diff --git a/gitapply.sh b/gitapply.sh
index 9dbdb46ee..bbb2d41f9 100755
--- a/gitapply.sh
+++ b/gitapply.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ DTEAL='\033[38;5;30m'
 YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
 RED='\033[0;31m'
 BOLD='\033[1m'
+DIM='\033[2m'
 NC='\033[0m' # No Color
 
 # Symbols
@@ -19,65 +20,199 @@ CROSS="✖"
 ARROW="➜"
 GEAR="⚙"
 ROCKET="🚀"
+SPARKLE="✨"
+
+# Animation frames
+SPINNER_FRAMES=("⠋" "⠙" "⠹" "⠸" "⠼" "⠴" "⠦" "⠧" "⠇" "⠏")
+PROGRESS_CHARS=("░" "▒" "▓" "█")
+
+# Typewriter effect function
+typewriter() {
+    local text="$1"
+    local delay="${2:-0.03}"
+    for ((i=0; i<${#text}; i++)); do
+        echo -n "${text:$i:1}"
+        sleep "$delay"
+    done
+}
+
+# Spinner function - runs command with animated spinner
+spinner() {
+    local pid=$1
+    local message="$2"
+    local i=0
+    while kill -0 "$pid" 2>/dev/null; do
+        echo -ne "\r   ${LBLUE}${SPINNER_FRAMES[$i]}${NC} ${message}"
+        i=$(( (i + 1) % ${#SPINNER_FRAMES[@]} ))
+        sleep 0.1
+    done
+    wait "$pid"
+    return $?
+}
+
+# Progress bar function
+progress_bar() {
+    local duration=$1
+    local width=30
+    local step=$(echo "scale=4; $duration / $width" | bc)
+    
+    echo -ne "   ${LBLUE}[${NC}"
+    for ((i=0; i<width; i++)); do
+        echo -ne "${TEAL}█${NC}"
+        sleep "$step"
+    done
+    echo -e "${LBLUE}]${NC} ${TEAL}${CHECK}${NC}"
+}
+
+# Animated box drawing
+draw_box_top() {
+    echo -ne "${CYAN}"
+    echo -n "╔"
+    for ((i=0; i<84; i++)); do
+        echo -n "═"
+        sleep 0.005
+    done
+    echo -e "╗${NC}"
+}
+
+draw_box_bottom() {
+    echo -ne "${CYAN}"
+    echo -n "╚"
+    for ((i=0; i<84; i++)); do
+        echo -n "═"
+        sleep 0.005
+    done
+    echo -e "╝${NC}"
+}
+
+# Fade in logo line by line
+fade_in_logo() {
+    local lines=(
+        "${CYAN}║                                                                                    ║${NC}"
+        "${CYAN}║  ${LBLUE}        .-~~~-.        ${LCYAN}██╗   ██╗██╗██████╗ ████████╗███╗   ██╗███████╗████████╗${CYAN}  ║${NC}"
+        "${CYAN}║  ${LBLUE}    .- ~ ~-(  )- ~~ -. ${LCYAN}██║   ██║██║██╔══██╗╚══██╔══╝████╗  ██║██╔════╝╚══██╔══╝${CYAN}  ║${NC}"
+        "${CYAN}║  ${LBLUE}   /                  \\${LCYAN}██║   ██║██║██████╔╝   ██║   ██╔██╗ ██║█████╗     ██║${CYAN}     ║${NC}"
+        "${CYAN}║  ${BLUE}  |     ${DTEAL}.-----.${BLUE}      |${TEAL}╚██╗ ██╔╝██║██╔══██╗   ██║   ██║╚██╗██║██╔══╝     ██║${CYAN}     ║${NC}"
+        "${CYAN}║  ${BLUE}   \\   ${DTEAL}(       )${BLUE}    / ${TEAL} ╚████╔╝ ██║██║  ██║   ██║   ██║ ╚████║███████╗   ██║${CYAN}     ║${NC}"
+        "${CYAN}║  ${DTEAL}    \`~ --._____.-- ~\`  ${TEAL}  ╚═══╝  ╚═╝╚═╝  ╚═╝   ╚═╝   ╚═╝  ╚═══╝╚══════╝   ╚═╝${CYAN}     ║${NC}"
+        "${CYAN}║                                                                                    ║${NC}"
+        "${CYAN}║              ${BOLD}${YELLOW}Paymenter Load Balancer - Git Update & Apply${NC}${CYAN}                        ║${NC}"
+        "${CYAN}║                                                                                    ║${NC}"
+    )
+    
+    for line in "${lines[@]}"; do
+        echo -e "$line"
+        sleep 0.08
+    done
+}
+
+# Pulse effect for status messages
+pulse_message() {
+    local message="$1"
+    local color="$2"
+    for i in {1..2}; do
+        echo -ne "\r   ${color}${BOLD}${message}${NC}"
+        sleep 0.15
+        echo -ne "\r   ${color}${DIM}${message}${NC}"
+        sleep 0.15
+    done
+    echo -ne "\r   ${color}${message}${NC}"
+}
 
