diff --git a/src/Project.zig b/src/Project.zig
index 23eaae1..6613215 100644
--- a/src/Project.zig
+++ b/src/Project.zig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const Buffer = @import("Buffer");
 const fuzzig = @import("fuzzig");
 const tracy = @import("tracy");
 const git = @import("git");
+const file_type_config = @import("file_type_config");
 const builtin = @import("builtin");
 
 const LSP = @import("LSP.zig");
@@ -52,6 +53,9 @@ pub const LspOrClientError = (LspError || ClientError);
 
 const File = struct {
     path: []const u8,
+    type: []const u8,
+    icon: []const u8,
+    color: u24,
     mtime: i128,
     pos: FilePos = .{},
     visited: bool = false,
@@ -341,7 +345,7 @@ pub fn request_n_most_recent_file(self: *Self, from: tp.pid_ref, n: usize) Clien
 pub fn request_recent_files(self: *Self, from: tp.pid_ref, max: usize) ClientError!void {
     defer from.send(.{ "PRJ", "recent_done", self.longest_file_path, "" }) catch {};
     for (self.files.items, 0..) |file, i| {
-        from.send(.{ "PRJ", "recent", self.longest_file_path, file.path }) catch return error.ClientFailed;
+        from.send(.{ "PRJ", "recent", self.longest_file_path, file.path, file.type, file.icon, file.color }) catch return error.ClientFailed;
         if (i >= max) return;
     }
 }
@@ -356,7 +360,7 @@ fn simple_query_recent_files(self: *Self, from: tp.pid_ref, max: usize, query: [
             defer self.allocator.free(matches);
             var n: usize = 0;
             while (n < query.len) : (n += 1) matches[n] = idx + n;
-            from.send(.{ "PRJ", "recent", self.longest_file_path, file.path, matches }) catch return error.ClientFailed;
+            from.send(.{ "PRJ", "recent", self.longest_file_path, file.path, file.type, file.icon, file.color, matches }) catch return error.ClientFailed;
             i += 1;
             if (i >= max) return i;
         }
@@ -379,6 +383,9 @@ pub fn query_recent_files(self: *Self, from: tp.pid_ref, max: usize, query: []co
 
     const Match = struct {
         path: []const u8,
+        type: []const u8,
+        icon: []const u8,
+        color: u24,
         score: i32,
         matches: []const usize,
     };
@@ -389,6 +396,9 @@ pub fn query_recent_files(self: *Self, from: tp.pid_ref, max: usize, query: []co
         if (match.score) |score| {
             (try matches.addOne()).* = .{
                 .path = file.path,
+                .type = file.type,
+                .icon = file.icon,
+                .color = file.color,
                 .score = score,
                 .matches = try self.allocator.dupe(usize, match.matches),
             };
@@ -404,13 +414,24 @@ pub fn query_recent_files(self: *Self, from: tp.pid_ref, max: usize, query: []co
     std.mem.sort(Match, matches.items, {}, less_fn);
 
     for (matches.items[0..@min(max, matches.items.len)]) |match|
-        from.send(.{ "PRJ", "recent", self.longest_file_path, match.path, match.matches }) catch return error.ClientFailed;
+        from.send(.{ "PRJ", "recent", self.longest_file_path, match.path, match.type, match.icon, match.color, match.matches }) catch return error.ClientFailed;
     return @min(max, matches.items.len);
 }
 
-pub fn walk_tree_entry(self: *Self, file_path: []const u8, mtime: i128) OutOfMemoryError!void {
+pub fn walk_tree_entry(
+    self: *Self,
+    file_path: []const u8,
+    mtime: i128,
+) OutOfMemoryError!void {
+    const file_type: []const u8, const file_icon: []const u8, const file_color: u24 = guess_file_type(file_path);
     self.longest_file_path = @max(self.longest_file_path, file_path.len);
-    (try self.pending.addOne(self.allocator)).* = .{ .path = try self.allocator.dupe(u8, file_path), .mtime = mtime };
+    (try self.pending.addOne(self.allocator)).* = .{
+        .path = try self.allocator.dupe(u8, file_path),
+        .type = file_type,
+        .icon = file_icon,
+        .color = file_color,
+        .mtime = mtime,
+    };
 }
 
 pub fn walk_tree_done(self: *Self, parent: tp.pid_ref) OutOfMemoryError!void {
@@ -420,6 +441,35 @@ pub fn walk_tree_done(self: *Self, parent: tp.pid_ref) OutOfMemoryError!void {
     return self.loaded(parent);
 }
 
