diff --git a/eventBindings.go b/eventBindings.go
index b59c78f..e3f1994 100644
--- a/eventBindings.go
+++ b/eventBindings.go
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ import (
 func registerHandlers(g *gocui.Gui) {
 
 	// mouse handlers
-	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.MouseLeft, gocui.ModNone, mouseDown)     // normal left mouse down
-	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.MouseLeft, gocui.ModMouseCtrl, ctrlDown) // mouse with the ctrl key held down
-	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.MouseRelease, gocui.ModNone, mouseUp)    // mouse button release
+	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.MouseLeft, gocui.ModNone, mouseDown)       // normal left mouse down
+	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.MouseLeft, gocui.ModMouseCtrl, ctrlDown)   // mouse with the ctrl key held down
+	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.MouseRelease, gocui.ModNone, mouseUp)      // mouse button release
+	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.MouseWheelUp, gocui.ModNone, wheelsUp)     // mouse button release
+	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.MouseWheelDown, gocui.ModNone, wheelsDown) // mouse button release
 
 	// Ctrl key handlers
 	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.KeyCtrlC, gocui.ModNone, doExit)        // CTRL-C : exits the application
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ func registerHandlers(g *gocui.Gui) {
 	g.SetKeybinding("", 'O', gocui.ModNone, theStdout)                // 'o' toggle the STDOUT window
 	g.SetKeybinding("", 'q', gocui.ModNone, doExit)                   // 'q' exit
 	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.KeyTab, gocui.ModNone, tabCycleWindows) // '2' use this to test new ideas
+	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.KeyPgup, gocui.ModNone, stdoutPgup)     // Pgup scroll up the Stdout buffer
+	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.KeyPgdn, gocui.ModNone, stdoutPgdn)     // Pgdn scroll down the Stdout buffer
 
 	// debugging
 	g.SetKeybinding("", '2', gocui.ModNone, theNotsure)            // '2' use this to test new ideas
@@ -95,7 +99,26 @@ func addDropdown() *tree.Node {
 // use this to test code ideas // put whatever you want here and hit '2' to activate it
 func theNotsure(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	log.Info("got keypress 2. now what?")
-	log.Info("try to switch windows here")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func stdoutPgup(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	log.Info("try to page up in the stdout buffer here")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func stdoutPgdn(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	log.Info("try to page down in the stdout buffer here")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func wheelsUp(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	log.Info("private wheels up")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func wheelsDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	log.Info("you've landed")
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/log.go b/log.go
index ec2723e..dd99ebf 100644
--- a/log.go
+++ b/log.go
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
-var outputS []string
-
 var NOW *log.LogFlag
 var INFO *log.LogFlag
 var GOCUI *log.LogFlag
diff --git a/stdoutShow.go b/stdoutShow.go
index 94c7a1f..61f2246 100644
--- a/stdoutShow.go
+++ b/stdoutShow.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ package main
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 
@@ -126,3 +128,50 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) relocateStdout(w int, h int) {
 	me.baseGui.SetView("msg", w0, h0, w1, h1, 0)
 	// me.baseGui.SetViewOnBottom("msg")
 }
+
+// from the gocui devs:
+// Write appends a byte slice into the view's internal buffer. Because
+// View implements the io.Writer interface, it can be passed as parameter
+// of functions like fmt.Fprintf, fmt.Fprintln, io.Copy, etc. Clear must
+// be called to clear the view's buffer.
+
+func (w *guiWidget) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	w.tainted = true
+	me.writeMutex.Lock()
+	defer me.writeMutex.Unlock()
+
+	tk := me.stdout.tk
+
+	if tk.v == nil {
+		// optionally write the output to /tmp
+		s := fmt.Sprint(string(p))
+		s = strings.TrimSuffix(s, "\n")
+		fmt.Fprintln(outf, s)
+		v, _ := me.baseGui.View("msg")
+		if v != nil {
+			// fmt.Fprintln(outf, "found msg")
+			tk.v = v
+		}
+	} else {
+		// display the output in the gocui window
+		lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(p)), "\n")
+		me.stdout.outputS = append(me.stdout.outputS, lines...)
+
+		var cur []string
+		// chop off the last lines in the buffer
+		chop := len(me.stdout.outputS) - (me.stdout.h - 1)
+		if chop < 0 {
+			chop = 0
+		}
+		if len(me.stdout.outputS) > chop {
+			cur = append(cur, me.stdout.outputS[chop:]...)
+		} else {
+			cur = append(cur, me.stdout.outputS...)
+		}
+		slices.Reverse(cur)
+		tk.v.Clear()
+		fmt.Fprintln(tk.v, strings.Join(cur, "\n"))
+	}
+
+	return len(p), nil
+}
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index f444e65..b4d1aef 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
@@ -88,6 +87,8 @@ type stdout struct {
 	mouseOffsetH    int        // the current 'h' offset
 	init            bool       // moves the window offscreen on startup
 	resize          bool       // user is resizing the window
+	outputS         []string   // the buffer of all the output
+
 }
 
 // settings for the dropdown window
@@ -166,49 +167,6 @@ type guiWidget struct {
 	isBG bool // means this is the background widget. There is only one of these
 }
 
-// from the gocui devs:
-// Write appends a byte slice into the view's internal buffer. Because
-// View implements the io.Writer interface, it can be passed as parameter
-// of functions like fmt.Fprintf, fmt.Fprintln, io.Copy, etc. Clear must
-// be called to clear the view's buffer.
-
-func (w *guiWidget) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	w.tainted = true
-	me.writeMutex.Lock()
-	defer me.writeMutex.Unlock()
-
-	// _, outputH := w.Size()
-	outputH := 33 // special output length for "msg" window until I figure things out
-
-	tk := me.stdout.tk
-	if tk.v == nil {
-		// optionally write the output to /tmp
-		s := fmt.Sprint(string(p))
-		s = strings.TrimSuffix(s, "\n")
-		fmt.Fprintln(outf, s)
-		v, _ := me.baseGui.View("msg")
-		if v != nil {
-			// fmt.Fprintln(outf, "found msg")
-			tk.v = v
-		}
-	} else {
-		// display the output in the gocui window
-		tk.v.Clear()
-
-		s := fmt.Sprint(string(p))
-		s = strings.TrimSuffix(s, "\n")
-		tmp := strings.Split(s, "\n")
-		outputS = append(outputS, tmp...)
-		if len(outputS) > outputH {
-			l := len(outputS) - outputH
-			outputS = outputS[l:]
-		}
-		fmt.Fprintln(tk.v, strings.Join(outputS, "\n"))
-	}
-
-	return len(p), nil
-}
-
 // THIS IS GO COMPILER MAGIC
 // this sets the `default` in the structs above on init()
 // this is cool code. thank the GO devs for this code and Alex Flint for explaining it to me