diff --git a/elia_chat/elia.scss b/elia_chat/elia.scss
index dc05555..71b9918 100644
--- a/elia_chat/elia.scss
+++ b/elia_chat/elia.scss
@@ -264,7 +264,16 @@ Chatbox {
 }
 
 Footer {
-  background: $main-darken-1 0%;
+  background: transparent;
+
+  & FooterKey {
+    background: transparent;
+  }
+
+  .footer-key--key {
+    color: greenyellow;
+    background: transparent;
+  }
 }
 
 Footer > .footer--highlight {
diff --git a/elia_chat/widgets/chat.py b/elia_chat/widgets/chat.py
index 04eb753..2eaded0 100644
--- a/elia_chat/widgets/chat.py
+++ b/elia_chat/widgets/chat.py
@@ -195,13 +195,16 @@ async def stream_agent_response(self) -> None:
             "role": "assistant",
         }
         now = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc)
-        message = ChatMessage(message=ai_message, model=model, timestamp=now)
 
+        message = ChatMessage(message=ai_message, model=model, timestamp=now)
         response_chatbox = Chatbox(
             message=message,
             model=self.chat_data.model,
             classes="response-in-progress",
         )
+        self.post_message(self.AgentResponseStarted())
+        self.app.call_from_thread(self.chat_container.mount, response_chatbox)
+
         assert (
             self.chat_container is not None
         ), "Textual has mounted container at this point in the lifecycle."
@@ -212,20 +215,20 @@ async def stream_agent_response(self) -> None:
                 chunk = cast(ModelResponse, chunk)
                 response_chatbox.border_title = "Agent is responding..."
 
-                if chunk_count == 0:
-                    self.post_message(self.AgentResponseStarted())
-                    await self.chat_container.mount(response_chatbox)
-
                 chunk_content = chunk.choices[0].delta.content
                 if isinstance(chunk_content, str):
-                    response_chatbox.append_chunk(chunk_content)
+                    self.app.call_from_thread(
+                        response_chatbox.append_chunk, chunk_content
+                    )
                 else:
                     break
 
                 scroll_y = self.chat_container.scroll_y
                 max_scroll_y = self.chat_container.max_scroll_y
                 if scroll_y in range(max_scroll_y - 3, max_scroll_y + 1):
-                    self.chat_container.scroll_end(animate=False)
+                    self.app.call_from_thread(
+                        self.chat_container.scroll_end, animate=False
+                    )
 
                 chunk_count += 1
         except Exception:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7cc2fa9..52aa09f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Darren Burns", email = "darrenb900@gmail.com" }
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "textual[syntax]==0.62",
+    "textual[syntax]==0.79.1",
     "sqlmodel>=0.0.9",
     "humanize>=4.6.0",
     "click>=8.1.6",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index b496514..1f65c64 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "litellm", specifier = ">=1.37.19" },
     { name = "pyperclip", specifier = ">=1.8.2" },
     { name = "sqlmodel", specifier = ">=0.0.9" },
-    { name = "textual", extras = ["syntax"], specifier = "==0.62" },
+    { name = "textual", extras = ["syntax"], specifier = "==0.79.1" },
     { name = "xdg-base-dirs", specifier = ">=6.0.1" },
 ]
 
@@ -1425,16 +1425,17 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "textual"
-version = "0.62.0"
+version = "0.79.1"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "markdown-it-py", extra = ["linkify", "plugins"] },
+    { name = "platformdirs" },
     { name = "rich" },
     { name = "typing-extensions" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c8/a0/84147b0b2b686b1b0f739bf0ada0af62be98f07d2c0ea7c83d65effce9ad/textual-0.62.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:563c1c13a087c8f4fef8a47aae43e1274139e85d00e0b0898b8eb89c5e494997", size = 1308703 }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a4/0d/9c3e18839b696fa6f3bf0e820579967d5c3ffafc9a7c28e557f0ed4a74a3/textual-0.79.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2aaa9778beac5e56957794ee492bd8d281d39516ccb0e507e726484a1327d8b2", size = 1366998 }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/48/88/de1ec5fd398e2c6fabe8efb1ae1b10e2840f446298efabaaaa24a40c0ef6/textual-0.62.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5208c1df961848889ff0a0c7628f203a2bc773fc2a45d6e842b27a8e34c15499", size = 552262 },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/6a/4b/cd3a8067f5a0f575d5532095d2cf3430f9926509f0698a55ede73c2532c3/textual-0.79.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:75f26c0a8829560a1a8cc739f758c2c1c684246e27166acb3f4ad40110200692", size = 581639 },
 ]
 
 [package.optional-dependencies]