diff --git a/box.go b/box.go
index 10fb1bc..0d2a487 100644
--- a/box.go
+++ b/box.go
@@ -47,16 +47,24 @@ func add(box *GuiBox, newbox *GuiBox) {
 	log.Println("\tgui.add() adding", newbox.Name, "to", box.Name)
 	// copy the box settings over
 	newbox.Window = box.Window
-	if (box.UiBox == nil) {
-		log.Println("\tgui.add() ERROR box.UiBox == nil")
-		panic("crap")
+	if (box.node == nil) {
+		box.Dump()
+		panic("gui.add() ERROR box.node == nil")
 	}
+
 	if (newbox.UiBox == nil) {
-		log.Println("\tgui.add() ERROR newbox.UiBox == nil")
-		panic("crap")
+		panic("gui.add() ERROR newbox.UiBox == nil")
+	}
+
+	if (box.UiBox == nil) {
+	}
+
+	if (box.UiBox == nil) {
+		DebugDataNodeChildren()
+		box.Dump()
+		return
+		panic("gui.add() ERROR box.UiBox == nil")
 	}
-	// log.Println("\tgui.add() newbox.UiBox == ", newbox.UiBox.GetParent())
-	// spew.Dump(newbox.UiBox)
 	box.UiBox.Append(newbox.UiBox, false)
 
 	// add the newbox to the Window.BoxMap[]
diff --git a/entry.go b/entry.go
index d7f31c9..f3abce2 100644
--- a/entry.go
+++ b/entry.go
@@ -13,6 +13,17 @@ func NewLabel(box *GuiBox, text string) {
 	box.Append(ui.NewLabel(text), false)
 }
 
+func (n *Node) NewLabel(text string) *Node {
+	// make new node here
+	// n.Append(ui.NewLabel(text), false)
+	newNode := makeNode(n, text, 333, 334)
+	newNode.Dump()
+	// panic("node.NewLabel()")
+
+	n.Append(newNode)
+	return newNode
+}
+
 func GetText(box *GuiBox, name string) string {
 	if (box == nil) {
 		log.Println("gui.GetText() ERROR box == nil")
diff --git a/new-structs.go b/new-structs.go
index aa86ef9..d6e2550 100644
--- a/new-structs.go
+++ b/new-structs.go
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ func (n *Node) FindTab() *ui.Tab {
 	return n.uiTab
 }
 
+func (n *Node) FindControl() *ui.Control {
+	return n.uiControl
+}
+
 func (n *Node) FindBox() *GuiBox {
 	return n.box
 }
@@ -99,7 +103,9 @@ func (n *Node) ListChildren() {
 	log.Println("\tListChildren() node =", n.id, n.Name, n.Width, n.Height)
 
 	if len(n.children) == 0 {
-		log.Println("\t\t\tparent =",n.parent.id)
+		if (n.parent != nil) {
+			log.Println("\t\t\tparent =",n.parent.id)
+		}
 		log.Println("\t\tNo children START")
 		return
 	}
@@ -161,7 +167,7 @@ func findByName(node *Node, name string) *Node {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (n *Node) InitTab(title string, custom func() ui.Control) *Node {
+func (n *Node) InitTab(title string) *Node {
 	if n.uiWindow == nil {
 		n.Dump()
 		panic("gui.InitTab() ERROR ui.Window == nil")
@@ -175,10 +181,31 @@ func (n *Node) InitTab(title string, custom func() ui.Control) *Node {
 	n.uiWindow.SetChild(tab)
 	n.uiWindow.SetMargined(true)
 
-	tab.Append(title, custom())
+	tab.Append(title, initBlankWindow())
 	tab.SetMargined(0, true)
 
-	newNode := makeNode(n, title, 555, 666)
+	newNode := makeNode(n, title, 555, 600 + Config.counter)
+	newNode.uiTab = tab
+	return newNode
+}
+
+func (n *Node) AddTab(title string, custom func() ui.Control) *Node {
+	if n.uiWindow == nil {
+		n.Dump()
+		panic("gui.AddTab() ERROR ui.Window == nil")
+	}
+	if n.box == nil {
+		n.Dump()
+		panic("gui.AddTab() ERROR box == nil")
+	}
+
+	tab := ui.NewTab()
+	n.uiWindow.SetMargined(true)
+
+	tab.Append(title, custom())
+	tab.SetMargined(0, true)
+
+	newNode := makeNode(n, title, 555, 600 + Config.counter)
 	newNode.uiTab = tab
 	return newNode
 }
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 8b1a99a..bf5dec8 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func (s *GuiBox) AddTab(title string, custom ui.Control) *ui.Tab {
 }
 
 func (s GuiBox) AddBoxTab(title string) *GuiBox {
-	uiTab := s.AddTab(title, InitBlankWindow())
+	uiTab := s.AddTab(title, initBlankWindow())
 	tabSetMargined(uiTab)
 
 	var box *GuiBox
diff --git a/window.go b/window.go
index 518b92c..75a427c 100644
--- a/window.go
+++ b/window.go
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ func CreateWindow(title string, tabname string, x int, y int, custom func() ui.C
 		log.Println("SERIOUS ERROR n.box == nil in CreateWindow()")
 		log.Println("SERIOUS ERROR n.box == nil in CreateWindow()")
 	}
-	n.InitTab(title, custom)
+	n.InitTab(title)
+	// TODO: run custom() here // Oct 9
 	return n
 }
 
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ func CreateBlankWindow(title string, x int, y int) *Node {
 	return n
 }
 
-func InitBlankWindow() ui.Control {
+func initBlankWindow() ui.Control {
 	hbox := ui.NewHorizontalBox()
 	hbox.SetPadded(true)