+fn default_ft() struct { []const u8, []const u8, u24 } {
+    return .{
+        file_type_config.default.name,
+        file_type_config.default.icon,
+        file_type_config.default.color,
+    };
+}
+
+pub fn guess_path_file_type(path: []const u8, file_name: []const u8) struct { []const u8, []const u8, u24 } {
+    var buf: [4096]u8 = undefined;
+    const file_path = std.fmt.bufPrint(&buf, "{s}{}{s}", .{ path, std.fs.path.sep, file_name }) catch return default_ft();
+    return guess_file_type(file_path);
+}
+
+pub fn guess_file_type(file_path: []const u8) struct { []const u8, []const u8, u24 } {
+    var buf: [1024]u8 = undefined;
+    const content: []const u8 = blk: {
+        const file = std.fs.cwd().openFile(file_path, .{ .mode = .read_only }) catch break :blk &.{};
+        defer file.close();
+        const size = file.read(&buf) catch break :blk &.{};
+        break :blk buf[0..size];
+    };
+    return if (file_type_config.guess_file_type(file_path, content)) |ft| .{
+        ft.name,
+        ft.icon orelse file_type_config.default.icon,
+        ft.color orelse file_type_config.default.color,
+    } else default_ft();
+}
+
 fn merge_pending_files(self: *Self) OutOfMemoryError!void {
     defer self.sort_files_by_mtime();
     const existing = try self.files.toOwnedSlice(self.allocator);
@@ -469,9 +519,13 @@ fn update_mru_internal(self: *Self, file_path: []const u8, mtime: i128, row: usi
         }
         return;
     }
+    const file_type: []const u8, const file_icon: []const u8, const file_color: u24 = guess_file_type(file_path);
     if (row != 0) {
         (try self.files.addOne(self.allocator)).* = .{
             .path = try self.allocator.dupe(u8, file_path),
+            .type = file_type,
+            .icon = file_icon,
+            .color = file_color,
             .mtime = mtime,
             .pos = .{ .row = row, .col = col },
             .visited = true,
@@ -479,6 +533,9 @@ fn update_mru_internal(self: *Self, file_path: []const u8, mtime: i128, row: usi
     } else {
         (try self.files.addOne(self.allocator)).* = .{
             .path = try self.allocator.dupe(u8, file_path),
+            .type = file_type,
+            .icon = file_icon,
+            .color = file_color,
             .mtime = mtime,
         };
     }
@@ -1941,7 +1998,14 @@ pub fn process_git(self: *Self, parent: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) (OutOfMemoryE
     } else if (try m.match(.{ tp.any, tp.any, "workspace_files", tp.extract(&path) })) {
         self.longest_file_path = @max(self.longest_file_path, path.len);
         const stat = std.fs.cwd().statFile(path) catch return;
-        (try self.pending.addOne(self.allocator)).* = .{ .path = try self.allocator.dupe(u8, path), .mtime = stat.mtime };
+        const file_type: []const u8, const file_icon: []const u8, const file_color: u24 = guess_file_type(path);
+        (try self.pending.addOne(self.allocator)).* = .{
+            .path = try self.allocator.dupe(u8, path),
+            .type = file_type,
+            .icon = file_icon,
+            .color = file_color,
+            .mtime = stat.mtime,
+        };
     } else if (try m.match(.{ tp.any, tp.any, "workspace_files", tp.null_ })) {
         self.state.workspace_files = .done;
         try self.loaded(parent);
diff --git a/src/file_type_config.zig b/src/file_type_config.zig
index 008bb9d..944ea16 100644
--- a/src/file_type_config.zig
+++ b/src/file_type_config.zig
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ pub const default = struct {
     pub const color = 0x000000;
 };
 
+pub const folder_icon = "";
+
 fn from_file_type(file_type: syntax.FileType) @This() {
     return .{
         .name = file_type.name,
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ pub fn get(file_type_name: []const u8) !?@This() {
                 break :file_type if (syntax.FileType.get_by_name_static(file_type_name)) |ft| from_file_type(ft) else null;
             }
         };
-        try cache.put(cache_allocator, file_type_name, file_type);
+        try cache.put(cache_allocator, try cache_allocator.dupe(u8, file_type_name), file_type);
         break :self file_type;
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/log.zig b/src/log.zig
index 71d3521..1beff73 100644
--- a/src/log.zig
+++ b/src/log.zig
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ subscriber: ?tp.pid,
 heap: [32 + 1024]u8,
 fba: std.heap.FixedBufferAllocator,
 msg_store: MsgStoreT,
+no_stdout: bool = false,
+no_stderr: bool = false,
 
 const MsgStoreT = std.DoublyLinkedList([]u8);
 const Receiver = tp.Receiver(*Self);
@@ -79,12 +81,23 @@ fn store_reset(self: *Self) void {
 
 fn receive(self: *Self, from: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) tp.result {
     errdefer self.deinit();
-    if (try m.match(.{ "log", tp.more })) {
+    var output: []const u8 = undefined;
+    if (try m.match(.{ "log", "error", tp.string, "std.log", "->", tp.extract(&output) })) {
         if (self.subscriber) |subscriber| {
             subscriber.send_raw(m) catch {};
         } else {
             self.store(m);
         }
+        if (!self.no_stderr)
+            std.io.getStdErr().writer().print("{s}\n", .{output}) catch {};
+    } else if (try m.match(.{ "log", tp.string, tp.extract(&output) })) {
+        if (self.subscriber) |subscriber| {
+            subscriber.send_raw(m) catch {};
+        } else {
+            self.store(m);
+        }
+        if (!self.no_stdout)
+            std.io.getStdOut().writer().print("{s}\n", .{output}) catch {};
     } else if (try m.match(.{"subscribe"})) {
         // log("subscribed");
         if (self.subscriber) |*s| s.deinit();
@@ -95,6 +108,14 @@ fn receive(self: *Self, from: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) tp.result {
         if (self.subscriber) |*s| s.deinit();
         self.subscriber = null;
         self.store_reset();
+    } else if (try m.match(.{ "stdout", "enable" })) {
+        self.no_stdout = false;
+    } else if (try m.match(.{ "stdout", "disable" })) {
+        self.no_stdout = true;
+    } else if (try m.match(.{ "stderr", "enable" })) {
+        self.no_stderr = false;
+    } else if (try m.match(.{ "stderr", "disable" })) {
+        self.no_stderr = true;
     } else if (try m.match(.{"shutdown"})) {
         return tp.exit_normal();
     }
@@ -202,6 +223,14 @@ pub fn unsubscribe() tp.result {
     return tp.env.get().proc("log").send(.{"unsubscribe"});
 }
 
