diff --git a/src/js/screens/PlayScreen.ts b/src/js/screens/PlayScreen.ts
index 9894d524..921b649c 100644
--- a/src/js/screens/PlayScreen.ts
+++ b/src/js/screens/PlayScreen.ts
@@ -31,21 +31,18 @@ class PlayScreen extends me.Stage {
     const gameSpeed = 500;
 
     //update GUI elements state
+
+    let refreshHoleSleepingState = true; //initially refresh state so that the initial seed arrangement is rendered
     me.timer.setInterval(() => {
       const task = this.board.uiTaskQueue.dequeue();
       if (task) {
-        //re-render all holes on board
-        [this.board.topPlayer, this.board.bottomPlayer].forEach((player) => {
-          for (const hole of player.boardHoles) {
-            let count = 0;
-            UiHelper.forEachUiSeedInHole(hole, () => {
-              count++;
-            });
-            hole.ui.label.setText(count);
-            hole.ui.renderable = hole.ui.sleepingHoleSprite;
-          }
+        // refresh all holes status after the task is complete
+        refreshHoleSleepingState = true;
+        //re-render all holes on board for every UI update
+        UiHelper.forEachBoardHole(this.board, (hole: Hole) => {
+          hole.ui.label.setText(hole.ui.seedCount());
+          hole.ui.renderable = hole.ui.sleepingHoleSprite;
         });
-        console.info(`UI - Recieved task : ${task.name}`);
         switch (task.name) {
           case UiTaskActions.SOW_SEED_INTO_HOLE: {
             const seedGroupUI: SeedGroupUI = task.seedGroupUI as SeedGroupUI;
@@ -64,7 +61,6 @@ class PlayScreen extends me.Stage {
             for (const seedUI of this.board.getCurrentPlayer().ui.seedsInHand) {
               seedUI.randomisePosition();
             }
-
             seedGroupUI.hole.ui.renderable =
               seedGroupUI.hole.ui.startHoleSprite;
             break;
@@ -72,7 +68,6 @@ class PlayScreen extends me.Stage {
           case UiTaskActions.GRAB_ALL_SEEDS_FROM_HOLE: {
             const hole: Hole = task.hole as Hole;
             console.info(`UI - getting all seeds from hole ${hole.UID}`);
-
             //remove all ui seeds from hole
             UiHelper.forEachUiSeedInHole(hole, (seedUI: SeedUI) => {
               const currentPlayerHandUI = this.board.getCurrentPlayer();
@@ -81,7 +76,6 @@ class PlayScreen extends me.Stage {
               seedUI.id = null;
               seedUI.randomisePosition();
             });
-
             hole.ui.renderable = hole.ui.startHoleSprite;
             break;
           }
@@ -89,13 +83,12 @@ class PlayScreen extends me.Stage {
       } else {
         const draggingSeedGroup = UiHelper.getCurrentDraggingSeedGroup(me);
         //re-render all holes on board
-        if (!draggingSeedGroup) {
-          [this.board.topPlayer, this.board.bottomPlayer].forEach((player) => {
-            for (const hole of player.boardHoles) {
-              hole.ui.label.setText(hole.toString());
-              hole.ui.sleepStateUI();
-            }
+        if (!draggingSeedGroup && refreshHoleSleepingState == true) {
+          UiHelper.forEachBoardHole(this.board, (hole: Hole) => {
+            hole.ui.label.setText(hole.ui.seedCount());
+            hole.ui.sleepStateUI();
           });
+          refreshHoleSleepingState = false;
         }
       }
     }, gameSpeed);
diff --git a/src/js/ui_entities/HoleUI.ts b/src/js/ui_entities/HoleUI.ts
index db034683..2269384f 100644
--- a/src/js/ui_entities/HoleUI.ts
+++ b/src/js/ui_entities/HoleUI.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Hole from "../core/Hole";
 import Move from "../core/Move";
 import me from "../me";
 import SeedGroupUI from "./SeedGroupUI";
+import UiHelper from "./UiHelper";
 
 /*
  * bawo.zone - <a href="https://bawo.zone">https://bawo.zone</a>
@@ -83,12 +84,12 @@ class HoleUI extends me.DroptargetEntity {
 
     this.sleepStateUI();
 
-    this.label = new me.Text(this.pos.x + 15, this.pos.y - 10, {
+    this.label = new me.Text(this.pos.x + 15, this.pos.y - 12, {
       font: "Arial",
-      size: 9,
+      size: 15,
       fillStyle: this.color,
     });
-    this.label.setText(this.hole.toString());
+    this.label.setText(this.seedCount());
     me.game.world.addChild(this.label);
   }
 
@@ -120,6 +121,14 @@ class HoleUI extends me.DroptargetEntity {
       );
     }
   }
+
+  public seedCount(): number {
+    let count = 0;
+    UiHelper.forEachUiSeedInHole(this.hole, () => {
+      count++;
+    });
+    return count;
+  }
 }
 
 export default HoleUI;
diff --git a/src/js/ui_entities/UiHelper.ts b/src/js/ui_entities/UiHelper.ts
index 39f2d926..4fc7a3f9 100644
--- a/src/js/ui_entities/UiHelper.ts
+++ b/src/js/ui_entities/UiHelper.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { CANCELLED } from "dns";
+import Board from "../core/Board";
 import Hole from "../core/Hole";
 import HoleUI from "./HoleUI";
 import SeedGroupUI from "./SeedGroupUI";
@@ -47,6 +49,17 @@ class UiHelper {
     );
     seeds.forEach((seed) => callback(seed));
   }
+
+  public static forEachBoardHole(
+    board: Board,
+    callback: CallableFunction
+  ): void {
+    [board.topPlayer, board.bottomPlayer].forEach((player) => {
+      for (const hole of player.boardHoles) {
+        callback(hole);
+      }
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 export default UiHelper;