diff --git a/qiling/extensions/coverage/formats/history.py b/qiling/extensions/coverage/formats/history.py
index 2edd28e2a..b0415b41b 100644
--- a/qiling/extensions/coverage/formats/history.py
+++ b/qiling/extensions/coverage/formats/history.py
@@ -1,22 +1,33 @@
-from typing import List
-from qiling import Qiling
-from qiling.core_hooks_types import HookRet
+from __future__ import annotations
+from typing import List, Tuple, TYPE_CHECKING, Union, Optional, Any
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from qiling import Qiling
+    from qiling.core_hooks_types import HookRet
+    from capstone import Cs
+
 import re
+from capstone import CsInsn
+
 
 class History:
-    history_hook_handle: HookRet = None
-    history: List[int] = []
+    history_hook_handle: HookRet
+    history: List[CsInsn] = []
     ql: Qiling
+    md: Cs
+    arm_is_thumb: bool
 
     def __init__(self, ql: Qiling) -> None:
         self.ql = ql
+        self.md = self.ql.arch.disassembler
+        self.arm_is_thumb = getattr(ql.arch, 'is_thumb', False)
         self.track_block_coverage()
 
     def clear_history(self) -> None:
         """Clears the current state of the history 
         
         """
-        self.history = []
+        self.history.clear()
 
     def clear_hooks(self) -> None:
         """Clears the current history hook from the Qiling instance
@@ -27,19 +38,38 @@ def clear_hooks(self) -> None:
 
         self.ql.hook_del(self.history_hook_handle)
 
+    def __hook_block(self, ql: Qiling, address: int, size: int) -> Any:
+        '''
+        The unicorn block/instruction hook function for the track_block_coverage and track_instruction_coverage functions. This just give us a way to append capstone objects to the history list
+        '''
+
+        # get the current state of the thumb mode, only applys to arm
+        # originally we were going to access the ql.arch.disassembler directly for all architectures from in this callback, but in the
+        # implementation for arch.arm.disassembler, the capstone instance is recreated every time (to make sure THUMB mode is properly dealt with)
+        if self.arm_is_thumb is not getattr(ql.arch, "is_thumb", False):
+            # the thumb mode has changed, so we need to update the disassembler
+            self.arm_is_thumb = not self.arm_is_thumb
+            self.md = self.ql.arch.disassembler
+
+        # 0x10 is way more than enough bytes to grab a single instruction
+        ins_bytes = ql.mem.read(address, 0x10)
+        try:
+            self.history.append(next(self.md.disasm(ins_bytes, address)))
+        except StopIteration:
+            # if this ever happens, then the unicorn/qiling is going to crash because it tried to execute 
+            # an instruction that it cant, so we are just not going to do anything
+            pass
+
     def track_block_coverage(self) -> None:
         """Configures the history plugin to track all of the basic blocks that are executed. Removes any existing hooks
         
         Returns:
             None
         """
-        if self.history_hook_handle:
+        if getattr(self, 'history_hook_handle', None):
             self.clear_hooks()
-        
-        def __hook_block(ql, address, size):
-            self.history.append(address)
 
-        self.history_hook_handle = self.ql.hook_block(__hook_block)
+        self.history_hook_handle = self.ql.hook_block(self.__hook_block)
 
     def track_instruction_coverage(self) -> None:
         """Configures the history plugin to track all of the instructions that are executed. Removes any existing hooks
@@ -47,82 +77,79 @@ def track_instruction_coverage(self) -> None:
         Returns:
             None
         """
-        if self.history_hook_handle:
+        if getattr(self, 'history_hook_handle', None):
             self.clear_hooks()
-        
-        def __hook_block(ql, address, size):
-            self.history.append(address)
 
-        self.history_hook_handle = self.ql.hook_code(__hook_block)
+        self.history_hook_handle = self.ql.hook_code(self.__hook_block)
 
-    def get_ins_only_lib(self, libs: List[str]) -> List[int]:
+    def get_ins_only_lib(self, libs: List[str]) -> List[CsInsn]:
         """Returns a list of addresses that have been executed that are only in mmaps for objects that match the regex of items in the list
         
         Args:
             libs (List[str]): A list of regex strings to match against the library names in the memory maps
 
         Returns:
-            List[int]: A list of addresses that have been executed and in the memory maps that match the regex
+            List[capstone.CsInsn]: A list of CsInsn that have been executed and are only in the memory maps that match the regex
 
         Examples:
-            >>> history.get_ins_only_lib(["libc.so", "libpthread.so"])
+            >>> history.get_ins_only_lib([".*libc.so.*", ".*libpthread.so.*"])
         """    
 
         executable_maps = self.get_regex_matching_exec_maps(libs)
-        return [x for x in self.history if any([x >= start and x <= end for start, end, _, _, _ in executable_maps])]
+        
+        return [x for x in self.history if any(start <= x.address <= end for start, end, _, _, _ in executable_maps)]
 
-    def get_ins_exclude_lib(self, libs: list) -> List:
+    def get_ins_exclude_lib(self, libs: List[str]) -> List[CsInsn]:
         '''Returns a list of history instructions that are not in the libraries that match the regex in the libs list
         
         Args:
-            libs (List): A list of regex strings to match against the library names in the memory maps
+            libs (List[str]): A list of regex strings to match against the library names in the memory maps
         
         Returns:
-            List: A list of addresses that have been executed and are not in the memory maps that match the regex
+            List[capstone.CsInsn]: A list of CsInsn that have been executed and are not in the memory maps that match the regex
 