+pub fn stdout(state: enum { enable, disable }) void {
+    tp.env.get().proc("log").send(.{ "stdout", state }) catch {};
+}
+
+pub fn stderr(state: enum { enable, disable }) void {
+    tp.env.get().proc("log").send(.{ "stderr", state }) catch {};
+}
+
 var std_log_pid: ?tp.pid_ref = null;
 
 pub fn set_std_log_pid(pid: ?tp.pid_ref) void {
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index f337409..f36f642 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const color = @import("color");
 const flags = @import("flags");
 const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const bin_path = @import("bin_path");
+const sep = std.fs.path.sep;
 
 const list_languages = @import("list_languages.zig");
 pub const file_link = @import("file_link.zig");
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ fn trace_to_file(m: thespian.message.c_buffer_type) callconv(.C) void {
         const a = std.heap.c_allocator;
         var path = std.ArrayList(u8).init(a);
         defer path.deinit();
-        path.writer().print("{s}/trace.log", .{get_state_dir() catch return}) catch return;
+        path.writer().print("{s}{c}trace.log", .{ get_state_dir() catch return, sep }) catch return;
         const file = std.fs.createFileAbsolute(path.items, .{ .truncate = true }) catch return;
         State.state = .{
             .file = file,
@@ -502,12 +503,12 @@ pub fn parse_text_config_file(T: type, allocator: std.mem.Allocator, conf: *T, b
         lineno += 1;
         if (line.len == 0 or line[0] == '#')
             continue;
-        const sep = std.mem.indexOfScalar(u8, line, ' ') orelse {
+        const spc = std.mem.indexOfScalar(u8, line, ' ') orelse {
             std.log.err("{s}:{}: {s} missing value", .{ file_name, lineno, line });
             continue;
         };
-        const name = line[0..sep];
-        const value_str = line[sep + 1 ..];
+        const name = line[0..spc];
+        const value_str = line[spc + 1 ..];
         const cb = cbor.fromJsonAlloc(allocator, value_str) catch {
             std.log.err("{s}:{}: {s} has bad value: {s}", .{ file_name, lineno, name, value_str });
             continue;
@@ -781,6 +782,11 @@ pub const ConfigDirError = error{
     AppConfigDirUnavailable,
 };
 
+fn make_dir_error(path: []const u8, err: anytype) @TypeOf(err) {
+    std.log.err("failed to create directory: '{s}'", .{path});
+    return err;
+}
+
 fn get_app_config_dir(appname: []const u8) ConfigDirError![]const u8 {
     const a = std.heap.c_allocator;
     const local = struct {
@@ -791,22 +797,22 @@ fn get_app_config_dir(appname: []const u8) ConfigDirError![]const u8 {
         dir
     else if (std.process.getEnvVarOwned(a, "XDG_CONFIG_HOME") catch null) |xdg| ret: {
         defer a.free(xdg);
-        break :ret try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.config_dir_buffer, "{s}/{s}", .{ xdg, appname });
+        break :ret try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.config_dir_buffer, "{s}{c}{s}", .{ xdg, sep, appname });
     } else if (std.process.getEnvVarOwned(a, "HOME") catch null) |home| ret: {
         defer a.free(home);
-        const dir = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.config_dir_buffer, "{s}/.config", .{home});
+        const dir = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.config_dir_buffer, "{s}{c}.config", .{ home, sep });
         std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(dir) catch |e| switch (e) {
             error.PathAlreadyExists => {},
-            else => return error.MakeHomeConfigDirFailed,
+            else => return make_dir_error(dir, error.MakeHomeConfigDirFailed),
         };
-        break :ret try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.config_dir_buffer, "{s}/.config/{s}", .{ home, appname });
+        break :ret try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.config_dir_buffer, "{s}{c}.config{c}{s}", .{ home, sep, sep, appname });
     } else if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) ret: {
         if (std.process.getEnvVarOwned(a, "APPDATA") catch null) |appdata| {
             defer a.free(appdata);
-            const dir = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.config_dir_buffer, "{s}/{s}", .{ appdata, appname });
+            const dir = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.config_dir_buffer, "{s}{c}{s}", .{ appdata, sep, appname });
             std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(dir) catch |e| switch (e) {
                 error.PathAlreadyExists => {},
-                else => return error.MakeAppConfigDirFailed,
+                else => return make_dir_error(dir, error.MakeAppConfigDirFailed),
             };
             break :ret dir;
         } else return error.AppConfigDirUnavailable;
@@ -815,14 +821,14 @@ fn get_app_config_dir(appname: []const u8) ConfigDirError![]const u8 {
     local.config_dir = config_dir;
     std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(config_dir) catch |e| switch (e) {
         error.PathAlreadyExists => {},
-        else => return error.MakeConfigDirFailed,
+        else => return make_dir_error(config_dir, error.MakeConfigDirFailed),
     };
 
