -z "${filename// /}" ] && continue
 		if ! check_db "file" "$search_dir" "$filename"; then
 			logger "$filename watched before... adding $cnt to list" 1> /dev/stderr
 			[ "$watched" = "" ] && watched="$cnt" || watched="$watched, $cnt"
 		fi
+		[ "$inputlist" = "" ] && inputlist="$filename" || inputlist="$inputlist|$filename"
 		((++cnt))
 	done <<< "$(find "$search_dir" -maxdepth 1 -type f | sed "s|$search_dir/||" | grep -E "$playable$" | sort -V)"
+	[ "$search_dir" != "/" ] && inputlist="../|$inputlist|Back|Quit" || inputlist="$inputlist|Back|Quit"
+	logger "INPUT LIST: $inputlist" 1> /dev/stderr
 	logger "WATCHED LIST: $watched" 1> /dev/stderr
-	printf "%s\n" "$watched"
 }
 
 # recursive function for finding path to video file given a starting directory
@@ -405,17 +377,16 @@ find_media() {
 		return 0
 	fi
 
+	get_directory_data "$inp"
+	[ -z "$inputlist" ] && return 1
+
 	span=$(generate_span "Current directory: $inp")
-	# run in parallel in background?
-	inputlist=$(generate_inputlist "$inp" &)
-	watched_files=$(generate_file_watchedlist "$inp" &)
-	wait
 	selection=$(rofi -dmenu -only-match -async-pre-read 33 -config "$ROFI_CFG" \
-		-l 12 -i -sep '|' -mesg "$span" -a "$watched_files" \
-		-p "Enter selection" <<< "${inputlist[@]}")
+		-l 15 -i -sep '|' -mesg "$span" -a "$watched" \
+		-p "Enter selection" <<< "$inputlist")
 
