diff --git a/src/btop.cpp b/src/btop.cpp
index 4d9df00..11858cb 100644
--- a/src/btop.cpp
+++ b/src/btop.cpp
@@ -400,6 +400,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
 		exit(0);
 	}
 
+	if (false) {
+		string first = "Test number 1 OF 45, or?";
+		cout << str_to_lower(first) << endl;
+		cout << str_to_upper(first) << endl;
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
 
 	if (false) {
 		Draw::Meter kmeter;
@@ -420,7 +427,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
 		exit(0);
 	}
 
-	if (true) {
+	if (false) {
 
 		vector<long long> mydata;
 		for (long long i = 0; i <= 100; i++) mydata.push_back(i);
diff --git a/src/btop_linux.cpp b/src/btop_linux.cpp
index 3646721..c1056f6 100644
--- a/src/btop_linux.cpp
+++ b/src/btop_linux.cpp
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ namespace Proc {
 		//* Iterate over all pids in /proc
 		for (auto& d: fs::directory_iterator(proc_path)){
 			if (pread.is_open()) pread.close();
-			if (stop.load()) {
-				collecting.store(false);
-				stop.store(false);
+			if (stop) {
+				collecting = false;
+				stop = false;
 				return current_procs;
 			}
 
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ namespace Proc {
 		old_cputimes = cputimes;
 		current_procs.swap(procs);
 		numpids = npids;
-		collecting.store(false);
+		collecting = false;
 		return current_procs;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/btop_shared b/src/btop_shared
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..152aa8d
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/btop_shared differ
diff --git a/src/btop_tools.cpp b/src/btop_tools.cpp
index 86d1ce1..5d2fff7 100644
--- a/src/btop_tools.cpp
+++ b/src/btop_tools.cpp
@@ -168,12 +168,6 @@ namespace Term {
 
 namespace Tools {
 
-	namespace {
-		//? Units for floating_humanizer function
-		const array<string, 11> Units_bit = {"bit", "Kib", "Mib", "Gib", "Tib", "Pib", "Eib", "Zib", "Yib", "Bib", "GEb"};
-		const array<string, 11> Units_byte = {"Byte", "KiB", "MiB", "GiB", "TiB", "PiB", "EiB", "ZiB", "YiB", "BiB", "GEB"};
-	}
-
 	size_t ulen(string str, const bool escape){
 		if (escape) str = std::regex_replace(str, Fx::escape_regex, "");
 		return rng::count_if(str, [](char c) { return (static_cast<unsigned char>(c) & 0xC0) != 0x80; } );
@@ -193,6 +187,18 @@ namespace Tools {
 		return str;
 	}
 
+	string str_to_upper(const string& str){
+		string out = str;
+		rng::for_each(out, [](auto& c){ c = ::toupper(c); } );
+		return out;
+	}
+
+	string str_to_lower(const string& str){
+		string out = str;
+		rng::for_each(out, [](char& c){ c = ::tolower(c); } );
+		return out;
+	}
+
 	uint64_t time_s(){
 		return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(std::chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch()).count();
 	}
@@ -306,6 +312,8 @@ namespace Tools {
 	string floating_humanizer(uint64_t value, bool shorten, uint start, bool bit, bool per_second){
 		string out;
 		uint mult = (bit) ? 8 : 1;
+		static const array<string, 11> Units_bit = {"bit", "Kib", "Mib", "Gib", "Tib", "Pib", "Eib", "Zib", "Yib", "Bib", "GEb"};
+		static const array<string, 11> Units_byte = {"Byte", "KiB", "MiB", "GiB", "TiB", "PiB", "EiB", "ZiB", "YiB", "BiB", "GEB"};
 		auto& units = (bit) ? Units_bit : Units_byte;
 
 		value *= 100 * mult;
@@ -338,7 +346,7 @@ namespace Tools {
 	std::string operator*(string str, size_t n){
 		string out;
 		out.reserve(str.size() * n);
-		while (n-- > 0) out += str;
+		while (n-- > 0) out.append(str);
 		return out;
 	}
 
@@ -360,13 +368,13 @@ namespace Tools {
 	#else
 		//* Crude implementation of atomic wait for GCC 10
 		void atomic_wait(atomic<bool>& atom, bool val){
-			while (atom.load() == val) sleep_ms(1);
+			while (atom == val) std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::microseconds(1));
 		}
 	#endif
 
 	void atomic_wait_set(atomic<bool>& atom, bool val){
 		atomic_wait(atom, val);
-		atom.store(val);
+		atom = val;
 	}
 
 }
@@ -411,7 +419,7 @@ namespace Logger {
 			lwrite.close();
 		}
 		else logfile.clear();
-		busy.store(false);
+		busy = false;
 	}
 
 	void error(string msg){
diff --git a/src/btop_tools.hpp b/src/btop_tools.hpp
index 6448804..d3da274 100644
--- a/src/btop_tools.hpp
+++ b/src/btop_tools.hpp
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@ namespace Tools {
 	//* Resize a string consisting of UTF8 characters (only reduces size)
 	string uresize(string str, const size_t len);
 
+	//* Return <str> with only uppercase characters
+	string str_to_upper(const string& str);
+
+	//* Return <str> with only lowercase characters
+	string str_to_lower(const string& str);
+
 	//* Check if vector <vec> contains value <find_val>
 	template <typename T>
 	bool v_contains(const vector<T>& vec, const T find_val) {
@@ -223,7 +229,7 @@ namespace Tools {
 
 	//* Waits for <atom> to not be <val> and then sets it to <val> again
 	void atomic_wait_set(std::atomic<bool>& atom, bool val=true);
-
+	
 }
 
 //* Simple logging implementation