diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ae0d33b..8b67ba3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -40,14 +40,20 @@ func init() {
 
 	showOptions()
 
+	go simpleStdin()
+
 	config.Set("width", 640)
 	config.Set("height", 480)
 	config.Set("glDrift", 0.01)
 	// config.Set("filename", "planetfall.glsl")
 	config.Set("filename", "seascape.glsl")
+
+	// I think this doesn't work as a goroutine because
+	// opengl closes. This plugin probably has to wait
+	// until there is some sort of protobuf + socket interface
+	// instead of a plugin
 	pixelgl.Run(run)
 
-	go simpleStdin()
 }
 
 // this must be defined for plugin's, but is never run
diff --git a/stdin.go b/stdin.go
index 47c8415..0b6d950 100644
--- a/stdin.go
+++ b/stdin.go
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ import (
 func showOptions() {
 	fmt.Println("")
 	fmt.Println("Enter:")
+	fmt.Println("")
+	fmt.Println("This doesn't work because it's stalled in the toolkit init()")
+	fmt.Println("opengl isn't happy if you try to run it as a goroutine and exits")
+	fmt.Println("maybe there is someone that actually knows what the are doing that can fix that")
+	fmt.Println("")
 	fmt.Println("'l': list all widgets")
 	fmt.Println("'b': for buttons")
 	fmt.Println("'g': try opengl")