diff --git a/app/avo/resources/sailors_log_leaderboard.rb b/app/avo/resources/sailors_log_leaderboard.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2e0867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/avo/resources/sailors_log_leaderboard.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class Avo::Resources::SailorsLogLeaderboard < Avo::BaseResource
+  # self.includes = []
+  # self.attachments = []
+  # self.search = {
+  #   query: -> { query.ransack(id_eq: params[:q], m: "or").result(distinct: false) }
+  # }
+  
+  def fields
+    field :id, as: :id
+  end
+end
+
+
diff --git a/app/controllers/avo/sailors_log_leaderboards_controller.rb b/app/controllers/avo/sailors_log_leaderboards_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d425e0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/avo/sailors_log_leaderboards_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# This controller has been generated to enable Rails' resource routes.
+# More information on https://docs.avohq.io/3.0/controllers.html
+class Avo::SailorsLogLeaderboardsController < Avo::ResourcesController
+end
diff --git a/app/controllers/sailors_log_controller.rb b/app/controllers/sailors_log_controller.rb
index e7c6586..577c8c8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/sailors_log_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/sailors_log_controller.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ class SailorsLogController < ApplicationController
   skip_before_action :verify_authenticity_token
   before_action :verify_slack_request
 
+  # allow usage of short_time_simple
+  include ApplicationHelper
+  helper_method :short_time_simple
+
   # Handle slack commands
   def create
     case params[:text].downcase.strip
@@ -19,26 +23,23 @@ class SailorsLogController < ApplicationController
         text: ":white_check_mark: Coding notifications have been turned off in this channel."
       }
     when "leaderboard"
-      leaderboard = SailorsLog.generate_leaderboard(params[:channel_id])
-      message = "*:boat: Sailor's Log - Today*"
-      medals = [ "first_place_medal", "second_place_medal", "third_place_medal" ]
-      # ex.
-      # :first_place_medal: @Irtaza: 2h 6m → Farmworks [C#]: 125m
-      # :second_place_medal: @Cigan: 1h 33m → Gitracker-1 [JAVA]: 49m + Dupe [JAVA]: 41m + Lovac-Integration [JAVA]: 2m
-      leaderboard.each_with_index do |entry, index|
-        medal = medals[index] || "white_small_square"
-        message += "\n:#{medal}: `<@#{entry[:user_id]}>`: #{entry[:duration]} → "
-        message += entry[:projects].map do |project|
-          language = project[:language_emoji] ? "#{project[:language_emoji]} #{project[:language]}" : project[:language]
-          "#{project[:name]} [#{language}]"
-        end.join(" + ")
-      end
+      # Acknowledge receipt
+      head :ok
 
-      puts message
-      render json: {
-        response_type: "in_channel",
-        text: message
-      }
+      # Send loading message first
+      response = HTTP.post(params[:response_url], json: {
+        response_type: "ephemeral",
+        text: ":beachball: #{FlavorText.loading_messages.sample}",
+        trigger_id: params[:trigger_id]
+      })
+
+      puts "Response: #{response.body}"
+
+      # Process in background
+      SailorsLogLeaderboardJob.perform_later(
+        params[:channel_id],
+        params[:response_url],
+      )
     else
       render json: {
         response_type: "ephemeral",
diff --git a/app/jobs/sailors_log_leaderboard_job.rb b/app/jobs/sailors_log_leaderboard_job.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..683e7bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/jobs/sailors_log_leaderboard_job.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+class SailorsLogLeaderboardJob < ApplicationJob
+  queue_as :default
+  include ApplicationHelper
+
+  def perform(channel_id, response_url)
+    # Generate leaderboard
+    leaderboard = SailorsLog.generate_leaderboard(channel_id)
+    message = "*:boat: Sailor's Log - Today*"
+    medals = [ "first_place_medal", "second_place_medal", "third_place_medal" ]
+
+    leaderboard.each_with_index do |entry, index|
+      medal = medals[index] || "white_small_square"
+      message += "\n:#{medal}: `<@#{entry[:user_id]}>`: #{short_time_simple entry[:duration]} → "
+      message += entry[:projects].map do |project|
+        language = project[:language_emoji] ? "#{project[:language_emoji]} #{project[:language]}" : project[:language]
+
+        project_entry = []
+        project_entry << "#{project[:name]}"
+        project_entry << "[#{language}]" unless language.nil?
+        project_entry << "#{short_time_simple project[:duration]}"
+        project_entry.join(" ")
+      end.join(" + ")
+    end
+
+    # Update with final message
+    response = HTTP.post(response_url, json: {
+      response_type: "in_channel",
+      replace_original: true,
+      text: message
+    })
+
+    puts "Response: #{response.body}"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/sailors_log.rb b/app/models/sailors_log.rb
index 3ca4cad..1bd2207 100644
--- a/app/models/sailors_log.rb
+++ b/app/models/sailors_log.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class SailorsLog < ApplicationRecord
         .duration_seconds
 
       projects = project_durations.map do |project, duration|
+        print "project: #{project}, duration: #{duration}, language: #{most_common_languages[project]}"
         {
           name: project,
           duration: duration,
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ class SailorsLog < ApplicationRecord
         }
       end
 
