diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 716fa33..565b28c 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 // import { Label } from './components/ui/label';
 // import { Switch } from './components/ui/switch';
@@ -13,16 +13,29 @@ function App() {
   const fullTitle = 'Jaryd.';
 
   const [activeTab, setActiveTab] = useState('home');
+  const [isScrolling, setIsScrolling] = useState(false);
   const navItems = [
     { id: 'home', label: 'Home' },
     { id: 'experience', label: 'Experience' },
     { id: 'projects', label: 'Projects' },
     { id: 'contact', label: 'Contact' },
   ]
+  const sectionRefs = useRef<{
+    home: HTMLElement | null;
+    experience: HTMLElement | null;
+    projects: HTMLElement | null;
+    contact: HTMLElement | null;
+  }>({
+    home: null,
+    experience: null,
+    projects: null,
+    contact: null,
+  });
 
+  // TODO: recruiter mode, handle mobile
   // const [recruiterMode, setRecruiterMode] = useState(true);
 
-  // TODO: Fix this reloading on navbar redirect
+  // TODO: change this to CSS animation
   useEffect(() => {
     if (index < fullTitle.length) {
         const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
@@ -34,11 +47,35 @@ function App() {
     }
 }, [index])
 
+useEffect(() => {
+  const handleScroll = () => {
+    if (isScrolling) return;
+
+    const scrollPosition = window.scrollY + window.innerHeight / 2;
+
+    for (const [id, ref] of Object.entries(sectionRefs.current)) {
+      if (ref && ref.offsetTop <= scrollPosition && ref.offsetTop + ref.offsetHeight > scrollPosition) {
+        setActiveTab(id);
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  window.addEventListener('scroll', handleScroll);
+  handleScroll(); // Call once to set initial active tab
+
+  return () => window.removeEventListener('scroll', handleScroll);
+}, [isScrolling]);
+
   const handleNavClick = (id: string) => {
+    setIsScrolling(true);
     setActiveTab(id)
-    const element = document.getElementById(id)
+    const element = document.getElementById(id);
     if (element) {
-      element.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth' })
+      element.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth' });
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        setIsScrolling(false);
+      }, 1500);
     }
   }
 
@@ -112,10 +149,10 @@ function App() {
   return (
     <Background>
       <NavBar />
-      <Home title={title}/>
-      <Experience />
-      <Projects />
-      <Contact />
+      <Home title={title} ref={(el) => (sectionRefs.current.home = el)}/> 
+      <Experience ref={(el) => (sectionRefs.current.experience = el)}/>
+      <Projects ref={(el) => (sectionRefs.current.projects = el)}/>
+      <Contact ref={(el) => (sectionRefs.current.contact = el)}/>
     </Background>    
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/components/sections/Contact.tsx b/src/components/sections/Contact.tsx
index 3d5d659..8d20a77 100644
--- a/src/components/sections/Contact.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sections/Contact.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import * as resume from '../../resume.json';
+import { forwardRef } from 'react';
 
-const Contact = () => { 
+const Contact = forwardRef<HTMLElement>((props, ref) => {
     return (
-        <section id="contact" className="min-h-screen flex flex-col items-center justify-center">
+        <section id="contact" ref={ref} className="min-h-screen flex flex-col items-center justify-center">
             <h2 className="text-6xl font-bold text-center text-white mb-20">Get in Touch</h2>
             <div className="flex gap-10">
                 <a href={resume.contact.linkedin} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" className="flex items-center text-gray-600 hover:text-blue-500 transition-colors">
@@ -20,6 +21,6 @@ const Contact = () => {
             </div>
         </section>
     )
-}
+});
 
 export default Contact;
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diff --git a/src/components/sections/Experience.tsx b/src/components/sections/Experience.tsx
index 6ebbd2d..6690360 100644
--- a/src/components/sections/Experience.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sections/Experience.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import * as resume from '../../resume.json';
 import { Card, CardContent } from '../ui/card';
 import { Badge } from '../ui/badge';
+import { forwardRef } from 'react';
 
 // TODO: add skills to each position, generate latex resume from json
-const Experience = () => { 
+const Experience = forwardRef<HTMLElement>((props, ref) => {
     return (
-        <section id="experience" className="min-h-screen flex flex-col items-center justify-center gap-4 pt-32">
+        <section id="experience" ref={ref} className="min-h-screen flex flex-col items-center justify-center gap-4 pt-32">
             <h2 className="text-6xl font-bold text-center text-white mb-8">Work Experience</h2>
             {resume.experience.map((item) => {
             return (
@@ -37,6 +38,6 @@ const Experience = () => {
             })}
       </section>
     )
-}
+});
 
 export default Experience;
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diff --git a/src/components/sections/Home.tsx b/src/components/sections/Home.tsx
index 1225e4a..6511a1e 100644
--- a/src/components/sections/Home.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sections/Home.tsx
@@ -1,38 +1,41 @@
-const Home = ({ title }: { title: string}) => {
+import { forwardRef } from "react";
+
+const Home = forwardRef<HTMLElement, { title: string }>((props, ref) => {
     const Title = () => {
         return (
             <span className="font-bold text-slate-200">
-              {title}
+              {props.title}
               <span className="animate-pulse">|</span>
             </span>
         )
     }
 
