diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index 8bd501a..15266ec 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -197,19 +197,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "actix-ws"
-version = "0.2.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "535aec173810be3ca6f25dd5b4d431ae7125d62000aa3cbae1ec739921b02cf3"
-dependencies = [
- "actix-codec",
- "actix-http",
- "actix-web",
- "futures-core",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "addr2line"
 version = "0.21.0"
@@ -312,11 +299,10 @@ checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "backend"
-version = "0.9.6"
+version = "0.9.7"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-cors",
  "actix-web",
- "actix-ws",
  "async-trait",
  "chrono",
  "criterion",
@@ -332,6 +318,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "simplelog",
  "slotmap",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1693,6 +1680,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.29",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-stream"
+version = "0.1.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "397c988d37662c7dda6d2208364a706264bf3d6138b11d436cbac0ad38832842"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
 version = "0.7.8"
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 29ad0a2..2683a25 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "backend"
-version = "0.9.6"
+version = "0.9.7"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "GPL-2.0"
 authors = ["Christopher-Robin Ebbinghaus <git@cebbinghaus.com>"]
@@ -8,22 +8,22 @@ authors = ["Christopher-Robin Ebbinghaus <git@cebbinghaus.com>"]
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "4.4.0"
 actix-cors = "0.6.4"
+actix-web = "4.4.0"
 log = "0.4"
 simplelog = "0.12"
 once_cell = "1.18.0"
 chrono = "0.4.24"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.26.0", features = ["full"] }
+tokio-stream = { version = "0.1.14", features = ["sync"] }
 futures = "0.3.26"
-keyvalues-serde = "0.1.0" # Key Value format that Steam uses
+keyvalues-serde = "0.1.0"                                    # Key Value format that Steam uses
 async-trait = "0.1.68"
 serde = { version = "1.0.145", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
 slotmap = { version = "1.0.6", features = ["serde"] }
 glob = "0.3.1"
 semver = { version = "1.0.20", features = ["serde"] }
-actix-ws = "0.2.5"
 either = "1.9.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/backend/src/api.rs b/backend/src/api.rs
index d37ff5c..2b23f4a 100644
--- a/backend/src/api.rs
+++ b/backend/src/api.rs
@@ -5,12 +5,16 @@ use crate::{
 	err::Error,
 	sdcard::{get_card_cid, is_card_inserted},
 };
-use actix_web::{delete, get, post, web, HttpResponse, Responder, Result, http::StatusCode, Either, HttpResponseBuilder};
-use actix_ws::Message;
+use actix_web::{
+	delete, get, http::StatusCode, post, web::{self, Bytes}, Either, HttpResponse, HttpResponseBuilder, Responder,
+	Result,
+};
 use futures::StreamExt;
+use log::debug;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::{ops::Deref, sync::Arc};
 use tokio::sync::broadcast::Sender;
+use tokio_stream::wrappers::BroadcastStream;
 
 pub(crate) fn config(cfg: &mut web::ServiceConfig) {
 	cfg //
@@ -52,10 +56,25 @@ pub(crate) async fn health() -> impl Responder {
 }
 
 #[get("/listen")]
-pub(crate) async fn listen(sender: web::Data<Sender<CardEvent>>) -> Result<impl Responder> {
-	Ok(web::Json(sender.subscribe().recv().await.map_err(
-		|_| Error::from_str("Unable to retrieve update"),
-	)?))
+pub(crate) async fn listen(sender: web::Data<Sender<CardEvent>>) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
+	let event_stream = BroadcastStream::new(sender.subscribe()).map(|res|
+		{
+			debug!("Streaming Event {:?}", res);
+			let bytes = match res {
+				Err(_) => return Err(Error::from_str("Subscriber Closed")),
+				Ok(value) => {
+					let data = format!("data: {}\n\n", serde_json::to_string(&value)?);
+					Bytes::from(data)
+				}
+			};
+			
+			Ok::<actix_web::web::Bytes, Error>(bytes)
+		}
+	);
+	Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
+		.content_type("text/event-stream")
+		.streaming(event_stream)
+	)
 }
 
