diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 550f188..4131dec 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ module go.wit.com/toolkits/nocui
 go 1.21.4
 
 require (
-	go.wit.com/log v0.13.0
-	go.wit.com/toolkits/tree v0.13.14
-	go.wit.com/widget v1.1.8
+	go.wit.com/log v0.13.18
+	go.wit.com/toolkits/tree v0.13.18
+	go.wit.com/widget v1.1.9
 )
 
 require go.wit.com/dev/davecgh/spew v1.1.4 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2272bf5..827ef9a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 go.wit.com/dev/davecgh/spew v1.1.4 h1:C9hj/rjlUpdK+E6aroyLjCbS5MFcyNUOuP1ICLWdNek=
 go.wit.com/dev/davecgh/spew v1.1.4/go.mod h1:sihvWmnQ/09FWplnEmozt90CCVqBtGuPXM811tgfhFA=
-go.wit.com/log v0.13.0 h1:0vyW3mHwDww3wCsyGnmQuX2P4V7aBMoJgxCy0GfA20g=
-go.wit.com/log v0.13.0/go.mod h1:BaJBfHFqcJSJLXGQ9RHi3XVhPgsStxSMZRlaRxW4kAo=
-go.wit.com/toolkits/tree v0.13.14 h1:Hy1tbgSL67rvlXkPCz65CDq03i2VeilL95gtOpkzOpo=
-go.wit.com/toolkits/tree v0.13.14/go.mod h1:f9ihlbRaORRqgWiqOslfUbLkFRgIjBWY0nG0MidHC7g=
-go.wit.com/widget v1.1.8 h1:5cHcmfgwCyHjf02Af/9UMrbLhBR7Z/LFAjPuCx4dx5A=
-go.wit.com/widget v1.1.8/go.mod h1:I8tnD3x3ECbB/CRNnLCdC+uoyk7rK0AEkzK1bQYSqoQ=
+go.wit.com/log v0.13.18 h1:XJNaQWX+8m12p3mH+kYih3zNjb0kScZDFpJa4c2TvKE=
+go.wit.com/log v0.13.18/go.mod h1:BaJBfHFqcJSJLXGQ9RHi3XVhPgsStxSMZRlaRxW4kAo=
+go.wit.com/toolkits/tree v0.13.18 h1:oGoLNc1Ax9/sM9nrQQvutjbpDAyORA2q/9R2vXprw/0=
+go.wit.com/toolkits/tree v0.13.18/go.mod h1:rrcu2kaZH9gAy9DzEgAGNVI8hOB/BsoKaR03zRCcPW0=
+go.wit.com/widget v1.1.9 h1:iltjAL8UZu0YPfia8/qyfDx04BDxhj8rURcx0OHVBEc=
+go.wit.com/widget v1.1.9/go.mod h1:I8tnD3x3ECbB/CRNnLCdC+uoyk7rK0AEkzK1bQYSqoQ=
diff --git a/stdin.go b/stdin.go
index b86802a..a8897f5 100644
--- a/stdin.go
+++ b/stdin.go
@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
+func showOptions() {
+	fmt.Println("")
+	fmt.Println("Enter:")
+	fmt.Println("'l': list all widgets")
+	fmt.Println("'b': for buttons")
+	fmt.Println("'g': load gocui plugin")
+	fmt.Println("'a': load andlabs plugin")
+	fmt.Println("'d': enable debugging")
+	fmt.Println("")
+	fmt.Println("Enter the number of the widget to click:")
+	fmt.Print("Option: ")
+}
+
 func simpleStdin() {
 	defer func() {
 		if r := recover(); r != nil {
@@ -41,13 +54,7 @@ func simpleStdin() {
 		case "d":
 			me.myTree.SendEnableDebugger()
 		case "":
-			fmt.Println("")
-			fmt.Println("Enter:")
-			fmt.Println("'l': list all widgets")
-			fmt.Println("'b': for buttons")
-			fmt.Println("'g': load gocui plugin")
-			fmt.Println("'a': load andlabs plugin")
-			fmt.Println("'d': enable debugging")
+			showOptions()
 		default:
 			i, _ := strconv.Atoi(s)
 			log.Log(NOW, "got input:", i)
@@ -71,5 +78,6 @@ func simpleStdin() {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		showOptions()
 	}
 }