diff --git a/app/app.py b/app/app.py
index 0fb4d12..4f6cf3c 100644
--- a/app/app.py
+++ b/app/app.py
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ Simple GUI to facilitate interaction with Fawkes.
 '''
 
 import threading
-from tkinter import Tk, BOTH, StringVar
+from tkinter import Tk, BOTH, StringVar, Canvas, PhotoImage, CENTER, NW
 from tkinter.filedialog import askopenfilenames
 from tkinter.ttk import Frame, Label, Button
+from PIL import ImageTk, Image
 
 import fawkes.protection
 
@@ -15,51 +16,96 @@ class UI(Frame):
         super().__init__()
         self.my_fawkes = fawkes.protection.Fawkes("high_extract", '0', 1)
         self.var = StringVar()
-        self.var.set('Initial')
+        self.var.set('Select images to cloak!')
         self.img_paths = './imgs'
         self.initUI()
 
     def initUI(self):
-        self.master.title("This is a Window")
+        self.master.title("Fawkes")
+        self.master.configure(bg='white')
         self.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=1)
 
+        # fawkes image
+        canvas = Canvas(self, width=110, height=150)
+        orig = Image.open("fawkes_mask.jpg")
+        resized = orig.resize((110,150), Image.ANTIALIAS)
+        img = ImageTk.PhotoImage(resized)
+        canvas.create_image(0,0, image=img, anchor=NW)
+        canvas.image = img
+        canvas.pack()
+        
+
+        # open button
         btn_Open = Button(self,
-                          text='open img directory',
-                          width=30,
+                          text='Choose image(s) to cloak',
+                          width=25,
                           command=self.select_path)
         btn_Open.pack()
 
+        # run button
         btn_Run = Button(self,
-                         text='run the code',
-                         width=3,
+                         text='Cloak images',
+                         width=25,
                          command=lambda: thread_it(self.my_fawkes.run_protection, self.img_paths))
         btn_Run.pack()
 
+        # # save button
+        # btn_Save = Button(self,
+        #                   text='Save cloaked image(s)',
+        #                   width=25,
+        #                   command=self.save_images)
+        # btn_Save.pack()
+        
+        # Progress info
         Label_Show = Label(self,
                            textvariable=self.var,
                            font=('Arial', 13), width=50)
+        Label_Show.configure(anchor="center")
         Label_Show.pack()
+        
 
     def select_path(self):
         self.img_paths = askopenfilenames(filetypes=[('image', "*.gif *.jpg *.png")])
-        self.var.set('the paths have been set')
+        self.var.set('Images chosen.')
+
+    def save_images(self):
+        print(self.img_paths)
+
+
 
 
 root = Tk()
 root.title('window')
-root.geometry('600x500')
+root.geometry('200x230')
 app = UI()
 
 
 def main():
+    root.configure(bg='white')
     root.mainloop()
 
-
 def thread_it(func, *args):
-    app.var.set('cloak in process')
+    app.var.set('Cloaking in progress.')
     t = threading.Thread(target=func, args=args)
     t.setDaemon(True)
     t.start()
+    while t.is_alive():
+        pass
+    app.var.set('Cloaking finished.')
+
+def thread_test():
+    app.var.set('Cloaking in progress.')
+
+    def func(test):
+        print(test)
+    args = "testing"
+    t = threading.Thread(target=func, args=args)
+    t.setDaemon(True)
+    t.start()
+    while t.is_alive():
+        pass
+    t.sleep(1)
+    app.var.set('Cloaking finished.')
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/app/fawkes_mask.jpg b/app/fawkes_mask.jpg
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index 0000000..b9b9bf6
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