diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 83fd873..9a05fb7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.PHONY: debian
+
 run: build
 	# ./control-panel-dns >/tmp/witgui.log.stderr 2>&1
 	./control-panel-dns
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ clean:
 	-rm -rf files/
 	-rm *.deb
 
-deb:
+debian:
 	cd debian && make
 	-wit mirrors
 
diff --git a/args.go b/args.go
index 578f514..8df208b 100644
--- a/args.go
+++ b/args.go
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ package main
 */
 
 import 	(
+	"log"
 	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
 	arg "github.com/alexflint/go-arg"
 	"git.wit.org/wit/gui"
-	log "git.wit.org/wit/gui/log"
+	// log "git.wit.org/wit/gui/log"
 )
 
 
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ var args struct {
 	User string `arg:"env:USER"`
 	Demo bool `help:"run a demo"`
 	gui.GuiArgs
-	log.LogArgs
+	// log.LogArgs
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -35,6 +38,59 @@ func init() {
 	if (args.Gui != "") {
 		gui.GuiArg.Gui = args.Gui
 	}
-	log.Log(true, "INIT() args.GuiArg.Gui =", gui.GuiArg.Gui)
+	log.Println(true, "INIT() args.GuiArg.Gui =", gui.GuiArg.Gui)
 
+	Set(&me, "default")
+	log.Println("init() me.artificialSleep =", me.artificialSleep)
+	log.Println("init() me.artificialS =", me.artificialS)
+	me.artificialSleep = 2.3 
+	log.Println("init() me.artificialSleep =", me.artificialSleep)
+	sleep(me.artificialSleep)
+}
+
+func Set(ptr interface{}, tag string) error {
+	if reflect.TypeOf(ptr).Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
+		log.Println(logError, "Set() Not a pointer", ptr, "with tag =", tag)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Not a pointer")
+	}
+
+	v := reflect.ValueOf(ptr).Elem()
+	t := v.Type()
+
+	for i := 0; i < t.NumField(); i++ {
+		defaultVal := t.Field(i).Tag.Get(tag)
+		name := t.Field(i).Name
+		// log("Set() try name =", name, "defaultVal =", defaultVal)
+		setField(v.Field(i), defaultVal, name)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func setField(field reflect.Value, defaultVal string, name string) error {
+
+	if !field.CanSet() {
+		// log("setField() Can't set value", field, defaultVal)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Can't set value\n")
+	} else {
+		log.Println("setField() Can set value", name, defaultVal)
+	}
+
+	switch field.Kind() {
+	case reflect.Int:
+		val, _ := strconv.Atoi(defaultVal)
+		field.Set(reflect.ValueOf(int(val)).Convert(field.Type()))
+	case reflect.Float64:
+		val, _ := strconv.ParseFloat(defaultVal, 64)
+		field.Set(reflect.ValueOf(float64(val)).Convert(field.Type()))
+	case reflect.String:
+		field.Set(reflect.ValueOf(defaultVal).Convert(field.Type()))
+	case reflect.Bool:
+		if defaultVal == "true" {
+			field.Set(reflect.ValueOf(true))
+		} else {
+			field.Set(reflect.ValueOf(false))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/gui.go b/gui.go
index e068733..ab07adf 100644
--- a/gui.go
+++ b/gui.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func setupControlPanelWindow() {
 	me.window = myGui.NewWindow("DNS and IPv6 Control Panel").Standard()
 	me.window.Dump()
 
-	sleep(1)
+	sleep(me.artificialSleep)
 	dnsTab("DNS")
 	debugTab("Debug")
 
@@ -99,6 +99,22 @@ func debugTab(title string) {
 		DumpPublicDNSZone("apple.com")
 		dumpIPs("www.apple.com")
 	})
+
+	g2.NewLabel("control panel TTL (in tenths of seconds)")
+	ttl := g2.NewSlider("dnsTTL", 1, 100)
+	ttl.Set(me.dnsTTL * 10)
+	ttl.Custom = func () {
+		me.dnsTTL = ttl.I / 10
+		log.Println("dnsTTL =", me.dnsTTL)
+	}
+
+	g2.NewLabel("control panel loop delay (in tenths of seconds)")
+	ttl2 := g2.NewSlider("dnsTTL", 1, 100)
+	ttl2.Set(me.dnsTTLsleep)
+	ttl2.Custom = func () {
+		me.dnsTTLsleep = float64(ttl2.I) / 10
+		log.Println("dnsTTLsleep =", me.dnsTTLsleep)
+	}
 }
 
 func myDefaultExit(n *gui.Node) {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 53e8101..7275572 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ func main() {
 
 	// myGui = gui.New().InitEmbed(resToolkit).LoadToolkit("gocui")
 	myGui = gui.New().Default()
-	sleep(.2)
+	sleep(me.artificialSleep)
 	setupControlPanelWindow()
-	sleep(.2)
+	sleep(me.artificialSleep)
 	if (args.GuiDebug) {
 		gui.DebugWindow()
 	}
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func main() {
 func checkNetworkChanges() {
 	var ttl int = 0
 	for {
-		sleep(0.5)
+		sleep(me.dnsTTLsleep)
 		ttl -= 1
 		if (ttl < 0) {
 			if (runtime.GOOS == "linux") {
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 2ab0947..c655738 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -13,12 +13,19 @@ type Host struct {
 	hostname	string			// mirrors
 	domainname	string			// kernel.org
 	// fqdn		string			// mirrors.kernel.org
-	dnsTTL		int			// Recheck DNS is working every TTL (in seconds)
+
+	dnsTTL		int	`default:3`	// Recheck DNS is working every TTL (in seconds)
+	dnsTTLsleep	float64			// sleep between loops
+	artificialSleep float64	`default:0.7`	// artificial sleep on startup
+	artificialS     string 	`default:0.7`	// artificial sleep on startup
+
 	changed		bool			// set to true if things changed
 	user		string			// name of the user
+
 	ipmap		map[string]*IPtype	// the current ip addresses
 	dnsmap		map[string]*IPtype	// the current dns addresses
 	ifmap		map[int]*IFtype		// the current interfaces
+
 	window		*gui.Node		// the main window
 	tab		*gui.Node		// the main dns tab
 	notes		*gui.Node		// using this to put notes here