diff --git a/assets/fonts/Quinquefive.ttf b/assets/fonts/Quinquefive.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdafa36
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diff --git a/assets/img/menu_bg.png b/assets/img/menu_bg.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5cc6e2
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/img/menu_bg.png differ
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 387a7c2..fbc5bc8 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include "scaller.h"
 
-long timecode;
+clock_t timecode;
 long iter;
 Mix_Music *prout;
 
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ static void space(void) {
 }
 
 static void game_main(void) {
-	long delta = time(NULL) - timecode;
+
+	float delta = ((float)(clock() - timecode)) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
 	//main game code
 
 	if(iter == 0) {
-		menu_render();
+		menu_staticRender();
 		RenderObject_t text;
 		SDL_Color white = {255, 255, 255, 255};
-		TTF_Init();
-		if(text_renderText(&text, 0.1f, 0.1f, 1000, 1, white, "./assets/fonts/arial.ttf", 25, "Hello World") < 0){
+		if(text_renderText(&text, 0.1f, 0.1f, 1000, 0.7f, white, "./assets/fonts/Quinquefive.ttf", 25, "Hello World") < 0){
 			printf("error");
 			exit(1);
 		}
@@ -41,13 +41,8 @@ static void game_main(void) {
 		SDL_Surface* img = IMG_Load("./assets/img/pp.png");
 
 		RenderObject_t duck = {
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-			0.25,
-			0.25,
-=======
 			0.5,
 			0.5,
->>>>>>> 781f4ba7beb2793dbdb38f1f2ca35f8a5fb52da3
 			0,
 			0.50,
 			0.50,
@@ -57,20 +52,22 @@ static void game_main(void) {
 		scaller(duck.surface, 1, &duck.width, &duck.height);
 		placer(duck.surface, 1, &duck.x, &duck.y);
 
-		renderer_renderObject(text);
-		renderer_renderObject(duck);
+		// renderer_renderObject(text);
+		// renderer_renderObject(duck);
 
 		input_listen(SDL_SCANCODE_SPACE, space);
 	}
+	menu_render(delta);
 
 
 	//update time
-	timecode = time(NULL);
+	timecode = clock();
 	iter++;
 }
 
 
 int main(void) {
+	TTF_Init();
 	if(Mix_OpenAudio(22050, MIX_DEFAULT_FORMAT, 2, 4096) != 0){
 		printf("Music sound could not be open!\n"
 			"SDL_Error: %s\n", Mix_GetError());
@@ -84,7 +81,7 @@ int main(void) {
 	}
 
 	iter = 0;
-	timecode = time(NULL);
+	timecode = clock();
 
 	Mix_Init(MIX_INIT_MP3);
 	renderer_main(game_main);
diff --git a/src/menu.c b/src/menu.c
index 3030882..cc73d73 100644
--- a/src/menu.c
+++ b/src/menu.c
@@ -2,30 +2,71 @@
 #include <SDL2/SDL_image.h>
 #include "renderer.h"
 #include "scaller.h"
+#include "text.h"
+
+#define BLINK_FREQUENCY 0.00005
 
 static RenderId_t menuObjects[10];
 static unsigned menuObjectsSize = 0;
 
-int menu_render(void){
-    SDL_Surface* buttonImageSurface = IMG_Load("./assets/img/start.png");
-    if(buttonImageSurface == NULL){
-        printf("cannot load");
-        return -1;
-    }
-    RenderObject_t buttonImage;
-    float buttonScale = 0.3f;
+static float blinkDelta = 0;
+static bool increaseTextBrightness = false;
+static Uint8 textOpacity = 255;
 
+
+
+int menu_staticRender(void){
     MonitorSize_t size = renderer_getMonitorSize();
     float aspectRatio = (float)size.width / size.height;
 
-    buttonImage.x = 0.5f;
-    buttonImage.y = 0.5f;
 
-    scaller(buttonImageSurface, buttonScale, &buttonImage.width, &buttonImage.height);
-    placer(buttonImageSurface, buttonScale, &buttonImage.x, &buttonImage.y);
+    SDL_Surface* backgroundImageSurface = IMG_Load("./assets/img/menu_bg.png");
+    if(backgroundImageSurface == NULL){
+        printf("cannot load background");
+        return -1;
+    }
 
-    buttonImage.surface = buttonImageSurface;
-    menuObjects[menuObjectsSize] = renderer_renderObject(buttonImage);
+    RenderObject_t backgroundImage;
+    backgroundImage.x = 0;
+    backgroundImage.y = 0;
+    backgroundImage.z = 0;
+    backgroundImage.surface = backgroundImageSurface;
+    backgroundImage.width = 1;
+    backgroundImage.height = 1;
+    menuObjects[menuObjectsSize] = renderer_renderObject(backgroundImage);
+    ++menuObjectsSize;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int menu_render(float delta){
+
+    for(unsigned i = 1; i < menuObjectsSize; ++i){
+        renderer_removeObject(menuObjects[i]);
+    }
+    menuObjectsSize = 1;
+
+    blinkDelta += delta;
+
+    if(increaseTextBrightness && blinkDelta >= BLINK_FREQUENCY){
+        textOpacity += 1;
+        if(textOpacity == 255) increaseTextBrightness = false;
+        blinkDelta = 0;
+    }
+    else if(!increaseTextBrightness && blinkDelta >= BLINK_FREQUENCY){
+        textOpacity -= 1;
+        if(textOpacity == 1) increaseTextBrightness = true;
+        blinkDelta = 0;
+    }
+    RenderObject_t startTextShadow;
+    SDL_Color black = {0, 0, 0, textOpacity};
+    text_renderText(&startTextShadow, 0.495f, 0.855f, 9, 1.f, black, "./assets/fonts/Quinquefive.ttf", 28, "Press space to start");
+    menuObjects[menuObjectsSize] = renderer_renderObject(startTextShadow);
+    ++menuObjectsSize;
+
+    RenderObject_t startText;
+    SDL_Color orange = {255,165,0, textOpacity};
+    text_renderText(&startText, 0.5f, 0.85f, 10, 1.f, orange, "./assets/fonts/Quinquefive.ttf", 28, "Press space to start");
+    menuObjects[menuObjectsSize] = renderer_renderObject(startText);
     ++menuObjectsSize;
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/menu.h b/src/menu.h
index c62fbc6..e2f6aec 100644
--- a/src/menu.h
+++ b/src/menu.h
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 #include "renderer.h"
 
-int menu_render(void);
+
+int menu_staticRender(void);
+int menu_render(float delta);
 
 void menu_remove(void);
 
diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index d4a84b7..bfafa5c 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ int text_renderText(RenderObject_t* renderObject, float x, float y, int z, float
 
     TTF_Font* font = NULL;
     for(unsigned i = 0; i < fontCacheSize; ++i){
-        if(strcmp(fontCache[i].file, fontFilename) && fontCache[i].size == fontSize){
+        if(strcmp(fontCache[i].file, fontFilename) == 0 && fontCache[i].size == fontSize){
             font = fontCache[i].font;
             break;
         }