diff --git a/src/launcher/HyDE.py b/src/launcher/HyDE.py
index 45f86f5..76d8475 100644
--- a/src/launcher/HyDE.py
+++ b/src/launcher/HyDE.py
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@
 _TAB_INDENT = const('	')
 
 
+# lines longer than this skip the formatting step
+_MAX_FORMATTED_LEN = const(200)
+
 
 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Global Objects: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 DISPLAY = display.Display()
@@ -414,6 +417,10 @@ def segment_from_str(string:str, index:int) -> str:
 @micropython.native
 def draw_small_line(line,x,y,fade=0):
     """apply special styling to a small line and display it."""
+    if len(line) > _MAX_FORMATTED_LEN:
+        DISPLAY.text(line, x, y, CONFIG.palette[6-fade])
+        return
+
     line = format_display_line(line)
     is_comment = False
     string_char = None
@@ -479,10 +486,19 @@ def draw_fancy_line(line, x, y, highlight=False, trim=True):
                        'False','Finally','for','from','global','if','import','in','is','lambda','None',
                        'nonlocal','not','or','pass','raise','return','True','try','while','with','yield'))
     _OPERATORS = const("<>,|[]{}()*^%!=-+/:;&@")
+    
+    # skip formatting on long lines
+    if len(line) > _MAX_FORMATTED_LEN:
+        DISPLAY.text(line, x, y, CONFIG.palette[8], font=font)
+        return
 
     # TODO: I worry this may be extremely unoptomized. Should maybe be tested/optimized further.
     # It might be worth it to try pre-processing lines into a colored 
     # format so that we dont need to redo this between frames
+    # And reworking this to split lines into tokens first, rather than drawing them character-by-character,
+    # would also probably be a lot faster.
+    # Finally, only rerunning the formatting on pre-processed lines if they have been modified, should certainly
+    # Speed things up a ton.
 
     line = format_display_line(line)
     # trim right part of line to speed up styling
@@ -961,7 +977,7 @@ def main_loop():
     target_file = RTC.memory().decode()
     # TESTING:
     if target_file == "":
-        target_file = "/misc_tdeck/testkb.py"
+        target_file = "/log.txt"
 
     # remove syntax hilighting for plain txt files.
     if target_file.endswith('.txt'):
diff --git a/src/lib/userinput/userinput.py b/src/lib/userinput/userinput.py
index 5dd598a..5f77e15 100644
--- a/src/lib/userinput/userinput.py
+++ b/src/lib/userinput/userinput.py
@@ -12,17 +12,10 @@
 import time
 from lib.hydra.config import Config
 from lib.display import Display
-
-try:
-    from . import _keys
-except ImportError:
-    from lib.userinput import _keys
+from . import _keys
 
 # mh_if touchscreen:
-try:
-    from . import _touch
-except ImportError:
-    from lib.userinput import _touch
+from . import _touch
 # mh_end_if
 
 
@@ -250,14 +243,18 @@ def system_commands(self, keylist):
                 keylist.remove('m')
 
             # vol up
-            if ';' in keylist:
+            if 'UP' in keylist:
                 self.config['volume'] = (self.config['volume'] + 1) % 11
-                keylist.remove(';')
+                keylist.remove('UP')
 
             # vol down
-            elif '.' in keylist:
+            elif 'DOWN' in keylist:
                 self.config['volume'] = (self.config['volume'] - 1) % 11
-                keylist.remove('.')
+                keylist.remove('DOWN')
+            
+            if "q" in keylist:
+                machine.RTC().memory("")
+                machine.reset()
             
             # mh_if kb_light:
             if "b" in keylist:
@@ -293,10 +290,3 @@ def _locked_keys_overlay(self, display):
             display.text(key_txt, x, _PADDING + 2, display.palette[txt_clr])
             width = x - _RADIUS - _PADDING
 
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    user_input = UserInput(locking_keys=True)
-    while True:
-        print(user_input.get_new_keys() + user_input.get_touch_events())
-        time.sleep_ms(30)
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