diff --git a/packages/codemirror/themes.mjs b/packages/codemirror/themes.mjs
index 01c0c6a8..13e5789c 100644
--- a/packages/codemirror/themes.mjs
+++ b/packages/codemirror/themes.mjs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import blackscreen, { settings as blackscreenSettings } from './themes/blackscre
 import whitescreen, { settings as whitescreenSettings } from './themes/whitescreen.mjs';
 import teletext, { settings as teletextSettings } from './themes/teletext.mjs';
 import algoboy, { settings as algoboySettings } from './themes/algoboy.mjs';
-import grl2000, {settings as grl2000Settings} from './themes/grl2000.mjs'
+import CutiePi, {settings as CutiePiSettings} from './themes/CutiePi.mjs'
 import terminal, { settings as terminalSettings } from './themes/terminal.mjs';
 import abcdef, { settings as abcdefSettings } from './themes/abcdef.mjs';
 import androidstudio, { settings as androidstudioSettings } from './themes/androidstudio.mjs';
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export const themes = {
   androidstudio,
   duotoneDark,
   githubDark,
-  grl2000,
+  CutiePi,
   gruvboxDark,
   materialDark,
   nord,
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export const settings = {
   duotoneLight: duotoneLightSettings,
   duotoneDark: duotoneDarkSettings,
   eclipse: eclipseSettings,
-  grl2000: grl2000Settings,
+  CutiePi: CutiePiSettings,
   githubLight: githubLightSettings,
   githubDark: githubDarkSettings,
   gruvboxDark: gruvboxDarkSettings,
diff --git a/packages/codemirror/themes/grl2000.mjs b/packages/codemirror/themes/CutiePi.mjs
similarity index 89%
rename from packages/codemirror/themes/grl2000.mjs
rename to packages/codemirror/themes/CutiePi.mjs
index 4ff40ba4..8b71c125 100644
--- a/packages/codemirror/themes/grl2000.mjs
+++ b/packages/codemirror/themes/CutiePi.mjs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const grey = '#272C35'
 const pinkAccent ="#fee1ff"
 const lightGrey = '#465063'
 const bratGreen = "#9acd3f"
-
+const lighterGrey = "#97a1b7"
 const pink = '#f6a6fd'
 
 export const settings = {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const settings = {
 };
 
 export default createTheme({
-  theme: 'dark',
+  theme: 'light',
   settings,
   styles: [
     {
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ export default createTheme({
       color: deepPurple,
     },
     { tag: [t.tagName, t.heading], color: settings.foreground },
-    { tag: t.comment, color: pink },
-    { tag: [t.variableName, t.propertyName, t.labelName], color: lightGrey },
+    { tag: t.comment, color: lighterGrey },
+    { tag: [t.variableName, t.propertyName, t.labelName], color: pink },
     { tag: [t.attributeName, t.number], color: 'hsl( 29, 54%, 61%)' },
     { tag: t.className, color: grey },
-    { tag: t.keyword, color: grey },
+    { tag: t.keyword, color: deepPurple },
     { tag: [t.string, t.regexp, t.special(t.propertyName)], color: bratGreen },
   ],
 });
diff --git a/website/public/fonts/CutiePi/Cute_Aurora_demo.ttf b/website/public/fonts/CutiePi/Cute_Aurora_demo.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ff9d6cf
Binary files /dev/null and b/website/public/fonts/CutiePi/Cute_Aurora_demo.ttf differ
diff --git a/website/public/fonts/CutiePi/LICENSE.txt b/website/public/fonts/CutiePi/LICENSE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbc024ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/public/fonts/CutiePi/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+100% free for personal and commercial use. 
+However it's limited on basic latin only, 
+contact riedjal@gmail.com for full glyph (based on ANSI encoding)
+and OTF features (alternates).
+
+src: https://www.dafont.com/cute-aurora.font?text=%24%3A+s%28%22bd%285%2C8%29%22%29.superimpose%28x+%3D%3E+x.note%28%22c2%22%29.midi%28device%29%29
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/Header.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/Header.jsx
index 2e8b3094..20b4aca4 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/Header.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/Header.jsx
@@ -11,17 +11,19 @@ export function Header({ context, embedded = false }) {
   const { started, pending, isDirty, activeCode, handleTogglePlay, handleEvaluate, handleShuffle, handleShare } =
     context;
   const isEmbedded = typeof window !== 'undefined' && (embedded || window.location !== window.parent.location);
-  const { isZen, isButtonRowHidden, isCSSAnimationDisabled } = useSettings();
+  const { isZen, isButtonRowHidden, isCSSAnimationDisabled, fontFamily } = useSettings();
 
