diff --git a/lib/console_ui.dart b/lib/console_ui.dart
index f5ac31b..f7bef22 100644
--- a/lib/console_ui.dart
+++ b/lib/console_ui.dart
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ Future<void> processAnyIncomingEvents(Store node, [bool printNotifications = tru
   const int waitMilliSeconds = 200;
   Future.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: waitMilliSeconds), ()  {
     
-    node.processIncomingEvent(getRecievedEvents());
+    Set<String> newEventIds = node.processIncomingEvent(getRecievedEvents());
     clearEvents();
 
+    Point numPrinted1 = Point(0,0);
     if( printNotifications) {
-      showAllNotifications(node);
+      numPrinted1 = node.printTreeNotifications(newEventIds);
     }
+
+    showAllNotifications(node, numPrinted1.x.toInt(), numPrinted1.y.toInt());
   });
 
   
@@ -1210,7 +1213,9 @@ Future<void> socialMenuUi(Store node) async {
           }
 
           await sendReplyPostLike(node, replyToId, replyKind, content);
-          await processAnyIncomingEvents(node, false);
+          clearScreen();
+
+          await processAnyIncomingEvents(node, true);
           break;
 
         case 3:
@@ -1387,12 +1392,12 @@ Future<void> socialMenuUi(Store node) async {
     } // end while
 } // end socialMenuUi()
 
-void showAllNotifications(Store node) {
+void showAllNotifications(Store node, [int x = 0, int y = 0]) {
 
-  //printUnderlined("Notifications:");
+  Point numPrinted = Point(x, y);
 
   bool hasNotifications (Tree t) => t.treeSelectorNotifications();
-  Point numPrinted = node.printTree(0, DateTime.now().subtract(Duration(days:gNumLastDays)), hasNotifications);
+  numPrinted += node.printTree(0, DateTime.now().subtract(Duration(days:gNumLastDays)), hasNotifications);
   int numNotificationsPrinted = numPrinted.y.toInt();
   
   bool showNotifications (ScrollableMessages room) => room.selectorNotifications();
@@ -1413,7 +1418,7 @@ Future<void> mainMenuUi(Store node) async {
     clearScreen();
 
     //Show only notifications
-    showAllNotifications(node);
+    await processAnyIncomingEvents(node); // this takes 300 ms
 
     bool mainMenuContinue = true;
     bool firstTime = true;
diff --git a/lib/tree_ds.dart b/lib/tree_ds.dart
index 003cf01..b056eed 100644
--- a/lib/tree_ds.dart
+++ b/lib/tree_ds.dart
@@ -1343,10 +1343,8 @@ class Store {
    * @printNotifications Add the given events to the Tree, and print the events as notifications
    *                     It should be ensured that these are only kind 1 events
    */
-  void printNotifications(Set<String> newEventIdsSet, String userName) {
-    if( gDebug > 0) print("Info: in printNotifications: num new evetns = ${newEventIdsSet.length}");
+  Point printTreeNotifications(Set<String> newEventIdsSet) {
 
-    String strToWrite = "";
     int countNotificationEvents = 0;
     for( var newEventId in newEventIdsSet) {
       int k = (allChildEventsMap[newEventId]?.event.eventData.kind??-1);
@@ -1361,18 +1359,11 @@ class Store {
       }
     }
 
-    if(gDebug > 0) print("Info: In printNotifications: newEventsId = $newEventIdsSet count17 = $countNotificationEvents");
-    
     if( countNotificationEvents == 0) {
-      return;
+      return Point(0,0);
     }
-    // TODO call count() less
-    strToWrite += "Number of new replies/posts = ${newEventIdsSet.length}\n";
-    stdout.write("${getNumDashes(strToWrite.length -1 )}\n$strToWrite");
-    //stdout.write("Total posts  : ${count()}\n");
-    stdout.write("Signed in as : $userName\n");
-    stdout.write("\nHere are the threads with new replies or new likes: \n\n");
-    
+
+   
     List<Tree> topNotificationTree = []; // collect all top tress to display in this list. only unique tress will be displayed
     newEventIdsSet.forEach((eventID) { 
       
@@ -1422,14 +1413,16 @@ class Store {
     // remove duplicate top trees
     Set ids = {};
     topNotificationTree.retainWhere((t) => ids.add(t.event.eventData.id));
-    
 
     Store.reCalculateMarkerStr();
 
+    Point retval = Point(0,0);
     topNotificationTree.forEach( (t) { 
-      Store.printTopPost(t, 0, DateTime(0));
+      retval += Store.printTopPost(t, 0, DateTime(0));
       print("\n");
     });
+
+    return retval;
   }
 
   static Point printTopPost(Tree topTree, int depth, DateTime newerThan) {
@@ -1712,7 +1705,7 @@ class Store {
       if( iNotification++ > numNotificationRooms) {
         break;
       }
-      
+
       DirectMessageRoom room = directRooms[j];
       String id = room.otherPubkey.substring(0, 6);
       String name = getAuthorName(room.otherPubkey, 4);
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 3482df9..71f7e52 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ homepage: https://github.com/vishalxl/nostr_console
 # chmod in actions
 # improved channel display
 # /help in enc groups  
+# still fixing notifications 
 
 
 environment: