diff --git a/Views/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/Views/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index bee00c7..332f606 100644
--- a/Views/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/Views/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ using System.Windows.Threading;
 using System.Windows.Interop;
 using System.Windows.Input;
 using System.Windows.Controls.Primitives;
+using MpcNET.Commands.Queue;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 
 namespace unison
 {
@@ -61,9 +63,11 @@ namespace unison
             }
             _settingsWin.UpdateConnectionStatus();
             Connection.Text = $"{Properties.Settings.Default.mpd_host}:{Properties.Settings.Default.mpd_port}";
+
+            _shuffleWin.ListGenre();
         }
 
-        public void OnSongChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        public async void OnSongChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
             if (_mpd.GetCurrentSong() == null)
                 return;
@@ -109,6 +113,32 @@ namespace unison
                     _timer.Start();
                 EndTime.Text = FormatSeconds(_mpd.GetCurrentSong().Time);
             }
+
+            Debug.WriteLine("Song changed called!");
+
+            // handle continuous shuffle
+            if (_shuffleWin.GetContinuous())
+            {
+                System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<MpcNET.Types.IMpdFile> a = await _mpd.SafelySendCommandAsync(new PlaylistCommand());
+                int queueSize = 0;
+                foreach (var i in a)
+                {
+                    Debug.WriteLine(i.Path);
+                    queueSize++;
+                }
+                Debug.WriteLine("queue size is: " + queueSize);
+
+                if (queueSize < 5)
+                {
+                    _shuffleWin.AddContinuousSongs();
+                }
+
+                // query queue
+                // if (queue.SongRemaining < 5)
+                //{
+                //    // query shuffle songs
+                //}
+            }
         }
 
         public void OnStatusChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
diff --git a/Views/Settings.xaml b/Views/Settings.xaml
index e498f59..3e8c797 100644
--- a/Views/Settings.xaml
+++ b/Views/Settings.xaml
@@ -44,59 +44,6 @@
                     </DockPanel>
                 </TabItem>
 
-                <TabItem Header="{x:Static properties:Resources.Stats}">
-                    <DockPanel Margin="8">
-                        <GroupBox DockPanel.Dock="Top" Padding="0,4,0,0">
-                            <GroupBox.Header>
-                                <TextBlock>
-                                    <emoji:EmojiInline Text="📊"/>
-                                    <Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Stats}"/>
-                                </TextBlock>
-                            </GroupBox.Header>
-                            <Grid VerticalAlignment="Top">
-                                <TextBlock>
-                                    <Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Stats_Songs}"/><Run Text=" "/><Run x:Name="StatSong"/><LineBreak/>
-                                    <Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Stats_Albums}"/><Run Text=" "/><Run x:Name="StatAlbum"/><LineBreak/>
-                                    <Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Stats_Artists}"/><Run Text=" "/><Run x:Name="StatArtist"/><LineBreak/>
-                                    <Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Stats_TotalPlaytime}"/><Run Text=" "/><Run x:Name="StatTotalPlaytime"/><LineBreak/><LineBreak/>
-                                    <Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Stats_Uptime}"/><Run Text=" "/><Run x:Name="StatUptime"/><LineBreak/>
-                                    <Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Stats_TotalTimePlayed}"/><Run Text=" "/><Run x:Name="StatTotalTimePlayed"/><LineBreak/>
-                                    <Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Stats_LastDatabaseUpdate}"/><Run Text=" "/><Run x:Name="StatDatabaseUpdate"/>
-                                </TextBlock>
-                            </Grid>
-                        </GroupBox>
-                    </DockPanel>
-                </TabItem>
-
-                <TabItem Header="Snapcast">
-                    <DockPanel Margin="8">
-                        <GroupBox DockPanel.Dock="Top" Padding="0,4,0,0">
-                            <GroupBox.Header>
-                                <emoji:TextBlock Text="🔊 Snapcast"/>
-                            </GroupBox.Header>
-                            <Grid VerticalAlignment="Top">
-                                <StackPanel>
-                                    <StackPanel>
-                                        <CheckBox x:Name="SnapcastStartup" Margin="5, 5, 0, 0">
-                                            <TextBlock Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Settings_SnapcastLauch}" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
-                                        </CheckBox>
-                                        <CheckBox x:Name="SnapcastWindow" Margin="5,2.5,0,0">
-                                            <TextBlock Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Settings_SnapcastWindow}" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
-                                        </CheckBox>
-                                        <TextBlock Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Settings_SnapcastPort}" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="5,5,0,0"/>
-                                        <TextBox x:Name="SnapcastPort" MaxLength="5" PreviewTextInput="NumberValidationTextBox" TextWrapping="Wrap" Width="250" Margin="10,2,5,0" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
-                                        <TextBlock Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Settings_SnapcastPath}" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="5,5,0,0"/>
-                                        <TextBox x:Name="SnapcastPath" TextWrapping="Wrap" Width="250" Margin="10,2,5,0" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
-                                        <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="5,5,0,0" TextAlignment="Left" Width="250">
-                                            <Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Settings_SnapcastInfo1}" /><Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Settings_SnapcastInfo2}" FontStyle="Italic" FontWeight="DemiBold" /><Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Settings_SnapcastInfo3}" />
-                                        </TextBlock>
-                                        <Button Content="{x:Static properties:Resources.Settings_SnapcastResetButton}" Margin="0,10,0,0" Width="120" Click="SnapcastReset_Clicked"/>
-                                    </StackPanel>
-                                </StackPanel>
-                            </Grid>
-                        </GroupBox>
-                    </DockPanel>
-                </TabItem>
 
