diff --git a/GUI/CMakeLists.txt b/GUI/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ddc3fd..a8bdd13 100644
--- a/GUI/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/GUI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ set(RESOURCE_FILES NextHooker.rc NextHooker.ico)
 set(gui_SRCS
 	main.cpp
 	mainwindow.cpp
-	hostsignaller.cpp
 	misc.cpp
     extensions.cpp
 	${RESOURCE_FILES}
diff --git a/GUI/extensions.cpp b/GUI/extensions.cpp
index a86a650..1ae9016 100644
--- a/GUI/extensions.cpp
+++ b/GUI/extensions.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #include "extensions.h"
+#include <shared_mutex>
 #include <map>
 #include <QDir>
 
+std::shared_mutex extenMutex;
 std::map<int, ExtensionFunction> extensions;
 int processing;
 
@@ -21,50 +23,29 @@ std::map<int, QString> LoadExtensions()
 				file.remove(0, extensionNumber.length() + 1);
 				extensionNames[extensionNumber.toInt()] = file;
 			}
-	while (processing) Sleep(10);
-	processing = -1;
+	extenMutex.lock();
 	extensions = newExtensions;
-	processing = 0;
+	extenMutex.unlock();
 	return extensionNames;
 }
 
 std::wstring DispatchSentenceToExtensions(std::wstring sentence, std::unordered_map<std::string, int> miscInfo)
 {
-	while (processing < 0) Sleep(10);
-	processing++;
-	wchar_t* sentenceOrigBuffer = (wchar_t*)malloc((sentence.size() + 1) * sizeof(wchar_t));
-	wcscpy(sentenceOrigBuffer, sentence.c_str());
-	const wchar_t* sentenceBuffer = sentenceOrigBuffer;
+	wchar_t* sentenceBuffer = (wchar_t*)malloc((sentence.size() + 1) * sizeof(wchar_t));
+	wcscpy(sentenceBuffer, sentence.c_str());
 	InfoForExtension* miscInfoLinkedList = new InfoForExtension;
 	InfoForExtension* miscInfoTraverser = miscInfoLinkedList;
-	for (auto i : miscInfo)
-	{
-		miscInfoTraverser->propertyName = new char[i.first.size() + 1];
-		strcpy(miscInfoTraverser->propertyName, i.first.c_str());
-		miscInfoTraverser->propertyValue = i.second;
-		miscInfoTraverser->nextProperty = new InfoForExtension;
-		miscInfoTraverser = miscInfoTraverser->nextProperty;
-	}
-	miscInfoTraverser->propertyName = new char[sizeof("END")];
-	strcpy(miscInfoTraverser->propertyName, "END");
-	miscInfoTraverser->nextProperty = nullptr;
+	for (auto& i : miscInfo) miscInfoTraverser = miscInfoTraverser->nextProperty = new InfoForExtension{ i.first.c_str(), i.second, new InfoForExtension };
+	extenMutex.lock_shared();
 	for (auto i : extensions)
 	{
-		const wchar_t* prev = sentenceBuffer;
+		wchar_t* prev = sentenceBuffer;
 		sentenceBuffer = i.second(sentenceBuffer, miscInfoLinkedList);
-		if (sentenceBuffer == nullptr) sentence = prev;
 		if (sentenceBuffer != prev) free((void*)prev);
 	}
-	miscInfoTraverser = miscInfoLinkedList;
-	while (miscInfoTraverser != nullptr)
-	{
-		InfoForExtension* nextNode = miscInfoTraverser->nextProperty;
-		delete[] miscInfoTraverser->propertyName;
-		delete miscInfoTraverser;
-		miscInfoTraverser = nextNode;
-	}
+	extenMutex.unlock_shared();
+	delete miscInfoLinkedList;
 	std::wstring newSentence = std::wstring(sentenceBuffer);
 	free((void*)sentenceBuffer);
-	processing--;
 	return newSentence;
 }
diff --git a/GUI/extensions.h b/GUI/extensions.h
index fb9b27c..bf5283a 100644
--- a/GUI/extensions.h
+++ b/GUI/extensions.h
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ std::map<int, QString> LoadExtensions();
 std::wstring DispatchSentenceToExtensions(std::wstring sentence, std::unordered_map<std::string, int> miscInfo);
 struct InfoForExtension
 {
-	char* propertyName;
-	int propertyValue;
-	InfoForExtension* nextProperty;
+	~InfoForExtension() { if (nextProperty) delete nextProperty; };
+	const char* propertyName = "";
+	int propertyValue = 0;
+	InfoForExtension* nextProperty = nullptr;
 };
-typedef const wchar_t*(*ExtensionFunction)(const wchar_t*, const InfoForExtension*);
+typedef wchar_t*(*ExtensionFunction)(const wchar_t*, const InfoForExtension*);
 
 #endif // EXTENSIONS_H
diff --git a/GUI/hostsignaller.cpp b/GUI/hostsignaller.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index bbcbb40..0000000
--- a/GUI/hostsignaller.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#include "hostsignaller.h"
-#include "extensions.h"
-
-void HostSignaller::Initialize()
-{
-	Host::RegisterProcessAttachCallback([&](DWORD pid){ emit AddProcess(pid); });
-	Host::RegisterProcessDetachCallback([&](DWORD pid){ emit RemoveProcess(pid); });
-	Host::RegisterThreadCreateCallback([&](TextThread* thread) { emit AddThread(thread); });
-	Host::RegisterThreadRemoveCallback([&](TextThread* thread){ emit RemoveThread(thread); });
-}
diff --git a/GUI/hostsignaller.h b/GUI/hostsignaller.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a1a627..0000000
--- a/GUI/hostsignaller.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef HOSTSIGNALLER_H
-#define HOSTSIGNALLER_H
-
-#include <QObject>
-#include <Windows.h>
-#include "../host/host.h"
-
-// Artikash 7/24/2018: This class is a workaround for the fact that Qt only lets me manipulate the GUI in the main thread.
-class HostSignaller : public QObject
-{
-	Q_OBJECT
-
-public:
-	void Initialize();
-
-signals:
-	void AddProcess(unsigned int processId);
-	void RemoveProcess(unsigned int processId);
-	void AddThread(TextThread* thread);
-	void RemoveThread(TextThread* thread);
-};
-
-#endif // HOSTSIGNALLER_H
diff --git a/GUI/main.cpp b/GUI/main.cpp
index 09a6de9..2984ab4 100644
--- a/GUI/main.cpp
+++ b/GUI/main.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	if (!Host::Start()) return 1;
 	QApplication a(argc, argv);
 	MainWindow w;
 	w.show();
diff --git a/GUI/mainwindow.cpp b/GUI/mainwindow.cpp
index e386eea..a4bffa7 100644
--- a/GUI/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/GUI/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@
 #include "../vnrhook/include/const.h"
 #include "misc.h"
 
-QMainWindow* mainWindow;
-QComboBox* processCombo;
-QComboBox* ttCombo;
-QComboBox* extenCombo;
-QPlainTextEdit* textOutput;
-
 QString ProcessString(DWORD processId)
 {
 	return QString("%1: %2").arg(QString::number(processId), GetModuleName(processId));
@@ -35,26 +29,28 @@ QString ProcessString(DWORD processId)
 QString TextThreadString(TextThread* thread)
 {
 	ThreadParameter tp = thread->GetThreadParameter();
-	return QString("%1:%2:%3:%4:%5: ").arg(
-		QString::number(thread->Number()),
-		QString::number(tp.pid),
-		QString::number(tp.hook, 16),
-		QString::number(tp.retn, 16),
-		QString::number(tp.spl, 16)
-	).toUpper();
+	return QString("%1:0x%2:0x%3:0x%4: ").arg(
+		QString::number(tp.pid).toUpper(),
+		QString::number(tp.hook, 16).toUpper(),
+		QString::number(tp.retn, 16).toUpper(),
+		QString::number(tp.spl, 16).toUpper()
+	);
+}
+
+ThreadParameter ParseTextThreadString(QString textThreadString)
+{
+	QStringList threadParam = textThreadString.split(":");
+	ThreadParameter tp = {};
+	tp.hook = threadParam[1].toULongLong();
+	return { threadParam[0].toUInt(), threadParam[1].toULongLong(nullptr, 0), threadParam[2].toULongLong(nullptr, 0), threadParam[3].toULongLong(nullptr, 0) };
 }
 
 MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
 	QMainWindow(parent),
-	ui(new Ui::MainWindow),
-	hostSignaller(new HostSignaller)
+	ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
 {
 	ui->setupUi(this);
-	mainWindow = this;
-	processCombo = mainWindow->findChild<QComboBox*>("processCombo");
-	ttCombo = mainWindow->findChild<QComboBox*>("ttCombo");
-	extenCombo = mainWindow->findChild<QComboBox*>("extenCombo");
-	textOutput = mainWindow->findChild<QPlainTextEdit*>("textOutput");
+
 	QFile settings("NHWindow");
 	settings.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
 	QDataStream reader(&settings);
@@ -62,14 +58,24 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
 	reader >> rect;
 	if (rect.bottom()) this->setGeometry(rect);
 
-	hostSignaller->Initialize();
-	connect(hostSignaller, &HostSignaller::AddProcess, this, &MainWindow::AddProcess);
-	connect(hostSignaller, &HostSignaller::RemoveProcess, this, &MainWindow::RemoveProcess);
-	connect(hostSignaller, &HostSignaller::AddThread, this, &MainWindow::AddThread);
-	connect(hostSignaller, &HostSignaller::RemoveThread, this, &MainWindow::RemoveThread);
-	connect(this, &MainWindow::ThreadOutputReceived, this, &MainWindow::ThreadOutput);
+	processCombo = findChild<QComboBox*>("processCombo");
+	ttCombo = findChild<QComboBox*>("ttCombo");
+	extenCombo = findChild<QComboBox*>("extenCombo");
+	textOutput = findChild<QPlainTextEdit*>("textOutput");
+
+	connect(this, &MainWindow::SigAddProcess, this, &MainWindow::AddProcess);
+	connect(this, &MainWindow::SigRemoveProcess, this, &MainWindow::RemoveProcess);
+	connect(this, &MainWindow::SigAddThread, this, &MainWindow::AddThread);
+	connect(this, &MainWindow::SigRemoveThread, this, &MainWindow::RemoveThread);
+	connect(this, &MainWindow::SigThreadOutput, this, &MainWindow::ThreadOutput);
+	Host::Start(
+		[&](DWORD processId) { emit SigAddProcess(processId); },
+		[&](DWORD processId) { emit SigRemoveProcess(processId); },
+		[&](TextThread* thread) { emit SigAddThread(thread); },
+		[&](TextThread* thread) { emit SigRemoveThread(thread); }
+	);
+
 	ReloadExtensions();
-	Host::Open();
 	Host::AddConsoleOutput(L"NextHooker beta v2.1.3 by Artikash\r\nSource code and more information available under GPLv3 at https://github.com/Artikash/NextHooker");
 }
 
@@ -93,13 +99,9 @@ void MainWindow::AddProcess(unsigned int processId)
 	for (int i = allProcesses.length() - 1; i >= 0; --i)
 		if (allProcesses.at(i).contains(processName))
 		{
-			Sleep(50);
 			QStringList hooks = allProcesses.at(i).split(" , ");
 			for (int j = 1; j < hooks.length(); ++j)
-			{
-				Sleep(10);
 				Host::InsertHook(processId, ParseCode(hooks.at(j)));
-			}
 			return;
 		}
 }
@@ -115,27 +117,28 @@ void MainWindow::AddThread(TextThread* thread)
 		TextThreadString(thread) +
 		QString::fromStdWString(Host::GetHookName(thread->GetThreadParameter().pid, thread->GetThreadParameter().hook)) +
 		" (" +
-		GenerateCode(Host::GetHookParam(thread->GetThreadParameter().pid, thread->GetThreadParameter().hook), thread->GetThreadParameter().pid) +
+		GenerateCode(Host::GetHookParam(thread->GetThreadParameter()), thread->GetThreadParameter().pid) +
 		")"
 	);
 	thread->RegisterOutputCallBack([&](TextThread* thread, std::wstring output)
 	{
 		output = DispatchSentenceToExtensions(output, GetInfoForExtensions(thread));
 		output += L"\r\n";
-		emit ThreadOutputReceived(thread, QString::fromStdWString(output));
+		emit SigThreadOutput(thread, QString::fromStdWString(output));
 		return output;
 	});
 }
 
 void MainWindow::RemoveThread(TextThread* thread)
 {
-	int threadIndex = ttCombo->findText(QString::number(thread->Number()) + ":", Qt::MatchStartsWith);
+	int threadIndex = ttCombo->findText(TextThreadString(thread), Qt::MatchStartsWith);
 	if (threadIndex == ttCombo->currentIndex())
 	{
 		ttCombo->setCurrentIndex(0);
 		on_ttCombo_activated(0);
 	}
 	ttCombo->removeItem(threadIndex);
+	delete thread;
 }
 
 void MainWindow::ThreadOutput(TextThread* thread, QString output)
@@ -159,8 +162,8 @@ std::unordered_map<std::string, int> MainWindow::GetInfoForExtensions(TextThread
 {
 	return 
 	{
-	{ "current select", ttCombo->currentText().split(":")[0].toInt() == thread->Number() ? 1 : 0 },
-	{ "text number", thread->Number() },
+	{ "current select", (int)ttCombo->currentText().startsWith(TextThreadString(thread)) },
+	{ "text number", 0 },
 	{ "process id", thread->GetThreadParameter().pid },
 	{ "hook address", (int)thread->GetThreadParameter().hook },
 	{ "hook address (upper 32 bits)", (int)(thread->GetThreadParameter().hook >> 32) }
@@ -172,15 +175,22 @@ QVector<HookParam> MainWindow::GetAllHooks(DWORD processId)
 	std::unordered_set<DWORD> addresses;
 	QVector<HookParam> hooks;
 	for (int i = 0; i < ttCombo->count(); ++i)
-		if (ttCombo->itemText(i).split(":")[1].toInt() == processId &&
-				!addresses.count(ttCombo->itemText(i).split(":")[2].toInt(nullptr, 16)))
+	{
+		ThreadParameter tp = ParseTextThreadString(ttCombo->itemText(i));
+		if (tp.pid == processId && !addresses.count(tp.hook))
 		{
-			addresses.insert(ttCombo->itemText(i).split(":")[2].toInt(nullptr, 16));
-			hooks.push_back(Host::GetHookParam(ttCombo->itemText(i).split(":")[1].toInt(), ttCombo->itemText(i).split(":")[2].toInt(nullptr, 16)));
+			addresses.insert(tp.hook);
+			hooks.push_back(Host::GetHookParam(tp));
 		}
+	}
 	return hooks;
 }
 
+DWORD MainWindow::GetSelectedProcessId()
+{
+	return processCombo->currentText().split(":")[0].toULong();
+}
+
 void MainWindow::on_attachButton_clicked()
 {
 	std::unordered_map<std::wstring, DWORD> allProcesses = GetAllProcesses();
@@ -203,7 +213,7 @@ void MainWindow::on_attachButton_clicked()
 
 void MainWindow::on_detachButton_clicked()
 {
-	Host::DetachProcess(processCombo->currentText().split(":")[0].toInt());
+	Host::DetachProcess(GetSelectedProcessId());
 }
 
 void MainWindow::on_hookButton_clicked()
@@ -217,30 +227,30 @@ void MainWindow::on_hookButton_clicked()
 		Host::AddConsoleOutput(L"invalid code");
 		return;
 	}
-	Host::InsertHook(processCombo->currentText().split(":")[0].toInt(), ParseCode(hookCode));
+	Host::InsertHook(GetSelectedProcessId(), ParseCode(hookCode));
 }
 
 void MainWindow::on_unhookButton_clicked()
 {
-	QVector<HookParam> hooks = GetAllHooks(processCombo->currentText().split(":")[0].toInt());
+	QVector<HookParam> hooks = GetAllHooks(GetSelectedProcessId());
 	QStringList hookList;
 	for (auto i : hooks) hookList.push_back(
-				QString::fromStdWString(Host::GetHookName(processCombo->currentText().split(":")[0].toInt(), i.address)) +
+				QString::fromStdWString(Host::GetHookName(GetSelectedProcessId(), i.address)) +
 				": " +
-				GenerateCode(i, processCombo->currentText().split(":")[0].toInt())
+				GenerateCode(i, GetSelectedProcessId())
 			);
 	bool ok;
 	QString hook = QInputDialog::getItem(this, "Unhook", "Which hook to remove?", hookList, 0, false, &ok);
-	if (ok) Host::RemoveHook(processCombo->currentText().split(":")[0].toInt(), hooks.at(hookList.indexOf(hook)).address);
+	if (ok) Host::RemoveHook(GetSelectedProcessId(), hooks.at(hookList.indexOf(hook)).address);
 }
 
