diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c367e5a..bf6d19f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,25 +1,17 @@
 # Anonymous Secure Mail Transfer Protocol (ASMTP)
 
-ASMTP put together pub/sub peer to peer protocol [`poldercast`], blockchain technology
+**ASMTP** brings together pub/sub peer to peer protocol [`poldercast`], blockchain technology
 from [`keynesis`] and encryption protocol [`noise`] to build a secure and anonymous
 network protocol as an alternative to [SMTP] (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol).
 
-ASMTP was written as a tool to initially securely exchange messages with friends and
-colleagues. Tools that provides End to End encryptions often keep hidden from their
+**ASMTP** was written as a tool to initially securely exchange messages with friends and
+colleagues. Other tools that provides End to End encryptions often keep hidden from their
 users that they are still collecting metadata (such as who talks to whom and what
-time). `Signal` is an interesting messaging tool. However they still requires you
-to have a phone number to register on their platform. This is not something I am happy
-with too. If the telephone company decides to block `Signal` from sending you
-the authentication code you are screwed. They may even intercept that authentication
-code to register in our stead. Scary.
+time).
 
-ASMTP does not relies on any third party. Just like in the spirit of the old [SMTP],
+**ASMTP** does not relies on any third party. Just like in the spirit of the old [SMTP],
 messages are relayed from the mail server of the sender to the mail server
-of the recipient and it may use an intermediate route to do so. (yes, [SMTP]
-used to be decentralized by design until big companies started to offer
-_"free"_ email services). However, unlike [SMTP], the sender and the recipient
-identifier (email address for [SMTP]) is not known. Also unlike [SMTP] it is
-not possible to receive messages from senders that are not "allowed" to.
+of the recipient and it may use an intermediate route to do so.
 
 # Deployment
 
diff --git a/asmtp-cli/src/bin/asmtp-cli.rs b/asmtp-cli/src/bin/asmtp-cli.rs
index d2302ac..6963aac 100644
--- a/asmtp-cli/src/bin/asmtp-cli.rs
+++ b/asmtp-cli/src/bin/asmtp-cli.rs
@@ -664,21 +664,44 @@ async fn sync_new_messages(
             .with_context(|| format!("Failed to load messages for {topic}", topic = topic))?;
     }
 
+    let pb = ProgressBar::new_spinner().with_style(style.spinner.clone());
+    pb.set_message("waiting for messages...");
+    pb.enable_steady_tick(style.spinner_interval);
+
+    let mut counter: usize = 0;
+
     while let Ok(Some((_peer, message))) =
         timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2), connection.next()).await
     {
         let message = message?;
+        counter += 1;
 
         if let Some((topic, m)) = message.topic_checked() {
-            eprintln!(
+            pb.println(format!(
                 "incoming message for {topic}",
-                topic = style.topic.apply_to(topic)
-            );
+                topic = style.topic.apply_to(topic),
+            ));
 
             let message = asmtp_storage::Message::open(state.db(), topic)?;
             message.insert(m)?;
         }
     }
+    pb.finish_and_clear();
+
+    if counter > 0 {
+        eprintln!(
+            "{prefix} You have no new messages",
+            prefix = style.dialoguer.success_prefix,
+        );
+    } else {
+        let plural = if counter > 1 { "s" } else { "" };
+        eprintln!(
+            "{prefix} You have {count} new message{plural}",
+            prefix = style.dialoguer.success_prefix,
+            count = counter,
+            plural = plural,
+        );
+    }
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/asmtpd/src/bin/asmtpd-cli.rs b/asmtpd/src/bin/asmtpd-cli.rs
index 1f0015c..7b84d3f 100644
--- a/asmtpd/src/bin/asmtpd-cli.rs
+++ b/asmtpd/src/bin/asmtpd-cli.rs
@@ -93,14 +93,10 @@ async fn make_gossip(password: Option<String>, config: PathBuf) -> Result<()> {
         password
     } else {
         dialoguer::Password::new()
-            .with_confirmation(
-                "Confirm new password",
-                "Password mismatched, put your game together",
-            )
             .allow_empty_password(false)
-            .with_prompt("Enter new password")
+            .with_prompt("Enter password")
             .interact()
-            .context("Failed to confirm new password")?
+            .context("Failed gather password")?
     };
     config.secret.password = Some(password);
 
diff --git a/asmtpd/src/config.yaml b/asmtpd/src/config.yaml
index d8e515e..666044a 100644
--- a/asmtpd/src/config.yaml
+++ b/asmtpd/src/config.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ network:
   heart_beat: { secs: 1, nanos: 0 }
 
   # initial list of known gossips
-  known_gossips: []
+  known_gossips:
+    - "80007353f1e7fb03b2346638b4e2b93f810c84853787970be0844df63cdc9979a01d0221561d561f667d26482dc49b0ef76a32f94aeecb4c01191510ca8ec977bd714545888ad0117fa81a176922927114db64cbc6666d2fa2877207baabe0080489fac7c054335c68fcc90d"
 
   gossiping:
     # number of seconds between 2 gossips to a specific node from our size