diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 21baa0e..7362fd7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ In addition to [Thor's own issues](https://github.com/Samsung-Loki/Thor/issues),
 
 Functional:
 + Currently, the only interactive Thor commands (ones that require user input, such as "flashFile") that can be used are "connect" and "flashTar". This doesn't affect non-interactive Thor commands that don't require input, such as "help", "begin odin", etc.
-+ On Debian 12, clicking the "Connect" button results in "cannot show selection prompt since the current terminal does not support ansi escape sequences". What causes this error is is currently uknown.
 
 Aesthetic:
 + The output from interactive commands (ones that require user input, such as flashTar, connect, etc.) is echoed. So if Thor outputs interactive text, it will be displayed two times. Also, when Thor GUI sends Thor keypresses to select things and such, Thor will send the new output, also echoed. Like when a "[ ]" changes to a "[X]", that whole section of output will be displayed again.
diff --git a/thor-gui.py b/thor-gui.py
index 63e8827..762e730 100644
--- a/thor-gui.py
+++ b/thor-gui.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '''
 Thor GUI - A GUI for the Thor Flash Utility
-Copyright (C) 2023  ethical_haquer
+Copyright (C) 2023-2024 ethical_haquer
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@
 from collections import deque
 import sv_ttk
 from tkinter import ttk
-import pickle
 import sys
 from tktooltip import ToolTip
 from tkinterdnd2 import DND_FILES, TkinterDnD
 import platform
 from threading import Timer
 import typing as typ
+import json
 
-version = 'Alpha v0.4.3'
+version = 'Alpha v0.4.4'
 
 path_to_thor_gui = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))
 currently_running = False
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 sudo_prompt_available = False
 operating_system = platform.system()
 architecture = platform.machine()
+# Fools Thor into thinking it's being run from xterm, a true one-liner
+os.environ['TERM'] = 'xterm'
 
 successful_commands = []
 
@@ -109,128 +111,78 @@
               {version}
 ''')
 