 void MainWindow::on_saveButton_clicked()
 {
-	QVector<HookParam> hooks = GetAllHooks(processCombo->currentText().split(":")[0].toInt());
-	QString hookList = GetFullModuleName(processCombo->currentText().split(":")[0].toInt());;
+	QVector<HookParam> hooks = GetAllHooks(GetSelectedProcessId());
+	QString hookList = GetFullModuleName(GetSelectedProcessId());
 	for (auto i : hooks)
 		if (!(i.type & HOOK_ENGINE))
-			hookList += " , " + GenerateCode(i, processCombo->currentText().split(":")[0].toInt());
+			hookList += " , " + GenerateCode(i, GetSelectedProcessId());
 	QFile file("SavedHooks.txt");
 	if (!file.open(QIODevice::Append | QIODevice::Text)) return;
 	file.write((hookList + "\r\n").toUtf8());
@@ -248,7 +258,7 @@ void MainWindow::on_saveButton_clicked()
 
 void MainWindow::on_ttCombo_activated(int index)
 {
-	textOutput->setPlainText(QString::fromStdWString(Host::GetThread(ttCombo->itemText(index).split(":")[0].toInt())->GetStore()));
+	textOutput->setPlainText(QString::fromStdWString(Host::GetThread(ParseTextThreadString(ttCombo->itemText(index)))->GetStore()));
 	textOutput->moveCursor(QTextCursor::End);
 }
 
diff --git a/GUI/mainwindow.h b/GUI/mainwindow.h
index ba01025..8cad8c3 100644
--- a/GUI/mainwindow.h
+++ b/GUI/mainwindow.h
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 #include <QMainWindow>
 #include <Windows.h>
 #include <QVector>
+#include <QPlainTextEdit>
+#include <QComboBox>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <string>
 #include "../host/host.h"
-#include "hostsignaller.h"
 
 namespace Ui
 {
@@ -23,7 +24,11 @@ public:
 	~MainWindow();
 
 signals:
-	void ThreadOutputReceived(TextThread* thread, QString output);
+	void SigAddProcess(unsigned int processId);
+	void SigRemoveProcess(unsigned int processId);
+	void SigAddThread(TextThread* thread);
+	void SigRemoveThread(TextThread* thread);
+	void SigThreadOutput(TextThread* thread, QString output);
 
 private slots:
 	void AddProcess(unsigned int processId);
@@ -44,9 +49,13 @@ private:
 	void ReloadExtensions();
 	std::unordered_map<std::string, int> GetInfoForExtensions(TextThread* thread);
 	QVector<HookParam> GetAllHooks(DWORD processId);
+	DWORD GetSelectedProcessId();
 
 	Ui::MainWindow *ui;
-	HostSignaller* hostSignaller;
+	QComboBox* processCombo;
+	QComboBox* ttCombo;
+	QComboBox* extenCombo;
+	QPlainTextEdit* textOutput;
 };
 
 #endif // MAINWINDOW_H
diff --git a/GUI/misc.cpp b/GUI/misc.cpp
index d94badd..971d494 100644
--- a/GUI/misc.cpp
+++ b/GUI/misc.cpp
@@ -210,11 +210,11 @@ QString GenerateHCode(HookParam hp, DWORD processId)
 	if (!(processHandle = OpenProcess(PROCESS_VM_READ | PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION, FALSE, processId))) return badCode;
 	MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION info;
 	if (!VirtualQueryEx(processHandle, (LPCVOID)hp.address, &info, sizeof(info))) return badCode;
-	wchar_t buffer[MAX_PATH];
-	if (!GetModuleFileNameExW(processHandle, (HMODULE)info.AllocationBase, buffer, MAX_PATH)) return badCode;
+	QString moduleName = GetModuleName(processId, (HMODULE)info.AllocationBase);
+	if (moduleName.size() == 0) return badCode;
 	code += QString::number(hp.address - (DWORD)info.AllocationBase, 16) + ":";
 	code = code.toUpper();
-	code += QString::fromWCharArray(wcsrchr(buffer, L'\\') + 1);
+	code += moduleName;
 	return code;
 }
 
diff --git a/extensions/copyclipboard.cpp b/extensions/copyclipboard.cpp
index 44bee13..53b639d 100644
--- a/extensions/copyclipboard.cpp
+++ b/extensions/copyclipboard.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ extern "C"
 	*/
 	__declspec(dllexport) const wchar_t* OnNewSentence(const wchar_t* sentence, const InfoForExtension* miscInfo)
 	{
-		if (GetProperty("current select", miscInfo) && GetProperty("text number", miscInfo) > 0)
+		if (GetProperty("current select", miscInfo) && GetProperty("hook address", miscInfo) != -1)
 		{
 			HGLOBAL hMem = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, (wcslen(sentence) + 1) * sizeof(wchar_t));
 			memcpy(GlobalLock(hMem), sentence, (wcslen(sentence) + 1) * sizeof(wchar_t));
diff --git a/extensions/extranewlines.cpp b/extensions/extranewlines.cpp
index 1be85b0..605b244 100644
--- a/extensions/extranewlines.cpp
+++ b/extensions/extranewlines.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ extern "C"
 	*/
 	__declspec(dllexport) const wchar_t* OnNewSentence(const wchar_t* sentence, const InfoForExtension* miscInfo)
 	{
-		if (GetProperty("text number", miscInfo) == 0) return sentence;
+		if (GetProperty("hook address", miscInfo) == -1) return sentence;
 		wchar_t* newSentence = (wchar_t*)malloc((wcslen(sentence) + 6) * sizeof(wchar_t));
 		swprintf(newSentence, wcslen(sentence) + 6, L"%s\r\n", sentence);
 		return newSentence;
diff --git a/extensions/googletranslate.cpp b/extensions/googletranslate.cpp
index 49348c9..f7d0290 100644
--- a/extensions/googletranslate.cpp
+++ b/extensions/googletranslate.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ extern "C"
 		wchar_t translation[10000] = {};
 		wchar_t* message = error;
 
