diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# FileKade
+
+**Welcome to FileKade's official repository!**
+
+This project is mainly just me learning the ropes of electron, but I'm fairly well-versed in HTML/CSS/JS, and things are coming along quite well!
+
+> For **downloads**, have a look at [releases](https://github.com/WubzyGD/FileKade/releases). ([git.wubzy.xyz](https://git.wubzy.xyz/Wubzy/FileKade/releases)), or build from source. Just `git clone`, `npm i` and `npm i -g electron`, then `npm start`
+
+## Features
+
+FileKade has *loads* of fun features that most file explorers don't have. Well, it will, at least.
+
+### Current
+
+- The basics. You can explore files :p
+- Sports a highly aesthetic background and theme
+- Fun, clean animations and moving gradients
+- Intuitive and speedy keybinds
+- Clean code that works with you and your changes both in and out of the app
+
+_yeah listen it's not super powerful yet \*cough* we **are** in alpha_ 
+
+### Planned
+
+- A sidebar to quickly access your most-used folders
+  - Possibly folders to really organize your favorite places?
+  - Maybe some user-set icons, too
+- Loads of settings
+  - Custom backgrounds
+  - Custom colors
+- In-app file-viewers and maybe even editors
+- Integration with apps like Windows terminal and Visual Studio Code
+
+## Contribution
+
+Want to contribute to FileKade? **Awesome!**
+
+Fork and make a PR. I'm not going to burst a blood vessel over formatters or anything like that; just a hobbyist making something fun, so if you have something you want to add, don't be shy at all to add it!
+
+## Acknowledgements/Other
+
+*Notice*: FileKade is a project currently in its **Alpha** state. Everything is temporary and nothing is bug-free (theoretically). Certainly don't rely on this file explorer as your main driver or anything. Linux support is currently minimal at best, and MacOS is entirely untested and likely to break.
+
+This project was heavily inspired by [Xplorer](https://github.com/kimlimjustin/xplorer). Its current file icons were taken from that app, because again, this project is not intended to be public at the current moment. In other words, you're free to use FileKade, but don't shoot me for the icons :3
+
+I'd also like to thank [JetBrains](https://jetbrains.com) for their open source license. I use [WebStorm](https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm) religiously, and it's been an immense help and a wonderful IDE that I'm happy to call my main JS/HTML IDE.
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diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 52ab5b1..4e5a77f 100755
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
                     <div>
                         <h2 class="nosel">Quick Access</h2>
                     </div>
+                    <div id="favorites-container"></div>
                 </div>
             </div>
             <div id='container'>
diff --git a/json/changelogs/1.4.3.json b/json/changelogs/1.4.3.json
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+++ b/json/changelogs/1.4.3.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"log":{"Keybinds":["Ctrl+R: Now does a refresh instead of reload","Ctrl+Shift+R: Does a hard reload instead","Alt+A: Switches between ascending and descending","Alt+S or Alt+T: Changes sorting type"]},"version":{"name":"Alpha","semver":"1.4.3"}}
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diff --git a/json/changelogs/1.4.4.json b/json/changelogs/1.4.4.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d825ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json/changelogs/1.4.4.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"log":{"Toasts":["Toasts now have moving timers","They'll soon pause on hover. (Soon:tm:)"]},"version":{"name":"Alpha","semver":"1.4.4"}}
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diff --git a/json/changelogs/1.5.0.json b/json/changelogs/1.5.0.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30da064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json/changelogs/1.5.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"log":{"Sidebar":["There's now a sidebar! :D","The sidebar properly flows with other elements. Have to add this as a changelog cause it took some love","There are some default quick access buttons for Windows","The quick access buttons do in fact work"]},"version":{"name":"Alpha","semver":"1.5.0"}}
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diff --git a/json/changelogs/1.5.1.json b/json/changelogs/1.5.1.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0115736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json/changelogs/1.5.1.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"log":{"Bugs":["Changelogs work in production","My brain is quite small yes yes","Hope this doesn't break anything else *shrug*"]},"version":{"name":"Alpha","semver":"1.5.1"}}
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diff --git a/json/qa.json b/json/qa.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1682ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json/qa.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+    "default": [
+        {
+            "name": "Desktop",
+            "win32": "{r}\\Desktop"
+        }, {
+            "name": "Documents",
+            "win32": "{r}\\Documents"
+        }, {
+            "name": "Pictures",
+            "win32": "{r}\\Pictures"
+        }, {
+            "name": "Videos",
+            "win32": "{r}\\Videos"
+        }, {
+            "name": "Music",
+            "win32": "{r}\\Music"
+        }, {
+            "name": "Downloads",
+            "win32": "{r}\\Downloads"
+        }
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/json/shortcuts.json b/json/shortcuts.json
index c626df6..f665da2 100755
--- a/json/shortcuts.json
+++ b/json/shortcuts.json
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 {
     "process": {
-        "ctrl+r": "reload",
+        "ctrl+shift+r": "reload",
         "command+r": "reload",
         "ctrl+shift+i": "devtool"
     },
     "renderer": {
-        "ctrl+n": "newfolder"
+        "ctrl+n": "newfolder",
+        "ctrl+r": "refresh",
+        "alt+a": "changeascend",
+        "alt+s": "changesort",
+        "alt+t": "changesort"
     }
 }
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diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a6c8687..7d7c1f1 100755
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "filekade",
-  "version": "1.4.2",
+  "version": "1.5.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "filekade",
-      "version": "1.4.2",
+      "version": "1.5.1",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "chalk": "^4.1.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6c5ce74..7cbb3c8 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "filekade",
-  "version": "1.4.2",
+  "version": "1.5.1",
   "description": "A file explorer (primarily a learning experience for me)",
   "main": "main.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/scripts/contextmenu/refresh.js b/scripts/contextmenu/refresh.js
index fcffe9e..4f38815 100755
--- a/scripts/contextmenu/refresh.js
+++ b/scripts/contextmenu/refresh.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 module.exports = () => {
+    require('../toast/createtoast')("Refresh", "View refreshed!");
     require('../fileview/lightrefresh')(window.kade.cpath);
 };
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diff --git a/scripts/keybinds/renderer/changeascend.js b/scripts/keybinds/renderer/changeascend.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06e2846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/keybinds/renderer/changeascend.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = () => {require('../../buttons/changeascend')();};
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diff --git a/scripts/keybinds/renderer/changesort.js b/scripts/keybinds/renderer/changesort.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87b6b7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/keybinds/renderer/changesort.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = () => {require('../../buttons/changesort')();};
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diff --git a/scripts/keybinds/renderer/refresh.js b/scripts/keybinds/renderer/refresh.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94b16f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/keybinds/renderer/refresh.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = () => {require('../../contextmenu/refresh')();};
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diff --git a/scripts/startup/changelog.js b/scripts/startup/changelog.js
index 22f9b7e..36a80a0 100755
--- a/scripts/startup/changelog.js
+++ b/scripts/startup/changelog.js
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
 const Mousetrap = require('../dep/mousetrap');
+const path = require('path');
 