 #[get("/list")]
@@ -90,12 +109,20 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_current_card_and_games(
 	datastore: web::Data<Arc<Store>>,
 ) -> Result<Either<impl Responder, impl Responder>> {
 	if !is_card_inserted() {
-		return Ok(Either::Right(HttpResponseBuilder::new(StatusCode::NO_CONTENT).reason("No Card inserted").finish()));
+		return Ok(Either::Right(
+			HttpResponseBuilder::new(StatusCode::NO_CONTENT)
+				.reason("No Card inserted")
+				.finish(),
+		));
 	}
 
 	match get_card_cid() {
 		Some(uid) => Ok(Either::Left(web::Json(datastore.get_card_and_games(&uid)?))),
-		None => Ok(Either::Right(HttpResponseBuilder::new(StatusCode::NO_CONTENT).reason("Card Id could not be resolved").finish()))
+		None => Ok(Either::Right(
+			HttpResponseBuilder::new(StatusCode::NO_CONTENT)
+				.reason("Card Id could not be resolved")
+				.finish(),
+		)),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -105,7 +132,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_current_card(datastore: web::Data<Arc<Store>>) -> Result
 		return Err(Error::from_str("No card is inserted").into());
 	}
 
-	let uid = get_card_cid().ok_or(Error::Error("Unable to evaluate Card Id".into()))?;
+	let uid = get_card_cid().ok_or(Error::from_str("Unable to evaluate Card Id"))?;
 
 	Ok(web::Json(datastore.get_card(&uid)?))
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/ds.rs b/backend/src/ds.rs
index f1ef3bd..8b7d92d 100644
--- a/backend/src/ds.rs
+++ b/backend/src/ds.rs
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ impl StoreData {
 		let node = self
 			.node_ids
 			.get(card_id)
-			.ok_or(Error::Error("Card Id not present".into()))?;
+			.ok_or(Error::from_str("Card Id not present"))?;
 
 		match self.nodes.get_mut(*node).unwrap().element {
 			StoreElement::Card(ref mut card) => {
 				func(card)?;
 			}
-			StoreElement::Game(_) => return Err(Error::Error("Expected Card, got Game".into())),
+			StoreElement::Game(_) => return Err(Error::from_str("Expected Card, got Game")),
 		}
 
 		Ok(())
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ impl Store {
 	}
 
 	pub fn remove_element(&self, id: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+		// these two operations have to happen within a single scope otherwise the try_write_to_file causes a deadlock
 		{
 			let mut lock = self.data.write().unwrap();
 			lock.remove_item(id)?;
diff --git a/backend/src/err.rs b/backend/src/err.rs
index 05ba25b..5e39568 100644
--- a/backend/src/err.rs
+++ b/backend/src/err.rs
@@ -1,42 +1,53 @@
 #![allow(dead_code)]
 
-use std::error;
+
 use std::fmt;
 
 use actix_web::ResponseError;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub enum Error {
-	Error(String),
+struct StdErr;
+
+impl std::error::Error for StdErr{}
+
+impl fmt::Display for StdErr {
+	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+		write!(f, "StdErr")
+	}
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Error(String);
+
 impl Error {
 	pub fn new_boxed(value: &str) -> Box<Error> {
-		Box::new(Error::Error(value.to_string()))
+		Box::new(Error(value.to_string()))
 	}
 
 	pub fn from_str(value: &str) -> Self {
-		Error::Error(value.to_string())
+		Error(value.to_string())
 	}
 
 	pub fn new_res<T>(value: &str) -> Result<T, Self> {
-		Err(Error::Error(value.to_string()))
+		Err(Error(value.to_string()))
 	}
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for Error {
 	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-		match self {
-			// Both underlying errors already impl `Display`, so we defer to
-			// their implementations.
-			Error::Error(err) => write!(f, "Error: {}", err),
-		}
+		write!(f, "Error: {}", self)
 	}
 }
 
