diff --git a/examples/vt.zig b/examples/vt.zig
index 4a61307..4b1a570 100644
--- a/examples/vt.zig
+++ b/examples/vt.zig
@@ -61,9 +61,11 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 
     var redraw: bool = false;
     while (true) {
+        std.debug.print("inside while loop before resize\n", .{});
         std.time.sleep(8 * std.time.ns_per_ms);
         // try vt events first
         while (vt.tryEvent()) |event| {
+            std.debug.print("inside stryEventloop \n", .{});
             redraw = true;
             switch (event) {
                 .bell => {},
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
             }
         }
         while (loop.tryEvent()) |event| {
+            std.debug.print("inside loop.tryEvent\n", .{});
             redraw = true;
             switch (event) {
                 .key_press => |key| {
diff --git a/log.lg b/log.lg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfb9f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log.lg
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+info(loop): pixel mouse capability detected
+info(loop): unicode capability detected
+info(loop): color_scheme_updates capability detected
+info(loop): kitty keyboard capability detected
+info(loop): kitty graphics capability detected
+slave name: /dev/ttys008
+posix opened : /dev/ttys008
+set size done
+inside spawnwe are not child: 56928
+inside while loop before resize
+inside run
+inside while loop
+inside loop.tryEvent
+debug(vaxis): resizing screen: width=81 height=49
+inside while loop before resize
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+inside loop.tryEvent
+before switch event
+inside print event
+inside while loop
+inside while loop before resize
+inside stryEventloop 
+inside while loop before resize
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+before switch event
+inside print event
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+inside loop.tryEvent
+before switch event
+inside handlec0
+inside while loop
+before switch event
+inside handlec0
+inside while loop
+inside while loop before resize
+inside stryEventloop 
+inside while loop before resize
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+inside while loop before resize
+inside loop.tryEvent
+before switch event
+inside handlec0
+debug(vaxis): total renders = 8
+debug(vaxis): microseconds per render = 1393
diff --git a/src/widgets/terminal/Command.zig b/src/widgets/terminal/Command.zig
index 84f86b8..3681028 100644
--- a/src/widgets/terminal/Command.zig
+++ b/src/widgets/terminal/Command.zig
@@ -17,6 +17,22 @@ pid: ?std.posix.pid_t = null,
 env_map: *const std.process.EnvMap,
 
 pty: Pty,
+const TIOCSCTTY = if (builtin.os.tag == .macos) 536900705 else c.TIOCSCTTY;
+const TIOCSWINSZ = if (builtin.os.tag == .macos) 2148037735 else c.TIOCSWINSZ;
+const TIOCGWINSZ = if (builtin.os.tag == .macos) 1074295912 else c.TIOCGWINSZ;
+extern "c" fn setsid() std.c.pid_t;
+const c = struct {
+    usingnamespace switch (builtin.os.tag) {
+        .macos => @cImport({
+            @cInclude("sys/ioctl.h"); // ioctl and constants
+            @cInclude("util.h"); // openpty()
+        }),
+        else => @cImport({
+            @cInclude("sys/ioctl.h"); // ioctl and constants
+            @cInclude("pty.h");
+        }),
+    };
+};
 
 pub fn spawn(self: *Command, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
     var arena_allocator = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(allocator);
@@ -33,10 +49,12 @@ pub fn spawn(self: *Command, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
     if (pid == 0) {
         // we are the child
         _ = std.os.linux.setsid();
+        _ = setsid();
+        // if (setsid() < 0) return error.ProcessGroupFailed;
 
         // set the controlling terminal
         var u: c_uint = std.posix.STDIN_FILENO;
-        if (posix.system.ioctl(self.pty.tty, posix.T.IOCSCTTY, @intFromPtr(&u)) != 0) return error.IoctlError;
+        if (c.ioctl(self.pty.tty, TIOCSCTTY, @intFromPtr(&u)) != 0) return error.IoctlError;
 
         // set up io
         try posix.dup2(self.pty.tty, std.posix.STDIN_FILENO);
@@ -53,6 +71,10 @@ pub fn spawn(self: *Command, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
         // exec
         const err = std.posix.execvpeZ(argv_buf.ptr[0].?, argv_buf.ptr, envp);
         _ = err catch {};
+    } else {
+        std.debug.print("we are not child: {d}\n", .{pid});
+        // posix.close(self.pty.tty);
+        _ = posix.waitpid(pid, 0);
     }
 
