diff --git a/src/BlobFinder.cpp b/src/BlobFinder.cpp
index 06d4f749014f666e45aca2a7362205082e771670..3378baad4466567f1a893d85453f09c8fe72796a 100644
--- a/src/BlobFinder.cpp
+++ b/src/BlobFinder.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ void BlobFinder::initGUI(ofxGui &gui){
     blobGuiGroup->add(eyeInset.set("EyeInset", .8, 0, 1));
     
 	panel->loadFromFile("trackings.xml");
+
+	bool visible = false;
+	panel->setVisible(visible);
 }
 
 void BlobFinder::allocate(int &value){
diff --git a/src/SkeletonFinder.cpp b/src/SkeletonFinder.cpp
index 3802826a3b49a5d5ac13022258f81760b4bae18a..dce56fb28ed49168dc1109d02d9ead0260f3d312 100644
--- a/src/SkeletonFinder.cpp
+++ b/src/SkeletonFinder.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ void SkeletonFinder::initGUI(ofxGui& gui) {
 	panel = gui.addPanel();
 
 	panel->loadTheme("theme/theme_light.json");
-	panel->setName("Tracking...");
+	panel->setName("Tracking");
 
 	sensorBoxLeft.addListener(this, &SkeletonFinder::updateSensorBox);
 	sensorBoxRight.addListener(this, &SkeletonFinder::updateSensorBox);
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ void SkeletonFinder::initGUI(ofxGui& gui) {
 	sensorBoxBottom.addListener(this, &SkeletonFinder::updateSensorBox);
 
 	sensorBoxGuiGroup = panel->addGroup("SensorBox");
-	sensorBoxGuiGroup->add(filtering.set("Filtering", true));
+	sensorBoxGuiGroup->add(filtering.set("Filtering", false));
 	sensorBoxGuiGroup->add<ofxGuiIntInputField>(sensorBoxLeft.set("left", 1000));
 	sensorBoxGuiGroup->add<ofxGuiIntInputField>(sensorBoxRight.set("right", -1000));
 	sensorBoxGuiGroup->add<ofxGuiIntInputField>(sensorBoxFront.set("front", 1000));
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ void SkeletonFinder::initGUI(ofxGui& gui) {
 	sensorBoxGuiGroup->add<ofxGuiIntInputField>(sensorBoxBottom.set("bottom", 1000));
 
 	panel->loadFromFile("trackings.xml");
+
+	bool visible = false;
+	panel->setVisible(visible);
 }
 
 void SkeletonFinder::setTransformMatrix(ofMatrix4x4* mat) {
diff --git a/src/ofApp.cpp b/src/ofApp.cpp
index 9b5d0527243c1460fdb85c2fa6525a42694e83d9..06a5bbdb84a020217b4f2d48a3e792edef309390 100644
--- a/src/ofApp.cpp
+++ b/src/ofApp.cpp
@@ -168,8 +168,6 @@ void ofApp::setup(){
 #else
 	nuitracker->run();
 #endif
-
-	bPreviewPointCloud = false;
     
 	ofLog(OF_LOG_NOTICE) << "MainAPP: setting up networking...";
 	networkMng.setup(gui);
@@ -179,8 +177,6 @@ void ofApp::setup(){
     capMesh.reSize(4);
     
 	ofLog(OF_LOG_NOTICE) << "Setup over";
-
-	lastSettingsWriteTime = boost::filesystem::last_write_time(networkSettingsPath);
 }
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -192,9 +188,6 @@ void ofApp::setupViewports(){
 	device->setWidth(MENU_WIDTH / 2);
 	device->setPosition(ofGetWidth() - MENU_WIDTH / 2, ofGetHeight() / 2);
 #endif
-
-	networkMng.panel->setWidth(MENU_WIDTH / 2);
-	networkMng.panel->setPosition(ofGetWidth() - MENU_WIDTH / 2, 20);
 }
 
 #ifdef BLOB
@@ -249,15 +242,15 @@ void ofApp::update(){
 
 	ofBackground(100, 100, 100);
 
-	checkSettingsUpdate();
-
 #ifdef BLOB
 	if(realSense->update(ofxRealSenseTwo::PointCloud::VIDEO)) {
 
-		if (bUpdateImageMask) {
+		if (maskUpdatesCounter < MASK_UPDATE_CYCLES) {
 			tracker.captureMaskBegin();
 			drawCapturePointCloud(true);
 			tracker.captureMaskEnd();
+
+			maskUpdatesCounter++;
 		} else {
 			// Cature captureCloud to FBO
 			tracker.captureBegin();
@@ -302,16 +295,6 @@ void ofApp::loadSettings()
 #endif
 }
 
-void ofApp::checkSettingsUpdate() {
-	std::time_t newLastWriteTime = boost::filesystem::last_write_time(networkSettingsPath);
-
-	if (newLastWriteTime > lastSettingsWriteTime) {
-		lastSettingsWriteTime = newLastWriteTime;
-
-		loadSettings();
-	}
-}
-
 void ofApp::draw() {
 	ofSetColor(255, 255, 255);
 
@@ -460,13 +443,9 @@ void ofApp::createHelp(){
     helpStream << "press v -> to show visualizations\n";
 	helpStream << "press 1 - 3 -> to change the viewport\n";
 	helpStream << "press p -> to show pointcloud\n";
+	helpStream << "\n";
     helpStream << "press h -> to show help \n";
-    helpStream << "press s -> to save current settings.\n";
 	helpStream << "press l -> to load last saved settings\n";
-#ifdef BLOB
-	helpStream << "press m -> to update mask image (currently" <<
-		(bUpdateImageMask ? " " : " not ") << "updating)\n";
-#endif
 
 	help = helpStream.str();
 }
@@ -499,15 +478,6 @@ void ofApp::keyPressed(int key){
                 createHelp();
             }
 			break;
-
-		case 'm':
-#ifdef BLOB
-			bUpdateImageMask = !bUpdateImageMask;
-			if (bUpdateImageMask) {
-				tracker.clearMask();
-			}
-#endif
-			break;	
             
 		case '1':
             iMainCamera = 0;
diff --git a/src/ofApp.h b/src/ofApp.h
index 11315b19cb5668c536828d7b4a619d6676884696..69fc23584107f1e015739b054fbb31b5511a050f 100644
--- a/src/ofApp.h
+++ b/src/ofApp.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #define REALSENSE_VIDEO_WIDTH   848
 #define REALSENSE_VIDEO_HEIGHT  480
 
+#define MASK_UPDATE_CYCLES 100
 #define N_MEASURMENT_CYCLES 10
 
 using namespace std;
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ public:
 	ofTrueTypeFont  monosm;
 	vector<ofPoint> stroke;
 
-    bool bShowVisuals = true;
+    bool bShowVisuals = false;
 
     //////////////////
     //    NETWORK   //
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ public:
 
     ofShader shader;
     BlobFinder tracker;
-    bool bUpdateImageMask = false;
+    int maskUpdatesCounter = 0;
 
 #else
 
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ public:
 
     bool dispRaw;
 
-    bool bPreviewPointCloud;
+    bool bPreviewPointCloud = false;
         
     CaptureMeshArray capMesh;
 	
@@ -168,11 +169,7 @@ public:
     ofParameter<bool> captureVideo;
 
     void saveSettings();
-    void loadSettings();
-
-    void checkSettingsUpdate();
-    const boost::filesystem::path networkSettingsPath = ofFilePath::getAbsolutePath("broadcast.xml");
-    std::time_t lastSettingsWriteTime;    
+    void loadSettings();  
 
     //////////
     // HELP //