diff --git a/src/App.css b/src/App.css
index be25b78..7104617 100644
--- a/src/App.css
+++ b/src/App.css
@@ -35,19 +35,21 @@ html {
     display: grid;
     width: 50%;
     grid-template-areas: "ops stack" "states states";
-    grid-template-rows: max-content;
+    grid-template-columns: 50% 50%;
+    grid-template-rows: 50% 50%;
 }
 
-/* .ops,
-.states {
-    width: 50vw;
-} */
+.ops,
+.stack {
+    overflow: scroll;
+    width: 100%;
+}
 
 .ops {
     /* position: fixed; */
     /* top: 0;
     left: 50%; */
-    min-height: 25vh;
+    /* height: 100%; */
     margin-bottom: 0;
     background-color: var(--bg);
     border: 1px solid var(--fg);
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ html {
     border-bottom: 1px solid var(--fg);
     /* margin: 5px; */
     padding-left: 5px;
+    background-color: var(--bg);
 }
 
 /* .state > * {
@@ -79,9 +82,9 @@ html {
     padding: 5px;
 }
 
-.stack::before {
+/* .stack::before {
     content: "Stack: ";
-}
+} */
 
 /* later i can do .op.active and .state.active if necessary */
 .active {
@@ -92,15 +95,24 @@ html {
     background-color: var(--accent);
 }
 
+.jumped-from {
+    backdrop-filter: brightness(1.8);
+}
+
 .op {
     display: flex;
     white-space: pre;
+    overflow: clip;
 }
 
 .output {
     display: flex;
 }
 
+.just-popped {
+    backdrop-filter: hue-rotate(180deg);
+}
+
 /* https://www.joshwcomeau.com/css/custom-css-reset/ */
 /*
   1. Use a more-intuitive box-sizing model.
diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 06acd07..9ac24e5 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ export default function App() {
     let [activeStateIdx, setActiveStateIdx] = useState(0);
     let parsed = somes(input.split(/[^a-z0-9-]+/).map(parse_op));
     let states = steps(INITIAL_STATE, parsed);
+    let state = states[activeStateIdx] ?? INITIAL_STATE;
+
     return (
         <>
             <TextArea
@@ -38,11 +40,11 @@ type Op =
             <div className="info">
                 <Ops
                     parsed={parsed}
-                    ip={states[activeStateIdx]?.ip ?? 0}
+                    state={state}
                     // // hack
                     // top={document.getElementById("input")?.clientHeight ?? 0}
                 />
-                <Stack stack={states[activeStateIdx]?.stack ?? []} />
+                <Stack state={state} just_popped={state.just_popped} />
                 <States
                     states={states}
                     activeStateIdx={activeStateIdx}
@@ -55,18 +57,24 @@ type Op =
 
 function Ops({
     parsed,
-    ip,
+    state,
 }: // top,
 {
     parsed: Op[];
-    ip: number;
+    state: State;
     // top: number;
 }): JSX.Element {
     return (
         <div
             className="ops"
             children={parsed.map((op, i) => (
-                <Op op={op} highlighted={i == ip} num={i} key={i} />
+                <Op
+                    op={op}
+                    highlighted={i == state.ip}
+                    jumped_from={i == state.jumped_from}
+                    num={i}
+                    key={i}
+                />
             ))}
             // style={{
             //     top: `${top + 5}px`,
@@ -79,15 +87,19 @@ function Op({
     op,
     highlighted,
     num,
+    jumped_from,
     ...props
 }: {
     op: Op;
     num: number;
     highlighted: boolean;
+    jumped_from: boolean;
 }): JSX.Element {
     return (
         <div
-            className={`op ${highlighted ? "active" : ""}`}
+            className={`op ${highlighted ? "active" : ""} ${
+                jumped_from ? "jumped-from" : ""
+            }`}
             key={num}
             {...props}
         >
@@ -146,23 +158,55 @@ function State({
     );
 }
 
-function Stack({ stack, ...props }: { stack: number[] }): JSX.Element {
-    let ns = [...stack];
+function Stack({
+    state,
+    just_popped,
+    ...props
+}: {
+    state: State;
+    just_popped?: number[];
+}): JSX.Element {
+    let ns = [...state.stack];
     ns.reverse();
-    return (
-        <div
-            className="stack"
-            children={ns.map((item, i) => (
-                <StackItem item={item} key={i} />
-            ))}
-            {...props}
+    console.log(just_popped);
+    let children = (just_popped ?? []).map((just_popped, i) => (
+        <StackItem
+            item={just_popped}
+            key={-(i + 1)}
+            highlighted={false}
+            just_popped={true}
         />
-    );
+    ));
+    ns.map((item, i) => (
+        <StackItem
+            item={item}
+            key={i}
+            highlighted={
+                (state.just_pushed && i == 0) || (state.just_swapped && i < 2)
+            }
+        />
+    )).forEach(child => children.push(child));
+
+    return <div className="stack" children={children} {...props} />;
 }
 
-function StackItem({ item, ...props }: { item: number }): JSX.Element {
+function StackItem({
+    item,
+    highlighted = false,
+    just_popped = false,
+    ...props
+}: {
+    item: number;
+    highlighted: boolean;
+    just_popped?: boolean;
+}): JSX.Element {
     return (
-        <div className="stack-item" {...props}>
+        <div
+            className={`stack-item ${highlighted ? "active" : ""} ${
+                just_popped ? "just-popped" : ""
+            }`}
+            {...props}
+        >
             {item}
         </div>
     );
@@ -252,12 +296,19 @@ type State = {
     ip: number;
     stack: number[];
     output: number[];
+    jumped_from: Option<number>;
+    just_pushed: boolean;
+    just_swapped: boolean;
+    just_popped?: number[];
 };
 
 const INITIAL_STATE: State = {
     ip: 0,
     stack: [],
     output: [],
+    jumped_from: undefined,
+    just_pushed: false,
+    just_swapped: false,
 };
 
 function steps(state: State, ops: Op[], limit = 300, num_steps = 0): State[] {
@@ -273,7 +324,11 @@ function steps(state: State, ops: Op[], limit = 300, num_steps = 0): State[] {
 // all but jmp advance the ip by one
 // cmp: lt => -1, eq => 0, gt => 1
 function step(state: State, op: Op): State {
-    let ns = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(state));
+    let ns = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(state)) as State;
+    ns.jumped_from = ns.ip;
+    ns.just_pushed = false;
+    ns.just_swapped = false;
+    ns.just_popped = undefined;
     ns.ip++;
 
     function binary_op(
@@ -287,7 +342,6 @@ function step(state: State, op: Op): State {
 
     if (typeof op == "number") {
         ns.stack.push(op);
-        return ns;
     }
 
     switch (op) {
@@ -312,6 +366,7 @@ function step(state: State, op: Op): State {
         }
         case "jmp":
             ns.ip--;
+            // ns.jumped_from = ns.ip;
             ns.ip += ns.stack.pop() ?? 1;
             break;
         case "dup": {
@@ -335,11 +390,21 @@ function step(state: State, op: Op): State {
             if (typeof a == "undefined" || typeof b == "undefined") {
                 break;
             }
+            ns.just_swapped = true;
             ns.stack.push(a, b);
             break;
         }
     }
 
+    if (ns.stack.length > state.stack.length) {
+        ns.just_pushed = true;
+    } else if (ns.stack.length < state.stack.length) {
+        ns.just_popped = state.stack.slice(ns.stack.length - 1).reverse();
+        if (state.stack.length - ns.stack.length == 1) {
+            ns.just_pushed = true;
+        }
+    }
+
     return ns;
 }