     var keybind_dir_buffer: [std.posix.PATH_MAX]u8 = undefined;
-    std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(try std.fmt.bufPrint(&keybind_dir_buffer, "{s}/{s}", .{ config_dir, keybind_dir })) catch {};
+    std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(try std.fmt.bufPrint(&keybind_dir_buffer, "{s}{c}{s}", .{ config_dir, sep, keybind_dir })) catch {};
 
     var theme_dir_buffer: [std.posix.PATH_MAX]u8 = undefined;
-    std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(try std.fmt.bufPrint(&theme_dir_buffer, "{s}/{s}", .{ config_dir, theme_dir })) catch {};
+    std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(try std.fmt.bufPrint(&theme_dir_buffer, "{s}{c}{s}", .{ config_dir, sep, theme_dir })) catch {};
 
     return config_dir;
 }
@@ -841,22 +847,22 @@ fn get_app_cache_dir(appname: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
         dir
     else if (std.process.getEnvVarOwned(a, "XDG_CACHE_HOME") catch null) |xdg| ret: {
         defer a.free(xdg);
-        break :ret try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.cache_dir_buffer, "{s}/{s}", .{ xdg, appname });
+        break :ret try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.cache_dir_buffer, "{s}{c}{s}", .{ xdg, sep, appname });
     } else if (std.process.getEnvVarOwned(a, "HOME") catch null) |home| ret: {
         defer a.free(home);
-        const dir = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.cache_dir_buffer, "{s}/.cache", .{home});
+        const dir = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.cache_dir_buffer, "{s}{c}.cache", .{ home, sep });
         std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(dir) catch |e| switch (e) {
             error.PathAlreadyExists => {},
-            else => return e,
+            else => return make_dir_error(dir, e),
         };
-        break :ret try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.cache_dir_buffer, "{s}/.cache/{s}", .{ home, appname });
+        break :ret try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.cache_dir_buffer, "{s}{c}.cache{c}{s}", .{ home, sep, sep, appname });
     } else if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) ret: {
         if (std.process.getEnvVarOwned(a, "APPDATA") catch null) |appdata| {
             defer a.free(appdata);
-            const dir = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.cache_dir_buffer, "{s}/{s}", .{ appdata, appname });
+            const dir = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.cache_dir_buffer, "{s}{c}{s}", .{ appdata, sep, appname });
             std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(dir) catch |e| switch (e) {
                 error.PathAlreadyExists => {},
-                else => return e,
+                else => return make_dir_error(dir, e),
             };
             break :ret dir;
         } else return error.AppCacheDirUnavailable;
@@ -865,7 +871,7 @@ fn get_app_cache_dir(appname: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
     local.cache_dir = cache_dir;
     std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(cache_dir) catch |e| switch (e) {
         error.PathAlreadyExists => {},
-        else => return e,
+        else => return make_dir_error(cache_dir, e),
     };
     return cache_dir;
 }
@@ -884,27 +890,27 @@ fn get_app_state_dir(appname: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
         dir
     else if (std.process.getEnvVarOwned(a, "XDG_STATE_HOME") catch null) |xdg| ret: {
         defer a.free(xdg);
-        break :ret try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.state_dir_buffer, "{s}/{s}", .{ xdg, appname });
+        break :ret try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.state_dir_buffer, "{s}{c}{s}", .{ xdg, sep, appname });
     } else if (std.process.getEnvVarOwned(a, "HOME") catch null) |home| ret: {
         defer a.free(home);
-        var dir = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.state_dir_buffer, "{s}/.local", .{home});
+        var dir = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.state_dir_buffer, "{s}{c}.local", .{ home, sep });
         std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(dir) catch |e| switch (e) {
             error.PathAlreadyExists => {},
-            else => return e,
+            else => return make_dir_error(dir, e),
         };
-        dir = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.state_dir_buffer, "{s}/.local/state", .{home});
+        dir = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.state_dir_buffer, "{s}{c}.local{c}state", .{ home, sep, sep });
         std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(dir) catch |e| switch (e) {
             error.PathAlreadyExists => {},
-            else => return e,
+            else => return make_dir_error(dir, e),
         };
-        break :ret try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.state_dir_buffer, "{s}/.local/state/{s}", .{ home, appname });
+        break :ret try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.state_dir_buffer, "{s}{c}.local{c}state{c}{s}", .{ home, sep, sep, sep, appname });
     } else if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) ret: {
         if (std.process.getEnvVarOwned(a, "APPDATA") catch null) |appdata| {
             defer a.free(appdata);
-            const dir = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.state_dir_buffer, "{s}/{s}", .{ appdata, appname });
+            const dir = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.state_dir_buffer, "{s}{c}{s}", .{ appdata, sep, appname });
             std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(dir) catch |e| switch (e) {
                 error.PathAlreadyExists => {},
-                else => return e,
+                else => return make_dir_error(dir, e),
             };
             break :ret dir;
         } else return error.AppCacheDirUnavailable;
@@ -913,7 +919,7 @@ fn get_app_state_dir(appname: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
     local.state_dir = state_dir;
     std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(state_dir) catch |e| switch (e) {
         error.PathAlreadyExists => {},
-        else => return e,
+        else => return make_dir_error(state_dir, e),
     };
     return state_dir;
 }
@@ -926,7 +932,7 @@ fn get_app_config_dir_file_name(appname: []const u8, comptime config_file_name:
     const local = struct {
         var config_file_buffer: [std.posix.PATH_MAX]u8 = undefined;
     };
-    return std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.config_file_buffer, "{s}/{s}", .{ try get_app_config_dir(appname), config_file_name });
+    return std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.config_file_buffer, "{s}{c}{s}", .{ try get_app_config_dir(appname), sep, config_file_name });
 }
 
