diff --git a/scripts/spectrogram.php b/scripts/spectrogram.php
index 8140cfc..48d384c 100644
--- a/scripts/spectrogram.php
+++ b/scripts/spectrogram.php
@@ -1,16 +1,85 @@
-<?php
-if (file_exists('./scripts/thisrun.txt')) {
-  $config = parse_ini_file('./scripts/thisrun.txt');
-} elseif (file_exists('./scripts/firstrun.ini')) {
-  $config = parse_ini_file('./scripts/firstrun.ini');
-}
-$refresh = $config['RECORDING_LENGTH'];
-$time = time();
-echo "<img id=\"spectrogramimage\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%\" src=\"/spectrogram.png?nocache=$time\">";
-?>
 <script>
-// every $refresh seconds, this loop will run and refresh the spectrogram image
-window.setInterval(function(){
-  document.getElementById("spectrogramimage").src = "/spectrogram.png?nocache="+Date.now();
-}, <?php echo $refresh; ?>*1000);
+// CREDITS: https://codepen.io/jakealbaugh/pen/jvQweW
+
+// UPDATE: there is a problem in chrome with starting audio context
+//  before a user gesture. This fixes it.
+var started = null;
+window.onload = function(){
+  if (started) return;
+  started = true;
+  initialize();
+};
+
+function initialize() {
+  document.body.querySelector('h1').remove();
+  const CVS = document.body.querySelector('canvas');
+  const CTX = CVS.getContext('2d');
+  const W = CVS.width = window.innerWidth;
+  const H = CVS.height = window.innerHeight;
+
+  const ACTX = new AudioContext();
+  const ANALYSER = ACTX.createAnalyser();
+
+  ANALYSER.fftSize = 4096;  
+  
+  process();
+
+  function process() {
+    const SOURCE = ACTX.createMediaElementSource(document.getElementById('player'));
+    SOURCE.connect(ANALYSER);
+    SOURCE.connect(ACTX.destination)
+    const DATA = new Uint8Array(ANALYSER.frequencyBinCount);
+    const LEN = DATA.length;
+    const h = H / LEN;
+    const x = W - 1;
+    CTX.fillStyle = 'hsl(280, 100%, 10%)';
+    CTX.fillRect(0, 0, W, H);
+
+    loop();
+
+    function loop() {
+      window.requestAnimationFrame(loop);
+      let imgData = CTX.getImageData(1, 0, W - 1, H);
+      CTX.fillRect(0, 0, W, H);
+      CTX.putImageData(imgData, 0, 0);
+      ANALYSER.getByteFrequencyData(DATA);
+      for (let i = 0; i < LEN; i++) {
+        let rat = DATA[i] / 255;
+        let hue = Math.round((rat * 120) + 280 % 360);
+        let sat = '100%';
+        let lit = 10 + (70 * rat) + '%';
+        CTX.beginPath();
+        CTX.strokeStyle = `hsl(${hue}, ${sat}, ${lit})`;
+        CTX.moveTo(x, H - (i * h));
+        CTX.lineTo(x, H - (i * h + h));
+        CTX.stroke();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 </script>
+<style>
+html, body {
+  height: 100%;
+}
+
+canvas {
+  display: block;
+  height: 85%;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+
+h1 {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 50%;
+  left: 50%;
+  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
+  margin: 0;
+}
+</style>
+
+<audio style="display:none" controls="" crossorigin="anonymous" id='player' autoplay=""><source src="/stream"></audio>
+<h1>Loading...</h1>
+<canvas></canvas>
+