diff --git a/gui.go b/gui.go
index be689f7..a7610fd 100644
--- a/gui.go
+++ b/gui.go
@@ -33,23 +33,29 @@ func setupControlPanelWindow(title string) {
 	me.window.Draw()
 }
 
-func debugTab(title string) {
-	// var g2 *gui.Node
+func debugTab(title string) *gadgets.BasicWindow {
+	if me.debug != nil {
+		return me.debug
+	}
 
-	me.debug = gadgets.NewBasicWindow(me.myGui, title)
-	me.debug.Make()
+	win := gadgets.NewBasicWindow(me.myGui, title)
+	win.Make()
 
-	group := me.debug.Box().NewGroup("Real Stuff")
+	group := win.Box().NewGroup("Real Stuff")
 
 	group.NewButton("GO GUI Debug Window", func() {
 		debugger.DebugWindow()
 	})
 
+	group.NewButton("Logging Settings", func() {
+		logsettings.LogWindow()
+	})
+
 	group.NewButton("dig A & AAAA DNS records (updateDNS())", func() {
 		log.Log(CHANGE, "updateDNS() going to run:")
 	})
 
-	group = me.debug.Box().NewGroup("debugging options")
+	group = win.Box().NewGroup("debugging options")
 	grid := group.NewGrid("nuts", 2, 1)
 
 	// makes a slider widget
@@ -74,6 +80,8 @@ func debugTab(title string) {
 
 	newGrid.NewLabel("ping6.wit.com =")
 	newGrid.NewLabel("unknown")
+
+	return win
 }
 
 func myDefaultExit(n *gui.Node) {
@@ -91,16 +99,12 @@ func makeMainWindow() {
 	statusGrid(hbox)
 
 	// some artificial padding to make the last row of buttons look less wierd
-	group := hbox.NewGroup("Development and Debugging Windows")
+	group := hbox.NewGroup("Under Development")
 
 	group.NewButton("Debug", func() {
 		me.debug.Toggle()
 	})
 
-	group.NewButton("Logging Settings", func() {
-		logsettings.LogWindow()
-	})
-
 	me.showErrorsB = group.NewCheckbox("Show Errors").SetChecked(true)
 	me.showErrorsB.Custom = func() {
 		if me.showErrorsB.Checked() {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0fba361..a20d07d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ func main() {
 	// setupControlPanelWindow()
 	// setup the main tab
 	setupControlPanelWindow("DNS and IPv6 Control Panel")
-	debugTab("Debug")
+
+	me.debug = debugTab("Debug")
 
 	// TODO: track this bug down
 	log.Sleep(1)