diff --git a/src/bel_1_1.mp4 b/src/bel_1_1.mp4
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..ec8ad75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bel_1_1.mp4
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/Users/breel/Movies/bel_1_1.mp4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/src/main.rs b/src/src/main.rs
index 8ad7541..06f932d 100644
--- a/src/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #![allow(non_snake_case)]
 // import the prelude to get access to the `rsx!` macro and the `Scope` and `Element` types
 use dioxus::prelude::*;
-use nfd;
+use rfd::AsyncFileDialog;
 
 fn main() {
    // launch the dioxus app in a webview
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ fn App(cx: Scope) -> Element {
                input {
                   r#type: "button",
                   value: "pick file", onclick: move |evt| {
+                     to_owned![file];
+                     async move {
+                        match AsyncFileDialog::new()
+                           .pick_file()
+                           .await {
+                           Some(f) => {
+                              file.set(f.file_name().clone()); // TODO swap to .path() on desktop
+                           },
+                           None => { file.set(format!("<<failed to pick a file>>")); },
+                        };
+                     }
                   },
                },
                p { file.get().clone() }