diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 76321b6..7e39ae5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-GOVER = $(shell go version)
+GITCOMMIT = $(shell git rev-list -1 HEAD)
+GOVERSION = $(shell go version | cut -d' '  -f 3)
 
 run:
-	@echo your version of go must be greater than 2.10. Your version is ${GOVER}
-	go build
+	@echo your version of go must be greater than 2.10. Your version is ${GOVERSION}
+	go build -ldflags "-X main.GITCOMMIT=${GITCOMMIT}"
 	./cloud-control-panel
 
 debug:
-	go build
+	go build -ldflags "-X main.GITCOMMIT=${GITCOMMIT} -X main.GOVERSION='${GOVERSION}'"
 	./cloud-control-panel --debugging
 
 nogui:
diff --git a/eventChannel.go b/eventChannel.go
index 1afff41..9e35cf0 100644
--- a/eventChannel.go
+++ b/eventChannel.go
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ func ReadReceivedData(data *pb.Event, mh *gui.TableData) {
 	log.Println("ReadReceivedData() Event vms=", vms)
 	for row, item := range vms {
 		if (row % 2) == 1 {
-			mh.Rows[row].HumanData[0].Color  = color.RGBA{0, 0, 0, 42} // makes the background of each other row grey
+			mh.Rows[row].HumanData[0].Color  = color.RGBA{100, 100, 100, 142} // makes the background of each other row grey
 		} else {
-			mh.Rows[row].HumanData[0].Color  = color.RGBA{0, 0, 0, 0}
+			mh.Rows[row].HumanData[0].Color  = color.RGBA{0, 0, 0, 142}
 		}
 		mh.Rows[row].HumanData[1].Text  = item.Name
 		mh.Rows[row].HumanData[1].Color = color.RGBA{0, 0, 0, 0}
diff --git a/infoTabUI.go b/infoTabUI.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f072b0a..0000000
--- a/infoTabUI.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,244 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import "log"
-import "time"
-import "fmt"
-import "runtime/debug"
-import "runtime"
-
-import "github.com/gookit/config"
-
-import "github.com/andlabs/ui"
-import _ "github.com/andlabs/ui/winmanifest"
-import "git.wit.com/wit/gui"
-
-import pb "git.wit.com/wit/witProtobuf"
-
-// import "github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
-
-var cloudwin *ui.Window
-var cloudtab *ui.Tab
-var tabcount int
-
-func makeCloudInfoBox() ui.Control {
-	hbox := ui.NewHorizontalBox()
-	hbox.SetPadded(true)
-
-	vbox := ui.NewVerticalBox()
-	vbox.SetPadded(true)
-	hbox.Append(vbox, false)
-
-	vbox.Append(ui.NewColorButton(), false)
-
-	addXbutton := ui.NewButton("Show bmath's Account")
-	addXbutton.OnClicked(func(*ui.Button) {
-		log.Println("gorillaSendProtobuf()")
-		gorillaSendProtobuf()
-	})
-	vbox.Append(addXbutton, false)
-
-	addButton := ui.NewButton("Add Account")
-	addButton.OnClicked(func(*ui.Button) {
-		log.Println("Not Implemented Yet. Try adding --debugging")
-	})
-	vbox.Append(addButton, false)
-
-	if (config.String("debugging") == "true") {
-		addDebuggingButtons(vbox)
-	}
-
-	hbox.Append(ui.NewVerticalSeparator(), false)
-
-	vbox = ui.NewVerticalBox()
-	vbox.SetPadded(true)
-	hbox.Append(vbox, true)
-
-	grid := ui.NewGrid()
-	grid.SetPadded(true)
-	vbox.Append(grid, false)
-
-	msggrid := ui.NewGrid()
-	msggrid.SetPadded(true)
-
-	entryForm := ui.NewForm()
-	entryForm.SetPadded(true)
-	vbox.Append(entryForm, false)
-
-	hostnameEntry :=  ui.NewEntry()
-	entryForm.Append("hostname:", hostnameEntry, false)
-	hostnameEntry.SetText("librem15.lab.wit.com")
-
-	IPv6entry :=  ui.NewEntry()
-	entryForm.Append("IPv6:", IPv6entry, false)
-	IPv6entry.SetText("2604:bbc0:3:3:0:10:0:1003")
-
-	return hbox
-}
-
-// can not pass any args to this (?)
-func setupCloudUI() {
-	cloudwin = ui.NewWindow("Cloud Control Panel", config.Int("width"), config.Int("height"), false)
-	cloudwin.OnClosing(func(*ui.Window) bool {
-		ui.Quit()
-		return true
-	})
-	ui.OnShouldQuit(func() bool {
-		cloudwin.Destroy()
-		return true
-	})
-
-	cloudtab = ui.NewTab()
-	cloudwin.SetChild(cloudtab)
-	cloudwin.SetMargined(true)
-
-	tabcount = 0
-	cloudtab.Append("Cloud Info", makeCloudInfoBox())
-	cloudtab.SetMargined(tabcount, true)
-
-	cloudwin.Show()
-}
-
-func addTableTab() {
-	var parts []gui.TableColumnData
-
-	for key, foo := range []string{"BG", "TEXTCOLOR", "BUTTON", "TEXTCOLOR", "TEXTCOLOR", "TEXT", "BUTTON", "TEXT", "BUTTON"} {
-		log.Println(key, foo)
-
-		var b gui.TableColumnData
-		b.CellType = foo
-		b.Heading  = fmt.Sprintf("heading%d", key)
-		parts = append(parts, b)
-	}
-
-	log.Println("Sleep for 2 seconds, then try to add new tabs")