-impl<T: error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static> From<T> for Error {
+impl Into<Box<dyn std::error::Error>> for Error {
+    fn into(self) -> Box<dyn std::error::Error> {
+        Box::new(StdErr)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static> From<T> for Error {
 	fn from(e: T) -> Self {
-		Error::Error(e.to_string())
+		Error(e.to_string())
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/src/log.rs b/backend/src/log.rs
index 19bbfea..2f30982 100644
--- a/backend/src/log.rs
+++ b/backend/src/log.rs
@@ -30,9 +30,15 @@ impl Logger {
 			.ok()?;
 
 		let max_level = env::var("LOG_LEVEL")
-			.map_err(|e| Error::from(e))
-			.and_then(|v| Level::from_str(&v).map_err(|e| Error::from(e)))
-			.unwrap_or(Level::Info);
+			.map_err(Error::from)
+			.and_then(|v| Level::from_str(&v).map_err(Error::from))
+			.unwrap_or({
+				if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
+					Level::Debug
+				} else {
+					Level::Info
+				}
+			});
 
 		println!("Logging enabled to {file_path} with level {max_level}");
 
diff --git a/backend/src/watch.rs b/backend/src/watch.rs
index 2be33ba..15615a4 100644
--- a/backend/src/watch.rs
+++ b/backend/src/watch.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fn read_msd_directory(datastore: &Store, mount: &Option<String>) -> Result<(), E
 				libid: library.contentid.clone(),
 				mount: mount.clone(),
 				name: library.label,
-				position: 0,
+				position: u32::MAX,
 				hidden: false,
 			},
 		);
diff --git a/lib/package.json b/lib/package.json
index ccb0a82..76cecda 100644
--- a/lib/package.json
+++ b/lib/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cebbinghaus/microsdeck",
-  "version": "0.9.6",
+  "version": "0.9.7",
   "description": "",
   "keywords": [],
   "author": "CEbbinghaus",
diff --git a/lib/src/state/MicoSDeckManager.ts b/lib/src/MicoSDeckManager.ts
similarity index 78%
rename from lib/src/state/MicoSDeckManager.ts
rename to lib/src/MicoSDeckManager.ts
index a440182..5c20cfd 100644
--- a/lib/src/state/MicoSDeckManager.ts
+++ b/lib/src/MicoSDeckManager.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { fetchCardsAndGames, fetchCardsForGame, fetchCurrentCardAndGames, fetchDeleteCard, fetchEventPoll, fetchHealth, fetchUpdateCard, fetchVersion } from "../backend.js";
+import { fetchCardsAndGames, fetchCardsForGame, fetchCurrentCardAndGames, fetchDeleteCard, fetchEventPoll, fetchHealth, fetchUpdateCard, fetchVersion } from "./backend.js";
 import Logger from "lipe";
-import { CardAndGames, CardsAndGames, MicroSDCard } from "../types.js"
+import { CardAndGames, CardsAndGames, MicroSDCard } from "./types.js"
 
 function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
 	return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve(), ms));
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export class MicroSDeckManager {
 	}
 
 	destruct() {
+		this.logger?.Debug("Deconstruct Called");
 		if (this.isDestructed) return;
 		this.isDestructed = true;
 		this.logger?.Log("Deinitializing MicroSDeckManager");
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@ export class MicroSDeckManager {
 		let sleepDelay = 500;
 		this.logger?.Debug("Starting poll");
 
+
+
 		while (true) {
 			if (signal.aborted) {
 				this.logger?.Debug("Aborting poll")
@@ -95,27 +98,23 @@ export class MicroSDeckManager {
 			this.pollLock = {};
 			this.logger?.Debug("Poll");
 