-# Can be made smaller
-# This loads the 'thor-gui-settings.pkl' file, which contains variables
-if os.path.isfile(f'{path_to_thor_gui}/thor-gui-settings.pkl'):
-    f2 = open(f'{path_to_thor_gui}/thor-gui-settings.pkl', 'rb')
-    filed_version = pickle.load(f2)
-    f2.close()
+def load_variable_file():
+    global theme, tooltips, sudo, initial_directory, first_run, thor, thor_directory, keep_dark_term
+    print('loading...')
+    with open("thor-gui-settings.json", "r") as f:
+        filed_variables = json.load(f)
+        theme = filed_variables['theme']
+        tooltips = filed_variables['tooltips']
+        sudo = filed_variables['sudo']
+        initial_directory = filed_variables['initial_directory']
+        first_run = filed_variables['first_run']
+        thor = filed_variables['thor']
+        thor_directory = filed_variables['thor_directory']
+        keep_dark_term = filed_variables['keep_dark_term']
+    
+def dump_variable_file():
+    with open("thor-gui-settings.json", "r") as f:
+        filed_variables = json.load(f)
+    filed_variables['version'] = version
+    filed_variables['theme'] = theme
+    filed_variables['tooltips'] = tooltips
+    filed_variables['sudo'] = sudo
+    filed_variables['initial_directory'] = initial_directory
+    filed_variables['first_run'] = first_run
+    filed_variables['thor'] = thor
+    filed_variables['thor_directory'] = thor_directory
+    filed_variables['keep_dark_term'] = keep_dark_term
+    with open('thor-gui-settings.json', 'w') as f:
+        json.dump(filed_variables, f)
+
+def create_variable_file():
+    filed_variables = {
+        'version': version,
+        'theme': 'light',
+        'tooltips': True,
+        'sudo': False,
+        'initial_directory': '~',
+        'first_run': True,
+        'thor': 'internal',
+        'thor_directory': '~',
+        'keep_dark_term': False
+        }
+    with open("thor-gui-settings.json", "w") as f:
+        json.dump(filed_variables, f)
+        
+def recreate_variable_file():
+    with open("thor-gui-settings.json", "r") as f:
+        filed_variables = json.load(f)
+    filed_variables['version'] = version
+    filed_variables['theme'] = 'light'
+    filed_variables['tooltips'] = True
+    filed_variables['sudo'] = False
+    filed_variables['initial_directory'] = '~'
+    filed_variables['first_run'] = True
+    filed_variables['thor'] = 'internal'
+    filed_variables['thor_directory'] = '~'
+    filed_variables['keep_dark_term'] = False
+    with open('thor-gui-settings.json', 'w') as f:
+        json.dump(filed_variables, f)
+
+# This loads the 'thor-gui-settings.json' file, which contains variables
+if os.path.isfile(f'{path_to_thor_gui}/thor-gui-settings.json'):
+    with open("thor-gui-settings.json", "r") as f:
+        filed_variables = json.load(f)
+        filed_version = filed_variables['version']
     if filed_version != version:
-        print("The found 'thor-gui-settings.pkl' file was not created by this version of Vidar_GUI, so Thor GUI is updating it.")
-        if filed_version == 'Alpha v0.4.0':
-            filed_version = version
-            initial_directory = '~'
-            thor = "internal"
-            thor_directory = "~"
-            keep_dark_term = False
-
-            f2 = open(f'{path_to_thor_gui}/thor_gui_settings.pkl', 'rb')
-            # Has to be filed_version_2, otherwise it will overwrite the 'filed_version = version' line above
-            filed_version_2 = pickle.load(f2)
-            theme = pickle.load(f2)
-            tooltips = pickle.load(f2)
-            sudo = pickle.load(f2)
-            first_run = pickle.load(f2)
-            f2.close()
-
-            f1 = open(f'{path_to_thor_gui}/thor_gui_settings.pkl', 'wb')
-            pickle.dump(filed_version, f1)
-            pickle.dump(theme, f1)
-            pickle.dump(tooltips, f1)
-            pickle.dump(sudo, f1)
-            pickle.dump(initial_directory, f1)
-            pickle.dump(first_run, f1)
-            pickle.dump(thor, f1)
-            pickle.dump(thor_directory, f1)
-            pickle.dump(keep_dark_term, f1)
-            f1.close()
-        elif filed_version == "Alpha v0.4.1":
-            filed_version = version
-            thor = "internal"
-            thor_directory = "~"
-            keep_dark_term = False
-
-            f2 = open(f'{path_to_thor_gui}/thor_gui_settings.pkl', 'rb')
-            # Has to be filed_version_2, otherwise it will overwrite the 'filed_version = version' line above
-            filed_version_2 = pickle.load(f2)
-            theme = pickle.load(f2)
-            tooltips = pickle.load(f2)
-            sudo = pickle.load(f2)
-            initial_directory = pickle.load(f2)
-            first_run = pickle.load(f2)
-            f2.close()
-
-            f1 = open(f'{path_to_thor_gui}/thor-gui-settings.pkl', 'wb')
-            pickle.dump(filed_version, f1)
-            pickle.dump(theme, f1)
-            pickle.dump(tooltips, f1)
-            pickle.dump(sudo, f1)
-            pickle.dump(initial_directory, f1)
-            pickle.dump(first_run, f1)
-            pickle.dump(thor, f1)
-            pickle.dump(thor_directory, f1)
-            pickle.dump(keep_dark_term, f1)
-            f1.close()
-        elif filed_version == "Alpha v0.4.2":
-            filed_version = version
-            keep_dark_term = False
-
-            f2 = open(f'{path_to_thor_gui}/thor_gui_settings.pkl', 'rb')
-            # Has to be filed_version_2, otherwise it will overwrite the 'filed_version = version' line above
-            filed_version_2 = pickle.load(f2)
-            theme = pickle.load(f2)
-            tooltips = pickle.load(f2)
-            sudo = pickle.load(f2)
-            initial_directory = pickle.load(f2)
-            first_run = pickle.load(f2)
-            f2.close()
-
-            f1 = open(f'{path_to_thor_gui}/thor-gui-settings.pkl', 'wb')
-            pickle.dump(filed_version, f1)
-            pickle.dump(theme, f1)
-            pickle.dump(tooltips, f1)
-            pickle.dump(sudo, f1)
-            pickle.dump(initial_directory, f1)
-            pickle.dump(first_run, f1)
-            pickle.dump(thor, f1)
-            pickle.dump(thor_directory, f1)
-            pickle.dump(keep_dark_term, f1)
-            f1.close()
+        print("The found 'thor-gui-settings.json' file was not created by this version of Thor GUI, so Thor GUI is re-creating it.")
+        recreate_variable_file()
 else:
     print(f"The 'thor-gui-settings.pkl' file was not found in the directory that this program is being run from ({path_to_thor_gui}), so Thor GUI is creating it.")
-    filed_version = version
-    theme = 'light'
-    tooltips = True
-    sudo = False
-    initial_directory = '~'
-    first_run = True
-    thor = "internal"
-    thor_directory = "~"
-    keep_dark_term = False
-    f1 = open(f'{path_to_thor_gui}/thor-gui-settings.pkl', 'wb')
-    pickle.dump(filed_version, f1)
-    pickle.dump(theme, f1)
-    pickle.dump(tooltips, f1)
-    pickle.dump(sudo, f1)
-    pickle.dump(initial_directory, f1)
-    pickle.dump(first_run, f1)
-    pickle.dump(thor, f1)
-    pickle.dump(thor_directory, f1)
-    pickle.dump(keep_dark_term, f1)
-    f1.close()
-
-f2 = open(f'{path_to_thor_gui}/thor-gui-settings.pkl', 'rb')
-filed_version = pickle.load(f2)
-theme = pickle.load(f2)
-tooltips = pickle.load(f2)
-sudo = pickle.load(f2)
-initial_directory = pickle.load(f2)
-first_run = pickle.load(f2)
-thor = pickle.load(f2)
-thor_directory = pickle.load(f2)
-keep_dark_term = pickle.load(f2)
-f2.close()
-
+    create_variable_file()
+load_variable_file()
+    
 # This starts and stops Thor
 def start_thor():
     global Thor, output_thread, currently_running, prompt_available, sudo, start_button_message, thor, thor_directory
@@ -292,6 +244,7 @@ def start_thor():
     except Exception as e:
         print(f'An exception occurred in start_thor:\n{e}')
 