 const preModal = require('../modal/pre');
 const postModal = require('../modal/post');
 
-const changelogs = fs.readdirSync('./json/changelogs').filter(file => file.endsWith('.json'));
+const changelogs = fs.readdirSync(path.join(__dirname, '../../', '/json/changelogs')).filter(file => file.endsWith('.json'));
 
 module.exports = () => {
     if (window.kade.modal) {return;}
diff --git a/scripts/startup/initsidebar.js b/scripts/startup/initsidebar.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4437c8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/startup/initsidebar.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+const refresh = require('../fileview/refresh');
+
+const qa = require('../../json/qa.json');
+const os = require("os");
+
+module.exports = () => {
+    let root
+    switch (window.kade.platform) {
+        case 'win32':
+            root = `${os.homedir()}`;
+            break;
+        case 'linux':
+            root = `~/home`;
+            break;
+    }
+
+    let quickAccess = document.getElementById('favorites-container');
+
+    qa.default.forEach(i => {
+        let quick = document.createElement('div');
+        quick.innerHTML = i.name;
+        quick.onclick = () => {refresh(i[window.kade.platform].replace('{r}', root));};
+        quick.className = 'favorites-button';
+        quick.classList.add('nosel');
+        quickAccess.appendChild(quick);
+    });
+};
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diff --git a/scripts/startup/preload.js b/scripts/startup/preload.js
index f934d20..388e211 100755
--- a/scripts/startup/preload.js
+++ b/scripts/startup/preload.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
     }
 
     require('./initcontext')();
+    require('./initsidebar')();
 
     require('../fileview/refresh')(startDir);
     setButtons();
diff --git a/scripts/toast/createtoast.js b/scripts/toast/createtoast.js
index 29e5073..19d0a41 100755
--- a/scripts/toast/createtoast.js
+++ b/scripts/toast/createtoast.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const removeToast = require('./removetoast');
 
