diff --git a/colorspot.py b/colorspot.py
index 0e4be51..71ca4d2 100755
--- a/colorspot.py
+++ b/colorspot.py
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ class ColorSpot():
                 'port': '7373',
                 'user': 'N0CALL',
                 'timeout': '100'}
+            config['lotw'] = {
+                'user': 'N0CALL',
+                'password': 'XXXXXXXXX',
+                'mode': 'ssb'}
             config['band_colors'] = {
                 "145": "white",
                 "144": "white",
@@ -92,9 +96,6 @@ class ColorSpot():
                 'alert_bg': 'indian_red_1a',
                 'alert_fg': 'white',
                 'default_bg': 'black'}
-            config['alias']= {
-                'Asiatic Russia': 'Russia',
-                'European Russia': 'Russia'}
             config['dxcc'] = {
                 "1A": "Sov. Mil. Order of Malta,EU",
                 "3A": "Monaco,EU",
@@ -753,12 +754,12 @@ class ColorSpot():
     def get_confirmed_countries(self):
         ret = []
         #TODO: download file and/or tell user what to do
-        file = open("lotwreport.adi", "r")
+        file = open("lotw.adi", "r")
         for row in file:
             if re.search("COUNTRY", row):
                 country = row.partition(">")[2].lower().rstrip()
-                if country in self.config['alias']:
-                    country = self.config['alias'][country]
+                country = re.sub('European ', '', country, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
+                country = re.sub('Asiatic ', '', country, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
                 if country not in ret:
                     ret.append(country)
         return ret
@@ -793,12 +794,24 @@ class ColorSpot():
                 line_enc = telnet.read_until(b"\n")  # Read one line
                 line = line_enc.decode('ascii')
                 if "enter your call" in line:
-                    my_str_as_bytes = str.encode(self.config['cluster']['user']+"\n")
-                    telnet.write(my_str_as_bytes)
-                elif "DX de" in line:
+                    b_user = str.encode(self.config['cluster']['user']+"\n")
+                    telnet.write(b_user)
+                elif " Hello " in line:
+                    print(fg("grey_27") + line + attr("reset"))
+                    foreground = "white"
+                    background = "grey_27"
+                    sep = fg("grey_27")+'|'+fg(foreground)
+                    row = ["DE", sep, "Freq", sep, "DX", \
+                        sep, "Country", sep, "C", sep, "L", sep, "Comment", sep, "Time"]
+
+                    print(bg(background) + fg(foreground) + \
+                        '{:9.9} {:<1} {:>7.7} {:<1} {:<10.10} {:<1} {:<16.16} {:<1} {:<2.2} {:<1} {:<1.1} {:<1} {:<30.30} {:<1} {:<4.4}'.format(*row) + attr("reset"))
+                    b_cmd = str.encode("sh/dx/50 @\n")
+                    telnet.write(b_cmd)
+                elif "DX de" in line or "Dx de" in line:
                     try:
                         band_col = ""
-                        call_de = re.search('DX de (.+?): ', line).group(1)
+                        call_de = re.search('D(X|x) de (.+?): ', line).group(2)
                         freq = re.search(': +(.+?)  ', line).group(1)
                         call_dx = re.search(freq + ' +(.+?) ', line).group(1)
                         time = re.search('[^ ]*$', line).group(0)[0:4]
@@ -811,7 +824,7 @@ class ColorSpot():
 
                         lotw = ""
                         if lotw_date:
-                            lotw = "[LotW] "
+                            lotw = "✓"
                         try:
                             if self.config['colors']['color_by'] == "band":
                                 foreground = self.config['band_colors'][freq[:-5]]
@@ -833,15 +846,13 @@ class ColorSpot():
                         sep = fg("grey_27")+'|'+fg(foreground)
 
                         row = [call_de, sep, freq, sep, call_dx, \
-                            sep, areaname, sep, continent, sep, lotw + comment, sep, time]
+                            sep, areaname, sep, continent, sep, lotw, sep, comment, sep, time]
 
                         print(bg(background) + fg(foreground) + \
-                            '{:9.9} {:<1} {:>7.7} {:<1} {:<10.10} {:<1} {:<16.16} {:<1} {:<2.2} {:<1} {:<30.30} {:<1} {:<4.4}'.format(*row) + attr("reset"))
+                            '{:9.9} {:<1} {:>7.7} {:<1} {:<10.10} {:<1} {:<16.16} {:<1} {:<2.2} {:<1} {:<1.1} {:<1} {:<30.30} {:<1} {:<4.4}'.format(*row) + attr("reset"))
 
                     except AttributeError:
                         print(line)
-                elif "login: " in line:
-                    print(fg("grey_27") + line + attr("reset"))
 
 #####################################################
 #                  Main Routine                     #