diff --git a/doGui.go b/doGui.go
index e9b22c5..d8a1f92 100644
--- a/doGui.go
+++ b/doGui.go
@@ -71,28 +71,25 @@ func drawWindow(win *gadgets.BasicWindow) {
 
 	})
 
-	grid.NewButton("addTable", func() {
-		if tbwin == nil {
-			log.Info("show the table first")
-			return
-		}
-		tbwin.showTable(me.machines)
+	grid.NewButton("update table", func() {
+		newwin := makeTableWindow()
+		newwin.showTable(me.machines)
+		newwin.Show()
 	})
 }
 
 func (tw *tableWindow) showTable(allm *zoopb.Machines) {
-
 	all := allm.All()
 	for all.Scan() {
 		m := all.Next()
-		tw.grid.NewLabel("hello")
-
 		tw.grid.NewLabel(m.Hostname)
 		tw.grid.NewLabel(fmt.Sprintf("%d", m.Cpus))
 		tw.grid.NewLabel(fmt.Sprintf("%d", m.Memory))
 		tw.grid.NewLabel(m.Distro)
 		tw.grid.NewLabel(findVersion(m, "zood"))
 		tw.grid.NewLabel(findVersion(m, "bash"))
+		dur := m.Laststamp.AsTime()
+		tw.grid.NewLabel(fmt.Sprintf("%v", time.Since(dur)))
 		tw.grid.NextRow()
 	}
 }
diff --git a/machine.go b/machine.go
index 9d5933c..ea8f424 100644
--- a/machine.go
+++ b/machine.go
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"time"
+
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/zoopb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
 )
 
 // someone sent machine 'u' is it new?
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ func updateMachine(u *zoopb.Machine) string {
 	if zood := m.Packages.FindByName("zood"); zood != nil {
 		log.Log(INFO, m.Hostname, "has zood version", zood.Version)
 	}
+	m.Laststamp = timestamppb.New(time.Now())
 
 	updatePackages(m, u.Packages)
 	return "upgrade"
diff --git a/tableWindow.go b/tableWindow.go
index 17c7cfa..39e21b9 100644
--- a/tableWindow.go
+++ b/tableWindow.go
@@ -82,11 +82,13 @@ func makeTableWindow() *tableWindow {
 	// make a grid to put the list of git repos that have patches
 	// in this particular patchset
 	pw.grid = g.NewGrid("", 0, 0)
-	pw.grid.NewLabel("repo")
-	pw.grid.NewLabel("patch name")
-	pw.grid.NewLabel("Applied in current branch?")
-	pw.grid.NewLabel("start hash")
-	pw.grid.NewLabel("")
+	pw.grid.NewLabel("hostname")
+	pw.grid.NewLabel("cpus")
+	pw.grid.NewLabel("Memory")
+	pw.grid.NewLabel("distro")
+	pw.grid.NewLabel("zood")
+	pw.grid.NewLabel("bash")
+	pw.grid.NewLabel("age")
 	pw.grid.NextRow()
 
 	// add the patches to the grid