-module.exports = (name, text, bg = '#a172a6', persistOnClick = false, time = 5, onclick = () => {}, selectable = false) => {
+module.exports = (name, text, bg = '#a172a6', persistOnClick = false, time = 5, onclick = () => {}, selectable = false, timerColor='#ddddddb2') => {
     if (!name || !text) {return;}
     if (!Array.isArray(text)) {text = [text];}
     let toast = document.createElement('div');
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ module.exports = (name, text, bg = '#a172a6', persistOnClick = false, time = 5,
     toast.classList.add('toast-entering');
     toast.onmouseenter = () => {toast.style.backgroundColor = bg;};
     toast.onmouseleave = () => {toast.style.backgroundColor = `${bg}c2`;};
+    let toastWrap = document.createElement('div');
+    toastWrap.className = 'toast-wrapper';
     let continueTimeout = true;
     toast.onclick = () => {
         if (!persistOnClick) {
@@ -19,18 +21,26 @@ module.exports = (name, text, bg = '#a172a6', persistOnClick = false, time = 5,
         onclick();
     };
     document.getElementById('toast-container').appendChild(toast);
+    toast.appendChild(toastWrap);
     let h2 = document.createElement('h2');
     h2.innerHTML = name;
     if (!selectable) {h2.className = 'nosel';}
-    toast.appendChild(h2);
+    toastWrap.appendChild(h2);
     for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
         if (text[i].length) {
             let p = document.createElement('p');
             p.innerHTML = text[i];
             if (!selectable) {p.className = 'nosel';}
-            toast.appendChild(p);
+            toastWrap.appendChild(p);
         }
-        else {toast.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));}
+        else {toastWrap.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));}
     }
+    let timer = document.createElement('div');
+    timer.className = 'toast-timer';
+    timer.style.backgroundColor = timerColor;
+    timer.style.animation = `toast-timer ${time}s linear`;
+    toastWrap.appendChild(timer);
+    //toast.onmouseenter = () => {timer.style.animationPlayState = 'paused';};
+    //toast.onmouseleave = () => {timer.style.animationPlayState = 'normal';};
     setTimeout(() => {if (continueTimeout) {removeToast(toast);}}, time * 1000);
 };
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diff --git a/scripts/toast/removetoast.js b/scripts/toast/removetoast.js
index 46fe48e..422c6ae 100755
--- a/scripts/toast/removetoast.js
+++ b/scripts/toast/removetoast.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module.exports = (toast) => {
     toast.classList.remove('toast-entering');
     toast.classList.add('toast-leaving');
-    toast.onanimationend = () => {toast.remove();};
+    setTimeout(() => {toast.onanimationend = () => {toast.remove();};}, 100);
 };
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diff --git a/styles/sidebar.css b/styles/sidebar.css
index 180b5b6..6b9a258 100644
--- a/styles/sidebar.css
+++ b/styles/sidebar.css
@@ -12,4 +12,27 @@
     height: 100%;
 }
 
-#container {margin-left: 200px;}
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+#container {margin-left: 200px;}
+
+#favorites-container {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: stretch;
+    align-content: flex-start;
+    justify-content: flex-start;
+    row-gap: 6px;
+}
+
+.favorites-button {
+    padding: 4px 6px;
+    color: #afafaf;
+    border-radius: 3px 3px;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    transition: padding-left .05s linear;
+}
+
+.favorites-button:hover {
+    background-color: #a172a65f;
+    padding-left: 10px;
+    color: white;
+}
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diff --git a/styles/toast.css b/styles/toast.css
index 16500d4..c024673 100755
--- a/styles/toast.css
+++ b/styles/toast.css
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
     }
 }
 
+@keyframes toast-timer {
+    to {width: 100%;}
+    from {width: 0;}
+}
+
 #toast-container {
     position: fixed;
     top: 34px;
@@ -38,7 +43,7 @@
     color: white;
     animation: enter-toast .25s ease-out 1;
     animation-fill-mode: both;
-    padding: 4px 6px;
+    padding: 0 0;
     border-color: #a172a6c2;
     border-style: solid;
     border-width: 1px;
@@ -68,4 +73,18 @@
     font-size: 20px;
     font-family: 'Nunito', sans-serif;
     margin: 6px 0 2px 8px;
+}
+
+.toast-timer {
+    height: 5px;
+    position: absolute;
+    bottom: 0;
+    left: 0;
+}
+
+.toast-wrapper {
+    padding: 4px 6px;
+    position: relative;
+    max-height: inherit;
+    height: inherit;
 }
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