diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ea46d41..9e7e815 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ pub fn generate_unique_id() -> u64 {
 }
 
 pub mod global_state {
-    use std::sync::{atomic::AtomicU64, Arc};
-
+    use std::{sync::{atomic::AtomicU64, Arc}, time::SystemTimeError};
 
     use crate::{certs::DynamicCertResolver, tcp_proxy::{ReverseTcpProxy, ReverseTcpProxyTarget}, types::odd_box_event::Event};
     #[derive(Debug)]
     pub struct GlobalState {
+        pub started_at_time_stamp : std::time::SystemTime,
         pub log_handle : crate::OddLogHandle,
         pub app_state: std::sync::Arc<crate::types::app_state::AppState>,
         pub config: std::sync::Arc<tokio::sync::RwLock<crate::configuration::ConfigWrapper>>,
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ pub mod global_state {
         pub global_broadcast_channel: tokio::sync::broadcast::Sender<Event>
     }
     impl GlobalState {
-        
+        pub fn uptime(&self) -> Result<std::time::Duration,SystemTimeError> {
+            self.started_at_time_stamp.elapsed()
+        }
         pub fn new(
             app_state: std::sync::Arc<crate::types::app_state::AppState>,
             config: std::sync::Arc<tokio::sync::RwLock<crate::configuration::ConfigWrapper>>,
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ pub mod global_state {
         ) -> Self {
 
             Self {
+                started_at_time_stamp: std::time::SystemTime::now(),
                 log_handle,
                 app_state,
                 config,
diff --git a/src/proxy.rs b/src/proxy.rs
index b870549..a2a195f 100644
--- a/src/proxy.rs
+++ b/src/proxy.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ use crate::types::proxy_state::ProxyActiveTCPConnection;
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
 
+// This is the main entrypoint of the reverse proxy listener...
+// It sets up the two tcp sockets and routes traffic either to the terminating proxy service (hyper)
+// or thru the managed tunnel mode where we do not terminate http traffic (but possibly do terminate tls depending on config).
 pub async fn listen(
     cfg: Arc<RwLock<ConfigWrapper>>, 
     initial_bind_addr: SocketAddr,
@@ -209,6 +212,11 @@ async fn listen_http(
         Ok(_) => {},
         Err(e) => tracing::trace!("Failed to set_only_vs: {e:?}")
     };
+
+    // note: we reuse here as we want to be able to run multiple instances of odd-box at the same time.
+    // if nothing else it lets us launch a newer version of the server without stopping the old, so that we can upgrade
+    // to a later version without downtime.
+
     match socket.set_reuse_port(true) {
         Ok(_) => {},
         Err(e) => {
@@ -301,6 +309,11 @@ async fn listen_https(
         Ok(_) => {},
         Err(e) => tracing::trace!("Failed to set_only_vs: {e:?}")
     };
+    
+    // note: we reuse here as we want to be able to run multiple instances of odd-box at the same time.
+    // if nothing else it lets us launch a newer version of the server without stopping the old, so that we can upgrade
+    // to a later version without downtime.
+    
     match socket.set_reuse_address(true) { // annoying as hell otherwise for quick resets
         Ok(_) => {},
         Err(e) => tracing::warn!("Failed to set_reuse_address: {e:?}")
diff --git a/src/tui/mod.rs b/src/tui/mod.rs
index afd88ce..96778eb 100644
--- a/src/tui/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tui/mod.rs
@@ -917,6 +917,11 @@ fn draw_ui<B: ratatui::backend::Backend>(
     // help_bar_text.push(ratatui::text::Span::raw(format!("| DBG: {}", 
     //     app_state.dbg
     // )));
+    let uptime = if let Ok(d) = global_state.uptime() {
+        format_duration(d)
+    } else {
+        String::new()
+    };
     let current_version = self_update::cargo_crate_version!();
     let help_bar = Paragraph::new(Line::from(help_bar_text))
         .style(Style::default().fg(Color::DarkGray))
@@ -924,7 +929,7 @@ fn draw_ui<B: ratatui::backend::Backend>(
         .block(Block::default().borders(Borders::ALL)
         .border_type(BorderType::Rounded)
         .border_style(Style::default().fg(Color::DarkGray))
-        .title(format!(" ODD-BOX v{current_version}")).title_style(
+        .title(format!(" ODD-BOX v{current_version} {uptime} ")).title_style(
             if is_dark_theme {
                 Style::default().fg(Color::LightYellow)
             } else {
@@ -936,7 +941,24 @@ fn draw_ui<B: ratatui::backend::Backend>(
 
 
 }
+fn format_duration(d: std::time::Duration) -> String {
+    let total_secs = d.as_secs();
 
+    let days = total_secs / 86400;          // 1 day = 86_400 seconds
+    let hours = (total_secs % 86400) / 3600; 
+    let minutes = (total_secs % 3600) / 60;
+    let seconds = total_secs % 60;
+    
+    if days > 0 {
+        format!(" - uptime: {} days, {} hours, {} minutes", days, hours, minutes)
+    } else if hours > 0 {
+        format!(" - uptime: {} hours, {} minutes", hours, minutes)
+    } else if minutes > 0 {
+        format!(" - uptime: {} minutes, {} seconds", minutes,seconds)
+    } else {
+        format!(" - uptime: {} seconds", seconds)
+    }
+}
 fn wrap_string(input: &str, max_length: usize) -> Vec<String> {
     let words = input.split_whitespace();
     let mut wrapped_lines = Vec::new();