-		if (wcslen(sentence) > 2000 || GetProperty("text number", miscInfo) == 0) return sentence;
+		if (wcslen(sentence) > 2000 || GetProperty("hook address", miscInfo) == -1) return sentence;
 
 		if (internet)
 		{
diff --git a/host/host.cc b/host/host.cc
index f3d1edc..a196d89 100644
--- a/host/host.cc
+++ b/host/host.cc
@@ -5,51 +5,41 @@
 #include "host.h"
 #include "pipe.h"
 #include "winmutex.h"
+#include <mutex>
+#include <thread>
 #include <atlbase.h>
 #include "../vnrhook/include/const.h"
 #include "../vnrhook/include/defs.h"
 #include "../vnrhook/include/types.h"
 #include <unordered_map>
 
-HANDLE preventDuplicationMutex;
+std::unordered_map<ThreadParameter, TextThread*, ThreadParameterHasher> textThreadsByParams;
+std::unordered_map<DWORD, ProcessRecord> processRecordsByIds;
 
-std::unordered_map<ThreadParameter, TextThread*, ThreadParameterHasher> textThreadsByParams(10);
-std::unordered_map<DWORD, ProcessRecord> processRecordsByIds(2);
+std::recursive_mutex hostMutex;
 
-CRITICAL_SECTION hostCs;
+ThreadEventCallback OnCreate, OnRemove;
+ProcessEventCallback OnAttach, OnDetach;
 
-ThreadEventCallback onCreate(nullptr), onRemove(nullptr);
-ProcessEventCallback onAttach(nullptr), onDetach(nullptr);
+DWORD DUMMY[100];
 
-WORD nextThreadNumber(0);
-
-#define HOST_LOCK CriticalSectionLocker hostLocker(&hostCs) // Synchronized scope for accessing private data
+#define HOST_LOCK std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> hostLocker(hostMutex) // Synchronized scope for accessing private data
 
 namespace Host
 {
-	DLLEXPORT bool Start()
-	{
-		InitializeCriticalSection(&hostCs);
-		return true;
-	}
 
-	DLLEXPORT void Open()
+	DLLEXPORT void Start(ProcessEventCallback onAttach, ProcessEventCallback onDetach, ThreadEventCallback onCreate, ThreadEventCallback onRemove)
 	{
-		TextThread* console = textThreadsByParams[{ 0, -1UL, -1UL, -1UL }] = new TextThread({ 0, -1UL, -1UL, -1UL }, nextThreadNumber++, USING_UNICODE);
-		if (onCreate) onCreate(console);
+		std::tie(OnAttach, OnDetach, OnCreate, OnRemove) = { onAttach, onDetach, onCreate, onRemove };
+		OnCreate(textThreadsByParams[{ 0, -1UL, -1UL, -1UL }] = new TextThread({ 0, -1UL, -1UL, -1UL }, USING_UNICODE));
 		CreateNewPipe();
 	}
 
 	DLLEXPORT void Close()
 	{
 		// Artikash 7/25/2018: This is only called when NextHooker is closed, at which point Windows should free everything itself...right?
-		//EnterCriticalSection(&hostCs);
-		//DestroyWindow(dummyWindow);
-		//RemoveThreads([](auto one, auto two) { return true; }, {});
-		////for (auto i : processRecordsByIds) UnregisterProcess(i.first); // Artikash 7/24/2018 FIXME: This segfaults since UnregisterProcess invalidates the iterator
-		//LeaveCriticalSection(&hostCs);
-		//DeleteCriticalSection(&hostCs);
-		//CloseHandle(preventDuplicationMutex);
+		HOST_LOCK;
+		for (auto i : processRecordsByIds) UnregisterProcess(i.first);
 	}
 
 	DLLEXPORT bool InjectProcess(DWORD processId, DWORD timeout)
@@ -87,8 +77,7 @@ namespace Host
 	DLLEXPORT bool DetachProcess(DWORD processId)
 	{
 		DWORD command = HOST_COMMAND_DETACH;
-		DWORD unused;
-		return WriteFile(processRecordsByIds[processId].hostPipe, &command, sizeof(command), &unused, nullptr);
+		return WriteFile(processRecordsByIds[processId].hostPipe, &command, sizeof(command), DUMMY, nullptr);
 	}
 
 	DLLEXPORT bool InsertHook(DWORD pid, HookParam hp, std::string name)
@@ -97,8 +86,7 @@ namespace Host
 		*(DWORD*)buffer = HOST_COMMAND_NEW_HOOK;
 		*(HookParam*)(buffer + sizeof(DWORD)) = hp;
 		if (name.size()) strcpy((char*)buffer + sizeof(DWORD) + sizeof(HookParam), name.c_str());
-		DWORD unused;
-		return WriteFile(processRecordsByIds[pid].hostPipe, buffer, sizeof(DWORD) + sizeof(HookParam) + name.size(), &unused, nullptr);
+		return WriteFile(processRecordsByIds[pid].hostPipe, buffer, sizeof(DWORD) + sizeof(HookParam) + name.size(), DUMMY, nullptr);
 	}
 