-	time.Sleep(1 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000)
-	gui.AddTableTab(cloudtab, 1, "test seven", 7, parts)
-}
-
-func addVmsTab(count int) *gui.TableData {
-	var parts []gui.TableColumnData
-
-	human := 0
-
-	tmp := gui.TableColumnData{}
-	tmp.CellType = "BG"
-	tmp.Heading  = "background"
-	tmp.Index    = human
-	parts = append(parts, tmp)
-	human += 1
-
-	tmp = gui.TableColumnData{}
-	tmp.CellType = "TEXTCOLOR"
-	tmp.Heading  = "name"
-	tmp.Index    = human
-	parts = append(parts, tmp)
-	human += 1
-
-	tmp = gui.TableColumnData{}
-	tmp.CellType = "TEXTCOLOR"
-	tmp.Heading  = "hostname"
-	tmp.Index    = human
-	parts = append(parts, tmp)
-	human += 1
-
-	tmp = gui.TableColumnData{}
-	tmp.CellType = "TEXTCOLOR"
-	tmp.Heading  = "IPv6"
-	tmp.Index    = human
-	parts = append(parts, tmp)
-	human += 1
-
-	tmp = gui.TableColumnData{}
-	tmp.CellType = "TEXTCOLOR"
-	tmp.Heading  = "cpus"
-	tmp.Index    = human
-	parts = append(parts, tmp)
-	human += 1
-
-	tmp = gui.TableColumnData{}
-	tmp.CellType = "TEXTCOLOR"
-	tmp.Heading  = "memory"
-	tmp.Index    = human
-	parts = append(parts, tmp)
-	human += 1
-
-	tmp = gui.TableColumnData{}
-	tmp.CellType = "BUTTON"
-	tmp.Heading     = "Details"
-	tmp.Index    = human
-	parts = append(parts, tmp)
-	human += 1
-
-	mh := gui.AddTableTab(cloudtab, 1, "Virtual Machines", count, parts)
-	return mh
-}
-
-func addDebuggingButtons(vbox *ui.Box) {
-	vbox.Append(ui.NewLabel("Debugging:"), false)
-
-	// ATTEMPT TO ADD THE TABLE HERE
-	add2button := ui.NewButton("Add a Test Table")
-	add2button.OnClicked(func(*ui.Button) {
-		log.Println("send over socket")
-		addTableTab()
-	})
-	vbox.Append(add2button, false)
-	// ATTEMPT TO ADD THE TABLE HERE END
-
-	// hbox.Append(ui.NewVerticalSeparator(), false)
-
-	// Send a test protobuf Event to localhost
-	add3button := ui.NewButton("Add buf to chann")
-	add3button.OnClicked(func(*ui.Button) {
-		log.Println("add protobuf event to the channel")
-		addSampleEvent()
-	})
-	vbox.Append(add3button, false)
-
-	add4button := ui.NewButton("Add Demo Event")
-	add4button.OnClicked(func(*ui.Button) {
-		log.Println("add demo protobuf event to the channel")
-		msg := pb.CreateSampleEvent()
-		msg.Name = "generated in addSampleEvent()"
-		msg.Type = pb.Event_DEMO
-		addEvent(msg)
-	})
-	vbox.Append(add4button, false)
-
-	add4abutton := ui.NewButton("Close Demo GUI")
-	add4abutton.OnClicked(func(*ui.Button) {
-		gui.CloseDemoUI()
-	})
-	vbox.Append(add4abutton, false)
-
-	// Send a protobuf Event over the WIT socket
-	add5button := ui.NewButton("Send protobuf to localhost")
-	add5button.OnClicked(func(*ui.Button) {
-		log.Println("sent a Marshal'd protobuf to a localhost socket")
-		sendDataToDest()
-	})
-	vbox.Append(add5button, false)
-
-	// Send a protobuf over a gorilla websocket
-	add6button := ui.NewButton("gorillaSendProtobuf()")
-	add6button.OnClicked(func(*ui.Button) {
-		log.Println("gorillaSendProtobuf()")
-		gorillaSendProtobuf()
-	})
-	vbox.Append(add6button, false)
-
-	// debug all the golang goroutines
-	add7button := ui.NewButton("debug.PrintStack()")
-	add7button.OnClicked(func(*ui.Button) {
-		log.Println("debug.PrintStack() (SHOULD BE JUST THIS goroutine)")
-		debug.PrintStack()
-
-		log.Println("ATTEMPT FULL STACK DUMP")
-		log.Println("ATTEMPT FULL STACK DUMP")
-		log.Println("ATTEMPT FULL STACK DUMP")
-		buf := make([]byte, 1<<16)
-		runtime.Stack(buf, true)
-		fmt.Printf("%s", buf)
-	})
-	vbox.Append(add7button, false)
-}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e92061e..39d8aac 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import "github.com/gookit/config"
 
 import "git.wit.com/wit/gui"
 
+var GITCOMMIT	string	// this is passed in as an ldflag
+var GOVERSION	string	// this is passed in as an ldflag
+
 // import "github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 
 // reminder to use this for JSON
@@ -62,9 +65,11 @@ func main() {
 	go gorillaDial("v000185.testing.com.customers.wprod.wit.com:9000")
 	go watchGUI()
 
-	gui.Data.Width  = config.Int("width")
-	gui.Data.Height = config.Int("height")
-
+	gui.Data.Width		= config.Int("width")
+	gui.Data.Height		= config.Int("height")
+	gui.Data.Version	= "v0.4 "
+	gui.Data.GitCommit	= GITCOMMIT
+	gui.Data.GoVersion	= GOVERSION
 	gui.Data.ButtonClickNew = buttonClickNew
 
 	// make this the main loop in an attempt to figure out the crashes