                 <TabItem Header="{x:Static properties:Resources.Settings_Shortcuts}">
                     <DockPanel Margin="8">
@@ -149,6 +96,87 @@
                     </DockPanel>
                 </TabItem>
 
+                <TabItem Header="Snapcast">
+                    <DockPanel Margin="8">
+                        <GroupBox DockPanel.Dock="Top" Padding="0,4,0,0">
+                            <GroupBox.Header>
+                                <emoji:TextBlock Text="🔊 Snapcast"/>
+                            </GroupBox.Header>
+                            <Grid VerticalAlignment="Top">
+                                <StackPanel>
+                                    <StackPanel>
+                                        <CheckBox x:Name="SnapcastStartup" Margin="5, 5, 0, 0">
+                                            <TextBlock Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Settings_SnapcastLauch}" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
+                                        </CheckBox>
+                                        <CheckBox x:Name="SnapcastWindow" Margin="5,2.5,0,0">
+                                            <TextBlock Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Settings_SnapcastWindow}" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
+                                        </CheckBox>
+                                        <TextBlock Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Settings_SnapcastPort}" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="5,5,0,0"/>
+                                        <TextBox x:Name="SnapcastPort" MaxLength="5" PreviewTextInput="NumberValidationTextBox" TextWrapping="Wrap" Width="250" Margin="10,2,5,0" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
+                                        <TextBlock Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Settings_SnapcastPath}" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="5,5,0,0"/>
+                                        <TextBox x:Name="SnapcastPath" TextWrapping="Wrap" Width="250" Margin="10,2,5,0" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
+                                        <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="5,5,0,0" TextAlignment="Left" Width="250">
+                                            <Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Settings_SnapcastInfo1}" /><Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Settings_SnapcastInfo2}" FontStyle="Italic" FontWeight="DemiBold" /><Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Settings_SnapcastInfo3}" />
+                                        </TextBlock>
+                                        <Button Content="{x:Static properties:Resources.Settings_SnapcastResetButton}" Margin="0,10,0,0" Width="120" Click="SnapcastReset_Clicked"/>
+                                    </StackPanel>
+                                </StackPanel>
+                            </Grid>
+                        </GroupBox>
+                    </DockPanel>
+                </TabItem>
+
+                <TabItem Header="Shuffle">
+                    <DockPanel Margin="8">
+                        <GroupBox DockPanel.Dock="Top" Padding="0,4,0,0">
+                            <GroupBox.Header>
+                                <TextBlock>
+                                    <emoji:EmojiInline Text="🔁 "/>
+                                    <Run Text="Shuffle"></Run>
+                                </TextBlock>
+                            </GroupBox.Header>
+                            <Grid MaxWidth="500">
+                                <StackPanel>
+                                    <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap">
+                                        <Run>The shuffle window allows to add random songs to your queue. Both options take into account the filter.</Run>
+                                        <Run>If the filter is empty, the entire music library is taken into account.</Run><LineBreak/><LineBreak/>
+                                        <Run FontWeight="Bold">Continuous shuffle</Run><LineBreak/>
+                                        <Run>By enabling this option, unison will automatically add songs to the queue so you never run out of songs to listen to.</Run>
+                                        <LineBreak/><LineBreak/>
+                                        
+                                        <Run FontWeight="Bold">Add to queue</Run><LineBreak/>
+                                        <Run>Add a fixed number of songs to the queue. It can take a long time to add more than 100 songs, so the option is limited to 1000 songs.</Run>
+                                    </TextBlock>