 	case "$selection" in
-		Back)
+		Back | ../)
 			# go up one directory
 			# dotdotslash=$(sed -E "s/(\/[^\/]*$)//" <<< "$inp")
 			if [ -z "$(sed -E "s/(\/[^\/]*$)//" <<< "$inp")" ]; then
@@ -798,6 +769,7 @@ while getopts 'hd:Hsvq:c-:f:t:T:CQ:' OPT; do
 		f)
 			scrape="file"
 			play_dir="$OPTARG"
+			[ "$play_dir" != "/" ] && play_dir="$(sed -E 's/\/$//' <<< "$play_dir")" # remove trailing slash... unless searching / for some reason
 			;;
 		t)
 			theme="$OPTARG"
@@ -820,6 +792,9 @@ while getopts 'hd:Hsvq:c-:f:t:T:CQ:' OPT; do
 				material)
 					ROFI_THEME=aniwrapper-material.rasi
 					;;
+				nord)
+					ROFI_THEME=aniwrapper-nord.rasi
+					;;
 				onedark)
 					ROFI_THEME=aniwrapper-onedark.rasi
 					;;
@@ -919,7 +894,6 @@ case $scrape in
 		[ ! -d "$play_dir" ] && die "$play_dir does not exist"
 		video_path=$(find_media "$play_dir")
 		retcode="$?"
-		echo "RETURN FROM find_media() -> $retcode"
 		if [ "$retcode" -ne 0 ]; then
 			die "QUITTING"
 		elif [ -z "$video_path" ]; then
diff --git a/aniwrapper b/aniwrapper
index 29e137f..a338496 100755
--- a/aniwrapper
+++ b/aniwrapper
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ROFI_THEME="aniwrapper.rasi"
 CFG_FILE="$CFG_DIR/themes/$ROFI_THEME"
 QUALITIES="1. high|2. normal (default)|3. low"
 QUALITY=normal
-THEMES="aniwrapper (default)|dracula|fancy|flamingo|material|onedark"
+THEMES="aniwrapper (default)|dracula|fancy|flamingo|material|nord|onedark"
 GET_QUALITY=0
 VERBOSE=0
 IS_ROFI=1
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ parse_args() {
 					material)
 						ROFI_THEME=aniwrapper-material.rasi
 						;;
+					nord)
+						ROFI_THEME=aniwrapper-nord.rasi
+						;;
 					onedark)
 						ROFI_THEME=aniwrapper-onedark.rasi
 						;;
diff --git a/themes/aniwrapper-nord.rasi b/themes/aniwrapper-nord.rasi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a4a9e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/aniwrapper-nord.rasi
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+* {
+    font: "Open Sans 15";
+    nord0: #2e3440;
+    nord1: #3b4252;
+    nord2: #434c5e;
+    nord3: #4c566a;
+    nord4: #d8dee9;
+    nord5: #e5e9f0;
+    nord6: #eceff4;
+    nord7: #8fbcbb;
+    nord8: #88c0d0;
+    nord9: #81a1c1;
+    nord10: #5e81ac;
+    nord11: #bf616a;
+    nord12: #d08770;
+    nord13: #ebcb8b;
+    nord14: #a3be8c;
+    nord15: #b48ead;
+
+    spacing: 2;
+    background-color: var(nord1);
+
+    background: var(nord1);
+    foreground: var(nord4);
+
+    normal-background: var(background);
+    normal-foreground: var(foreground);
+    alternate-normal-background: var(background);
+    alternate-normal-foreground: var(foreground);
+    selected-normal-background: var(nord8);
+    selected-normal-foreground: var(background);
+
+    active-background: var(background);
+    active-foreground: var(nord10);
+    alternate-active-background: var(background);
+    alternate-active-foreground: var(nord10);
+    selected-active-background: var(nord10);
+    selected-active-foreground: var(background);
+
+    urgent-background: var(background);
+    urgent-foreground: var(nord11);
+    alternate-urgent-background: var(background);
+    alternate-urgent-foreground: var(nord11);
+    selected-urgent-background: var(nord11);
+    selected-urgent-foreground: var(background);
+}
+element {
+    padding: 4px 0px 4px 7px;
+    spacing: 5px;
+    border:  0;
+    cursor:  pointer;
+    margin:  1px 0px;
+    border-radius: 12px;
+}
+element normal.normal {
+    background-color: var(normal-background);
+    text-color: var(normal-foreground);
+}
+element normal.urgent {
+    background-color: var(urgent-background);
+    text-color: var(urgent-foreground);
+}
+element normal.active {
+    background-color: var(active-background);
+    text-color: var(active-foreground);
+}
+element selected.normal {
+    background-color: var(selected-normal-background);
+    text-color: var(selected-normal-foreground);
+}
+element selected.urgent {
+    background-color: var(selected-urgent-background);
+    text-color: var(selected-urgent-foreground);
+}
+element selected.active {
+    background-color: var(selected-active-background);
+    text-color: var(selected-active-foreground);
+}
+element alternate.normal {
+    background-color: var(alternate-normal-background);
+    text-color: var(alternate-normal-foreground);
+}
+element alternate.urgent {
+    background-color: var(alternate-urgent-background);
+    text-color: var(alternate-urgent-foreground);
+}
+element alternate.active {
+    background-color: var(alternate-active-background);
+    text-color: var(alternate-active-foreground);
+}
+element-text {
+    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0%);
+    text-color: inherit;
+    highlight: inherit;
+    cursor: inherit;
+}
+element-icon {
+    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0%);
+    size: 1.0000em;
+    text-color: inherit;
+    cursor: inherit;
+}
+window {
+    padding: 0;
+    border: 0;
+    background-color: var(background);
+    width: 60%;
+    border-radius: 12px;
+}
+mainbox {
+    padding: 0;
+    border: 0;
+}
+message {
+    margin: 0px 7px;
+}
+textbox {
+    text-color: var(foreground);
+}
+listview {
+    margin: 0px 0px 5px;
+    scrollbar: true;
+    spacing: 2px;
+    fixed-height: 0;
+    columns: 2;
+}
+scrollbar {
+    padding: 0;
+    handle-width: 14px;
+    border: 0;
+    handle-color: var(nord3);
+}
+button {
+    spacing: 0;
+    text-color: var(normal-foreground);
+    cursor: pointer;
+}
+button selected {
+    background-color: var(selected-normal-background);
+    text-color: var(selected-normal-foreground);
+}
+inputbar {
+    padding: 7px;
+    margin: 7px;
+    spacing: 0;
+    text-color: var(normal-foreground);
+    background-color: var(nord3);
+    children: [ entry ];
+    border-radius: 12px;
+}
+entry {
+    spacing: 0;
+    cursor: text;
+    text-color: var(normal-foreground);
+    background-color: var(nord3);
+}