     return (
-        <section id="home" className="min-h-screen flex flex-col items-center justify-evenly mt-20">
-        <main className="text-center flex flex-col gap-4 text-white">
-          <h1 className="text-9xl font-bold">Introducing... <Title /></h1> 
-          <h1 className="text-7xl font-bold">Your next hire.</h1>
-          <p className="text-2xl mt-10">Developer, community builder, filmmaker, amateur musician - you can guarantee his value is <b>not just code.</b></p>
-        </main>
-        
-        <footer>
-          <div className="max-w-4xl mx-auto">
-            <div className="text-center mb-4">
-              <span className="text-white text-lg">★★★★★</span>
-              <p className="text-xl text-gray-300 mt-2">Trusted by the following companies:</p>
-            </div>
-            <div className="flex justify-center space-x-10">
-              <a href="https://arcticwolf.com/" target="_blank" className="opacity-50 hover:opacity-100"><img src="/arctic_wolf.png" alt="Arctic Wolf" className="h-10" /></a>
-              <a href="https://99ravens.ai/" target="_blank" className="opacity-50 hover:opacity-100"><img src="/99_ravens.png" alt="99 Ravens" className="h-10" /></a>
-              <a href="https://horizn.com/" target="_blank" className="opacity-50 hover:opacity-100"><img src="/horizn.png" alt="Horizn" className="h-10" /></a>
-              <a href="https://www.arcticai.co/" target="_blank" className="opacity-50 hover:opacity-100"><img src="/arctic_ai.png" alt="Arctic AI" className="h-10" /></a>
-              <a href="https://www.mikobyte.com/" target="_blank" className="opacity-50 hover:opacity-100"><img src="/mikobyte.webp" alt="Mikobyte Solutions" className="h-10" /></a>
+        <section id="home" ref={ref} className="min-h-screen flex flex-col items-center justify-evenly mt-6">
+            <main className="text-center flex flex-col gap-4 text-white">
+            <h1 className="text-8xl font-bold">Introducing... <Title /></h1> 
+            <h1 className="text-6xl font-bold">Your next hire.</h1>
+            {/*TODO: fix, A curious and passionate developer, with a variety of experience from startups to large organizations - you can guarantee his value is not just code.*/}
+            <p className="text-2xl mt-8">Developer, community builder, filmmaker, amateur musician - you can guarantee his value is <b>not just code.</b></p>
+            </main>
+            
+            <footer>
+            <div className="max-w-4xl mx-auto">
+                <div className="text-center mb-4">
+                <span className="text-white text-lg">★★★★★</span>
+                <p className="text-xl text-gray-300 mt-2">Trusted by the following companies:</p>
+                </div>
+                <div className="flex justify-center space-x-10">
+                <a href="https://arcticwolf.com/" target="_blank" className="opacity-50 hover:opacity-100"><img src="/arctic_wolf.png" alt="Arctic Wolf" className="h-10" /></a>
+                <a href="https://99ravens.ai/" target="_blank" className="opacity-50 hover:opacity-100"><img src="/99_ravens.png" alt="99 Ravens" className="h-10" /></a>
+                <a href="https://horizn.com/" target="_blank" className="opacity-50 hover:opacity-100"><img src="/horizn.png" alt="Horizn" className="h-10" /></a>
+                <a href="https://www.arcticai.co/" target="_blank" className="opacity-50 hover:opacity-100"><img src="/arctic_ai.png" alt="Arctic AI" className="h-10" /></a>
+                <a href="https://www.mikobyte.com/" target="_blank" className="opacity-50 hover:opacity-100 ml-2.5"><img src="/mikobyte.webp" alt="Mikobyte Solutions" className="h-10" /></a>
+                </div>
             </div>
-          </div>
-        </footer>
-      </section>
+            </footer>
+        </section>
     )
-}
+});
 
 export default Home;
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diff --git a/src/components/sections/Projects.tsx b/src/components/sections/Projects.tsx
index d71c9d3..65ffa86 100644
--- a/src/components/sections/Projects.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sections/Projects.tsx
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ import { Card, CardHeader, CardContent, CardTitle, CardDescription, CardFooter }
 import { Badge } from '../ui/badge';
 import { Button } from '../ui/button';
 import * as resume from '../../resume.json';
+import { forwardRef } from 'react';
 
 // TODO: add proper images, external links
-const Projects = () => { 
+const Projects = forwardRef<HTMLElement>((props, ref) => {
     return (
-        <section id="projects" className="min-h-screen flex items-center justify-center pt-32">
+        <section id="projects" ref={ref} className="min-h-screen flex items-center justify-center pt-32">
             <div className="max-w-6xl mx-auto px-4">
                 <h2 className="text-6xl font-bold text-center text-white mb-8">Selected Projects</h2>
                 <div className="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3 gap-8">
@@ -46,6 +47,6 @@ const Projects = () => {
             </div>
         </section>
     )
-}
+});
 
 export default Projects;
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diff --git a/src/components/sections/types.ts b/src/components/sections/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93666cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/sections/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export type Ref = ((el: HTMLDivElement | null) => void) | React.MutableRefObject<HTMLDivElement | null> | null;
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