diff --git a/src/logcat.js b/src/logcat.js
index 73e7846..5138925 100644
--- a/src/logcat.js
+++ b/src/logcat.js
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class LogcatContent {
         // no point in formatting the data if there are no connected clients
         var clients = LogcatContent._wss.clients.filter(client => client._logcatid === this._logcatid);
         if (clients.length) {
-            var lines = '<div class="logblock">' + this._htmllogs.join(os.EOL) + '</div>';
+            var lines = '<div class="logblock">' + this._htmllogs.join('') + '</div>';
             clients.forEach(client => client.send(lines));
         }
         // once we've updated all the clients, discard the info
diff --git a/src/res/logcat.html b/src/res/logcat.html
index 81bb7a6..5c72561 100644
--- a/src/res/logcat.html
+++ b/src/res/logcat.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         .E {color:#f88} .vscode-light .E {color:#f55} .vscode-high-contrast .E {color:#f00}
         .F {color:#f66} .vscode-light .F {color:#f00} .vscode-high-contrast .F {color:#f00}
         .hide {display:none}
-        .logblock {display:inline-block}
+        .logblock {display:block}
         .a {display:flex;flex-direction:column;position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;}
         .b {flex:0 0 auto;border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128,128,128,.2); padding-bottom: .2em}
         .vscode-high-contrast .b {border-color: #0cc}
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
                 const setStatus = (x) => { getId('status').textContent = ''+x; }
                 const start = () => {
                     var rows = getId('rows'), filter = getId('q');
-                    var last_known_scroll_position=0, selectall=0, logcount=0, currfilter,ws;
+                    var last_known_scroll_position=0, selectall=0, logcount=0, prevlc=0, currfilter,ws;
                     var selecttext = (rows) => {
                         if (!rows) return window.getSelection().empty();
                         var range = document.createRange();
@@ -74,8 +74,17 @@
                         }
                     };
                     updateLogCountDisplay = () => {
-                        var msg = currfilter ? `${currfilter.matchCounts.true}/${logcount}` : logcount
+                        var diff = logcount - prevlc;
+                        if (diff <= 0 || diff > 100) {
+                            prevlc = logcount;
+                            var msg = currfilter ? `${currfilter.matchCounts.true}/${logcount}` : logcount;
+                            getId('lcount').textContent = msg;
+                            return;
+                        }
+                        prevlc++;
+                        var msg = currfilter ? `${currfilter.matchCounts.true}/${prevlc}` : prevlc;
                         getId('lcount').textContent = msg;
+                        setTimeout(updateLogCountDisplay, 1);
                     }
                     showFilterErr = (msg) => {
                         filter.style['border-color'] = 'red';
@@ -151,7 +160,7 @@
                                 if (/^:logcat_cleared$/.test(rawlogs)) {
                                     rows.innerHTML = '';
                                     rows.insertAdjacentHTML('afterbegin','<div>---- log cleared ----</div>');
-                                    logcount = 0;
+                                    logcount = prevlc = 0;
                                     if (currfilter) currfilter.matchCounts = {true:0,false:0};
                                     updateLogCountDisplay();
                                     return;