diff --git a/spotigrab.py b/spotigrab.py
index 12b7ab1..8a5f0c7 100644
--- a/spotigrab.py
+++ b/spotigrab.py
@@ -9,19 +9,48 @@ import logging
 import string
 import unicodedata
 import sys
+import os
 
 # configuration
 logging.basicConfig(
     level=logging.DEBUG,
     format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s'
     )
-rec_path=".\\rec\\"
-loopback_dev="3"
-monitor_interval=.2
+
+rec_path = os.path.join('.', 'rec')
+fmedia_path = os.path.join('fmedia', 'fmedia.exe')
+window_monitor_interval = .2
+
+window_regex = '^Spotify .+'
+metadata_regex = '^Spotify - (?P<title>.+) · (?P<artist>.+)'
+
 # end configuration
 
 valid_filename_chars = "-_.() %s%s" % (string.ascii_letters, string.digits)
-counter=0
+counter = 0
+is_recording = False
+
+
+def get_default_device():
+    device_list = subprocess.run([
+        fmedia_path,
+        '--list-dev'
+        ],
+        capture_output=True
+    )
+
+    playback_devices = device_list.stdout.decode('utf-8')
+    playback_devices = playback_devices.split('Loopback:')[1].split('Capture:')[0]
+    playback_devices = playback_devices.split('\n')
+
+    for device in playback_devices:
+        if re.search('- Default$', device):
+            logging.debug('found default output device: {device}'.format(device=device))
+            device_number = re.match('^device #([0-9]+)', device).group(1)
+            break
+
+    return device_number
+
 
 def clean_filename(filename, whitelist=valid_filename_chars):
     # keep only valid ascii chars
@@ -31,35 +60,45 @@ def clean_filename(filename, whitelist=valid_filename_chars):
     cleaned_filename = ''.join(c for c in cleaned_filename if c in whitelist)
     return cleaned_filename
 
-def start_rec(artist, title):
+
+def start_rec(artist: str, title: str):
     def rec_subprocess():
-        filename = '{rec_path}{nn:03d}. {artist} - {title}.mp3'.format(
-            nn=counter,
-            rec_path=rec_path,
-            artist=clean_filename(artist),
-            title=clean_filename(title)
-            )
-        logging.debug('recording to {filename}'.format(filename=filename))
-        command = 'fmedia --record --dev-loopback={device} -o "{filename}" --mpeg-quality=2 --globcmd=listen'.format(device=loopback_dev, filename=filename)
-        logging.debug('starting recording subprocess: {command}'.format(command=command))
-        subprocess.run(command, shell=True, capture_output=True, check=True)
+        filename = os.path.join(
+            rec_path,
+            f'{counter:03d}. {clean_filename(artist)} - {clean_filename(title)}.mp3'
+        )
+        logging.debug(f'recording to {filename}')
+
+        command = [
+            fmedia_path,
+            '--record',
+            f'--dev-loopback={loopback_dev}',
+            f'--out={filename}',
+            '--mpeg-quality=2',
+            f'--meta=artist={artist};title={title};tracknumber={counter}',
+            '--globcmd=listen'
+        ]
+
+        logging.debug(f'starting recording subprocess: {" ".join(command)}')
+
+        subprocess.run(command, check=True, capture_output=True)
+
+    global counter
+    global is_recording
+    counter += 1
+    is_recording = True
 
     logging.debug('starting subprocess')
-    global counter
-    counter += 1
     thread = threading.Thread(target=rec_subprocess)
     thread.start()
 
+
 def stop_rec():
-    subprocess.run('fmedia --globcmd=stop', shell=True)
+    subprocess.run([fmedia_path, '--globcmd=stop'])
+    global is_recording
+    is_recording = False
     logging.debug('stopped recording')
 
-def parse_win_title(win_title):
-    metadata = win_title.split('Spotify - ')[1].split(' · ')
-    title = metadata[0]
-    artist = metadata[1]
-    logging.debug('got metadata {title} by {artist}'.format(title=title, artist=artist))
-    return title, artist
 
 def watch_window():
     old_title = ''
@@ -68,28 +107,45 @@ def watch_window():
     while True:
         win_titles = pygetwindow.getAllTitles()
         for win_title in win_titles:
-            if re.search('^Spotify - .+', win_title):
+            if re.search(window_regex, win_title):
                 if win_title != old_title:
-                    logging.debug('window title changed to {wintitle}'.format(wintitle=win_title))
+                    logging.debug(f'window title changed to {win_title}')
 
-                    # read metadata from window title
-                    title, artist = parse_win_title(win_title)
-                    
-                    if old_title != '':
-                        logging.debug('stop recording')
+                    if is_recording:
                         stop_rec()
-                        
-                    logging.debug('start recording now')
-                    start_rec(title, artist)
-                    
-                    old_title = win_title
-        time.sleep(.5)
 
-input('press enter to arm')
+                    # if changed title matches the metadata regex it is assumed there is a song playing
+                    if re.match(metadata_regex, win_title):
+                        # read metadata from window title
+                        metadata = re.match(metadata_regex, win_title)
+                        title = metadata.group('title')
+                        artist = metadata.group('artist')
+                        logging.debug(f'got metadata ({title}) by ({artist})')
+
+                        logging.debug('start recording now')
+                        start_rec(title=title, artist=artist)
+
+                    old_title = win_title
+
+        time.sleep(window_monitor_interval)
+
+
 try:
+    loopback_dev = get_default_device()
+
+    number_input = input('enter number to start counting filenames from (or press enter for 1): ')
+
+    if number_input != '':
+        try:
+            counter = int(number_input) - 1
+        except ValueError:
+            logging.warning(f'input "{number_input}" is a invalid number input')
+
     watch_window()
+
 except KeyboardInterrupt:
     logging.info('got CTRL+C - trying to clean up my mess')
-    stop_rec()
+    if is_recording:
+        stop_rec()
     logging.info('Bye Bye')
     sys.exit(0)