diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 9153c07..70e8f37 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ const static uint16_t PORT = 8956;
 
 static bool run = true;
 
-std::mutex lock;
-std::condition_variable lock_cv; // not empty or eol
-std::list<int> clients;
+std::list<std::thread*> clients;
 
 void sig_handler(int sig_num) {
 	std::cerr << "signalHandler triggered" << std::endl;
@@ -138,6 +136,11 @@ void clientShell( int client ) {
 	int sockVal = 1;
 	::setsockopt( client, SOL_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &sockVal, 4);
 
+	sendInstant(
+	"\033[90m╔═════════════╗\n"
+	"\033[90m║ \033[94mHacker 9000 \033[90m║\n"
+	"\033[90m╚═════════════╝\033[0m\n", client);
+
 	sendTyped("Bonjour Eliot!\n\nWhat is your target?\n", client);
 
 	const std::string target = read(client);
@@ -197,26 +200,6 @@ void clientShell( int client ) {
 	::close( client );
 }
 
-void backgroundTask() {
-	while ( run ) {
-		int nextClient = -1;
-		{
-			std::unique_lock<std::mutex> guard(lock);
-			if( clients.empty() ) {
-				lock_cv.wait(guard);
-			}
-			if ( clients.empty() ) {
-				// no more clients
-				break;
-			}
-			nextClient = clients.front();
-			clients.pop_front();
-		}
-
-		clientShell( nextClient );
-	}
-}
-
 int main () {
 	// init rand seed
 	srand(time(NULL));
@@ -244,10 +227,9 @@ int main () {
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	std::thread backgroundThread( backgroundTask );
-
 	::signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
 	::signal(SIGTERM, sig_handler);
+	::signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 
 	while ( run ) {
 		int status = pollSocket( sock );
@@ -260,24 +242,27 @@ int main () {
 				inet_ntop(addr.sin6_family, &addr.sin6_addr, buffer, INET6_ADDRSTRLEN);
 				std::cout << "accepted Client: " << buffer << std::endl;
 
-				{
-					std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(lock);
-					clients.push_back( client );
+				clients.push_back( new std::thread(clientShell, client) );
+			}
+
+			if ( clients.size() > 1000 ) {
+				for ( uint32_t i = 0; i < 500; ++i ) {
+					std::thread* th = clients.front();
+					clients.pop_front();
+					if( th->joinable() ) {
+						th->join();
+					}
+					delete th;
 				}
-				lock_cv.notify_one();
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	// notify thread
-	{
-		std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(lock);
-		clients.clear();
-	}
-	lock_cv.notify_all();
-
-	if( backgroundThread.joinable() ) {
-		backgroundThread.join();
+	for ( std::thread* th : clients ) {
+		if( th->joinable() ) {
+			th->join();
+		}
+		delete th;
 	}
 
 	::close(sock);