         Examples:
-            >>> history.get_ins_exclude_lib(["libc.so", "libpthread.so"])
+            >>> history.get_ins_exclude_lib([".*libc.so.*", ".*libpthread.so.*"])
         '''
 
         executable_maps = self.get_regex_matching_exec_maps(libs)
-        return [x for x in self.history if any([x < start or x > end for start, end, _, _, _ in executable_maps])]
-    
-    def get_mem_map_from_addr(self, ins: int) -> tuple:
+        return [h for h in self.history if not any(start <= h.address <= end for start, end, _, _, _ in executable_maps)]
+
+    def get_mem_map_from_addr(self, ins: Union[int, CsInsn]) -> Optional[Tuple]:
         '''Returns the memory map that contains the instruction
 
         Args:
-            ins (int): The instruction address to search for
+            ins (Union[int, CsInsn]): The instruction address to search for, can be either an int or a capstone.CsInsn
 
         Returns:
-            tuple: A tuple that contains the memory map that contains the instruction
+            Optional[Tuple]: A tuple that contains the memory map that contains the instruction
                 this tuple is in the format of (start_addr, end_addr, perms, name, path)
 
         Examples: 
             >>> history.get_mem_map_from_addr(0x7ffff7dd1b97)
         '''
 
-        #get the memory map that contains the instruction
-        mem_map = [x for x in self.ql.mem.get_mapinfo() if x[0] <= ins and x[1] >= ins]
+        if isinstance(ins, CsInsn):
+            ins = ins.address
 
-        if len(mem_map) == 0:
-            return None
+        assert isinstance(ins, int)
 
-        # i sure hope theres not more than one map that contains the instruction lol
-        return mem_map[0]
+        return next((x for x in self.ql.mem.get_mapinfo() if x[0] <= ins and x[1] >= ins), None)
 
-    def get_regex_matching_exec_maps(self, libs: List) -> List:
+    def get_regex_matching_exec_maps(self, libs: List[str]) -> List[Tuple]:
         '''Returns a list of tuples for current mmaps whose names match the regex of libs in the list
         
-        This is a wrapper around ql.mem.get_mapinfo() and just filters the results by the regex of the library names and also only returns maps that are executable
+        This is a wrapper around ql.mem.get_mapinfo() and just filters the results by the regex of the library names 
+        and also only returns maps that are executable
 
         Args:
-            libs (List): A list of regex strings to match against the library names in the memory maps
+            libs (Union[str, Collection[str]]): A list of regex strings to match against the library names in the memory maps
 
         Returns:
-            List: A list of tuples that match the regex and are executable
+            List[Tuple]: A list of tuples that match the regex and are executable
 
         Examples:
-            >>> history.get_regex_matching_exec_maps(["libc.so", "libpthread.so"])
+            >>> history.get_regex_matching_exec_maps([".*libc.so.*", ".*libpthread.so.*"])
             >>> history.get_regex_matching_exec_maps(".*libc.*")
         '''
 
@@ -135,9 +162,7 @@ def get_regex_matching_exec_maps(self, libs: List) -> List:
 
         # filter the list of tuples 
         # so that we return only the ones where the library name matches the regex
-        regex_matching_libs = [x for x in self.ql.mem.get_mapinfo() if any([r.match(x[3]) for r in regex])]
+        regex_matching_libs = [x for x in self.ql.mem.get_mapinfo() if any(r.match(x[3]) for r in regex)]
 
         # filter viable_libs for items that have the executable bit set
-        executable_maps = [x for x in regex_matching_libs if 'x' in x[2]]
-
-        return executable_maps
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+        return [x for x in regex_matching_libs if 'x' in x[2]]
diff --git a/tests/test_history.py b/tests/test_history.py
index 6ad2d84d4..1aaf6dba2 100644
--- a/tests/test_history.py
+++ b/tests/test_history.py
@@ -62,6 +62,17 @@ def test_get_ins_exclude_lib(self):
             map_for_ins = history.get_mem_map_from_addr(block)
             self.assertNotRegex(map_for_ins[3], ".*libc.so.*")
 
+        assert len(non_libc_blocks) > 0
+
+        non_libc_blocks_and_ld = history.get_ins_exclude_lib([".*libc.so.*", "ld-linux.*"])
+
+        for block in non_libc_blocks_and_ld:
+            map_for_ins = history.get_mem_map_from_addr(block)
+            self.assertNotRegex(map_for_ins[3], ".*libc.so.*|ld-linux.*")
+
+        assert len(non_libc_blocks_and_ld) > 0
+
+
     def test_get_ins_only_lib(self):
         ql = Qiling(["../examples/rootfs/x8664_linux/bin/x8664_hello"], "../examples/rootfs/x8664_linux", verbose=QL_VERBOSE.OFF)
         history = History(ql)
@@ -75,5 +86,15 @@ def test_get_ins_only_lib(self):
             map_for_ins = history.get_mem_map_from_addr(block)
             self.assertRegex(map_for_ins[3], ".*libc.so.*")
 
+        assert len(non_libc_blocks) > 0
+
+        non_libc_blocks_and_ld = history.get_ins_only_lib([".*libc.so.*", "ld-linux.*"])
+
+        for block in non_libc_blocks_and_ld :
+            map_for_ins = history.get_mem_map_from_addr(block)
+            self.assertRegex(map_for_ins[3], ".*libc.so.*|.*ld-linux.*")
+
+        assert len(non_libc_blocks_and_ld) > 0
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
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