 	DLLEXPORT bool RemoveHook(DWORD pid, DWORD addr)
@@ -106,8 +94,7 @@ namespace Host
 		BYTE buffer[sizeof(DWORD) * 2] = {};
 		*(DWORD*)buffer = HOST_COMMAND_REMOVE_HOOK;
 		*(DWORD*)(buffer + sizeof(DWORD)) = addr;
-		DWORD unused;
-		return WriteFile(processRecordsByIds[pid].hostPipe, buffer, sizeof(DWORD) * 2, &unused, nullptr);
+		return WriteFile(processRecordsByIds[pid].hostPipe, buffer, sizeof(DWORD) * 2, DUMMY, nullptr);
 	}
 
 	DLLEXPORT HookParam GetHookParam(DWORD pid, DWORD addr)
@@ -124,6 +111,8 @@ namespace Host
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	DLLEXPORT HookParam GetHookParam(ThreadParameter tp) { return GetHookParam(tp.pid, tp.hook); }
+
 	DLLEXPORT std::wstring GetHookName(DWORD pid, DWORD addr)
 	{
 		if (pid == 0) return L"Console";
@@ -143,13 +132,10 @@ namespace Host
 		return std::wstring(A2W(buffer.c_str()));
 	}
 
-	DLLEXPORT TextThread* GetThread(DWORD number)
+	DLLEXPORT TextThread* GetThread(ThreadParameter tp)
 	{
 		HOST_LOCK;
-		for (auto i : textThreadsByParams)
-			if (i.second->Number() == number)
-				return i.second;
-		return nullptr;
+		return textThreadsByParams[tp];
 	}
 
 	DLLEXPORT void AddConsoleOutput(std::wstring text)
@@ -158,24 +144,20 @@ namespace Host
 		textThreadsByParams[{ 0, -1UL, -1UL, -1UL }]->AddSentence(std::wstring(text));
 	}
 
-	DLLEXPORT void RegisterThreadCreateCallback(ThreadEventCallback cf) { onCreate = cf; }
-	DLLEXPORT void RegisterThreadRemoveCallback(ThreadEventCallback cf) { onRemove = cf; }
-	DLLEXPORT void RegisterProcessAttachCallback(ProcessEventCallback cf) { onAttach = cf; }
-	DLLEXPORT void RegisterProcessDetachCallback(ProcessEventCallback cf) { onDetach = cf; }
+	DLLEXPORT void RegisterThreadCreateCallback(ThreadEventCallback cf) { OnCreate = cf; }
+	DLLEXPORT void RegisterThreadRemoveCallback(ThreadEventCallback cf) { OnRemove = cf; }
+	DLLEXPORT void RegisterProcessAttachCallback(ProcessEventCallback cf) { OnAttach = cf; }
+	DLLEXPORT void RegisterProcessDetachCallback(ProcessEventCallback cf) { OnDetach = cf; }
 }
 
-void DispatchText(DWORD pid, DWORD hook, DWORD retn, DWORD split, const BYTE * text, int len)
+void DispatchText(ThreadParameter tp, const BYTE* text, int len)
 {
 	// jichi 2/27/2013: When PID is zero, the text comes from console, which I don't need
-	if (!text || !pid || len <= 0) return;
+	if (!text || len <= 0) return;
 	HOST_LOCK;
-	ThreadParameter tp = { pid, hook, retn, split };
 	TextThread *it;
 	if ((it = textThreadsByParams[tp]) == nullptr)
-	{
-		it = textThreadsByParams[tp] = new TextThread(tp, nextThreadNumber++, Host::GetHookParam(pid, hook).type);
-		if (onCreate) onCreate(it);
-	}
+		OnCreate(it = textThreadsByParams[tp] = new TextThread(tp, Host::GetHookParam(tp).type));
 	it->AddText(text, len);
 }
 
@@ -186,9 +168,8 @@ void RemoveThreads(bool(*RemoveIf)(ThreadParameter, ThreadParameter), ThreadPara
 	for (auto i : textThreadsByParams)
 		if (RemoveIf(i.first, cmp))
 		{
-			if (onRemove) onRemove(i.second);
+			OnRemove(i.second);
 			//delete i.second; // Artikash 7/24/2018: FIXME: Qt GUI updates on another thread, so I can't delete this yet.
-			i.second->Clear(); // Temp workaround to free some memory.
 			removedThreads.push_back(i.first);
 		}
 	for (auto i : removedThreads) textThreadsByParams.erase(i);
@@ -204,7 +185,7 @@ void RegisterProcess(DWORD pid, HANDLE hostPipe)
 	record.process_handle = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, pid);
 	record.hookman_mutex = OpenMutexW(MUTEX_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, (ITH_HOOKMAN_MUTEX_ + std::to_wstring(pid)).c_str());
 	processRecordsByIds[pid] = record;
-	if (onAttach) onAttach(pid);
+	OnAttach(pid);
 }
 
 void UnregisterProcess(DWORD pid)
@@ -216,9 +197,9 @@ void UnregisterProcess(DWORD pid)
 	UnmapViewOfFile(pr.hookman_map);
 	CloseHandle(pr.process_handle);
 	CloseHandle(pr.hookman_section);
-	processRecordsByIds.erase(pid);
+	processRecordsByIds[pid] = {};
 	RemoveThreads([](auto one, auto two) { return one.pid == two.pid; }, { pid, 0, 0, 0 });
-	if (onDetach) onDetach(pid);
+	OnDetach(pid);
 }
 
