diff --git a/interface/app/$libraryId/peer/$id.tsx b/interface/app/$libraryId/peer/$id.tsx
index b950f8224..62c76486e 100644
--- a/interface/app/$libraryId/peer/$id.tsx
+++ b/interface/app/$libraryId/peer/$id.tsx
@@ -3,18 +3,14 @@ import { NodeIdParamsSchema } from '~/app/route-schemas';
 import { Icon } from '~/components';
 import { useRouteTitle, useZodRouteParams } from '~/hooks';
 import { hardwareModelToIcon } from '~/util/hardware';
-
 import { TopBarPortal } from '../TopBar/Portal';
+import StarfieldEffect from './StarfieldEffect'; // Import the StarfieldEffect component
 
 export const Component = () => {
 	const { id: _nodeId } = useZodRouteParams(NodeIdParamsSchema);
-	// we encode/decode because nodeId has special characters and I'm not willing to change that rn
 	const nodeId = decodeURIComponent(_nodeId);
-
 	const peers = usePeers();
-
 	const peer = peers.get(nodeId);
-
 	const title = useRouteTitle(peer?.metadata?.name || 'Peer');
 
 	return (
@@ -39,8 +35,12 @@ export const Component = () => {
 						{peer?.metadata.operating_system?.toString()}
 					</h3>
 					<h3 className="text-sm text-ink-dull">{nodeId}</h3>
-					<div className="mt-8 flex h-28 w-96 items-center justify-center rounded-lg border border-dashed border-app-line p-4 text-sm font-medium text-ink-dull">
-						Drop files here to send with Spacedrop
+
+					<div className="relative mt-8 flex h-28 w-96 items-center justify-center rounded-lg border border-solid border-app-line p-4 text-sm font-medium text-ink-dull">
+						<StarfieldEffect />
+						<div className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center">
+							Drop files here to send with Spacedrop
+						</div>
 					</div>
 				</div>
 			)}
diff --git a/interface/app/$libraryId/peer/StarfieldEffect.tsx b/interface/app/$libraryId/peer/StarfieldEffect.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..515ee2a21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/interface/app/$libraryId/peer/StarfieldEffect.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+
+const StarfieldEffect: React.FC = () => {
+  const canvasRef = useRef<HTMLCanvasElement>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const canvas = canvasRef.current;
+    if (!canvas) return;
+
+    const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+    if (!ctx) return;
+
+    const resizeCanvas = () => {
+      const scale = window.devicePixelRatio || 1;
+      const width = canvas.parentElement?.clientWidth || 800;
+      const height = canvas.parentElement?.clientHeight || 300;
+      canvas.width = width * scale;
+      canvas.height = height * scale;
+      canvas.style.width = `${width}px`;
+      canvas.style.height = `${height}px`;
+      ctx.scale(scale, scale);
+    };
+
+    resizeCanvas();
+    window.addEventListener('resize', resizeCanvas);
+
+    canvas.style.position = 'absolute';
+    canvas.oncontextmenu = e => e.preventDefault();
+
+    const imageData = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+    const pix = imageData.data;
+
+    const center = { x: canvas.width / 2, y: canvas.height / 2 };
+
+    let mouseActive = false;
+    let mouseDown = false;
+    let mousePos = { x: center.x, y: center.y };
+
+    let starSpeed = 20;
+    const starSpeedMin = starSpeed;
+    const starSpeedMax = 100;
+    const starDistance = 5000;
+
+    let fov = 320;
+    const fovMin = 210;
+    const fovMax = fov;
+
+    const starHolderCount = 8000; // Increased star count
+    const starHolder: any[] = [];
+    const starBgHolder: any[] = [];
+
