diff --git a/doClean.go b/doClean.go
index 43057c4..8263d2e 100644
--- a/doClean.go
+++ b/doClean.go
@@ -87,10 +87,12 @@ func doClean() error {
 	}
 	log.Printf("\n") // padding for now
 
-	if found.Len() == 0 {
-		log.Printf("%d repos are not clean\n", found.Len())
+	var hmm int
+	hmm = found.Len()
+	if hmm == 0 {
+		log.Printf("%d repos are not clean\n", hmm)
 	} else {
-		log.Info("All repos are clean", total, found.Len())
+		log.Info("All repos are clean", total, hmm)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/doGui.go b/doGui.go
index 00245f4..79e3e56 100644
--- a/doGui.go
+++ b/doGui.go
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ func drawWindow(win *gadgets.GenericWindow) {
 		all := me.forge.Patchsets.All()
 		for all.Scan() {
 			pset := all.Next()
+			if pset.State == "DONE" {
+				// skip old patchsets
+				continue
+			}
 			AddAllPatches(notdone, pset, false)
 			// AddNotDonePatches(notdone, pset, false)
 		}
diff --git a/helperPatches.go b/helperPatches.go
index c869697..bb19a39 100644
--- a/helperPatches.go
+++ b/helperPatches.go
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ func cleanSubject(line string) string {
 // jcarr@framebook:~/go/src/go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb$ git merge-base --is-ancestor "4a27e7702b9b975b066ec9d2ee7ac932d86552e3" "jcarr" ; echo $?
 // 0
 
-
 func findCommitByHash(hash string, subject string) (string, error) {
 	cmd := exec.Command("git", "log", "--pretty=format:%H %s")
 	var out bytes.Buffer
diff --git a/windowPatches.go b/windowPatches.go
index ad42076..31ed924 100644
--- a/windowPatches.go
+++ b/windowPatches.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ func makePatchesWin(patches *forgepb.Patches) *stdPatchTableWin {
 	dwin.win = gadgets.NewGenericWindow("current patches", "patching options")
 	dwin.win.Custom = func() {
 		log.Info("test delete window here")
+		dwin.win.Hide()
 		// dwin = nil
 	}
 	grid := dwin.win.Group.RawGrid()
@@ -57,31 +58,10 @@ func makePatchesWin(patches *forgepb.Patches) *stdPatchTableWin {
 	grid.NewLabel(fmt.Sprintf("total repos"))
 	grid.NextRow()
 
-	grid.NewButton("show all", func() {
-		/*
-			if me.psets == nil {
-				log.Info("No Patchsets loaded")
-				return
-			}
-			notdone := new(forgepb.Patches)
-
-			all := me.psets.All()
-			for all.Scan() {
-				pset := all.Next()
-				AddNotDonePatches(notdone, pset, true)
-			}
-
-			for patch := range notdone.IterAll() {
-				comment := cleanSubject(patch.Comment)
-				log.Info("new patch:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, patch.Namespace, comment)
-			}
-			dwin.doPatchesTable(notdone)
-		*/
-	})
-
 	grid.NewButton("Update", func() {
-		log.Info("TODO: run forge.GetPatches() here")
-		// me.forge.GetPatches()
+		log.Info("TODO: doesn't update this window")
+		me.forge.GetPatches()
+		dwin.win.Custom()
 		// loadUpstreamPatchsets()
 	})
 
@@ -90,24 +70,22 @@ func makePatchesWin(patches *forgepb.Patches) *stdPatchTableWin {
 		all := patches.SortByFilename()
 		for all.Scan() {
 			p := all.Next()
-			rn := p.Namespace
-			repo := me.forge.FindByGoPath(rn)
-			if repo == nil {
-				log.Info("Could not figure out repo path", rn)
-				return
-			}
-			filename, err := savePatch(p)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Info("savePatch() failed", err)
-				return
-			}
-			count += 1
-			if err := applyPatch(repo, filename); err != nil {
-				cmd := []string{"git", "am", "--abort"}
-				err := repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
-				log.Info("warn user of git am error", err)
-				return
-			}
+			applyPatchNew(p)
+			/*
+				rn := p.Namespace
+				repo := me.forge.FindByGoPath(rn)
+				if repo == nil {
+					log.Info("Could not figure out repo path", rn)
+					return
+				}
+				count += 1
+				if _, err := applyAndTrackPatch(repo, p); err != nil {
+					cmd := []string{"git", "am", "--abort"}
+					err := repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
+					log.Info("warn user of git am error", err)
+					return
+				}
+			*/
 		}
 		log.Info("ALL PATCHES WORKED! count =", count)
 	})
@@ -126,17 +104,13 @@ func applyPatchNew(p *forgepb.Patch) error {
 	rn := p.Namespace
 	repo := me.forge.FindByGoPath(rn)
 	if repo == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Could not figure out repo path %s", rn)
+		log.Info("Could not figure out repo path", rn)
+		return log.Errorf("%s namespace?\n", rn)
 	}
-	filename, err := savePatch(p)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Info("savePatch() failed", err)
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := applyPatch(repo, filename); err != nil {
-		log.Info("warn user of git am error", err)
+	if _, err := applyAndTrackPatch(repo, p); err != nil {
 		cmd := []string{"git", "am", "--abort"}
 		err := repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
+		log.Info("warn user of git am error", err)
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -222,3 +196,46 @@ func savePatch(p *forgepb.Patch) (string, error) {
 
 	return tmpname, nil
 }
+
+func applyAndTrackPatch(repo *gitpb.Repo, p *forgepb.Patch) (string, error) {
+	_, filen := filepath.Split(p.Filename)
+	tmpname := filepath.Join("/tmp", filen)
+	log.Info("saving as", tmpname, p.Filename)
+	raw, err := os.OpenFile(tmpname, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	raw.Write(p.Data)
+	raw.Close()
+
+	cmd := []string{"git", "am", tmpname}
+	err = repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("git am failed. run 'git am --abort' here")
+		return "", log.Errorf("git am failed")
+	}
+
+	log.Info("Try to find hash value now")
+
+	p.NewHash = "fixme applyAndTrack"
+	if setNewHash(p, p.NewHash) {
+		log.Info("setting NewHash worked", p.NewHash)
+	}
+	me.forge.SavePatchsets()
+
+	return p.NewHash, log.Errorf("did not lookup new hash")
+}
+
+func setNewHash(p *forgepb.Patch, hash string) bool {
+	for pset := range me.forge.Patchsets.IterAll() {
+		for patch := range pset.Patches.IterAll() {
+			if patch.CommitHash == hash {
+				patch.NewHash = hash
+				log.Info("found patch in repo")
+				me.forge.SavePatchsets()
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}