diff --git a/gochan.go b/gochan.go
index 3f62b24..faf48b9 100644
--- a/gochan.go
+++ b/gochan.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ func DebugGoChannels(p *gui.Node) *gadgets.BasicWindow {
 	var g *gui.Node
 
 	w = gadgets.NewBasicWindow(p, "Debug GO Channels")
+	w.Draw()
 	g = w.Box().NewGroup("Channel stuff").Pad()
 
 	// var debugWG sync.WaitGroup
diff --git a/golang.go b/golang.go
index a037ca2..a76e064 100644
--- a/golang.go
+++ b/golang.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ func DebugGolangWindow(p *gui.Node) *gadgets.BasicWindow {
 	var g, og, outputTextbox *gui.Node
 
 	w = gadgets.NewBasicWindow(p, "GO")
+	w.Draw()
 	g = w.Box().NewGroup("Language Internals").Pad()
 
 	g.NewButton("ReadModuleInfo()", func () {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8ca1bd3..303ed1d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import 	(
 func DebugWindow(p *gui.Node) {
 	if (me != nil) {
 		log.Warn("Draw then Toggle() debuging window here")
-		me.bugWin.Draw()
 		me.bugWin.Toggle()
 		return
 	}
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ func DebugWindow(p *gui.Node) {
 	me.myGui = p
 
 	me.bugWin = gadgets.NewBasicWindow(p,"go.wit.com/gui debug window")
+	me.bugWin.Draw()
 	DebugWindow2(me.bugWin.Box(), "Debug Tab")
 
 	// initialize the log settings window (does not display it)
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ func DebugWindow2(newB *gui.Node, title string) *gui.Node {
 	gr.NewButton("Widgets Window", func () {
 		if me.widgets == nil {
 			me.widgets = DebugWidgetWindow(me.myGui)
-			me.widgets.Draw()
 			return
 		}
 		me.widgets.Toggle()
@@ -108,9 +107,9 @@ func DebugWindow2(newB *gui.Node, title string) *gui.Node {
 	gr.NewButton("GO Language Internals", func () {
 		if me.golang == nil {
 			me.golang = DebugGolangWindow(me.myGui)
-			me.golang.Draw()
 			return
 		}
+		log.Warn("going to toggle golang window")
 		if me.golang.Ready() {
 			me.golang.Toggle()
 		}
@@ -118,9 +117,9 @@ func DebugWindow2(newB *gui.Node, title string) *gui.Node {
 	gr.NewButton("GO Channels debug", func () {
 		if me.gochan == nil {
 			me.gochan = DebugGoChannels(me.myGui)
-			me.gochan.Draw()
 			return
 		}
+		log.Warn("going to toggle go channels window")
 		if me.gochan.Ready() {
 			me.gochan.Toggle()
 		}
diff --git a/widget.go b/widget.go
index 3f459a8..7fe117f 100644
--- a/widget.go
+++ b/widget.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ func setActiveWidget(w *gui.Node) {
 func DebugWidgetWindow(p *gui.Node) *gadgets.BasicWindow {
 	var w *gadgets.BasicWindow
 	w = gadgets.NewBasicWindow(p, "Widgets")
+	w.Draw()
 
 	g := w.Box().NewGroup("widget:").Pad()