+      projects = projects.filter { |project| project[:duration] > 1.minute }.sort_by { |project| -project[:duration] }
+
       {
         user_id: user_id,
         duration: user_durations[user_id],
@@ -63,21 +66,22 @@ class SailorsLog < ApplicationRecord
   end
 
   def self.language_emoji(language)
-    case language.downcase
+    language = language.downcase
+    case language
     when "ruby"
-      ":ruby:"
+      ":#{language}:"
     when "javascript"
       ":js:"
     when "typescript"
       ":ts:"
     when "html"
-      ":html:"
+      ":#{language}:"
     when "java"
       [ ":java:", ":java_duke:" ].sample
     when "unity"
       [ ":unity:", ":unity_new:" ].sample
     when "c++"
-      ":c++:"
+      ":#{language}:"
     when "c"
       [ ":c:", ":c_1:" ].sample
     when "rust"
@@ -89,7 +93,9 @@ class SailorsLog < ApplicationRecord
     when "go"
       [ ":golang:", ":gopher:", ":gothonk:" ].sample
     when "kotlin"
-      ":kotlin:"
+      ":#{language}:"
+    when "astro"
+      ":#{language}:"
     else
       nil
     end
diff --git a/app/models/sailors_log_leaderboard.rb b/app/models/sailors_log_leaderboard.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69ec7f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/sailors_log_leaderboard.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class SailorsLogLeaderboard < ApplicationRecord
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20250223072034_create_sailors_log_leaderboards.rb b/db/migrate/20250223072034_create_sailors_log_leaderboards.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00e0ebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20250223072034_create_sailors_log_leaderboards.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class CreateSailorsLogLeaderboards < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.0]
+  def change
+    create_table :sailors_log_leaderboards do |t|
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index c26cf91..e434861 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_02_22_082500) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_02_23_072034) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pg_catalog.plpgsql"
 
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_02_22_082500) do
     t.datetime "deleted_at"
   end
 
+  create_table "sailors_log_leaderboards", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+  end
+
   create_table "sailors_log_notification_preferences", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "slack_uid", null: false
     t.string "slack_channel_id", null: false
diff --git a/lib/flavor_text.rb b/lib/flavor_text.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3992ba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/flavor_text.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+class FlavorText
+  def self.loading_messages
+    [
+      "Generating leaderboard...",
+      "Crunching the numbers...",
+      "Hold tight, I'm working on it...",
+      "chugging the data juice",
+      "chugging *Stat-Cola©*, for those who want to know things™",
+      "that's numberwang!",
+      "crunching the numbers",
+      "munching the numbers",
+      "gurgling the bits",
+      "juggling the electrons",
+      "chomping the bytes",
+      "playing the photons on bass",
+      "reticulating the splines",
+      "rolling down data hills",
+      "frolicking through fields of numbers",
+      "skiing the data slopes",
+      "zooming through the cyber-pipes",
+      "grabbing the stats",
+      "switching the dependent and independent variables",
+      "flipping a coin to choose which axis to use",
+      "warming up the powerhouse of the cell",
+      "calculating significant figures...",
+      "p-hacking the n value",
+      "computing P = NP",
+      "realizing P ≠ NP",
+      "so, uh... come here often?",
+      "*powertool noises*",
+      "spinning violently around the y-axis",
+      "serializing first-time coders experiences",
+      "tokenizing personal experiences",
+      "waking up the bits",
+      "petting the bits",
+      "testing patience",
+      "npm installing 3 of 27594 packages",
+      "spinning the rgbs",
+      "Installing dependencies",
+      "shoveling the overflowed pixels",
+      ".split() === :large_blue_circle::large_green_circle::large_yellow_circle::large_orange_circle::red_circle::large_purple_circle: "
+    ]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/fixtures/sailors_log_leaderboards.yml b/test/fixtures/sailors_log_leaderboards.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7a3329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/sailors_log_leaderboards.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Read about fixtures at https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/FixtureSet.html
+
+# This model initially had no columns defined. If you add columns to the
+# model remove the "{}" from the fixture names and add the columns immediately
+# below each fixture, per the syntax in the comments below
+#
+one: {}
+# column: value
+#
+two: {}
+# column: value
diff --git a/test/models/sailors_log_leaderboard_test.rb b/test/models/sailors_log_leaderboard_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7030615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/models/sailors_log_leaderboard_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require "test_helper"
+
+class SailorsLogLeaderboardTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+  # test "the truth" do
+  #   assert true
+  # end
+end