diff --git a/frontend/src/App.svelte b/frontend/src/App.svelte
index d6dbfb2..7d543a2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/App.svelte
@@ -193,7 +193,11 @@
     <div id="topbar" class="flex justify-between items-center p-4">
       <div id="logo">
         <Card type="">
-          <img height="100" width="100" src={logo} />
+          <div class="flex items-center text-3xl">
+            <Icon icon="material-symbols:sailing" />
+            <p class="text-2xl ml-3">Adrift</p>
+          </div>
+          <!-- <img height="100" width="100" src={logo} /> -->
           <!-- <h3 class="text-xl">(logo goes here)</h3> -->
         </Card>
       </div>
diff --git a/server/src/autoupdater.ts b/server/src/autoupdater.ts
index 172bce9..deb978f 100644
--- a/server/src/autoupdater.ts
+++ b/server/src/autoupdater.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { datadir } from "./lib";
 import { spawn } from "child_process";
 import fs from "fs";
 import { https } from 'follow-redirects';
+import chalk from "chalk";
 let dir = datadir();
 let platform = `${process.platform}-${process.arch}`
 let appname = `adrift-server-${platform}`;
@@ -18,7 +19,27 @@ https.get(
             fs.chmodSync(`${dir}/${appname}`, "755");
             setTimeout(() => {
                 // this timeout shouldn't be needed, but it is
-                spawn(`${dir}/${appname}`, [], { stdio: "inherit" });
+                start();
             }, 2000);
         });
-    })
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+    })
+
+function start() {
+    console.log(chalk.blue(`Starting adrift...`));
+
+    let child = spawn(`${dir}/${appname}`, [], { stdio: ["inherit", "inherit", "pipe"] });
+
+    let errbuf = "";
+
+    child.stderr!.on("data", e => {
+        let err = e.toString();
+        console.error(err);
+        errbuf += err;
+    });
+    child.on("exit", (e) => {
+        // upload `err` as telemetry?
+        console.log(chalk.red(`Adrift crashed! exit code ${e}`));
+        console.log(chalk.green("restarting in 3 seconds"));
+        setTimeout(start, 3000);
+    });
+}
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