 clear
 
-echo -e "${CYAN}╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗${NC}"
-echo -e "${CYAN}║                                                                                    ║${NC}"
-echo -e "${CYAN}║  ${LBLUE}        .-~~~-.        ${LCYAN}██╗   ██╗██╗██████╗ ████████╗███╗   ██╗███████╗████████╗${CYAN}  ║${NC}"
-echo -e "${CYAN}║  ${LBLUE}    .- ~ ~-(  )- ~~ -. ${LCYAN}██║   ██║██║██╔══██╗╚══██╔══╝████╗  ██║██╔════╝╚══██╔══╝${CYAN}  ║${NC}"
-echo -e "${CYAN}║  ${LBLUE}   /                  \\${LCYAN}██║   ██║██║██████╔╝   ██║   ██╔██╗ ██║█████╗     ██║${CYAN}     ║${NC}"
-echo -e "${CYAN}║  ${BLUE}  |     ${DTEAL}.-----.${BLUE}      |${TEAL}╚██╗ ██╔╝██║██╔══██╗   ██║   ██║╚██╗██║██╔══╝     ██║${CYAN}     ║${NC}"
-echo -e "${CYAN}║  ${BLUE}   \\   ${DTEAL}(       )${BLUE}    / ${TEAL} ╚████╔╝ ██║██║  ██║   ██║   ██║ ╚████║███████╗   ██║${CYAN}     ║${NC}"
-echo -e "${CYAN}║  ${DTEAL}    \`~ --._____.-- ~\`  ${TEAL}  ╚═══╝  ╚═╝╚═╝  ╚═╝   ╚═╝   ╚═╝  ╚═══╝╚══════╝   ╚═╝${CYAN}     ║${NC}"
-echo -e "${CYAN}║                                                                                    ║${NC}"
-echo -e "${CYAN}║              ${BOLD}${YELLOW}Paymenter Load Balancer - Git Update & Apply${NC}${CYAN}                        ║${NC}"
-echo -e "${CYAN}║                                                                                    ║${NC}"
-echo -e "${CYAN}╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝${NC}"
+# Animated header
+draw_box_top
+fade_in_logo
+draw_box_bottom
 echo ""
 
-echo -e "${LBLUE}${ARROW}${NC} Repository: ${LCYAN}https://gitea.virtnet.bond/Joseph.Rawlings/Virtnet.bond/${NC}"
+# Animated repository info
+echo -ne "${LBLUE}${ARROW}${NC} Repository: "
+typewriter "https://gitea.virtnet.bond/Joseph.Rawlings/Virtnet.bond/" 0.02
+echo -e "${NC}"
 echo ""
 
 sleep_time=$((RANDOM % 5 + 1))
 cd /var/www/paymenter
 
+# Preparing update with animated countdown
 echo -e "${TEAL}${GEAR}${NC} ${BOLD}Preparing update...${NC}"
 echo -ne "   ${LBLUE}⏳${NC} Waiting "
 for ((i=sleep_time; i>0; i--)); do
-    echo -ne "${LCYAN}${i}${NC} "
-    sleep 1
+    echo -ne "${LCYAN}${BOLD}${i}${NC} "
+    for frame in "${SPINNER_FRAMES[@]}"; do
+        echo -ne "${LBLUE}${frame}${NC}"
+        sleep 0.1
+        echo -ne "\b"
+    done
 done
-echo -e "${TEAL}${CHECK}${NC}"
+echo -e "${TEAL}${CHECK}${NC} ${SPARKLE}"
 echo ""
 