 pub fn get_config_file_name(T: type) ![]const u8 {
@@ -942,7 +948,7 @@ pub fn get_restore_file_name() ![]const u8 {
     const restore_file = if (local.restore_file) |file|
         file
     else
-        try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.restore_file_buffer, "{s}/{s}", .{ try get_app_state_dir(application_name), restore_file_name });
+        try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.restore_file_buffer, "{s}{c}{s}", .{ try get_app_state_dir(application_name), sep, restore_file_name });
     local.restore_file = restore_file;
     return restore_file;
 }
@@ -958,7 +964,7 @@ fn get_keybind_namespaces_directory() ![]const u8 {
         defer a.free(dir);
         return try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.dir_buffer, "{s}", .{dir});
     }
-    return try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.dir_buffer, "{s}/{s}", .{ try get_app_config_dir(application_name), keybind_dir });
+    return try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.dir_buffer, "{s}{c}{s}", .{ try get_app_config_dir(application_name), sep, keybind_dir });
 }
 
 pub fn get_keybind_namespace_file_name(namespace_name: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
@@ -966,7 +972,7 @@ pub fn get_keybind_namespace_file_name(namespace_name: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
     const local = struct {
         var file_buffer: [std.posix.PATH_MAX]u8 = undefined;
     };
-    return try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.file_buffer, "{s}/{s}.json", .{ dir, namespace_name });
+    return try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.file_buffer, "{s}{c}{s}.json", .{ dir, sep, namespace_name });
 }
 
 const theme_dir = "themes";
@@ -980,7 +986,7 @@ fn get_theme_directory() ![]const u8 {
         defer a.free(dir);
         return try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.dir_buffer, "{s}", .{dir});
     }
-    return try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.dir_buffer, "{s}/{s}", .{ try get_app_config_dir(application_name), theme_dir });
+    return try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.dir_buffer, "{s}{c}{s}", .{ try get_app_config_dir(application_name), sep, theme_dir });
 }
 
 pub fn get_theme_file_name(theme_name: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
@@ -988,7 +994,7 @@ pub fn get_theme_file_name(theme_name: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
     const local = struct {
         var file_buffer: [std.posix.PATH_MAX]u8 = undefined;
     };
-    return try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.file_buffer, "{s}/{s}.json", .{ dir, theme_name });
+    return try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.file_buffer, "{s}{c}{s}.json", .{ dir, sep, theme_name });
 }
 
 fn restart() noreturn {
diff --git a/src/project_manager.zig b/src/project_manager.zig
index c29a78a..1c4d6e5 100644
--- a/src/project_manager.zig
+++ b/src/project_manager.zig
@@ -793,12 +793,19 @@ fn request_path_files_async(a_: std.mem.Allocator, parent_: tp.pid_ref, project_
             var iter = self.dir.iterateAssumeFirstIteration();
             errdefer |e| self.parent.send(.{ "PRJ", "path_error", self.project_name, self.path, e }) catch {};
             while (try iter.next()) |entry| {
-                switch (entry.kind) {
-                    .directory => try self.parent.send(.{ "PRJ", "path_entry", self.project_name, self.path, "DIR", entry.name }),
-                    .sym_link => try self.parent.send(.{ "PRJ", "path_entry", self.project_name, self.path, "LINK", entry.name }),
-                    .file => try self.parent.send(.{ "PRJ", "path_entry", self.project_name, self.path, "FILE", entry.name }),
+                const event_type = switch (entry.kind) {
+                    .directory => "DIR",
+                    .sym_link => "LINK",
+                    .file => "FILE",
                     else => continue,
-                }
+                };
+                const default = file_type_config.default;
+                const file_type, const icon, const color = switch (entry.kind) {
+                    .directory => .{ "directory", file_type_config.folder_icon, default.color },
+                    .sym_link, .file => Project.guess_path_file_type(self.path, entry.name),
+                    else => .{ default.name, default.icon, default.color },
+                };
+                try self.parent.send(.{ "PRJ", "path_entry", self.project_name, self.path, event_type, entry.name, file_type, icon, color });
                 count += 1;
                 if (count >= self.max) break;
             }
diff --git a/src/tui/mainview.zig b/src/tui/mainview.zig
index ce8c911..2ac5a5f 100644
--- a/src/tui/mainview.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mainview.zig
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ pub fn write_restore_info(self: *Self) void {
 
 fn read_restore_info(self: *Self) !void {
     const file_name = try root.get_restore_file_name();
-    const file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(file_name, .{ .mode = .read_only });
+    const file = try std.fs.openFileAbsolute(file_name, .{ .mode = .read_only });
     defer file.close();
     const stat = try file.stat();
     var buf = try self.allocator.alloc(u8, @intCast(stat.size));
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/mini/file_browser.zig b/src/tui/mode/mini/file_browser.zig
index c47d088..37747d1 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/mini/file_browser.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/mini/file_browser.zig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const tp = @import("thespian");
 const cbor = @import("cbor");
 const log = @import("log");
+const file_type_config = @import("file_type_config");
 const root = @import("root");
 