   return (
     <header
       id="header"
+      
       className={cx(
         'flex-none text-black  z-[100] text-lg select-none h-20 md:h-14',
         !isZen && !isEmbedded && 'bg-lineHighlight',
         isZen ? 'h-12 w-8 fixed top-0 left-0' : 'sticky top-0 w-full py-1 justify-between',
         isEmbedded ? 'flex' : 'md:flex',
       )}
+      style={{fontFamily}}
     >
       <div className="px-4 flex space-x-2 md:pt-0 select-none">
         <h1
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ export function Header({ context, embedded = false }) {
               }
             }}
           >
-            <span className="block rotate-90">꩜</span>
+            <span className="block text-foreground rotate-90">꩜</span>
           </div>
           {!isZen && (
             <div className="space-x-2">
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/ConsoleTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/ConsoleTab.jsx
index b02227b9..fdc07d88 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/ConsoleTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/ConsoleTab.jsx
@@ -5,49 +5,59 @@ import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
 import { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
 import { useSettings } from '../../../settings.mjs';
 
+function getUpdatedLog(log, event) {
+  const { message, type, data } = event.detail;
+  const lastLog = log.length ? log[log.length - 1] : undefined;
+  const id = nanoid(12);
+  // if (type === 'loaded-sample' && lastLog.type === 'load-sample' && lastLog.url === data.url) {
+  if (type === 'loaded-sample') {
+    // const loadIndex = log.length - 1;
+    const loadIndex = log.findIndex(({ data: { url }, type }) => type === 'load-sample' && url === data.url);
+    log[loadIndex] = { message, type, id, data };
+  } else if (lastLog && lastLog.message === message) {
+    log = log.slice(0, -1).concat([{ message, type, count: (lastLog.count ?? 1) + 1, id, data }]);
+  } else {
+    log = log.concat([{ message, type, id, data }]);
+  }
+  return log.slice(-20);
+}
+
+//ensures that the log state persists when component is remounted
+let logSaved = [];
 export function ConsoleTab() {
-  const [log, setLog] = useState([]);
-  const { fontFamily, fontSize } = useSettings();
+  const [log, setLog] = useState(logSaved);
+  const { fontFamily } = useSettings();
+
   useLogger(
-    useCallback((e) => {
-      const { message, type, data } = e.detail;
-      setLog((l) => {
-        const lastLog = l.length ? l[l.length - 1] : undefined;
-        const id = nanoid(12);
-        // if (type === 'loaded-sample' && lastLog.type === 'load-sample' && lastLog.url === data.url) {
-        if (type === 'loaded-sample') {
-          // const loadIndex = l.length - 1;
-          const loadIndex = l.findIndex(({ data: { url }, type }) => type === 'load-sample' && url === data.url);
-          l[loadIndex] = { message, type, id, data };
-        } else if (lastLog && lastLog.message === message) {
-          l = l.slice(0, -1).concat([{ message, type, count: (lastLog.count ?? 1) + 1, id, data }]);
-        } else {
-          l = l.concat([{ message, type, id, data }]);
-        }
-        return l.slice(-20);
+    useCallback((event) => {
+      setLog((log) => {
+        const newLog = getUpdatedLog(log, event);
+        logSaved = newLog;
+        return newLog;
       });
     }, []),
   );
   return (
-    <div
-      id="console-tab"
-      className="break-all px-4 dark:text-white text-stone-900 text-sm py-2 space-y-1"
-      style={{ fontFamily, fontSize }}
-    >
-      {log.map((l, i) => {
-        const message = linkify(l.message);
-        const color = l.data?.hap?.value?.color;
-        return (
-          <div
-            key={l.id}
-            className={cx(l.type === 'error' && 'text-red-500', l.type === 'highlight' && 'underline')}
-            style={color ? { color } : {}}
-          >
-            <span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: message }} />
-            {l.count ? ` (${l.count})` : ''}
-          </div>
-        );
-      })}
+    <div id="console-tab" className="break-all  first-line:text-sm p-2  h-full" style={{ fontFamily }}>
+      <div className="bg-background h-full overflow-auto space-y-1 p-2 rounded-md">
+        {log.map((l, i) => {
+          const message = linkify(l.message);
+          const color = l.data?.hap?.value?.color;
+          return (
+            <div
+              key={l.id}
+              className={cx(
+                l.type === 'error' ? 'text-background bg-foreground' : 'text-foreground',
+                l.type === 'highlight' && 'underline',
+              )}
+              style={color ? { color } : {}}
+            >
+              <span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: message }} />
+              {l.count ? ` (${l.count})` : ''}
+            </div>
+          );
+        })}
+      </div>
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/Panel.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/Panel.jsx
index 81fcacf7..d2fc5e66 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/Panel.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/Panel.jsx
@@ -149,8 +149,9 @@ function PanelTab({ label, isSelected, onClick }) {
   );
 }
 function Tabs({ setTab, tab, className }) {
+  const {fontFamily, fontSize} = useSettings()
   return (
-    <div className={cx('flex select-none max-w-full overflow-auto pb-2', className)}>
+    <div className={cx('flex select-none max-w-full overflow-auto pb-2', className)} style={{fontFamily}}>
       {Object.keys(tabNames).map((key) => {
         const val = tabNames[key];
         return <PanelTab key={key} isSelected={tab === val} label={key} onClick={() => setTab(val)} />;
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx
index df6075eb..23dcdd04 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/PatternsTab.jsx
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function PatternButtons({ patterns, activePattern, onClick, started }) {
   const viewingPatternData = parseJSON(viewingPatternStore);
   const viewingPatternID = viewingPatternData.id;
   return (
-    <div className="font-mono text-sm">
+    <div className="">
       {Object.values(patterns)
         .reverse()
         .map((pattern) => {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export function PatternsTab({ context }) {
   const viewingPatternStore = useViewingPatternData();
   const viewingPatternData = parseJSON(viewingPatternStore);
 