+                                </StackPanel>
+                            </Grid>
+                        </GroupBox>
+                    </DockPanel>
+                </TabItem>
+
+                <TabItem Header="{x:Static properties:Resources.Stats}">
+                    <DockPanel Margin="8">
+                        <GroupBox DockPanel.Dock="Top" Padding="0,4,0,0">
+                            <GroupBox.Header>
+                                <TextBlock>
+                                    <emoji:EmojiInline Text="📊"/>
+                                    <Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Stats}"/>
+                                </TextBlock>
+                            </GroupBox.Header>
+                            <Grid VerticalAlignment="Top">
+                                <TextBlock>
+                                    <Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Stats_Songs}"/><Run Text=" "/><Run x:Name="StatSong"/><LineBreak/>
+                                    <Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Stats_Albums}"/><Run Text=" "/><Run x:Name="StatAlbum"/><LineBreak/>
+                                    <Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Stats_Artists}"/><Run Text=" "/><Run x:Name="StatArtist"/><LineBreak/>
+                                    <Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Stats_TotalPlaytime}"/><Run Text=" "/><Run x:Name="StatTotalPlaytime"/><LineBreak/><LineBreak/>
+                                    <Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Stats_Uptime}"/><Run Text=" "/><Run x:Name="StatUptime"/><LineBreak/>
+                                    <Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Stats_TotalTimePlayed}"/><Run Text=" "/><Run x:Name="StatTotalTimePlayed"/><LineBreak/>
+                                    <Run Text="{x:Static properties:Resources.Stats_LastDatabaseUpdate}"/><Run Text=" "/><Run x:Name="StatDatabaseUpdate"/>
+                                </TextBlock>
+                            </Grid>
+                        </GroupBox>
+                    </DockPanel>
+                </TabItem>
+
                 <TabItem Header="{x:Static properties:Resources.Settings_About}" Height="20" VerticalAlignment="Bottom">
                     <DockPanel Margin="8">
                         <GroupBox DockPanel.Dock="Top" Padding="0,4,0,0">
diff --git a/Views/Shuffle.xaml b/Views/Shuffle.xaml
index 64c9bad..279faf9 100644
--- a/Views/Shuffle.xaml
+++ b/Views/Shuffle.xaml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
                 <GroupBox DockPanel.Dock="Top" Padding="0,4,0,0">
                     <GroupBox.Header>
                         <TextBlock>
-                            <emoji:EmojiInline Text="🔁"/>
-                            <Run Text="Shuffle"/>
+                            <emoji:EmojiInline Text="🔡"/>
+                            <Run Text="Filter"/>
                         </TextBlock>
                     </GroupBox.Header>
                     <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Margin="5,0,5,0">
@@ -41,20 +41,52 @@
                                 <TextBox x:Name="Year" Width="240"/>
                             </StackPanel>
                         </StackPanel>
-                        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="0,5,0,0">
+                        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="0,5,0,5">
                             <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
                                 <TextBlock Text="Genre" Margin="0,0,0,2"/>
                                 <ComboBox x:Name="Genre" SelectedIndex="0" Width="240" ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="False"/>
                             </StackPanel>
+                            <Button Content="Reset" Click="Reset_Clicked" Padding="5, 2" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="20,0,0,0" FocusVisualStyle="{x:Null}"/>
                         </StackPanel>
-
-                        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0,8,0,0">
-                            <TextBlock Text="Number of songs to add" Margin="0,0,0,5"/>
-                            <TextBox x:Name="SongNumber" Text="100" Width="45" Margin="5,0,0,0"/>
+                        <StackPanel x:Name="SongFilterPanel" Margin="0,5,0,0" Visibility="Collapsed">
+                            <TextBlock>
+                                <Run Text="Number of songs in filter: "/><Run x:Name="SongFilterNumber" FontWeight="Bold"/>
+                            </TextBlock>
                         </StackPanel>
+                    </StackPanel>
+                </GroupBox>
 