     // we are the parent
diff --git a/src/widgets/terminal/Pty.zig b/src/widgets/terminal/Pty.zig
index 1258127..c3a046a 100644
--- a/src/widgets/terminal/Pty.zig
+++ b/src/widgets/terminal/Pty.zig
@@ -7,6 +7,25 @@ const Winsize = @import("../../main.zig").Winsize;
 
 const posix = std.posix;
 
+extern "c" fn setsid() std.c.pid_t;
+
+const c = struct {
+    usingnamespace switch (builtin.os.tag) {
+        .macos => @cImport({
+            @cInclude("sys/ioctl.h"); // ioctl and constants
+            @cInclude("util.h"); // openpty()
+        }),
+        else => @cImport({
+            @cInclude("sys/ioctl.h"); // ioctl and constants
+            @cInclude("pty.h");
+        }),
+    };
+};
+
+const TIOCSCTTY = if (builtin.os.tag == .macos) 536900705 else c.TIOCSCTTY;
+const TIOCSWINSZ = if (builtin.os.tag == .macos) 2148037735 else c.TIOCSWINSZ;
+const TIOCGWINSZ = if (builtin.os.tag == .macos) 1074295912 else c.TIOCGWINSZ;
+
 pty: posix.fd_t,
 tty: posix.fd_t,
 
@@ -14,6 +33,7 @@ tty: posix.fd_t,
 pub fn init() !Pty {
     switch (builtin.os.tag) {
         .linux => return openPtyLinux(),
+        .macos => return openPtyMacos2(),
         else => @compileError("unsupported os"),
     }
 }
@@ -32,10 +52,75 @@ pub fn setSize(self: Pty, ws: Winsize) !void {
         .ws_xpixel = @truncate(ws.x_pixel),
         .ws_ypixel = @truncate(ws.y_pixel),
     };
-    if (posix.system.ioctl(self.pty, posix.T.IOCSWINSZ, @intFromPtr(&_ws)) != 0)
+    if (c.ioctl(self.pty, TIOCSWINSZ, @intFromPtr(&_ws)) != 0)
         return error.SetWinsizeError;
 }
 
+fn openPtyMacos2() !Pty {
+    const p = try posix.open("/dev/ptmx", .{ .ACCMODE = .RDWR, .NOCTTY = true }, 0);
+    errdefer posix.close(p);
+
+    // unlockpt
+    // var n: c_uint = 0;
+    if (c.ioctl(p, c.TIOCPTYUNLK) != 0) return error.IoctlError;
+
+    // ptsname
+    if (c.ioctl(p, c.TIOCPTYGRANT) != 0) return error.IoctlError;
+
+    var buf: [128]u8 = undefined;
+    // var buf2: [128]u8 = undefined;
+    if (c.ioctl(p, c.TIOCPTYGNAME, &buf) != 0) return error.IoctlError;
+    const sname = buf[0 .. 13 - 1];
+    // std.debug.print("sizeof buf: {d}", .{buf.len});
+    // const sname = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&buf2, "{s}", .{buf});
+    std.debug.print("slave name: {s}\n", .{sname});
+    // const sname = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&buf, "/dev/pts/{d}", .{n});
+    // std.log.err("pts: {s}", .{sname});
+
+    const t = try posix.open(sname, .{ .ACCMODE = .RDWR, .NOCTTY = true }, 0);
+    std.debug.print("posix opened : {s}\n", .{sname});
+
+    var attrs: c.termios = undefined;
+    if (c.tcgetattr(p, &attrs) != 0)
+        return error.OpenptyFailed;
+    attrs.c_iflag |= c.IUTF8;
+    if (c.tcsetattr(p, c.TCSANOW, &attrs) != 0)
+        return error.OpenptyFailed;
+
+    return .{
+        .pty = p,
+        .tty = t,
+    };
+}
+
+fn openPtyMacos() !Pty {
+    var master_fd: posix.fd_t = undefined;
+    var slave_fd: posix.fd_t = undefined;
+    if (c.openpty(
+        &master_fd,
+        &slave_fd,
+        null,
+        null,
+        null,
+    ) < 0)
+        return error.OpenptyFailed;
+    errdefer {
+        _ = posix.system.close(master_fd);
+        _ = posix.system.close(slave_fd);
+    }
+    var attrs: c.termios = undefined;
+    if (c.tcgetattr(master_fd, &attrs) != 0)
+        return error.OpenptyFailed;
+    attrs.c_iflag |= c.IUTF8;
+    if (c.tcsetattr(master_fd, c.TCSANOW, &attrs) != 0)
+        return error.OpenptyFailed;
+
+    return .{
+        .pty = master_fd,
+        .tty = slave_fd,
+    };
+}
+
 fn openPtyLinux() !Pty {
     const p = try posix.open("/dev/ptmx", .{ .ACCMODE = .RDWR, .NOCTTY = true }, 0);
     errdefer posix.close(p);
diff --git a/src/widgets/terminal/Terminal.zig b/src/widgets/terminal/Terminal.zig
index be0f3e5..9208eb7 100644
--- a/src/widgets/terminal/Terminal.zig
+++ b/src/widgets/terminal/Terminal.zig
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ pub fn init(
 ) !Terminal {
     const pty = try Pty.init();
     try pty.setSize(opts.winsize);
+    std.debug.print("set size done\n", .{});
     const cmd: Command = .{
         .argv = argv,
         .env_map = env,
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ pub fn deinit(self: *Terminal) void {
 }
 
