diff --git a/sway/config b/sway/config
index ceaefe8..fbd6d94 100644
--- a/sway/config
+++ b/sway/config
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ set $tty-popup $scripts/tty-popup
 
 set $menu bash $scripts/menu
 set $pass_menu $tty-popup pass $scripts/fzf-pass
+set $clip_menu $tty-popup pass $scripts/clipboard menu
 
 set $printscreen bash $scripts/printscreen
 
diff --git a/sway/config.d/keybinds.config b/sway/config.d/keybinds.config
index 93440ba..d8b5bcf 100644
--- a/sway/config.d/keybinds.config
+++ b/sway/config.d/keybinds.config
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ bindsym $mod+backslash exec $pass_menu
 # reload the configuration file
 bindsym $mod+Shift+c reload
 
+bindsym $mod++c exec $clip_menu
+
 # exit sway (logs you out of your Wayland session)
 bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec swaynag -t \
         warning -m 'You pressed the exit shortcut. Do you really want to exit sway? This will end your Wayland session.' \
diff --git a/sway/scripts/clipboard b/sway/scripts/clipboard
index 511ca50..2c51d70 100755
--- a/sway/scripts/clipboard
+++ b/sway/scripts/clipboard
@@ -1,50 +1,126 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 workdir="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share/clipboard/history}"
-mkdir -p "$workdir"
-cd "$workdir"
+maxsize="${CLIPBOARD_MAX_SIZE:-30M}"
+histcount="${CLIPBOARD_HISTORY_COUNT:-300}"
+
+red=$(tput setaf 1)
+reset=$(tput sgr0)
+delim="\034"
+#delim=":::::::"
+umask 077
+
+mkdir -p "$workdir"
+cd "$workdir" || exit
+
+daemon(){
+    echo "values may be subject to change"
+    echo "  workdir:   $workdir"
+    echo "  maxsize:   $maxsize"
+    echo "  histcount: $histcount"
+    echo "  current:   $(find "${workdir}" | wc | awk '{print $2}')"
+    wl-paste -w "$0" on-copy
+}
+
+on-copy(){
+    if [ -f "$workdir/.lock" ] ; then
+        echo "script is currently locked."
+        exit 0
+    fi
 
-if [ "$1" = "daemon" ]; then
-    wl-paste -w $0 on-copy
-elif [ "$1" = "lock" ]; then
-    touch .lock
-elif [ "$1" = "unlock" ]; then
-    rm -f .lock
-elif [ "$1" = "on-copy" ]; then
-    [ -f .lock ] && exit 0
     file="$(date +%s)"
-    cat >"$file"
+    cat | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' >"$file"
     ext="$(file --mime-type "$file" | cut -d' ' -f2 | cut -d'/' -f2)"
     mv "$file" "$file.$ext"
     fdupes -idN .
     find . -type f -size 0 -delete
-    find . -type f -size +10000000c -delete
-    find . -type f -print0 | sort -zn | head -z -n -10000 | xargs -r -0 rm
-elif [ "$1" = "dmenu" ]; then
-    find . -type f -printf '%P\0' | sort -znr | while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
+    find . -type f -size "+$maxsize" -delete
+    find . -type f -print0 \
+        | sort -zn \
+        | head -z --lines="-$histcount"  \
+        | xargs -r -0 rm
+}
+
+
+list(){
+    find . -type f -printf '%P\0' \
+        | sort -znr \
+        | while IFS= read -r -d '' file ; do
         if [[ "$file" =~ \.(plain|x-python)$ ]]; then
-            cat "$file"
+            printf "%s${delim}" "$file" "${red}${reset} $(sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/+/g' < "$file")"
+        elif [[ "$file" =~ \.octet-stream$ ]]; then
+            printf "%s${delim}" "$file" "${red}﫳${reset} $(sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/+/g' < "$file")"
         else
-            printf '%s' "$file"
+            printf "%s${delim}" "$file" "${red}${reset} $file"
         fi
         printf '\0'
-    done | dmenu -0 -p clipboard -r "$(realpath "$0") preview" | {
+    done
+}
+
+parse-file(){
+        echo "$1" | awk '{print $1}' FS="$delim"
+}
+
+on-select(){
         read -r -d '' result
         if [ -z "$result" ]; then
             exit 0
-        elif [ -f "$result" ]; then
-            wl-copy <"$result"
-        else
-            printf '%s' "$result" | sed -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//' | sed -Ez 's/\s+$//' | wl-copy
         fi
-    }
-elif [ "$1" = "preview" ]; then
-    if [ -f "$2" ]; then
-        kitty +kitten icat --silent --stdin=no "$2"
-    else
-        echo "$2" | bat -l bash --color always -pp
+        (cat "$(parse-file "${result}")" || exit 1) | wl-copy
+}
+
+menu(){
+       #--bind "del:execute-silent($0 delete '{}')+abort" \
+       list | fzf --read0 +s \
+         --info=hidden \
+         --reverse \
+         -d "${delim}" --nth ..2 --with-nth 2 \
+          --bind="del:execute()" \
+          --prompt='clip:: ' \
+          --pointer='➜' \
+          --color="gutter:0,prompt:4" \
+          --no-multi \
+          --preview "$0 preview '{}'" --preview-window=down:3:wrap --ansi \
+          | on-select
+}
+
+usage(){
+    cat <<EOF
+Hello, this is the usuage menu. $0 supports the following arguments.
+
+ - deamon :: starts a process that watches the clipboard, calling on-copy on copy.
+ - on-copy :: saves clipped content to history folder. Dedups, and trims as well.
+ - menu :: clip history menu using fzf.
+ - list :: null terminated list that fzf populates. Need fo fzf reload.
+ - lock :: prevents daemon/on-clip from saving value. Use for passwords, etc.
+ - unlock :: like lock, but in reverse.
+ - preview :: the preview used by fzf. Requires clip file.
+EOF
+}
+
+preview(){
+    local file 
+    file="$(parse-file "$1")"
+
+    if [ -f "$1" ]; then
+        kitty +kitten icat --silent --stdin=no "$1"
+        return
     fi
-else
-    echo >&2 "Usage: $0 <daemon|lock|unlock|on-copy|dmenu|preview>"
-    exit 1
-fi
+    
+    printf $(bat -l bash --color always -pp "$file")
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+    daemon|on-copy|menu|list)
+        $1;;
+    lock)
+        touch "$workdir/.lock" ; echo "locked";;
+    unlock)
+        rm -f "$workdir/.lock" ; echo "unlocked";;
+    preview)
+        shift ; preview "$*";;
+    *)
+        usage;;
+esac
+
+exit;