+# Git pull with spinner
 echo -e "${TEAL}${GEAR}${NC} ${BOLD}Pulling latest changes from Git...${NC}"
-if ! git pull; then
-    echo -e "   ${RED}${CROSS}${NC} Git pull failed!"
-    echo -e "${LBLUE}${ARROW}${NC} Restarting script..."
+git pull > /tmp/git_output.txt 2>&1 &
+GIT_PID=$!
+spinner $GIT_PID "Fetching from remote..."
+GIT_STATUS=$?
+
+if [ $GIT_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "\r   ${RED}${CROSS}${NC} Git pull failed!              "
+    cat /tmp/git_output.txt
+    echo ""
+    pulse_message "Restarting script..." "${YELLOW}"
+    echo ""
     sleep 2
     exec "$0" "$@"
 fi
-echo -e "   ${TEAL}${CHECK}${NC} Git pull completed"
+echo -e "\r   ${TEAL}${CHECK}${NC} Git pull completed ${SPARKLE}           "
+cat /tmp/git_output.txt | head -3 | while read line; do
+    echo -e "      ${DIM}${line}${NC}"
+done
 echo ""
 
+# Cache clearing with progress
 echo -e "${TEAL}${GEAR}${NC} ${BOLD}Clearing caches...${NC}"
-php artisan view:clear > /dev/null 2>&1
-echo -e "   ${TEAL}${CHECK}${NC} View cache cleared"
-php artisan cache:clear > /dev/null 2>&1
-echo -e "   ${TEAL}${CHECK}${NC} Application cache cleared"
+echo -ne "   ${LBLUE}${SPINNER_FRAMES[0]}${NC} View cache"
+php artisan view:clear > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+spinner $! "View cache"
+echo -e "\r   ${TEAL}${CHECK}${NC} View cache cleared ${SPARKLE}           "
+
+echo -ne "   ${LBLUE}${SPINNER_FRAMES[0]}${NC} Application cache"
+php artisan cache:clear > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+spinner $! "Application cache"
+echo -e "\r   ${TEAL}${CHECK}${NC} Application cache cleared ${SPARKLE}    "
 echo ""
 
+# PHP-FPM restart with progress bar
 echo -e "${TEAL}${GEAR}${NC} ${BOLD}Restarting PHP-FPM...${NC}"
-systemctl restart php8.3-fpm
-echo -e "   ${TEAL}${CHECK}${NC} PHP 8.3 FPM restarted"
+systemctl restart php8.3-fpm &
+RESTART_PID=$!
+spinner $RESTART_PID "Restarting service..."
+echo -e "\r   ${TEAL}${CHECK}${NC} PHP 8.3 FPM restarted ${SPARKLE}        "
 echo ""
 
-echo -e "${CYAN}╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗${NC}"
+# Animated completion box
+sleep 0.3
+draw_box_top
 echo -e "${CYAN}║                                                                                    ║${NC}"
-echo -e "${CYAN}║   ${TEAL}${ROCKET} ${BOLD}UPDATE COMPLETE!${NC}${CYAN}                                                              ║${NC}"
+sleep 0.1
+echo -ne "${CYAN}║   ${TEAL}${ROCKET} ${NC}"
+typewriter "${BOLD}UPDATE COMPLETE!${NC}" 0.05
+echo -e "${CYAN}                                                              ║${NC}"
+sleep 0.1
 echo -e "${CYAN}║                                                                                    ║${NC}"
 echo -e "${CYAN}║   ${NC}Paymenter has been successfully updated and services restarted.${CYAN}                  ║${NC}"
 echo -e "${CYAN}║                                                                                    ║${NC}"
-echo -e "${CYAN}╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝${NC}"
+draw_box_bottom
+
+# Final sparkle animation
+echo ""
+echo -ne "   "
+for i in {1..5}; do
+    echo -ne "${LCYAN}${SPARKLE}${NC} "
+    sleep 0.15
+done
+echo ""
 echo ""
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