diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a8fc1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+- separate event loop from tui
+- translate events into actions inside the event handler loop
+- have a dedicated rendering loop that can own the tui
+-
+
+
+
+
+## feature ideas
+- environment variables
+- aliases
+- shell history
+- grep (maybe also inside pdfs and other files (see rga))
+- fd
+- git
+- makefile commands
+- 
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 450073f..c82000e 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ impl App {
         let action_tx = self.action_tx.clone();
         loop {
             self.handle_events(&mut tui).await?;
-            self.handle_actions(&mut tui)?;
+            self.handle_actions()?;
             if self.should_suspend {
                 tui.suspend()?;
                 action_tx.send(Action::Resume)?;
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ impl App {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn handle_actions(&mut self, tui: &mut Tui) -> Result<()> {
+    fn handle_actions(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         while let Ok(action) = self.action_rx.try_recv() {
             if action != Action::Tick && action != Action::Render {
                 debug!("{action:?}");
@@ -176,10 +176,7 @@ impl App {
                 Action::Quit => self.should_quit = true,
                 Action::Suspend => self.should_suspend = true,
                 Action::Resume => self.should_suspend = false,
-                Action::ClearScreen => tui.terminal.clear()?,
-                // This needs to send a particular RenderingMessage to the rendering task
-                // in order to do:
-                // >> tui.resize(Rect::new(0, 0, w, h))?;
+                Action::ClearScreen => self.render_tx.send(RenderingTask::ClearScreen)?,
                 Action::Resize(w, h) => self.render_tx.send(RenderingTask::Resize(w, h))?,
                 Action::Render => self.render_tx.send(RenderingTask::Render)?,
                 _ => {}