diff --git a/.idea/workspace.xml b/.idea/workspace.xml
index 612aab9..33dc3e9 100644
--- a/.idea/workspace.xml
+++ b/.idea/workspace.xml
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@
     <cargoProject FILE="$PROJECT_DIR$/Cargo.toml" />
   </component>
   <component name="ChangeListManager">
-    <list default="true" id="81820af5-b0ad-4ac7-a939-e3db68fc7214" name="Changes" comment="Created initial display">
+    <list default="true" id="81820af5-b0ad-4ac7-a939-e3db68fc7214" name="Changes" comment="set termion as backend, curses as frontend.&#10;setup for new page turning system to accomodate cursive">
       <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/workspace.xml" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/workspace.xml" afterDir="false" />
-      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/Cargo.toml" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/Cargo.toml" afterDir="false" />
       <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main.rs" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main.rs" afterDir="false" />
     </list>
     <option name="SHOW_DIALOG" value="false" />
@@ -42,6 +41,9 @@
   <component name="MarkdownSettingsMigration">
     <option name="stateVersion" value="1" />
   </component>
+  <component name="ProjectColorInfo">{
+  &quot;associatedIndex&quot;: 5
+}</component>
   <component name="ProjectId" id="2PqGkAwNc4bG190Io9DyS4FEdlC" />
   <component name="ProjectViewState">
     <option name="hideEmptyMiddlePackages" value="true" />
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@
     &quot;vue.rearranger.settings.migration&quot;: &quot;true&quot;
   }
 }</component>
-  <component name="RunManager" selected="Cargo.Run">
+  <component name="RunManager" selected="Cargo.Check">
     <configuration name="Check" type="CargoCommandRunConfiguration" factoryName="Cargo Command" nameIsGenerated="true">
       <option name="command" value="check" />
       <option name="workingDirectory" value="file://$PROJECT_DIR$" />
@@ -104,10 +106,6 @@
         <option name="CARGO.BUILD_TASK_PROVIDER" enabled="true" />
       </method>
     </configuration>
-    <list>
-      <item itemvalue="Cargo.Check" />
-      <item itemvalue="Cargo.Run" />
-    </list>
   </component>
   <component name="RustProjectSettings">
     <option name="toolchainHomeDirectory" value="$USER_HOME$/.cargo/bin" />
@@ -136,7 +134,11 @@
       <workItem from="1697328171250" duration="85000" />
       <workItem from="1697328270424" duration="59000" />
       <workItem from="1697328349082" duration="212000" />
-      <workItem from="1697328580563" duration="9760000" />
+      <workItem from="1697328580563" duration="14311000" />
+      <workItem from="1697344247977" duration="29000" />
+      <workItem from="1697344288791" duration="562000" />
+      <workItem from="1697344966098" duration="165000" />
+      <workItem from="1697345194146" duration="1214000" />
     </task>
     <task id="LOCAL-00001" summary="Commit to scraper_framework branch&#10;&#10; - changing framework from Soup to Scraper&#10; - removed ncurses library. Will use different library instead.">
       <created>1687972565061</created>
@@ -180,7 +182,14 @@
       <option name="project" value="LOCAL" />
       <updated>1697325795094</updated>
     </task>
-    <option name="localTasksCounter" value="7" />
+    <task id="LOCAL-00007" summary="set termion as backend, curses as frontend.&#10;setup for new page turning system to accomodate cursive">
+      <created>1697339218296</created>
+      <option name="number" value="00007" />
+      <option name="presentableId" value="LOCAL-00007" />
+      <option name="project" value="LOCAL" />
+      <updated>1697339218296</updated>
+    </task>
+    <option name="localTasksCounter" value="8" />
     <servers />
   </component>
   <component name="TypeScriptGeneratedFilesManager">
@@ -215,7 +224,8 @@
     <MESSAGE value=" - Full Terminal Size now used&#10; - Still working on getting newlines working" />
     <MESSAGE value="Fixed stack underflow bug. Must find more elegant solution later." />
     <MESSAGE value="Created initial display" />
-    <option name="LAST_COMMIT_MESSAGE" value="Created initial display" />
+    <MESSAGE value="set termion as backend, curses as frontend.&#10;setup for new page turning system to accomodate cursive" />
+    <option name="LAST_COMMIT_MESSAGE" value="set termion as backend, curses as frontend.&#10;setup for new page turning system to accomodate cursive" />
   </component>
   <component name="XSLT-Support.FileAssociations.UIState">
     <expand />
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c72c86b..de08c88 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,17 @@ Last edited: 10/14/23
 
 mod html_module;
 use cursive::views::{Dialog, TextView};
+use cursive::backends::termion::termion;
+use cursive::event;
 use epub::doc::EpubDoc; //library for navigating epubs
 use std::*;
 use std::i32;
+use std::io::stdin;
 use std::path::Path;
+use termion::event::{Event, Key};
+use termion::input::TermRead;
+use termion::scroll;
+
 
 
 //this function will determine if Bibliofile has been opened before. If it has not, it will create a library folder under /opt/bibliofile.
@@ -20,10 +27,11 @@ fn library_exists(){
 
 
     //if /var/lib/bibliofile/library does not exist, create it.
-    let mut library_exist_var = Path::exists("/var/lib/bibliofile/library".as_ref());
+    let library_exist_var = Path::exists("/var/lib/bibliofile/library".as_ref());
 
     if library_exist_var == false{
-        fs::create_dir_all("/var/lib/bibliofile/library").expect("Error...could not create library. If this is your first time running Bibliofile, try running with sudo.");
+        fs::create_dir_all("/var/lib/bibliofile/library").expect("Error...could not create library. If this is your first time running Bibliofile, try running with sudo.\n\
+        Keep in mind, this program was designed with *nix systems in mind. Running this on Windows will result in unexpected behavior, as it uses a different file system.");
     }
 
 }
@@ -64,21 +72,28 @@ fn screen_func(epub_file: &str){
     // Starts the event loop.
     siv.run();
 
+    let c = stdin();
+    for c in stdin().events() {
+        let evt = c.unwrap();
+        match evt {
+            Event::Key(Key::Up) => scroll::Up(1),
 
-
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
 
 }
 
 
 
 
-
 fn get_text(epub_file: &str, mut page_num: &i32, direction: &str) -> (String, String, i32){
     let doc = EpubDoc::new(&epub_file);
     assert!(doc.is_ok());
     let mut doc = doc.unwrap();
     let mut usize_num = *page_num as usize;
-    if direction == "next" {
+
+    return if direction == "next" {
         usize_num = usize_num + 1;
         let title = doc.mdata("title");
 
@@ -87,10 +102,8 @@ fn get_text(epub_file: &str, mut page_num: &i32, direction: &str) -> (String, St
         let str_content = content.unwrap();
         let text = html_module::main(str_content.0);
 
-        return (text, title.unwrap(), usize_num as i32);
-    }
-
-    else if direction == "last" {
+        (text, title.unwrap(), usize_num as i32)
+    } else if direction == "last" {
         usize_num = usize_num - 1;
         let title = doc.mdata("title");
 
@@ -99,9 +112,8 @@ fn get_text(epub_file: &str, mut page_num: &i32, direction: &str) -> (String, St
         let str_content = content.unwrap();
         let text = html_module::main(str_content.0);
 
-        return (text, title.unwrap(), usize_num as i32);
-    }
-    else {
+        (text, title.unwrap(), usize_num as i32)
+    } else {
         let title = doc.mdata("title");
 
         doc.set_current_page(usize_num);
@@ -109,7 +121,7 @@ fn get_text(epub_file: &str, mut page_num: &i32, direction: &str) -> (String, St
         let str_content = content.unwrap();
         let text = html_module::main(str_content.0);
 
-        return (text, title.unwrap(), usize_num as i32);
+        (text, title.unwrap(), usize_num as i32)
     }
 
 }