diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
index 961fdd6..0798079 100644
--- a/manage.py
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 from configparser import ConfigParser
 from pathlib import Path
-from json import dump, load
-import subprocess
+from json import dump, dumps
+from subprocess import STDOUT, Popen, PIPE
+from threading import Thread
+from queue import Empty, SimpleQueue
 from tkinter import *
 from tkinter import filedialog
 from tkinter.ttk import *
 
 config = ConfigParser()
 options = {"ftp": ["host", "user", "pass", "lftp"], "file": ["local", "remote"]}
+output_queue = SimpleQueue()
+finished = False
 
 
 def check_config_valid(config: ConfigParser, options: dict[str, list[str]]) -> bool:
@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@ def set_default_config(config: ConfigParser, options: dict[str, list[str]]) -> N
         config.write(f)
 
 
-def generate_db(config: ConfigParser) -> None:
+def generate_db(config: ConfigParser) -> str:
     local_dir = Path(config["file"]["local"])
     categories = Path(local_dir, "categories")
     output = []
@@ -43,9 +47,7 @@ def generate_db(config: ConfigParser) -> None:
         output.append(output_category)
     with open(Path(local_dir, "db.json"), "w") as f:
         dump(output, f)
-
-
-# generate_db(config)
+    return dumps(output)
 
 
 def sync_all_command() -> list[str]:
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ def sync_all_command() -> list[str]:
     ]
 
 
-def sync_files_command() -> list[str]:
+def sync_pdf_command() -> list[str]:
     return [
         config["ftp"]["lftp"],
         f'-e mirror -R -e --parallel=10 {config["file"]["local"]}/categories {config["file"]["remote"]}/categories; exit',
@@ -68,6 +70,47 @@ def sync_files_command() -> list[str]:
     ]
 
 
+def sync_func(command: list[str]) -> None:
+    global finished
+    finished = False
+    db_log = generate_db(config)
+    output_queue.put_nowait(f"db.json: {db_log}\n")
+    output_queue.put_nowait(f"command: {command}\n")
+    output_queue.put_nowait("Started lftp...\n")
+    proc = Popen(command, stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
+    ret_val = None
+    while ret_val is None:
+        ret_val = proc.poll()
+        line = proc.stdout.readline()
+        if line:
+            output_queue.put_nowait(line)
+    output_queue.put_nowait(f"lftp exited with code {ret_val}.\n")
+    finished = True
+
+
+def display_output():
+    try:
+        while True:
+            line = output_queue.get_nowait()
+            lftp_output.insert(END, line)
+    except Empty:
+        pass
+    if not finished:
+        root.after(200, display_output)
+
+
+def sync_all_files(_: Event) -> None:
+    lftp_output.delete("1.0", END)
+    Thread(target=sync_func, args=(sync_all_command(),), daemon=True).start()
+    root.after(500, display_output)
+
+
+def sync_pdf_files(_: Event) -> None:
+    lftp_output.delete("1.0", END)
+    Thread(target=sync_func, args=(sync_pdf_command(),), daemon=True).start()
+    root.after(500, display_output)
+
+
 def select_lftp(_: Event) -> None:
     file_path = filedialog.askopenfilename()
     config["ftp"]["lftp"] = file_path
@@ -115,8 +158,6 @@ def save_config(_: Event) -> None:
         config.write(f)
 
 
-# print(subprocess.run(sync_files_command))
-
 config.read("config.ini")
 if not check_config_valid(config, options):
     set_default_config(config, options)
@@ -128,7 +169,7 @@ ftp_frm.grid(row=0, column=0, pady=10, padx=10)
 
 Label(ftp_frm, text="FTP Settings").grid(row=0, column=0, columnspan=3)
 
-Label(ftp_frm, text="Host", width=10).grid(row=1, column=0)
+Label(ftp_frm, text="Hostname", width=10).grid(row=1, column=0)
 host_entry = Entry(ftp_frm, width=40)
 host_entry.insert(0, config["ftp"]["host"])
 host_entry.grid(row=1, column=1, columnspan=2)
@@ -180,7 +221,15 @@ save_btn = Button(actions_frm, text="Save Config", width=12)
 save_btn.grid(row=0, column=1)
 save_btn.bind("<Button-1>", save_config)
 
-Button(actions_frm, text="Sync all Files", width=12).grid(row=0, column=2)
-Button(actions_frm, text="Sync PDF Files", width=12).grid(row=0, column=3)
+sync_all_btn = Button(actions_frm, text="Sync all Files", width=12)
+sync_all_btn.grid(row=0, column=2)
+sync_all_btn.bind("<Button-1>", sync_all_files)
+
+sync_pdf_btn = Button(actions_frm, text="Sync PDF Files", width=12)
+sync_pdf_btn.grid(row=0, column=3)
+sync_pdf_btn.bind("<Button-1>", sync_pdf_files)
+
+lftp_output = Text(actions_frm, width=51, height=12)
+lftp_output.grid(row=1, column=0, columnspan=4)
 
 root.mainloop()