-                        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="0,5,0,0">
-                            <Button Content="Add to queue" Click="AddToQueue_Clicked" Padding="5, 2"/>
+                <GroupBox Margin="0,5,0,0" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
+                    <GroupBox.Header>
+                        <TextBlock>
+                            <emoji:EmojiInline Text="♾️"/>
+                            <Run Text="Continuous shuffle"/>
+                        </TextBlock>
+                    </GroupBox.Header>
+                    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="5,8,0,0">
+                        <CheckBox x:Name="ContinuousShuffle" Checked="ContinuousShuffle_Checked" Unchecked="ContinuousShuffle_Checked">
+                            <TextBlock Text="Enable continuous shuffle" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
+                        </CheckBox>
+                    </StackPanel>
+                </GroupBox>
+
+                <GroupBox x:Name="AddToQueueGroup" Margin="0,5,0,0" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
+                    <GroupBox.Header>
+                        <TextBlock>
+                            <emoji:EmojiInline Text="➕"/>
+                            <Run Text="Add to queue"/>
+                        </TextBlock>
+                    </GroupBox.Header>
+                    <StackPanel Margin="5,0,0,0">
+                        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0,10,0,0">
+                            <TextBox x:Name="SongNumber" Text="100" Width="35" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
+                            <TextBlock Text="Number of songs to add" Margin="5,0,0,5"/>
+                        </StackPanel>
+                        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="0,2,0,0">
+                            <Button Content="Add to queue" Click="AddToQueue_Clicked" Padding="5, 2" HorizontalAlignment="Left" FocusVisualStyle="{x:Null}"/>
+                            <TextBlock x:Name="SearchStatus" Margin="15,3,0,0" FontStyle="Italic" Visibility="Collapsed">
+                                <Run Text="Added "/><Run x:Name="NumberAddedSongs"/><Run Text=" songs to the queue..."/>
+                            </TextBlock>
                         </StackPanel>
                     </StackPanel>
                 </GroupBox>
diff --git a/Views/Shuffle.xaml.cs b/Views/Shuffle.xaml.cs
index eefd083..f90c127 100644
--- a/Views/Shuffle.xaml.cs
+++ b/Views/Shuffle.xaml.cs
@@ -1,16 +1,71 @@
-using System.ComponentModel;
+using MpcNET;
+using MpcNET.Commands.Database;
+using MpcNET.Commands.Reflection;
+using MpcNET.Tags;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows;
 using System.Windows.Interop;
 
+// https://mpd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/protocol.html#binary
+
 namespace unison
 {
     public partial class Shuffle : Window
     {
-        //private MPDHandler _mpd;
+        private MPDHandler _mpd;
+        bool _continuous = false;
+        List<string> _songList { get; }
 
         public Shuffle()
         {
             InitializeComponent();
+            _songList = new();
+        }
+
+        public bool GetContinuous()
+        {
+            return _continuous;
+        }
+
+        public void AddContinuousSongs()
+        {
+            int AddedSongs = 0;
+            NumberAddedSongs.Text = AddedSongs.ToString();
+            SearchStatus.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
+
+            HashSet<int> SongIndex = new();
+            while (SongIndex.Count < 2)
+            {
+                int MaxIndex = new Random().Next(0, _songList.Count - 1);
+                SongIndex.Add(MaxIndex);
+            }
+
+            foreach (int index in SongIndex)
+                _mpd.AddSong(_songList[index]);
+
+            SearchStatus.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
+        }
+
+        public async void ListGenre()
+        {
+            if (Genre.Items.Count == 0)
+            {
+                _mpd = (MPDHandler)Application.Current.Properties["mpd"];
+                Genre.Items.Add("");
+                List<string> Response = await _mpd.SafelySendCommandAsync(new ListCommand(MpdTags.Genre, null, null));
+                foreach (var genre in Response)
+                    Genre.Items.Add(genre);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public async void ListFolder()
+        {
+            _mpd = (MPDHandler)Application.Current.Properties["mpd"];
+            //await _mpd.SafelySendCommandAsync(new )
         }
 
         private void Window_Closing(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
@@ -26,9 +81,156 @@ namespace unison
             helper.EnsureHandle();
         }
 