-  const { userPatterns, patternFilter } = useSettings();
+  const { userPatterns, patternFilter, fontFamily } = useSettings();
 
   const examplePatterns = useExamplePatterns();
   const collections = examplePatterns.collections;
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export function PatternsTab({ context }) {
   const autoResetPatternOnChange = !isUdels();
 
   return (
-    <div className="px-4 w-full dark:text-white text-stone-900 space-y-2  flex flex-col overflow-hidden max-h-full h-full">
+    <div className="px-4 w-full text-foreground space-y-2  flex flex-col overflow-hidden max-h-full h-full" style={{fontFamily}}>
       <ButtonGroup
         value={patternFilter}
         onChange={(value) => settingsMap.setKey('patternFilter', value)}
@@ -173,14 +173,14 @@ export function PatternsTab({ context }) {
             return (
               <section key={collection} className="py-2">
                 <h2 className="text-xl mb-2">{collection}</h2>
-                <div className="font-mono text-sm">
+               
                   <PatternButtons
                     onClick={(id) => updateCodeWindow({ ...patterns[id], collection }, autoResetPatternOnChange)}
                     started={context.started}
                     patterns={patterns}
                     activePattern={activePattern}
                   />
-                </div>
+                
               </section>
             );
           })}
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/Reference.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/Reference.jsx
index fed2d458..3ff66970 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/Reference.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/Reference.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 
 import jsdocJson from '../../../../../doc.json';
+import { useSettings } from '@src/settings.mjs';
 const availableFunctions = jsdocJson.docs
   .filter(({ name, description }) => name && !name.startsWith('_') && !!description)
   .sort((a, b) => /* a.meta.filename.localeCompare(b.meta.filename) +  */ a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ const getInnerText = (html) => {
 export function Reference() {
   const [search, setSearch] = useState('');
 