-			let result = await fetchEventPoll({ ...this.fetchProps, signal });
-
-			this.logger?.Debug("Backend detected an update: {result}", { result });
-
-			switch (result) {
-				// Server is down. Lets try again but back off a bit
-				case undefined:
-					this.logger?.Warn("Unable to contact Server. Backing off and waiting {sleepDelay}ms", { sleepDelay });
-					await sleep(sleepDelay = Math.min(sleepDelay * 1.5, 1000 * 60));
-					break;
-
-				// Request must have timed out
-				case false:
-					sleepDelay = 100;
-					break;
-
-				// We got an update. Time to refresh.
-				default:
-					this.eventBus.dispatchEvent(new Event(result));
-					await this.fetch();
-			}
+			await new Promise((res, rej) => {
+				const source = new EventSource(`${this.fetchProps.url}/listen`);
+				this.abortController.signal.addEventListener("abort", () => {
+					this.logger?.Debug("Abort was called. Trying to close the EventSource");
+					source.close();
+				})
+
+				source.onopen = () => this.logger?.Debug("Successfully subscribed to events");
+				source.onmessage = async (message) => {
+					this.logger?.Debug("Recieved message {data}", {message, data: message.data});
+					let data = message.data && JSON.parse(message.data);
+
+					this.eventBus.dispatchEvent(new Event(data));
+					await this.fetch();	
+				}
+				source.onerror = rej;
+			})
 
 			this.pollLock = undefined;
 		}
diff --git a/lib/src/backend.ts b/lib/src/backend.ts
index 708e050..504236b 100644
--- a/lib/src/backend.ts
+++ b/lib/src/backend.ts
@@ -32,26 +32,6 @@ async function wrapFetch({ url, logger }: FetchProps, init?: RequestInit): Promi
 	return undefined;
 }
 
-export async function fetchEventPoll({ url, logger, signal }: FetchProps & { signal: AbortSignal }): Promise<string | false | undefined> {
-	try {
-		const result = await fetch(`${url}/listen`, {
-			keepalive: true,
-			signal
-		});
-
-		if (!result.ok) {
-			logger?.Log("Poll timed out...");
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		return await result.json();
-
-	} catch (err) {
-		logger?.Error("Fetch failed with error {err}", { err });
-	}
-	return undefined;
-}
-
 export async function fetchHealth({url, logger}: FetchProps): Promise<boolean> {
 	return await wrapFetch({url: `${url}/health`, logger}) !== undefined;
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/state/MicroSDeckContext.tsx b/lib/src/components/MicroSDeckContext.tsx
similarity index 95%
rename from lib/src/state/MicroSDeckContext.tsx
rename to lib/src/components/MicroSDeckContext.tsx
index 210cdb6..c358450 100644
--- a/lib/src/state/MicroSDeckContext.tsx
+++ b/lib/src/components/MicroSDeckContext.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { createContext, useContext, useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { MicroSDeckManager } from "./MicoSDeckManager.js";
+import { MicroSDeckManager } from "../MicoSDeckManager.js";
 import { CardAndGames, CardsAndGames } from "../types.js";
 
 const MicroSDeckContext = createContext<MicroSDeckContext>(null as any);
diff --git a/lib/src/index.ts b/lib/src/index.ts
index 0c42cf9..a152cd3 100644
--- a/lib/src/index.ts
+++ b/lib/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 export * from "./types.js";
 export * from "./hooks.js";
-export * from "./state/MicoSDeckManager.js"
-export * from "./state/MicroSDeckContext.js"
\ No newline at end of file
+export * from "./MicoSDeckManager.js"
+export * from "./components/MicroSDeckContext.js"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9fcb5ac..024adb1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "microsdeck",
-  "version": "0.9.6",
+  "version": "0.9.7",
   "description": "A SteamDeck plugin to track games across MicroSD cards",
   "keywords": [
     "decky",