diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 93d90ea..82646ee 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::snowballing::{Publication, get_publication_by_id};
 
-use log::{debug, info, warn, error};
+use log::{debug, error, info, warn};
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Default, PartialEq)]
 pub enum ActivePane {
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ pub struct App {
 
     pub snowballing_step: SnowballingStep,
 
+    pub status_message: String,
+
     #[serde(skip)]
     pub should_quit: bool,
 }
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ pub struct App {
 // TODO: Implement possibility of pushing excluded papers back into pending
 // TODO: Implement export of included papers as csv for keywording with a spreadsheet
 // TODO: Implement export of included papers into zotero (Use RIS format somehow)
+// TODO: Log everything relevant
 impl App {
     // TODO: Show error somehow
     pub async fn add_seed_paper(&mut self, api_link: &String) {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 4254b09..600dd20 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use log::{error, info};
 use serde_json;
 
 mod app;
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ struct Args {
 }
 
 #[tokio::main]
-async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+async fn main() {
     let args = Args::parse();
 
     if env::var("RUST_LOG").is_err() {
@@ -81,13 +82,23 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
             OpenOptions::new()
                 .create(true)
                 .append(true)
-                .open(args.logfile)
+                .open(&args.logfile)
                 .unwrap(),
         )))
         .init();
 
-    let starting_app_state = deserialize_savefile(&args.savefile)?;
+    match run(&args).await {
+        Ok(()) => info!("Application completed successfully"),
+        Err(e) => {
+            error!("Application error: {}", e);
+            print!("{e:?}");
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+}
 
+async fn run(args: &Args) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let starting_app_state = deserialize_savefile(&args.savefile)?;
     let final_app_state = crate::crossterm::run(starting_app_state).await?;
 
     serialize_savefile(&final_app_state, &args.savefile)?;
diff --git a/src/ui.rs b/src/ui.rs
index 91d469e..d7f3818 100644
--- a/src/ui.rs
+++ b/src/ui.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use ratatui::{
     Frame,
-    layout::{Constraint, Direction, Layout, Rect},
+    layout::{Constraint, Direction, Layout, Rect, VerticalAlignment},
     style::{Color, Modifier, Style, Stylize},
     text::{Line, Span},
     widgets::{Block, Borders, List, ListItem, ListState, Paragraph},
@@ -66,12 +66,18 @@ fn draw_seeding_tab(f: &mut Frame, app: &mut App) {
 
 fn draw_snowballing_tab(f: &mut Frame, app: &mut App) {
     let chunks = Layout::default()
-        .direction(Direction::Horizontal)
-        .constraints([Constraint::Percentage(25), Constraint::Percentage(75)])
+        .direction(Direction::Vertical)
+        .constraints([Constraint::Min(2), Constraint::Length(1)])
         .split(f.area());
 
-    draw_left_pane(f, app, chunks[0]);
-    draw_right_pane(f, app, chunks[1]);
+    let content_chunks = Layout::default()
+        .direction(Direction::Horizontal)
+        .constraints([Constraint::Percentage(25), Constraint::Percentage(75)])
+        .split(chunks[0]);
+
+    draw_left_pane(f, app, content_chunks[0]);
+    draw_right_pane(f, app, content_chunks[1]);
+    draw_status_line(f, app, chunks[1]);
 }
 
 fn format_title<'a>(
@@ -314,3 +320,10 @@ fn draw_right_pane(frame: &mut Frame, app: &mut App, area: Rect) {
 
     frame.render_stateful_widget(list, area, &mut app.pending_list_state);
 }
+
+fn draw_status_line(frame: &mut Frame, app: &App, area: Rect) {
+    let line = Paragraph::new(app.status_message.clone())
+        .style(Style::default().bg(Color::Rgb(60, 56, 54)));
+
+    frame.render_widget(line, area);
+}