 const input = @import("input");
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
     return struct {
         allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
         file_path: std.ArrayList(u8),
+        rendered_mini_buffer: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(u8) = .empty,
         query: std.ArrayList(u8),
         match: std.ArrayList(u8),
         entries: std.ArrayList(Entry),
@@ -33,8 +35,12 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
 
         const Entry = struct {
             name: []const u8,
-            type: enum { dir, file, link },
+            type: EntryType,
+            file_type: []const u8,
+            icon: []const u8,
+            color: u24,
         };
+        const EntryType = enum { dir, file, link };
 
         pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, _: command.Context) !struct { tui.Mode, tui.MiniMode } {
             const self = try allocator.create(Self);
@@ -66,6 +72,7 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
             self.match.deinit();
             self.query.deinit();
             self.file_path.deinit();
+            self.rendered_mini_buffer.deinit(self.allocator);
             self.allocator.destroy(self);
         }
 
@@ -80,7 +87,11 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
         }
 
         fn clear_entries(self: *Self) void {
-            for (self.entries.items) |entry| self.allocator.free(entry.name);
+            for (self.entries.items) |entry| {
+                self.allocator.free(entry.name);
+                self.allocator.free(entry.file_type);
+                self.allocator.free(entry.icon);
+            }
             self.entries.clearRetainingCapacity();
         }
 
@@ -112,14 +123,11 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
                 self.complete_trigger_count = 0;
                 self.file_path.clearRetainingCapacity();
                 if (self.match.items.len > 0) {
-                    try self.construct_path(self.query.items, .{ .name = self.match.items, .type = .file }, 0);
+                    try self.construct_path(self.query.items, self.match.items, .file, 0);
                 } else {
                     try self.file_path.appendSlice(self.query.items);
                 }
-                if (tui.mini_mode()) |mini_mode| {
-                    mini_mode.text = self.file_path.items;
-                    mini_mode.cursor = tui.egc_chunk_width(self.file_path.items, 0, 1);
-                }
+                self.update_mini_mode_text();
                 return;
             }
             self.complete_trigger_count -= 1;
@@ -139,12 +147,7 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
         }
 
         fn process_project_manager(self: *Self, m: tp.message) MessageFilter.Error!void {
-            defer {
-                if (tui.mini_mode()) |mini_mode| {
-                    mini_mode.text = self.file_path.items;
-                    mini_mode.cursor = tui.egc_chunk_width(self.file_path.items, 0, 1);
-                }
-            }
+            defer self.update_mini_mode_text();
             var count: usize = undefined;
             if (try cbor.match(m.buf, .{ "PRJ", "path_entry", tp.more })) {
                 return self.process_path_entry(m);
@@ -158,18 +161,31 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
         fn process_path_entry(self: *Self, m: tp.message) MessageFilter.Error!void {
             var path: []const u8 = undefined;
             var file_name: []const u8 = undefined;
-            if (try cbor.match(m.buf, .{ tp.any, tp.any, tp.any, tp.extract(&path), "DIR", tp.extract(&file_name) })) {
-                (try self.entries.addOne()).* = .{ .name = try self.allocator.dupe(u8, file_name), .type = .dir };
-            } else if (try cbor.match(m.buf, .{ tp.any, tp.any, tp.any, tp.extract(&path), "LINK", tp.extract(&file_name) })) {
-                (try self.entries.addOne()).* = .{ .name = try self.allocator.dupe(u8, file_name), .type = .link };
-            } else if (try cbor.match(m.buf, .{ tp.any, tp.any, tp.any, tp.extract(&path), "FILE", tp.extract(&file_name) })) {
-                (try self.entries.addOne()).* = .{ .name = try self.allocator.dupe(u8, file_name), .type = .file };
+            var file_type: []const u8 = undefined;
+            var icon: []const u8 = undefined;
+            var color: u24 = undefined;
+            if (try cbor.match(m.buf, .{ tp.any, tp.any, tp.any, tp.extract(&path), "DIR", tp.extract(&file_name), tp.extract(&file_type), tp.extract(&icon), tp.extract(&color) })) {
+                try self.add_entry(file_name, .dir, file_type, icon, color);
+            } else if (try cbor.match(m.buf, .{ tp.any, tp.any, tp.any, tp.extract(&path), "LINK", tp.extract(&file_name), tp.extract(&file_type), tp.extract(&icon), tp.extract(&color) })) {
+                try self.add_entry(file_name, .link, file_type, icon, color);
+            } else if (try cbor.match(m.buf, .{ tp.any, tp.any, tp.any, tp.extract(&path), "FILE", tp.extract(&file_name), tp.extract(&file_type), tp.extract(&icon), tp.extract(&color) })) {
+                try self.add_entry(file_name, .file, file_type, icon, color);
             } else {
                 log.logger("file_browser").err("receive", tp.unexpected(m));
             }
             tui.need_render();
         }
 