 pub fn spawn(self: *Terminal) !void {
+    std.debug.print("inside spawn", .{});
     if (self.thread != null) return;
     self.back_screen = &self.back_screen_pri;
 
@@ -259,6 +261,7 @@ fn anyReader(self: *const Terminal) std.io.AnyReader {
 
 /// process the output from the command on the pty
 fn run(self: *Terminal) !void {
+    std.debug.print("inside run\n", .{});
     var parser: Parser = .{
         .buf = try std.ArrayList(u8).initCapacity(self.allocator, 128),
     };
@@ -268,6 +271,7 @@ fn run(self: *Terminal) !void {
     var reader = std.io.bufferedReader(self.anyReader());
 
     while (!self.should_quit) {
+        std.debug.print("inside while loop\n", .{});
         const event = try parser.parseReader(&reader);
         self.back_mutex.lock();
         defer self.back_mutex.unlock();
@@ -275,8 +279,10 @@ fn run(self: *Terminal) !void {
         if (!self.dirty and self.event_queue.tryPush(.redraw))
             self.dirty = true;
 
+        std.debug.print("before switch event\n", .{});
         switch (event) {
             .print => |str| {
+                std.debug.print("inside print event\n", .{});
                 var iter = grapheme.Iterator.init(str, &self.unicode.grapheme_data);
                 while (iter.next()) |g| {
                     const gr = g.bytes(str);
@@ -287,6 +293,7 @@ fn run(self: *Terminal) !void {
             },
             .c0 => |b| try self.handleC0(b),
             .escape => |esc| {
+                std.debug.print("inside escape event\n", .{});
                 const final = esc[esc.len - 1];
                 switch (final) {
                     'B' => {}, // TODO: handle charsets
@@ -700,6 +707,7 @@ fn run(self: *Terminal) !void {
 }
 
 inline fn handleC0(self: *Terminal, b: ansi.C0) !void {
+    std.debug.print("inside handlec0\n", .{});
     switch (b) {
         .NUL, .SOH, .STX => {},
         .EOT => {}, // we send EOT to quit the read thread
@@ -716,6 +724,7 @@ inline fn handleC0(self: *Terminal, b: ansi.C0) !void {
 }
 
 pub fn setMode(self: *Terminal, mode: u16, val: bool) void {
+    std.debug.print("inside setmode\n", .{});
     switch (mode) {
         7 => self.mode.autowrap = val,
         25 => self.mode.cursor = val,
diff --git a/src/widgets/terminal/log.lg b/src/widgets/terminal/log.lg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f371781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/widgets/terminal/log.lg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+info(loop): pixel mouse capability detected
+info(loop): unicode capability detected
+info(loop): color_scheme_updates capability detected
+info(loop): kitty keyboard capability detected
+info(loop): kitty graphics capability detected