+
 # What most Thor commands go through
 def send_command(command, case='normal'):
     global Thor, successful_commands, prompt_available, sudo_prompt_available
@@ -796,8 +749,8 @@ def change_theme():
 #        print('Thor GUI was closed with the file picker still open - Don't do that. :)')
     except pexpect.exceptions.TIMEOUT:
         print('A Timeout occurred in start_thor')
-#    except Exception as e:
-#        print(f'An exception occurred in open_file: {e}')
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f'An exception occurred in open_file: {e}')
 
 # Handles asking the user if they'd like to connect to a device
 def select_device():
@@ -1158,10 +1111,11 @@ def send_close():
 
 # Handles stopping everything when the window is closed, or the 'Stop Thor' button is clicked
 def on_window_close():
-    global Thor, currently_running, output_thread, prompt_available, Message_Window
+    global Thor, currently_running, output_thread, prompt_available, Message_Window, version
     try:
+        dump_variable_file()
         def force_stop():
-            global currently_running
+            global currently_running, version
             currently_running = False
             window.after_cancel(start_flash)
             Thor.sendline('exit')
@@ -1171,17 +1125,6 @@ def force_stop():
             output_thread.join(timeout=0.5)  # Wait for the output thread to finish with a timeout
             Force_Close_Window.destroy()
             print('Stopping Thor GUI...')
-            f1 = open(f'{path_to_thor_gui}/thor-gui-settings.pkl', 'wb')
-            pickle.dump(filed_version, f1)
-            pickle.dump(theme, f1)
-            pickle.dump(tooltips, f1)
-            pickle.dump(sudo, f1)
-            pickle.dump(initial_directory, f1)
-            pickle.dump(first_run, f1)
-            pickle.dump(thor, f1)
-            pickle.dump(thor_directory, f1)
-            pickle.dump(keep_dark_term, f1)
-            f1.close()
             window.destroy()
         if currently_running:
             if prompt_available == True:
@@ -1193,17 +1136,6 @@ def force_stop():
                 print('Stopped Thor')
                 output_thread.join(timeout=0.5)  # Wait for the output thread to finish with a timeout
                 print('Stopping Thor GUI...')
-                f1 = open(f'{path_to_thor_gui}/thor-gui-settings.pkl', 'wb')
-                pickle.dump(filed_version, f1)
-                pickle.dump(theme, f1)
-                pickle.dump(tooltips, f1)
-                pickle.dump(sudo, f1)
-                pickle.dump(initial_directory, f1)
-                pickle.dump(first_run, f1)
-                pickle.dump(thor, f1)
-                pickle.dump(thor_directory, f1)
-                pickle.dump(keep_dark_term, f1)
-                f1.close()
                 window.destroy()
             elif prompt_available == False:
                 Force_Close_Window = tk.Toplevel(window)
@@ -1234,17 +1166,6 @@ def force_stop():
         else:
             window.after_cancel(start_flash)
             print('Stopping Thor GUI...')
-            f1 = open(f'{path_to_thor_gui}/thor-gui-settings.pkl', 'wb')
-            pickle.dump(filed_version, f1)
-            pickle.dump(theme, f1)
-            pickle.dump(tooltips, f1)
-            pickle.dump(sudo, f1)
-            pickle.dump(initial_directory, f1)
-            pickle.dump(first_run, f1)
-            pickle.dump(thor, f1)
-            pickle.dump(thor_directory, f1)
-            pickle.dump(keep_dark_term, f1)
-            f1.close()
             window.destroy()
     except Exception as e:
         print(f'An exception occurred in on_window_close: {e}')
@@ -1376,9 +1297,6 @@ def __init__(self, name: str, master: ttk.Frame, command, variable,
     def __getattr__(self, attr):
         return getattr(self.checkbutton, attr)
 
-# Creates labels
-
-
 # Creates labels, will be replaced with a class
 def create_label(name, master, text, font=('Monospace', 11), sticky='we', padx=0, pady=0, anchor='center'):
     label = name + '_Label'