diff --git a/src/modules/draw/define.go b/src/modules/draw/define.go
index a9030cb..815fafb 100644
--- a/src/modules/draw/define.go
+++ b/src/modules/draw/define.go
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ import "fyne.io/fyne/v2"
 var (
 	entrySize  fyne.Size = fyne.NewSize(300, 50)
 	buttonSize fyne.Size = fyne.NewSize(250, 50)
+	windowSize fyne.Size = fyne.NewSize(1280, 720)
 )
diff --git a/src/modules/draw/draw.go b/src/modules/draw/draw.go
index 0c384ea..65c7f9a 100644
--- a/src/modules/draw/draw.go
+++ b/src/modules/draw/draw.go
@@ -53,6 +53,26 @@ func MakeInput(targEntry *widget.Entry, book *string) *fyne.Container {
 }
 
 func MakeFooter(targEntry *widget.Entry, book *string, app fyne.App) *fyne.Container {
+	var result string
+
+	showBtn := widget.NewButton("Show Results", func() {
+		log.Println("showing output")
+
+		w := app.NewWindow("Result Display")
+		w.Resize(windowSize)
+
+		textEntry := widget.NewMultiLineEntry()
+		textEntry.SetText(result)
+
+		w.SetContent(container.NewScroll(textEntry))
+		w.Show()
+	})
+	showWrap := container.NewGridWrap(
+		buttonSize,
+		showBtn,
+	)
+	showBtn.Disable()
+
 	actionBtn := widget.NewButton("Execute", func() {
 		log.Println("beginning execution with external binary")
 
@@ -60,11 +80,11 @@ func MakeFooter(targEntry *widget.Entry, book *string, app fyne.App) *fyne.Conta
 		if !ok {
 			log.Println("something went wrong while looking for the binary, see above for details")
 		}
-		ok, result := runner.RunMeshbook(path, *book, targEntry.Text)
+		ok, result = runner.RunMeshbook(path, *book, targEntry.Text)
 		if !ok {
 			log.Println("something went wrong while running the meshbook, see above for details")
 		}
-		log.Println(result)
+		showBtn.Enable()
 
 	})
 	actionWrap := container.NewGridWrap(
@@ -82,7 +102,8 @@ func MakeFooter(targEntry *widget.Entry, book *string, app fyne.App) *fyne.Conta
 	)
 
 	bottomBox := container.NewHBox(
-		actionWrap,         // left
+		actionWrap, // left
+		showWrap,
 		layout.NewSpacer(), // flexible space
 		cancelWrap,         // right
 	)
diff --git a/src/modules/runner/runner.go b/src/modules/runner/runner.go
index bfc46c2..071b7c2 100644
--- a/src/modules/runner/runner.go
+++ b/src/modules/runner/runner.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ func FindMeshbookBinary() (bool, string) {
 	if binaryFound {
 		return true, binaryPath
 	} else {
+		log.Println("binary not found!")
 		return false, ""
 	}
 }
@@ -46,18 +47,17 @@ func RunMeshbook(binPath, bookPath, targGroup string) (bool, string) {
 	if len(bookPath) == 0 {
 		args = []string{"--help"}
 	} else {
-		args = []string{"--nograce", "-mb", bookPath, "--group", targGroup}
+		args = []string{"--nograce", "--silent", "-mb", bookPath, "--group", targGroup}
 	}
 	log.Printf("running with parameters: %v", args)
 
 	cmd := exec.Command(binPath, args...)
-	cOut, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	outputData, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("something went wrong when running the command: %v", err)
-		log.Printf("captured output: %s", string(cOut))
-		return false, ""
+		log.Printf("captured output: %s", string(outputData))
+		return false, string(outputData)
 	}
 
-	log.Printf("captured output: %s", string(cOut))
-	return true, ""
+	return true, string(outputData)
 }