diff --git a/src/menusystem.py b/src/menusystem.py
index a4abcfc..c125e96 100644
--- a/src/menusystem.py
+++ b/src/menusystem.py
@@ -1,16 +1,154 @@
+import curses
+# Windows: python3 -m pip install windows-curses
+# Unix: it's preinstalled
 
 class MenuSystem:
     def __init__(self, cipher_list):
         self.sort_ciphers(cipher_list)
+        # Manually initialize curses
+        self.curses_init()
         
+        # Start menu, and handle exceptions
+        try:
+            self.last_key = ''
+            self.curses_menu()
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            pass
+        
+        # Manually deinitialize curses
+        self.curses_end()
+
+    def curses_init(self):
+        # BEGIN ncurses startup/initialization...
+        self.stdscr = curses.initscr()
+        curses.cbreak()
+        curses.noecho()
+        curses.curs_set(False)
+        if curses.has_colors():
+            curses.start_color()
+        # stdscr.keypad(True)
+        # END ncurses startup/initialization...
+
+    def curses_end(self):
+        # BEGIN ncurses shutdown/deinitialization...
+        curses.nocbreak()
+        curses.echo()
+        curses.curs_set(True)
+        # stdscr.keypad(False)
+        curses.endwin()
+        # END ncurses shutdown/deinitialization...
+
+    def input_handler(self):
+        self.last_key = chr(self.stdscr.getch())
+        return True
+
+    def center(self, width, msg):
+        return (width // 2) - (len(msg) // 2)
+
+    def line(self, line, width, char):
+        string = width * char
+        self.stdscr.addstr(line, self.center(width, string), string)
+
+    def header(self, line, text):
+        (height, width) = self.stdscr.getmaxyx()
+        
+        self.line(line - 1, width, '-')
+        
+        self.stdscr.addstr(line, self.center(width, text), text)
+
+        self.line(line + 1, width, '-')
+        
+    def menu_cipher_types(self):
+        (height, width) = self.stdscr.getmaxyx()
+
+        self.header(1, 'Cryptex')
+        self.header(10, 'Cipher Types')
+
+        offset = 13
+        self.selected_type = ''
+        
+        for i, cipher_type in enumerate(self.types.keys()):
+            flag = False
+            if i == (self.selection % len(self.types.keys())):
+                self.stdscr.attron(curses.color_pair(1))
+                self.selected_type = cipher_type
+                flag = True
+            self.stdscr.addstr(offset + i, self.center(width, cipher_type), cipher_type)
+            if flag:
+                self.stdscr.attroff(curses.color_pair(1))
+
+        self.line(offset + len(self.types.keys()) + 1, width, '-')
+
+        return 1
+
+    def menu_ciphers(self):
+        (height, width) = self.stdscr.getmaxyx()
+
+        self.header(1, 'Cryptex')
+        self.header(10, self.selected_type + 's')
+
+        offset = 13
+
+        for i, cipher in enumerate(self.types[self.selected_type]):
+            flag = False
+            if i == (self.selection % len(self.types[self.selected_type])):
+                self.stdscr.attron(curses.color_pair(1))
+                flag = True
+            self.stdscr.addstr(offset + i, self.center(width, cipher.name), cipher.name)
+            if flag:
+                self.stdscr.attroff(curses.color_pair(1))
+
+        self.line(offset + len(self.types[self.selected_type]) + 1, width, '-')
+
+        return 0
+                
+    # start curses menu
+    def curses_menu(self):
+        self.states = [self.menu_cipher_types, self.menu_ciphers]
+        self.state = 0
+        self.selection = 0
+
+        curses.init_pair(1, curses.COLOR_BLACK, curses.COLOR_WHITE)
+        
+        self.stdscr.clear()
+        self.stdscr.refresh()
+        while True:
+            (height, width) = self.stdscr.getmaxyx()
+            msgs = [
+                "Press 'w', or 's' to move the selection up/down.",
+                "Press ' ' to select an option",
+                "Press 'q' to quit",
+                ]
+            for i, msg in enumerate(msgs):
+                self.stdscr.addstr(3 + i, self.center(width, msg), msg)
+            
+            next_state = self.states[self.state % len(self.states)]()
+
+            self.input_handler()
+
+            if 'q' == self.last_key:
+                break
+
+            elif 'w' == self.last_key:
+                self.selection -= 1
+
+            elif 's' == self.last_key:
+                self.selection += 1
+
+            elif ' ' == self.last_key:
+                self.selection = 0
+                self.state = next_state
+
+            self.stdscr.clear()
+            self.stdscr.refresh()
         
     # sort the ciphers by type
     def sort_ciphers(self, cipher_list):
         self.types = {}
 
-        for cipher in cipher_list:
-            if cipher.type in self.types:
+        for _, cipher in cipher_list.items():
+            if not cipher.type in self.types:
                 self.types[cipher.type] = []
             self.types[cipher.type].append(cipher)
 
-        print(self.types)
+