 // EOF
diff --git a/host/host.h b/host/host.h
index 4410244..f10dfa6 100644
--- a/host/host.h
+++ b/host/host.h
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ struct ThreadParameterHasher
 
 namespace Host
 {
-	DLLEXPORT void Open();
-	DLLEXPORT bool Start();
+	DLLEXPORT void Start(ProcessEventCallback onAttach, ProcessEventCallback onDetach, ThreadEventCallback onCreate, ThreadEventCallback onRemove);
 	DLLEXPORT void Close();
 	DLLEXPORT bool InjectProcess(DWORD pid, DWORD timeout = 5000);
 	DLLEXPORT bool DetachProcess(DWORD pid);
@@ -43,9 +42,10 @@ namespace Host
 	DLLEXPORT bool InsertHook(DWORD pid, HookParam hp, std::string name = "");
 	DLLEXPORT bool RemoveHook(DWORD pid, DWORD addr);
 	DLLEXPORT HookParam GetHookParam(DWORD pid, DWORD addr);
+	DLLEXPORT HookParam GetHookParam(ThreadParameter tp);
 	DLLEXPORT std::wstring GetHookName(DWORD pid, DWORD addr);
 
-	DLLEXPORT TextThread* GetThread(DWORD number);
+	DLLEXPORT TextThread* GetThread(ThreadParameter tp);
 	DLLEXPORT void AddConsoleOutput(std::wstring text);
 
 	DLLEXPORT void RegisterThreadCreateCallback(ThreadEventCallback cf);
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace Host
 	DLLEXPORT void RegisterProcessDetachCallback(ProcessEventCallback cf);
 }
 
-void DispatchText(DWORD pid, DWORD hook, DWORD retn, DWORD split, const BYTE *text, int len);
+void DispatchText(ThreadParameter tp, const BYTE *text, int len);
 void RemoveThreads(bool(*RemoveIf)(ThreadParameter, ThreadParameter), ThreadParameter cmp);
 void RegisterProcess(DWORD pid, HANDLE hostPipe);
 void UnregisterProcess(DWORD pid);
diff --git a/host/pipe.cc b/host/pipe.cc
index bb065f4..c13cea5 100644
--- a/host/pipe.cc
+++ b/host/pipe.cc
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
 
 void CreateNewPipe()
 {
-	CloseHandle(CreateThread(nullptr, 0, [](auto) 
+	std::thread([]()
 	{
 		HANDLE hookPipe = CreateNamedPipeW(ITH_TEXT_PIPE, PIPE_ACCESS_INBOUND, PIPE_TYPE_MESSAGE | PIPE_READMODE_MESSAGE, PIPE_UNLIMITED_INSTANCES, PIPE_BUFFER_SIZE, PIPE_BUFFER_SIZE, MAXDWORD, NULL);
-		HANDLE hostPipe = CreateNamedPipeW(ITH_COMMAND_PIPE, PIPE_ACCESS_OUTBOUND, 0, PIPE_UNLIMITED_INSTANCES, PIPE_BUFFER_SIZE, PIPE_BUFFER_SIZE, MAXDWORD, NULL);
+		HANDLE hostPipe = CreateNamedPipeW(ITH_COMMAND_PIPE, PIPE_ACCESS_OUTBOUND, PIPE_TYPE_MESSAGE | PIPE_READMODE_MESSAGE, PIPE_UNLIMITED_INSTANCES, PIPE_BUFFER_SIZE, PIPE_BUFFER_SIZE, MAXDWORD, NULL);
 		ConnectNamedPipe(hookPipe, nullptr);
 
 		// jichi 9/27/2013: why recursion?
-		// Artikash 5/20/2018: To create a new pipe for another process
+		// Artikash 5/20/2018: Easy way to create a new pipe for another process
 		CreateNewPipe();
 
 		BYTE buffer[PIPE_BUFFER_SIZE + 1] = {};
@@ -44,10 +44,13 @@ void CreateNewPipe()
 					Host::AddConsoleOutput(A2W((LPCSTR)(buffer + sizeof(DWORD) * 2))); // Text
 					break;
 				}
-			else DispatchText(processId,
-				*(DWORD*)buffer, // Hook address
-				*(DWORD*)(buffer + sizeof(DWORD)), // Return address
-				*(DWORD*)(buffer + sizeof(DWORD) * 2), // Split
+			else DispatchText(
+				{ 
+					processId,
+					*(DWORD*)buffer, // Hook address
+					*(DWORD*)(buffer + sizeof(DWORD)), // Return address
+					*(DWORD*)(buffer + sizeof(DWORD) * 2) // Split
+				},
 				buffer + HEADER_SIZE, // Data
 				bytesRead - HEADER_SIZE // Data size
 			);
@@ -58,9 +61,7 @@ void CreateNewPipe()
 		UnregisterProcess(processId);
 		CloseHandle(hookPipe);
 		CloseHandle(hostPipe);
-		return (DWORD)0;
-	}, 
-		nullptr, 0, nullptr));
+	}).detach();
 }
 
 // EOF
diff --git a/host/textthread.cc b/host/textthread.cc
index bdd21cd..026889b 100644
--- a/host/textthread.cc
+++ b/host/textthread.cc
@@ -6,44 +6,24 @@
 #endif // _MSC_VER
 
 #include "textthread.h"
+#include <mutex>
 #include "../vnrhook/include/const.h"
 #include "winmutex.h"
 
-#define TT_LOCK CriticalSectionLocker ttLocker(&ttCs) // Synchronized scope for accessing private data
+#define TT_LOCK std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> ttLocker(ttMutex) // Synchronized scope for accessing private data
 