+        private void Reset_Clicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            Song.Text = "";
+            Artist.Text = "";
+            Album.Text = "";
+            Year.Text = "";
+            Genre.SelectedIndex = 0;
+        }
+
+        private async void ContinuousShuffle_Checked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            if (ContinuousShuffle.IsChecked == true)
+            {
+                AddToQueueGroup.IsEnabled = false;
+                _continuous = true;
+                _songList.Clear();
+                await GetSongsFromFilter();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                AddToQueueGroup.IsEnabled = true;
+                _continuous = false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // search "((title contains ''))" window 38669:38670
+        // listfiles
+
+        private async void AddToQueueRandom()
+        {
+            int AddedSongs = 0;
+            NumberAddedSongs.Text = AddedSongs.ToString();
+            SearchStatus.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < int.Parse(SongNumber.Text); i++)
+            {
+                // generate random number
+                int song = new Random().Next(0, _mpd.GetStats().Songs - 1);
+
+                // query random song
+                CommandList commandList = new CommandList(new IMpcCommand<object>[] { new SearchCommand(MpdTags.Title, "", song, song + 1) });
+                string Response = await _mpd.SafelySendCommandAsync(commandList);
+
+                await Task.Delay(1);
+                if (Response.Length > 0)
+                {
+                    // parse song and add it to queue
+                    int start = Response.IndexOf("[file, ");
+                    int end = Response.IndexOf("],");
+                    string filePath = Response.Substring(start + 7, end - (start + 7));
+                    _mpd.AddSong(filePath);
+
+                    AddedSongs++;
+                    NumberAddedSongs.Text = AddedSongs.ToString();
+                }
+            }
+
+            SearchStatus.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
+        }
+
+        private async Task GetSongsFromFilter()
+        {
+            _songList.Clear();
+
+            int song = _mpd.GetStats().Songs;
+
+            List<KeyValuePair<ITag, string>> filters = new();
+            filters.Add(new KeyValuePair<ITag, string>(MpdTags.Title, Song.Text));
+            filters.Add(new KeyValuePair<ITag, string>(MpdTags.Artist, Artist.Text));
+            filters.Add(new KeyValuePair<ITag, string>(MpdTags.Album, Album.Text));
+            filters.Add(new KeyValuePair<ITag, string>(MpdTags.Date, Year.Text));
+            filters.Add(new KeyValuePair<ITag, string>(MpdTags.Genre, Genre.Text));
+
+            CommandList commandList = new CommandList(new IMpcCommand<object>[] { new SearchCommand(filters, 0, song + 1) });
+            string Response = await _mpd.SafelySendCommandAsync(commandList);
+
+            // create a list of the file url
+            string[] value = Response.Split(", [file, ");
+
+            foreach (string file in value)
+            {
+                int start = 0;
+                int end = file.IndexOf("],");
+                string filePath = file.Substring(start, end - start);
+
+                _songList.Add(filePath);
+            }
+
+            // remove characters from first file
+            _songList[0] = _songList[0].Substring(7, _songList[0].Length - 7);
+
+            SongFilterPanel.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
+            SongFilterNumber.Text = _songList.Count.ToString();
+
+            // DEBUG
+            foreach (var a in _songList)
+                Debug.WriteLine(a);
+            Debug.WriteLine("number of songs found: " + _songList.Count);
+            Debug.WriteLine("number of songs requested: " + int.Parse(SongNumber.Text));
+        }
+
+        private async void AddToQueueFilter()
+        {
+            await GetSongsFromFilter();
+
+            int AddedSongs = 0;
+            NumberAddedSongs.Text = AddedSongs.ToString();
+            SearchStatus.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
+
+            // more requested songs than available => add everything
+            if (int.Parse(SongNumber.Text) > _songList.Count)
+            {
+                foreach (string path in _songList)
+                {
+                    await Task.Delay(1);
+                    _mpd.AddSong(path);
+
+                    AddedSongs++;
+                    NumberAddedSongs.Text = AddedSongs.ToString();
+                }
+            }
+            // more available songs than requested =>
+            // we add unique indexes until we reach the requested amount
+            else
+            {
+                HashSet<int> SongIndex = new();
+                while (SongIndex.Count < int.Parse(SongNumber.Text))
+                {
+                    int MaxIndex = new Random().Next(0, _songList.Count - 1);
+                    SongIndex.Add(MaxIndex);
+                }
+
+                foreach (int index in SongIndex)
+                    _mpd.AddSong(_songList[index]);
+            }
+
+            SearchStatus.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
+
+        }
+
         private void AddToQueue_Clicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
         {
+            _mpd = (MPDHandler)Application.Current.Properties["mpd"];
+            if (_mpd.GetStats() == null)
+                return;
 
+            if (Song.Text.Length == 0 && Artist.Text.Length == 0 && Album.Text.Length == 0 && Year.Text.Length == 0 && Genre.SelectedIndex == 0)
+                AddToQueueRandom();
+            else
+                AddToQueueFilter();
         }
     }
 }