diff --git a/eventChannel.go b/eventChannel.go
index f4d4aa1..5e7db73 100644
--- a/eventChannel.go
+++ b/eventChannel.go
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ func processEvents() {
 	for {
 		message := <-mychannel
 		log.Println("processEvents() on channel recieved a message = ", message)
-		mh := addVmsTab(30)
-		ReadReceivedData(message, mh)
 		if (message.Type == pb.Event_DEMO) {
 			log.Println("processEvents() do Event DEMO")
+		} else {
+			mh := addVmsTab(30)
+			ReadReceivedData(message, mh)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -60,22 +61,11 @@ func ReadReceivedData(data *pb.Event, mh *gui.TableData) {
 	}
 }
 
-func handleProtoClient(conn net.Conn) {
-	fmt.Println("Connected!")
-	defer conn.Close()
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	_, err := io.Copy(&buf, conn)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Fatal error: %s", err.Error())
-		return
-	}
-	pdata := pb.CreateSampleEvent()
-	err = proto.Unmarshal(buf.Bytes(), pdata)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Fatal error: %s", err.Error())
-		return
-	}
-	mychannel <- pdata
+func addSampleEvent() {
+	msg := pb.CreateSampleEvent()
+	msg.Name = "generated in addSampleEvent()"
+
+	addEvent(msg)
 }
 
 // Marshal & Unmarshal just to see if it ever fails
@@ -94,24 +84,6 @@ func addEvent(msg *pb.Event) {
 	mychannel <- pdata
 }
 
-func addSampleEvent() {
-	msg := pb.CreateSampleEvent()
-	msg.Name = "generated in addSampleEvent()"
-
-	data, err := proto.Marshal(msg)
-	if (err != nil) {
-		log.Printf("addSampleEvent() something fucked up happened in Marshal")
-	}
-
-	pdata := new(pb.Event)
-        err = proto.Unmarshal(data, pdata)
-	if (err != nil) {
-		log.Printf("addSampleEvent() something fucked up happened in Unmarshal")
-	}
-
-	mychannel <- pdata
-}
-
 func sendDataToDest() {
 	msg := pb.CreateSampleEvent()
 	msg.Name = "from dnssecsockettest()"
@@ -138,3 +110,21 @@ func sendDataToDest() {
 	// time.Sleep(3 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000)
 	conn.Close()
 }
+
+func handleProtoClient(conn net.Conn) {
+	fmt.Println("Connected!")
+	defer conn.Close()
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	_, err := io.Copy(&buf, conn)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Fatal error: %s", err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	pdata := pb.CreateSampleEvent()
+	err = proto.Unmarshal(buf.Bytes(), pdata)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Fatal error: %s", err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	mychannel <- pdata
+}
diff --git a/infoTabUI.go b/infoTabUI.go
index 5bb7289..6453238 100644
--- a/infoTabUI.go
+++ b/infoTabUI.go
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ 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
@@ -50,6 +51,16 @@ func makeCloudInfoBox() ui.Control {
 	})
 	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)
+
 	// Send a protobuf Event over the WIT socket
 	add5button := ui.NewButton("Send protobuf to localhost")
 	add5button.OnClicked(func(*ui.Button) {
@@ -109,6 +120,7 @@ func makeCloudInfoBox() ui.Control {
 	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 {