-TextThread::TextThread(ThreadParameter tp, unsigned int threadNumber, DWORD status) :
-	storage(),
-	sentenceBuffer(),
+TextThread::TextThread(ThreadParameter tp, DWORD status) :
 	status(status),
 	timestamp(GetTickCount()),
-	threadNumber(threadNumber),
-	output(nullptr),
-	tp(tp)
-{
-	InitializeCriticalSection(&ttCs);
-	flushThread = CreateThread(nullptr, 0, [](void* textThread) 
-	{ 
-		while (true)
-		{
-			Sleep(100);
-			((TextThread*)textThread)->FlushSentenceBuffer();
-		}
-		return (DWORD)0; 
-	}, this, 0, nullptr);
-}
+	Output(nullptr),
+	tp(tp),
+	flushThread([&]() { while (Sleep(25), FlushSentenceBuffer()); })
+{}
 
 TextThread::~TextThread()
 {
-	EnterCriticalSection(&ttCs);
-	LeaveCriticalSection(&ttCs);
-	DeleteCriticalSection(&ttCs);
-}
-
-void TextThread::Clear()
-{
-	TT_LOCK;
-	storage.clear();
-	storage.shrink_to_fit();
+	status = -1UL;
+	flushThread.join();
 }
 
 std::wstring TextThread::GetStore()
@@ -52,10 +32,11 @@ std::wstring TextThread::GetStore()
 	return storage;
 }
 
-void TextThread::FlushSentenceBuffer()
+bool TextThread::FlushSentenceBuffer()
 {
 	TT_LOCK;
-	if (timestamp - GetTickCount() < 250 || sentenceBuffer.size() == 0) return; // TODO: let user change delay before sentence is flushed
+	if (status == -1UL) return false;
+	if (timestamp - GetTickCount() < 250 || sentenceBuffer.size() == 0) return true; // TODO: let user change delay before sentence is flushed
 	std::wstring sentence;
 	if (status & USING_UNICODE)
 	{
@@ -75,12 +56,13 @@ void TextThread::FlushSentenceBuffer()
 	}
 	AddSentence(sentence);
 	sentenceBuffer.clear();
+	return true;
 }
 
 void TextThread::AddSentence(std::wstring sentence)
 {
 	TT_LOCK;
-	if (output) sentence = output(this, sentence);
+	if (Output) sentence = Output(this, sentence);
 	storage.append(sentence);
 }
 
diff --git a/host/textthread.h b/host/textthread.h
index 2b68b6f..8558dca 100644
--- a/host/textthread.h
+++ b/host/textthread.h
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include <functional>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <thread>
 
 struct ThreadParameter
 {
 	DWORD pid; // jichi: 5/11/2014: The process ID
-	unsigned __int64 hook; // Artikash 6/6/2018: The start address of the hook
+	unsigned __int64 hook; // Artikash 6/6/2018: The insertion address of the hook
 	unsigned __int64 retn; // jichi 5/11/2014: The return address of the hook
-	__int64 spl;  // jichi 5/11/2014: the processed split value of the hook paramete
+	unsigned __int64 spl;  // jichi 5/11/2014: the processed split value of the hook paramete
 
 	// Artikash 5/31/2018: required for unordered_map to work with struct key
 	friend bool operator==(const ThreadParameter& one, const ThreadParameter& two)
@@ -31,29 +33,27 @@ typedef std::function<std::wstring(TextThread*, std::wstring)> ThreadOutputCallb
 class TextThread
 {
 public:
-	TextThread(ThreadParameter tp, unsigned int threadNumber, DWORD status);
-	~TextThread();
+	TextThread(ThreadParameter tp, DWORD status);
+	virtual ~TextThread();
 
 	virtual std::wstring GetStore();
-	WORD Number() const { return threadNumber; }
 	ThreadParameter GetThreadParameter() { return tp; }
 
-	void RegisterOutputCallBack(ThreadOutputCallback cb) { output = cb; }
+	void RegisterOutputCallBack(ThreadOutputCallback cb) { Output = cb; }
 
-	void Clear();
 	void AddText(const BYTE *con, int len);
-	void FlushSentenceBuffer();
 	void AddSentence(std::wstring sentence);	
 
 private:
-	CRITICAL_SECTION ttCs;
-	ThreadOutputCallback output;
+	bool FlushSentenceBuffer();
+
+	ThreadOutputCallback Output;
 	std::vector<char> sentenceBuffer;
 	std::wstring storage;
 
 	ThreadParameter tp;
-	HANDLE flushThread;
-	unsigned int threadNumber;
+	std::recursive_mutex ttMutex;
+	std::thread flushThread;
 	DWORD timestamp;
 	DWORD status;
 };
diff --git a/host/winmutex.h b/host/winmutex.h
index d94890d..b924a2c 100644
--- a/host/winmutex.h
+++ b/host/winmutex.h
@@ -8,28 +8,14 @@
 # pragma warning(disable:4800) // C4800: forcing value to bool
 #endif // _MSC_VER
 
-// Artikash 7/20/2018: these are similar to std::lock guard but use Winapi objects
+// Artikash 7/20/2018: similar to std::lock guard but use Winapi objects for cross process comms
 
 class MutexLocker
 {
 	HANDLE mutex;
 public:
-	explicit MutexLocker(HANDLE mutex) : mutex(mutex)
-	{
-		WaitForSingleObject(mutex, 0);
-	}
+	explicit MutexLocker(HANDLE mutex) : mutex(mutex) { WaitForSingleObject(mutex, 0); }
 	~MutexLocker() { if (mutex != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE && mutex != nullptr) ReleaseMutex(mutex); }
 };
 
-class CriticalSectionLocker
-{
-	CRITICAL_SECTION* cs;
-public:
-	explicit CriticalSectionLocker(CRITICAL_SECTION* cs) : cs(cs)
-	{
-		EnterCriticalSection(cs);
-	}
-	~CriticalSectionLocker() { LeaveCriticalSection(cs); }
-};
-
 // EOF