+  const {fontFamily} = useSettings()
+
   const visibleFunctions = useMemo(() => {
     return availableFunctions.filter((entry) => {
       if (!search) {
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ export function Reference() {
   }, [search]);
 
   return (
-    <div className="flex h-full w-full p-2 text-foreground overflow-hidden">
+    <div className="flex h-full w-full p-2 overflow-hidden" style={{fontFamily}}>
       <div className="h-full  flex flex-col gap-2 w-1/3 max-w-72 ">
         <div class="w-full flex">
           <input
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ export function Reference() {
           {visibleFunctions.map((entry, i) => (
             <a
               key={i}
-              className="cursor-pointer flex-none hover:bg-lineHighlight overflow-x-hidden  px-1 text-ellipsis"
+              className="cursor-pointer text-foreground flex-none hover:bg-lineHighlight overflow-x-hidden  px-1 text-ellipsis"
               onClick={() => {
                 const el = document.getElementById(`doc-${i}`);
                 const container = document.getElementById('reference-container');
@@ -55,15 +58,15 @@ export function Reference() {
         className="break-normal flex-grow flex-col overflow-y-auto overflow-x-hidden   px-2 flex relative"
         id="reference-container"
       >
-        <div className="prose dark:prose-invert min-w-full px-1 text-foreground">
-          <h2 className='text-foreground'>API Reference</h2>
+        <div className="prose dark:prose-invert min-w-full px-1 ">
+          <h2 >API Reference</h2>
           <p>
             This is the long list of functions you can use. Remember that you don't need to remember all of those and
             that you can already make music with a small set of functions!
           </p>
           {visibleFunctions.map((entry, i) => (
             <section key={i}>
-              <h3 className='text-foreground' id={`doc-${i}`}>{entry.name}</h3>
+              <h3  id={`doc-${i}`}>{entry.name}</h3>
               {!!entry.synonyms_text && (
                 <p>
                   Synonyms: <code className='text-foreground'>{entry.synonyms_text}</code>
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ export function Reference() {
                 ))}
               </ul>
               {entry.examples?.map((example, j) => (
-                <pre className='text-foreground bg-background' key={j}>{example}</pre>
+                <pre className='bg-background' key={j}>{example}</pre>
               ))}
             </section>
           ))}
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/SettingsTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/SettingsTab.jsx
index 6acaada5..e87ab1a3 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/SettingsTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/SettingsTab.jsx
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ const themeOptions = Object.fromEntries(Object.keys(themes).map((k) => [k, k]));
 const fontFamilyOptions = {
   monospace: 'monospace',
   Courier: 'Courier',
+  CutiePi: 'CutiePi',
   JetBrains: 'JetBrains',
   Hack: 'Hack',
   FiraCode: 'FiraCode',
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ const fontFamilyOptions = {
   PressStart: 'PressStart2P',
   'we-come-in-peace': 'we-come-in-peace',
   galactico: 'galactico',
+
 };
 
 const RELOAD_MSG = 'Changing this setting requires the window to reload itself. OK?';
@@ -104,11 +106,12 @@ export function SettingsTab({ started }) {
     audioDeviceName,
     audioEngineTarget,
     togglePanelTrigger,
+
   } = useSettings();
   const shouldAlwaysSync = isUdels();
   const canChangeAudioDevice = AudioContext.prototype.setSinkId != null;
   return (
-    <div className="text-foreground p-4 space-y-4 w-full">
+    <div className="text-foreground p-4 space-y-4 w-full" style={{fontFamily}}>
       {canChangeAudioDevice && (
         <FormItem label="Audio Output Device">
           <AudioDeviceSelector
@@ -141,7 +144,7 @@ export function SettingsTab({ started }) {
       <FormItem label="Theme">
         <SelectInput options={themeOptions} value={theme} onChange={(theme) => settingsMap.setKey('theme', theme)} />
       </FormItem>
-      <div className="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4">
+      <div className="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4 font-sans">
         <FormItem label="Font Family">
           <SelectInput
             options={fontFamilyOptions}
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/SoundsTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/SoundsTab.jsx
index b968466f..580c2a93 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/SoundsTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/SoundsTab.jsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const getSamples = (samples) =>
 
 export function SoundsTab() {
   const sounds = useStore(soundMap);
-  const { soundsFilter } = useSettings();
+  const { soundsFilter, fontFamily } = useSettings();
   const [search, setSearch] = useState('');
 