+        fn add_entry(self: *Self, file_name: []const u8, entry_type: EntryType, file_type: []const u8, icon: []const u8, color: u24) !void {
+            (try self.entries.addOne()).* = .{
+                .name = try self.allocator.dupe(u8, file_name),
+                .type = entry_type,
+                .file_type = try self.allocator.dupe(u8, file_type),
+                .icon = try self.allocator.dupe(u8, icon),
+                .color = color,
+            };
+        }
+
         fn do_complete(self: *Self) !void {
             self.complete_trigger_count = @min(self.complete_trigger_count, self.entries.items.len);
             self.file_path.clearRetainingCapacity();
@@ -179,9 +195,10 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
                 if (self.total_matches == 1)
                     self.complete_trigger_count = 0;
             } else if (self.entries.items.len > 0) {
-                try self.construct_path(self.query.items, self.entries.items[self.complete_trigger_count - 1], self.complete_trigger_count - 1);
+                const entry = self.entries.items[self.complete_trigger_count - 1];
+                try self.construct_path(self.query.items, entry.name, entry.type, self.complete_trigger_count - 1);
             } else {
-                try self.construct_path(self.query.items, .{ .name = "", .type = .file }, 0);
+                try self.construct_path(self.query.items, "", .file, 0);
             }
             if (self.match.items.len > 0)
                 if (self.total_matches > 1)
@@ -192,14 +209,14 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
                 message("{d}/{d}", .{ self.matched_entry + 1, self.entries.items.len });
         }
 
-        fn construct_path(self: *Self, path_: []const u8, entry: Entry, entry_no: usize) error{OutOfMemory}!void {
+        fn construct_path(self: *Self, path_: []const u8, entry_name: []const u8, entry_type: EntryType, entry_no: usize) error{OutOfMemory}!void {
             self.matched_entry = entry_no;
             const path = project_manager.normalize_file_path(path_);
             try self.file_path.appendSlice(path);
             if (path.len > 0 and path[path.len - 1] != std.fs.path.sep)
                 try self.file_path.append(std.fs.path.sep);
-            try self.file_path.appendSlice(entry.name);
-            if (entry.type == .dir)
+            try self.file_path.appendSlice(entry_name);
+            if (entry_type == .dir)
                 try self.file_path.append(std.fs.path.sep);
         }
 
@@ -212,7 +229,7 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
                 if (try prefix_compare_icase(self.allocator, self.match.items, entry.name)) {
                     matched += 1;
                     if (matched == self.complete_trigger_count) {
-                        try self.construct_path(self.query.items, entry, i);
+                        try self.construct_path(self.query.items, entry.name, entry.type, i);
                         found_match = i;
                     }
                     last = entry;
@@ -222,11 +239,11 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
             self.total_matches = matched;
             if (found_match) |_| return;
             if (last) |entry| {
-                try self.construct_path(self.query.items, entry, last_no);
+                try self.construct_path(self.query.items, entry.name, entry.type, last_no);
                 self.complete_trigger_count = matched;
             } else {
                 message("no match for '{s}'", .{self.match.items});
-                try self.construct_path(self.query.items, .{ .name = self.match.items, .type = .file }, 0);
+                try self.construct_path(self.query.items, self.match.items, .file, 0);
             }
         }
 
@@ -264,8 +281,15 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
 
         fn update_mini_mode_text(self: *Self) void {
             if (tui.mini_mode()) |mini_mode| {
-                mini_mode.text = self.file_path.items;
-                mini_mode.cursor = tui.egc_chunk_width(self.file_path.items, 0, 1);
+                const icon = if (self.entries.items.len > 0 and self.complete_trigger_count > 0)
+                    self.entries.items[self.complete_trigger_count - 1].icon
+                else
+                    " ";
+                self.rendered_mini_buffer.clearRetainingCapacity();
+                const writer = self.rendered_mini_buffer.writer(self.allocator);
+                writer.print("{s}  {s}", .{ icon, self.file_path.items }) catch {};
+                mini_mode.text = self.rendered_mini_buffer.items;
+                mini_mode.cursor = tui.egc_chunk_width(self.file_path.items, 0, 1) + 3;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig
index b3c05dc..d284a84 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const tp = @import("thespian");
 const log = @import("log");
 const cbor = @import("cbor");
+const file_type_config = @import("file_type_config");
 const root = @import("root");
 
 const Plane = @import("renderer").Plane;
@@ -111,13 +112,25 @@ fn on_render_menu(self: *Self, button: *Button.State(*Menu.State(*Self)), theme:
         button.plane.home();
     }
     var file_path: []const u8 = undefined;
+    var file_type: []const u8 = undefined;
+    var file_icon: []const u8 = undefined;
+    var file_color: u24 = undefined;
     var iter = button.opts.label; // label contains cbor, first the file name, then multiple match indexes
-    if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &file_path) catch false))
-        file_path = "#ERROR#";
+    if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &file_path) catch false)) file_path = "#ERROR#";
+    if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &file_type) catch false)) file_type = file_type_config.default.name;
+    if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &file_icon) catch false)) file_icon = file_type_config.default.icon;
+    if (!(cbor.matchInt(u24, &iter, &file_color) catch false)) file_icon = file_type_config.default.icon;
+
     button.plane.set_style(style_keybind);
     const dirty = if (self.buffer_manager) |bm| if (bm.is_buffer_dirty(file_path)) "" else " " else " ";
     const pointer = if (selected) "⏵" else dirty;
     _ = button.plane.print("{s}", .{pointer}) catch {};
+
+    if (tui.config().show_fileicons) {
+        tui.render_file_icon(&button.plane, file_icon, file_color);
+        _ = button.plane.print(" ", .{}) catch {};
+    }
+
     var buf: [std.fs.max_path_bytes]u8 = undefined;
     var removed_prefix: usize = 0;
     const max_len = max_menu_width() - 2;
@@ -125,25 +138,17 @@ fn on_render_menu(self: *Self, button: *Button.State(*Menu.State(*Self)), theme:
     _ = button.plane.print("{s} ", .{
         if (file_path.len > max_len) root.shorten_path(&buf, file_path, &removed_prefix, max_len) else file_path,
     }) catch {};
+
     var index: usize = 0;
     var len = cbor.decodeArrayHeader(&iter) catch return false;
     while (len > 0) : (len -= 1) {
         if (cbor.matchValue(&iter, cbor.extract(&index)) catch break) {
-            const cell_idx = if (index < removed_prefix) 1 else index + 1 - removed_prefix;
-            render_cell(&button.plane, 0, cell_idx, theme.editor_match) catch break;
+            tui.render_match_cell(&button.plane, 0, index + 4, theme) catch break;
         } else break;
     }
     return false;
 }
 
