diff --git a/crates/hyperlog-tui/src/app/dialog.rs b/crates/hyperlog-tui/src/app/dialog.rs
index fcf29da..a3d9e75 100644
--- a/crates/hyperlog-tui/src/app/dialog.rs
+++ b/crates/hyperlog-tui/src/app/dialog.rs
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ impl CreateItemState {
 
         if !title.is_empty() {
             let mut path = self.path.clone();
-            path.push(title.replace(' ', "").replace('.', "-"));
+            path.push(title.replace([' ', '.'], "-"));
 
             Some(hyperlog_core::commander::Command::CreateItem {
                 root: self.root.clone(),
@@ -270,18 +270,6 @@ impl CreateItemState {
 pub struct CreateItem {}
 
 impl StatefulWidget for &mut CreateItem {
-    // fn render(self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer)
-    // where
-    //     Self: Sized,
-    // {
-    //     //buf.reset();
-
-    //     // let block = Block::bordered()
-    //     //     .title("create item")
-    //     //     .padding(Padding::proportional(1));
-
-    // }
-
     type State = CreateItemState;
 
     fn render(self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer, state: &mut Self::State) {
@@ -306,9 +294,5 @@ impl StatefulWidget for &mut CreateItem {
 
         title_input.render(chunks[1], buf, &mut state.title);
         description_input.render(chunks[2], buf, &mut state.description);
-
-        // let title = Paragraph::new("something"); //.block(block);
-
-        // title.render(area, buf);
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/hyperlog-tui/src/command_parser.rs b/crates/hyperlog-tui/src/command_parser.rs
index 8b62bda..4e348b9 100644
--- a/crates/hyperlog-tui/src/command_parser.rs
+++ b/crates/hyperlog-tui/src/command_parser.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ pub enum Commands {
     Quit,
     WriteQuit,
     Archive,
+    CreateSection { name: String },
 }
 
 impl Commands {
@@ -26,11 +27,14 @@ impl CommandParser {
         let parts = prepared.split_whitespace().collect_vec();
 
         match parts.split_first() {
-            Some((command, _)) => match *command {
+            Some((command, rest)) => match *command {
                 "w" | "write" => Some(Commands::Write),
                 "q" | "quit" => Some(Commands::Quit),
                 "wq" | "write-quit" => Some(Commands::WriteQuit),
                 "a" | "archive" => Some(Commands::Archive),
+                "cs" | "create-section" => rest.first().map(|name| Commands::CreateSection {
+                    name: name.to_string(),
+                }),
                 _ => None,
             },
             None => None,
diff --git a/crates/hyperlog-tui/src/components.rs b/crates/hyperlog-tui/src/components.rs
index 1080776..f466f53 100644
--- a/crates/hyperlog-tui/src/components.rs
+++ b/crates/hyperlog-tui/src/components.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ impl<'a> GraphExplorer<'a> {
     }
 
     pub fn update_graph(&mut self) -> Result<&mut Self> {
+        let now = std::time::SystemTime::now();
+
         let graph = self
             .state
             .querier
@@ -50,6 +52,9 @@ impl<'a> GraphExplorer<'a> {
 
         self.inner.graph = Some(graph);
 
+        let elapsed = now.elapsed()?;
+        tracing::trace!("Graph.update_graph took: {}nanos", elapsed.as_nanos());
+
         Ok(self)
     }
 
@@ -141,10 +146,26 @@ impl<'a> GraphExplorer<'a> {
     }
 
     pub fn execute_command(&mut self, command: &Commands) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        if let Commands::Archive = command {
-            if !self.get_current_path().is_empty() {
-                tracing::debug!("archiving path: {:?}", self.get_current_path())
+        match command {
+            Commands::Archive => {
+                if !self.get_current_path().is_empty() {
+                    tracing::debug!("archiving path: {:?}", self.get_current_path())
+                }
             }
+            Commands::CreateSection { name } => {
+                if !name.is_empty() {
+                    let mut path = self.get_current_path();
+                    path.push(name.replace(" ", "-").replace(".", "-"));
+
+                    self.state.commander.execute(
+                        hyperlog_core::commander::Command::CreateSection {
+                            root: self.inner.root.clone(),
+                            path,
+                        },
+                    )?;
+                }
+            }
+            _ => (),
         }
 
         self.update_graph()?;