diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 904047ea..8ab41412 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+var startTime = Date.now()
+
 require('debug/browser')
 
 var debug = require('debug')('index')
@@ -22,9 +24,6 @@ function onOpen (e, torrentId) {
 //   autoSubmit: true
 // })
 
-// adds debug features like hotkeys for triggering dev tools and reload
-require('electron-debug')()
-
 // prevent windows from being garbage collected
 var mainWindow // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
 
@@ -65,8 +64,9 @@ function createMainWindow () {
   win.loadURL('file://' + path.join(__dirname, 'main', 'index.html'))
   win.webContents.on('did-finish-load', function () {
     setTimeout(function () {
+      debug('startup time: %sms', Date.now() - startTime)
       win.show()
-    }, 30)
+    }, 50)
   })
   win.on('close', function (e) {
     if (process.platform === 'darwin' && !isQuitting) {
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ var template = [
           else return 'Ctrl+Shift+I'
         })(),
         click: function (item, focusedWindow) {
-          if (focusedWindow) focusedWindow.toggleDevTools()
+          devTools(focusedWindow)
         }
       }
     ]
@@ -284,6 +284,23 @@ if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
   )
 }
 
+function devTools (win) {
+  win = win || electron.BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow()
+
+  if (win) {
+    win.toggleDevTools()
+  }
+}
+
+function reload (win) {
+  win = win || electron.BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow()
+
+  if (win) {
+    startTime = Date.now()
+    win.webContents.reloadIgnoringCache()
+  }
+}
+
 // var progress = 0
 // setInterval(function () {
 //   progress += 0.1
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6a4249f8..96a4d2a6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     "create-torrent": "^3.22.1",
     "debug": "^2.2.0",
     "drag-drop": "^2.3.1",
-    "electron-debug": "^0.5.0",
     "network-address": "^1.1.0",
     "pretty-bytes": "^3.0.0",
     "throttleit": "^1.0.0",