-fn render_cell(plane: *Plane, y: usize, x: usize, style: Widget.Theme.Style) !void {
-    plane.cursor_move_yx(@intCast(y), @intCast(x)) catch return;
-    var cell = plane.cell_init();
-    _ = plane.at_cursor_cell(&cell) catch return;
-    cell.set_style(style);
-    _ = plane.putc(&cell) catch {};
-}
-
 fn on_resize_menu(self: *Self, _: *Menu.State(*Self), _: Widget.Box) void {
     self.menu.resize(.{ .y = 0, .x = self.menu_pos_x(), .w = self.menu_width() });
 }
@@ -156,11 +161,21 @@ fn menu_action_open_file(menu: **Menu.State(*Self), button: *Button.State(*Menu.
     tp.self_pid().send(.{ "cmd", "navigate", .{ .file = file_path } }) catch |e| menu.*.opts.ctx.logger.err("navigate", e);
 }
 
-fn add_item(self: *Self, file_name: []const u8, matches: ?[]const u8) !void {
+fn add_item(
+    self: *Self,
+    file_name: []const u8,
+    file_type: []const u8,
+    file_icon: []const u8,
+    file_color: u24,
+    matches: ?[]const u8,
+) !void {
     var label = std.ArrayList(u8).init(self.allocator);
     defer label.deinit();
     const writer = label.writer();
     try cbor.writeValue(writer, file_name);
+    try cbor.writeValue(writer, file_type);
+    try cbor.writeValue(writer, file_icon);
+    try cbor.writeValue(writer, file_color);
     if (matches) |cb| _ = try writer.write(cb);
     try self.menu.add_item_with_handler(label.items, menu_action_open_file);
 }
@@ -175,20 +190,40 @@ fn receive_project_manager(self: *Self, _: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) MessageFil
 
 fn process_project_manager(self: *Self, m: tp.message) MessageFilter.Error!void {
     var file_name: []const u8 = undefined;
+    var file_type: []const u8 = undefined;
+    var file_icon: []const u8 = undefined;
+    var file_color: u24 = undefined;
     var matches: []const u8 = undefined;
     var query: []const u8 = undefined;
-    if (try cbor.match(m.buf, .{ "PRJ", "recent", tp.extract(&self.longest), tp.extract(&file_name), tp.extract_cbor(&matches) })) {
+    if (try cbor.match(m.buf, .{
+        "PRJ",
+        "recent",
+        tp.extract(&self.longest),
+        tp.extract(&file_name),
+        tp.extract(&file_type),
+        tp.extract(&file_icon),
+        tp.extract(&file_color),
+        tp.extract_cbor(&matches),
+    })) {
         if (self.need_reset) self.reset_results();
-        try self.add_item(file_name, matches);
+        try self.add_item(file_name, file_type, file_icon, file_color, matches);
         self.menu.resize(.{ .y = 0, .x = self.menu_pos_x(), .w = self.menu_width() });
         if (self.need_select_first) {
             self.menu.select_down();
             self.need_select_first = false;
         }
         tui.need_render();
-    } else if (try cbor.match(m.buf, .{ "PRJ", "recent", tp.extract(&self.longest), tp.extract(&file_name) })) {
+    } else if (try cbor.match(m.buf, .{
+        "PRJ",
+        "recent",
+        tp.extract(&self.longest),
+        tp.extract(&file_name),
+        tp.extract(&file_type),
+        tp.extract(&file_icon),
+        tp.extract(&file_color),
+    })) {
         if (self.need_reset) self.reset_results();
-        try self.add_item(file_name, null);
+        try self.add_item(file_name, file_type, file_icon, file_color, null);
         self.menu.resize(.{ .y = 0, .x = self.menu_pos_x(), .w = self.menu_width() });
         if (self.need_select_first) {
             self.menu.select_down();
diff --git a/src/tui/tui.zig b/src/tui/tui.zig
index 5aa13f6..3a3e7c8 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui.zig
+++ b/src/tui/tui.zig
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ const InitError = error{
     keybind.LoadError;
 
 fn init(allocator: Allocator) InitError!*Self {
+    log.stdout(.disable);
+
     var conf, const conf_bufs = root.read_config(@import("config"), allocator);
 
     if (@hasDecl(renderer, "install_crash_handler") and conf.start_debugger_on_crash)
@@ -157,6 +159,8 @@ fn init(allocator: Allocator) InitError!*Self {
     self.rdr_.dispatch_event = dispatch_event;
     try self.rdr_.run();
 
+    log.stderr(.disable);
+
     try project_manager.start();
 
     try frame_clock.start();