+    const backgroundColor = { r: 28, g: 29, b: 37, a: 255 };
+
+    const clearImageData = () => {
+      for (let i = 0, l = pix.length; i < l; i += 4) {
+        pix[i] = backgroundColor.r;
+        pix[i + 1] = backgroundColor.g;
+        pix[i + 2] = backgroundColor.b;
+        pix[i + 3] = backgroundColor.a;
+      }
+    };
+
+    const setPixel = (x: number, y: number, r: number, g: number, b: number, a: number) => {
+      const i = (x + y * canvas.width) * 4;
+      pix[i] = r;
+      pix[i + 1] = g;
+      pix[i + 2] = b;
+      pix[i + 3] = a;
+    };
+
+    const setPixelAdditive = (x: number, y: number, r: number, g: number, b: number, a: number) => {
+      const i = (x + y * canvas.width) * 4;
+      pix[i] += r;
+      pix[i + 1] += g;
+      pix[i + 2] += b;
+      pix[i + 3] = a;
+    };
+
+    const drawLine = (x1: number, y1: number, x2: number, y2: number, r: number, g: number, b: number, a: number) => {
+      const dx = Math.abs(x2 - x1);
+      const dy = Math.abs(y2 - y1);
+      const sx = x1 < x2 ? 1 : -1;
+      const sy = y1 < y2 ? 1 : -1;
+      let err = dx - dy;
+      let lx = x1;
+      let ly = y1;
+
+	  const continueLoop = true
+      while (continueLoop) {
+        if (lx > 0 && lx < canvas.width && ly > 0 && ly < canvas.height) {
+          setPixel(lx, ly, r, g, b, a);
+        }
+        if (lx === x2 && ly === y2) break;
+        const e2 = 2 * err;
+        if (e2 > -dx) {
+          err -= dy;
+          lx += sx;
+        }
+        if (e2 < dy) {
+          err += dx;
+          ly += sy;
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    const addParticle = (x: number, y: number, z: number, ox: number, oy: number, oz: number) => {
+      const particle = { x, y, z, ox, oy, x2d: 0, y2d: 0, color: { r: 0, g: 0, b: 0, a: 0 }, oColor: { r: 0, g: 0, b: 0, a: 0 }, w: 0, distance: 0, distanceTotal: 0 };
+      return particle;
+    };
+
+    const addParticles = () => {
+      let x, y, z, colorValue, particle;
+      for (let i = 0; i < starHolderCount / 3; i++) {
+        x = Math.random() * 24000 - 12000;
+        y = Math.random() * 4500 - 2250;
+        z = Math.round(Math.random() * starDistance);
+        colorValue = 185; // Adjusted color
+        particle = addParticle(x, y, z, x, y, z);
+        particle.color = { r: 171, g: 172, b: 185, a: 255 };
+        starBgHolder.push(particle);
+      }
+      for (let i = 0; i < starHolderCount; i++) {
+        x = Math.random() * 10000 - 5000;
+        y = Math.random() * 10000 - 5000;
+        z = Math.round(Math.random() * starDistance);
+        colorValue = 185; // Adjusted color
+        particle = addParticle(x, y, z, x, y, z);
+        particle.color = { r: 171, g: 172, b: 185, a: 255 };
+        particle.oColor = { r: 171, g: 172, b: 185, a: 255 };
+        particle.w = 1;
+        particle.distance = starDistance - z;
+        particle.distanceTotal = Math.round(starDistance + fov - particle.w);
+        starHolder.push(particle);
+      }
+    };
+
+    const animloop = () => {
+      requestAnimationFrame(animloop);
+      render();
+    };
+
+    const render = () => {
+      clearImageData();
+      let star, scale;
+
+      if (mouseActive) {
+        starSpeed += 2;
+        if (starSpeed > starSpeedMax) starSpeed = starSpeedMax;
+      } else {
+        starSpeed -= 1;
+        if (starSpeed < starSpeedMin) starSpeed = starSpeedMin;
+      }
+
+      fov += mouseActive ? -1 : 0.5;
+      fov = Math.max(fovMin, Math.min(fovMax, fov));
+
+      const warpSpeedValue = starSpeed * (starSpeed / (starSpeedMax / 2));
