diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index b35ee20..6e4f4f4 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use crate::prelude::*;
 
 pub(crate) struct Args {
     pub(crate) name: String,
-    pub(crate) period_ms: u32,
     pub(crate) port: u16,
 }
 
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ impl Default for Args {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             name: "anon".to_string(),
-            period_ms: 1_000,
             port: 9000,
         }
     }
@@ -19,19 +17,15 @@ impl Default for Args {
 pub(crate) struct App {
     client: Client,
     stream: Framed<TcpStream, LengthDelimitedCodec>,
-    timer: Interval,
 }
 
 impl App {
     pub(crate) async fn new(args: Args) -> Result<Self> {
         let stream = TcpStream::connect(("127.0.0.1", args.port)).await?;
         let stream = Framed::new(stream, LengthDelimitedCodec::new());
-        let mut timer = tokio::time::interval(Duration::from_millis(args.period_ms.into()));
-        timer.set_missed_tick_behavior(MissedTickBehavior::Skip);
         Ok(Self {
             client: Client::new(args.name)?,
             stream,
-            timer,
         })
     }
 
@@ -71,16 +65,10 @@ impl App {
             let frame = frame_opt.context("Server closed cxn")?;
             cx.waker().wake_by_ref();
             let frame = frame.context("network framing decode")?;
-            self.client
+            let output = self.client
                 .handle_frame(frame.into())
                 .context("client.handle_frame")?;
-        }
-
-        if self.timer.poll_tick(cx).is_ready() {
-            cx.waker().wake_by_ref();
-            self.client
-                .handle_timeout()
-                .context("client.handle_timeout")?;
+            println!("{output}");
         }
 
         Ok(())
@@ -113,17 +101,14 @@ impl Client {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn handle_frame(&self, frame: Bytes) -> Result<()> {
+    fn handle_frame(&self, frame: Bytes) -> Result<String> {
         let ToClient { id, name, event } = rmp_serde::from_slice(&frame)?;
-        match event {
-            ToClientEvent::ChatLine { line } => tracing::info!(?name, ?line),
-            ToClientEvent::Connected => tracing::info!(?id, "Connected"),
-            ToClientEvent::Disconnected => tracing::info!(?id, ?name, "Disconnected"),
-            ToClientEvent::NameChanged { old_name } => {
-                tracing::info!(?id, ?old_name, new_name = name, "Name changed")
-            }
-        }
-        Ok(())
+        Ok(match event {
+            ToClientEvent::ChatLine { line } => format!("{name}: {line}"),
+            ToClientEvent::Connected => format!("New client ({id}) connected"),
+            ToClientEvent::Disconnected => format!("{name} ({id}) disconnected"),
+            ToClientEvent::NameChanged { old_name } => format!("\"{old_name}\" ({id}) changed their name to \"{name}\""),
+        })
     }
 
     fn handle_set_name(&mut self, name: String) -> Result<()> {
@@ -139,15 +124,6 @@ impl Client {
         self.enqueue(&msg)
     }
 
-    fn handle_timeout(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
-        let msg = ToServer::ChatLine {
-            line: "There was a time, in the era of great chaos, when the Earth and the Moon were at war with each other. A daredevil from the Moon piloted a bizarre aircraft. It was feared, and because of its shape, called EINHANDER.".to_string(),
-            sequence: self.sequence,
-        };
-        self.sequence += 1;
-        self.enqueue(&msg)
-    }
-
     fn poll_send(&mut self) -> Option<Bytes> {
         self.outbox.pop_front()
     }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 53614c3..40ad47f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ impl Args {
                         Some("--name") => {
                             client_args.name = args.next().context("Missing arg")?.to_string()
                         }
-                        Some("--period-ms") => {
-                            client_args.period_ms =
-                                u32::from_str(&args.next().context("Missing arg")?)?
-                        }
                         Some("--port") => {
                             client_args.port = u16::from_str(&args.next().context("Missing arg")?)?
                         }
diff --git a/src/prelude.rs b/src/prelude.rs
index 5e903d7..5dfd8e4 100644
--- a/src/prelude.rs
+++ b/src/prelude.rs
@@ -10,12 +10,10 @@ pub use std::{
     pin::pin,
     str::FromStr,
     task::{Context, Poll},
-    time::Duration,
 };
 pub use tokio::{
     net::{TcpListener, TcpStream},
     signal::unix::{SignalKind, signal},
-    time::{Interval, MissedTickBehavior},
 };
 // Don't use BytesCodec, it is _nonsense_
 pub use tokio_util::codec::{Framed, LengthDelimitedCodec};