   const soundEntries = useMemo(() => {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export function SoundsTab() {
   });
 
   return (
-    <div id="sounds-tab" className="px-4 flex flex-col w-full h-full  dark:text-white text-stone-900">
+    <div id="sounds-tab" className="px-4 flex flex-col w-full h-full  text-foreground" style={{fontFamily}}>
       <input
         className="w-full p-1 bg-background rounded-md my-2"
         placeholder="Search"
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export function SoundsTab() {
         <ImportSoundsButton onComplete={() => settingsMap.setKey('soundsFilter', 'user')} />
       </div>
 
-      <div className="min-h-0 max-h-full grow overflow-auto font-mono text-sm break-normal pb-2">
+      <div className="min-h-0 max-h-full grow overflow-auto  text-sm break-normal pb-2">
         {soundEntries.map(([name, { data, onTrigger }]) => {
           return (
             <span
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/WelcomeTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/WelcomeTab.jsx
index 3e77e71b..16938c9e 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/WelcomeTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/WelcomeTab.jsx
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import cx from '@src/cx.mjs';
+import { useSettings } from '@src/settings.mjs';
 
 const { BASE_URL } = import.meta.env;
 const baseNoTrailing = BASE_URL.endsWith('/') ? BASE_URL.slice(0, -1) : BASE_URL;
 
 export function WelcomeTab({ context }) {
+
+ const {fontFamily} =  useSettings()
   return (
-    <div className="prose dark:prose-invert min-w-full pt-2 font-sans pb-8 px-4 ">
+    <div className="prose dark:prose-invert min-w-full pt-2 font-sans pb-8 px-4 " style={{fontFamily}}>
       <h3>꩜ welcome</h3>
       <p>
         You have found <span className="underline">strudel</span>, a new live coding platform to write dynamic music
diff --git a/website/src/styles/index.css b/website/src/styles/index.css
index af02a277..9ae00856 100644
--- a/website/src/styles/index.css
+++ b/website/src/styles/index.css
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'PressStart';
   src: url('/fonts/PressStart2P/PressStart2P-Regular.ttf');
+  size-adjust: 65%;
 }
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'BigBlueTerminal';
@@ -14,6 +15,11 @@
   font-family: 'galactico';
   src: url('/fonts/galactico/Galactico-Basic.otf');
 }
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'CutiePi';
+  src: url('/fonts/CutiePi/Cute_Aurora_demo.ttf');
+  size-adjust: 120%;
+}
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'JetBrains';
   src: url('/fonts/JetBrains/JetBrainsMono.woff2');
@@ -21,6 +27,7 @@
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'Monocraft';
   src: url('/fonts/Monocraft/Monocraft.ttf');
+  size-adjust: 90%;
 }
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'Hack';
@@ -41,6 +48,7 @@
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'teletext';
   src: url('/fonts/teletext/EuropeanTeletext.ttf');
+  size-adjust: 90%;
 }
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'mode7';
diff --git a/website/tailwind.config.cjs b/website/tailwind.config.cjs
index 23ae96c3..bf2acdb6 100644
--- a/website/tailwind.config.cjs
+++ b/website/tailwind.config.cjs
@@ -46,6 +46,42 @@ module.exports = {
               'code::after': {
                 content: 'none',
               },
+               color: 'var(--foreground)',
+              // text: {
+
+              // },
+              // p: {
+              //   color: 'var(--foreground)', 
+              // },
+              a: {
+                color: 'var(--foreground)', 
+              },
+              h1: {
+                color: 'var(--foreground)', 
+              },
+              h2: {
+                color: 'var(--foreground)', 
+              },
+              h3: {
+                color: 'var(--foreground)', 
+              },
+              h4: {
+                color: 'var(--foreground)', 
+              },
+              pre: {
+                  color: 'var(--foreground)', 
+                  background: 'var(--background)'   
+              },
+              code: {
+                color: 'var(--foreground)',
+              },
+              // li: {
+              //   color: 'var(--foreground)',  
+              // },
+              // span: {
+              //   color: 'var(--foreground)',  
+              // }
+
             },
           },
         };