+
+      for (const bgStar of starBgHolder) {
+        star = bgStar;
+        scale = fov / (fov + star.z);
+        star.x2d = star.x * scale + center.x;
+        star.y2d = star.y * scale + center.y;
+        if (star.x2d > 0 && star.x2d < canvas.width && star.y2d > 0 && star.y2d < canvas.height) {
+          setPixel(star.x2d | 0, star.y2d | 0, star.color.r, star.color.g, star.color.b, 255);
+        }
+      }
+
+      for (const mainStar of starHolder) {
+        star = mainStar;
+        star.z -= starSpeed;
+        star.distance += starSpeed;
+        if (star.z < -fov + star.w) {
+          star.z = starDistance;
+          star.distance = 0;
+        }
+
+        const distancePercent = star.distance / star.distanceTotal;
+        star.color.r = Math.floor(star.oColor.r * distancePercent);
+        star.color.g = Math.floor(star.oColor.g * distancePercent);
+        star.color.b = Math.floor(star.oColor.b * distancePercent);
+
+        scale = fov / (fov + star.z);
+        star.x2d = star.x * scale + center.x;
+        star.y2d = star.y * scale + center.y;
+
+        if (star.x2d > 0 && star.x2d < canvas.width && star.y2d > 0 && star.y2d < canvas.height) {
+          setPixelAdditive(star.x2d | 0, star.y2d | 0, star.color.r, star.color.g, star.color.b, 255);
+        }
+
+        if (starSpeed !== starSpeedMin) {
+          const nz = star.z + warpSpeedValue;
+          scale = fov / (fov + nz);
+          const x2d = star.x * scale + center.x;
+          const y2d = star.y * scale + center.y;
+          if (x2d > 0 && x2d < canvas.width && y2d > 0 && y2d < canvas.height) {
+            drawLine(star.x2d | 0, star.y2d | 0, x2d | 0, y2d | 0, star.color.r, star.color.g, star.color.b, 255);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      ctx.putImageData(imageData, 0, 0);
+
+      center.x += (mousePos.x - center.x) * 0.015;
+      if (!mouseActive) {
+        center.x += (canvas.width / 2 - center.x) * 0.015;
+      }
+    };
+
+    const getMousePos = (event: MouseEvent) => {
+      const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+      return { x: event.clientX - rect.left, y: event.clientY - rect.top };
+    };
+
+    const mouseMoveHandler = (event: MouseEvent) => {
+      mousePos = getMousePos(event);
+    };
+
+    const mouseEnterHandler = () => {
+      mouseActive = true;
+    };
+
+    const mouseLeaveHandler = () => {
+      mouseActive = false;
+      mouseDown = false;
+    };
+
+    canvas.addEventListener('mousemove', mouseMoveHandler);
+    canvas.addEventListener('mousedown', () => { mouseDown = true; });
+    canvas.addEventListener('mouseup', () => { mouseDown = false; });
+    canvas.addEventListener('mouseenter', mouseEnterHandler);
+    canvas.addEventListener('mouseleave', mouseLeaveHandler);
+
+    addParticles();
+    animloop();
+
+    return () => {
+      canvas.removeEventListener('mousemove', mouseMoveHandler);
+      canvas.removeEventListener('mousedown', () => { mouseDown = true; });
+      canvas.removeEventListener('mouseup', () => { mouseDown = false; });
+      canvas.removeEventListener('mouseenter', mouseEnterHandler);
+      canvas.removeEventListener('mouseleave', mouseLeaveHandler);
+      window.removeEventListener('resize', resizeCanvas);
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  return (
+    <canvas ref={canvasRef} className="block size-full rounded-lg border border-gray-500 transition-all hover:scale-105">
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+    </canvas>
+  );
+};
+
+export default StarfieldEffect;