diff --git a/crates/tek_sequencer/src/sequencer.rs b/crates/tek_sequencer/src/sequencer.rs
index 525f4e45..700e4525 100644
--- a/crates/tek_sequencer/src/sequencer.rs
+++ b/crates/tek_sequencer/src/sequencer.rs
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ impl Phrase {
     }
 }
 impl Default for Phrase {
-    fn default () -> Self { Self::new("", false, 0, None, Some(Color::Rgb(0, 0, 0))) }
+    fn default () -> Self { Self::new("(empty)", false, 0, None, Some(Color::Rgb(0, 0, 0))) }
 }
 impl std::cmp::PartialEq for Phrase {
     fn eq (&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
diff --git a/crates/tek_sequencer/src/sequencer_tui.rs b/crates/tek_sequencer/src/sequencer_tui.rs
index 50f8fb22..e83f98d3 100644
--- a/crates/tek_sequencer/src/sequencer_tui.rs
+++ b/crates/tek_sequencer/src/sequencer_tui.rs
@@ -46,8 +46,11 @@ impl Content for PhrasePool<Tui> {
     fn content (&self) -> impl Widget<Engine = Tui> {
         let content = col!(
             (i, phrase) in self.phrases.iter().enumerate() => Layers::new(|add|{
-                let color = phrase.read().unwrap().color;
-                add(&format!(" {i}").fixed_y(2).bg(if i == self.phrase {
+                let Phrase { ref name, color, .. } = *phrase.read().unwrap();
+                add(&col!(
+                    format!(" {i}"),
+                    format!(" {}", name.read().unwrap()),
+                ).fill_x().bg(if i == self.phrase {
                     color //Color::Rgb(40, 50, 30)
                 } else {
                     color //Color::Rgb(28, 35, 25)
@@ -96,12 +99,14 @@ impl Handle<Tui> for PhrasePool<Tui> {
             },
             key!(KeyCode::Char('a')) => { // append new
                 let mut phrase = Phrase::default();
+                phrase.name  = Arc::new(RwLock::new("(no name)".to_string()));
                 phrase.color = random_color();
                 self.phrases.push(Arc::new(RwLock::new(phrase)));
                 self.phrase = self.phrases.len() - 1;
             },
             key!(KeyCode::Char('i')) => { // insert new
                 let mut phrase = Phrase::default();
+                phrase.name  = Arc::new(RwLock::new("(no name)".to_string()));
                 phrase.color = random_color();
                 self.phrases.insert(self.phrase, Arc::new(RwLock::new(phrase)));
                 self.phrase += 1;