diff --git a/cmd/patdown/main.go b/cmd/patdown/main.go
index 75487dc..1611f5c 100644
--- a/cmd/patdown/main.go
+++ b/cmd/patdown/main.go
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ func (m *multiflag) Set(value string) error {
 }
 
 var (
-	domain     = flag.String("t", "", "domain to query")
-	workers    = flag.Int("c", 100, "number of workers")
-	delay      = flag.Int("s", 100, "delay (sleep) between queries in milliseconds")
+	domain     = flag.String("t", "", "")
+	workers    = flag.Int("c", 100, "")
+	delay      = flag.Int("s", 100, "")
 	nameserver multiflag
 )
 
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ func message(domain string, reqtype uint16, ra bool) *dns.Msg {
 func query(q <-chan Pair, tracker chan<- interface{}) {
 	for pair := range q {
 		msg := message(pair.Domain, dns.TypeA, false)
-		// fmt.Println("Querying ", pair.Domain, " on ", pair.Nameserver)
 		in, err := dns.Exchange(msg, pair.Nameserver+":53")
 		if err != nil {
 			common.Error(err.Error())
@@ -69,6 +68,18 @@ func testns(ns string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func testreq() bool {
+	msg := message("cloudflare.com", dns.TypeA, false)
+	in, err := dns.Exchange(msg, "1.1.1.1:53")
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if len(in.Answer) > 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func main() {
 	flag.Var(&nameserver, "n", "nameserver to query")
 	flag.Usage = common.Usage
@@ -95,13 +106,18 @@ func main() {
 			}
 		}
 
-		fmt.Println(nameservers)
 	} else if len(nameserver) > 0 {
 		for _, ns := range nameserver {
 			nameservers = append(nameservers, ns)
 		}
 	} else {
 		// print usage
+		common.Usage()
+		return
+	}
+
+	if !testreq() {
+		common.Fatal("non-recursive queries are being refused, are you on a very dirty box or VPN?")
 	}
 
 	common.Info("aggregating nameservers...")
@@ -113,7 +129,7 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	common.Info(fmt.Sprintf("snooping EDR domains from %d resolvers...", len(nameservers)))
+	common.Info(fmt.Sprintf("snooping caches on %d resolvers...", len(nameservers)))
 
 	go func() {
 		for i := 0; i < *workers; i++ {
diff --git a/common/console.go b/common/console.go
index eab6f76..f581f3e 100644
--- a/common/console.go
+++ b/common/console.go
@@ -19,17 +19,35 @@ var (
 
 func Banner() {
 	fmt.Printf(`%s 
-    _  __________=__
-    \\@([____]_____()
-   _/\|-[____]
-  /     /(( )     ___    __   _____  ___   ___   _     _  _   _  
- /____|'----'    | |_)  / /\   | |  | | \ / / \ \ \    / | |\ | 
- \____/          |_|   /_/--\  |_|  |_|_/ \_\_/  \_\/\/  |_| \| 
-%s%s
- sincerely,
-     ~ delorean%s
+ .------..------..------..------..------..------..------.
+ |%s%sP%s%s.--. ||%s%sA%s%s.--. ||%s%sT%s%s.--. ||%s%sD%s%s.--. ||%s%sO%s%s.--. ||%s%sW%s%s.--. ||%s%sN%s%s.--. |
+ | :/\: || (\/) || :/\: || :/\: || :/\: || :/\: || :(): |
+ | (__) || :\/: || (__) || (__) || :\/: || :\/: || ()() |
+ | '--'P|| '--'A|| '--'T|| '--'D|| '--'O|| '--'W|| '--'N|
+ '------''------''------''------''------''------''------'
 
-`, ColorRed, ColorReset, ColorGray, ColorReset)
+%s%s sincerely,
+      ~ delorean%s
+
+`, ColorRed, ColorReset, ColorGray, ColorReset, ColorRed, ColorReset, ColorGray, ColorReset,
+		ColorRed, ColorReset, ColorGray, ColorReset, ColorRed, ColorReset, ColorGray, ColorReset,
+		ColorRed, ColorReset, ColorGray, ColorReset, ColorRed, ColorReset, ColorGray, ColorReset,
+		ColorRed, ColorReset, ColorGray, ColorReset, ColorRed, ColorReset, ColorGray, ColorReset)
+}
+
+func Usage() {
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, `patdown usage:
+  (%s-t%s) - target domain
+  (%s-n%s) - specific nameserver to snoop, can be multiple
+  (%s-c%s) - concurrent threads [%s100%s]
+  (%s-s%s) - delay between queries, per thread, in milliseconds [%s100%s]
+
+%se.g.%s
+  patdown -t supernets.org
+  patdown -n ns1.supernets.org -n ns2.supernets.org
+  patdown -t supernets.org -c 50 -s 500
+
+`, ColorCyan, ColorReset, ColorCyan, ColorReset, ColorCyan, ColorReset, ColorGray, ColorReset, ColorCyan, ColorReset, ColorGray, ColorReset, ColorCyan, ColorReset)
 }
 
 var Vendors = map[string]string{
@@ -67,7 +85,3 @@ func Fatal(msg string) {
 	fmt.Printf(" %s~f~%s %s\n", ColorRed, ColorReset, msg)
 	os.Exit(-1)
 }
-
-func Usage() {
-	fmt.Printf(" %s~u~%s usage:\npatdown -t <domain>\npatdown -n ns1.target.com -n ns2.target.com", ColorOrange, ColorReset)
-}