diff --git a/doGui.go b/doGui.go
index 44c5a38..fb15a82 100644
--- a/doGui.go
+++ b/doGui.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package main
 // An app to submit patches for the 30 GO GUI repos
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
@@ -28,22 +27,14 @@ func doGui() {
 	me.myGui.InitEmbed(resources)
 	me.myGui.Default()
 
-	mainWindow := gadgets.RawBasicWindow("Zookeeper: (inventory your cluster)")
-	mainWindow.Make()
-	mainWindow.Show()
-	mainWindow.Custom = func() {
+	win := gadgets.RawBasicWindow("Zookeeper: (inventory your cluster)")
+	win.Make()
+	win.Show()
+	win.Custom = func() {
 		log.Warn("Main window close")
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
-	drawWindow(mainWindow)
-
-	// sits here forever
-	debug()
-
-}
-
-func drawWindow(win *gadgets.BasicWindow) {
 	box := win.Box()
 
 	vbox := box.NewVerticalBox("BOX2")
@@ -51,23 +42,10 @@ func drawWindow(win *gadgets.BasicWindow) {
 	group1 := vbox.NewGroup("Zookeeper Settings")
 	grid := group1.NewGrid("buildOptions", 0, 0)
 
-	var testWin *genericWindow
-	grid.NewButton("machine list", func() {
-		if testWin != nil {
-			testWin.Toggle()
-			return
-		}
-		testWin = makeMachineWindow(me.machines)
-	})
+	addButtonForZooPB(grid)
 
-	var test2 *genericWindow
-	grid.NewButton("test2", func() {
-		if test2 != nil {
-			test2.Toggle()
-			return
-		}
-		test2 = makeMachineWindow(me.machines)
-	})
+	// sits here forever
+	debug()
 }
 
 func findVersion(m *zoopb.Machine, pkgname string) string {
@@ -77,36 +55,3 @@ func findVersion(m *zoopb.Machine, pkgname string) string {
 	}
 	return zood.Version
 }
-
-func makeMachineWindow(pb *zoopb.Machines) *genericWindow {
-	win := initGenericWindow("Machines registered with Zookeeper", "Buttons of things")
-	grid := win.group.RawGrid()
-	grid.NewButton("List", func() {
-		log.Info("list...")
-	})
-	grid.NewButton("more", func() {
-		log.Info("?")
-	})
-	grid.NextRow()
-	grid.NewButton("smore", func() {
-		log.Info("smore")
-	})
-
-	tbox := win.win.Box().Vertical() // a vertical box (like a stack of books)
-	t := pb.NewTable("test 2")
-	t.SetParent(tbox)
-	t.AddHostname()
-	t.AddMemory()
-	t.AddCpus()
-	t.AddStringFunc("sMB", func(m *zoopb.Machine) string {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%d mb", m.Memory/(1024*1024))
-	})
-	t.AddStringFunc("zood", func(m *zoopb.Machine) string {
-		return findVersion(m, "zood")
-	})
-	t.AddTimeFunc("age", func(m *zoopb.Machine) time.Time {
-		return m.Laststamp.AsTime()
-	})
-	t.ShowTable()
-	return win
-}
diff --git a/windowGeneric.go b/windowGeneric.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7daae01..0000000
--- a/windowGeneric.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-
-	"go.wit.com/gui"
-)
-
-type genericWindow struct {
-	win   *gadgets.BasicWindow // the window widget itself
-	box   *gui.Node            // the top box of the repolist window
-	group *gui.Node            // the default group
-}
-
-func (r *genericWindow) Hidden() bool {
-	if r == nil {
-		return true
-	}
-	if r.win == nil {
-		return true
-	}
-	return r.win.Hidden()
-}
-
-func (r *genericWindow) Toggle() {
-	if r.Hidden() {
-		r.Show()
-	} else {
-		r.Hide()
-	}
-}
-
-func (r *genericWindow) Show() {
-	if r == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	if r.win == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	r.win.Show()
-}
-
-func (r *genericWindow) Hide() {
-	if r == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	if r.win == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	r.win.Hide()
-}
-
-func (r *genericWindow) Disable() {
-	if r == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	if r.box == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	r.box.Disable()
-}
-
-func (r *genericWindow) Enable() {
-	if r == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	if r.box == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	r.box.Enable()
-}
-
-func initGenericWindow(title string, grouptxt string) *genericWindow {
-	gw := new(genericWindow)
-	gw.win = gadgets.RawBasicWindow(title)
-	gw.win.Make()
-
-	gw.box = gw.win.Box().Vertical() // a vertical box (like a stack of books)
-	gw.win.Custom = func() {
-		log.Warn("Found Window close. setting hidden=true")
-		// sets the hidden flag to false so Toggle() works
-		gw.win.Hide()
-	}
-	gw.group = gw.box.NewGroup(grouptxt)
-	gw.Show()
-
-	return gw
-}
diff --git a/windowZooPB.go b/windowZooPB.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72f0a4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/windowZooPB.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.wit.com/gui"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/zoopb"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+func addButtonForZooPB(grid *gui.Node) (*gui.Node, *gadgets.GenericWindow) {
+	var win *gadgets.GenericWindow
+	b := grid.NewButton("show zoo", func() {
+		// if the window exists, just toggle it open or closed
+		if win != nil {
+			win.Toggle()
+			return
+		}
+
+		win = gadgets.NewGenericWindow("Zoo Raw PB View", "Stuff")
+		win.Win.Custom = func() {
+			log.Info("test delete window here")
+		}
+		tbox := win.Bottom.Box().SetProgName("TBOX")
+		grid := win.Group.RawGrid()
+
+		var t *zoopb.MachinesTable
+		grid.NewButton("Show", func() {
+			if t != nil {
+				t.Delete()
+				t = nil
+			}
+
+			// display the protobuf
+			t = AddMachinesPB(tbox, me.machines)
+			log.Info("table has uuid", t.GetUuid())
+		})
+
+		grid.NewButton("update", func() {
+			if t != nil {
+				t.Delete()
+				t = nil
+			}
+			t = AddMachinesPB(tbox, me.machines)
+			log.Info("table has uuid", t.GetUuid())
+		})
+	})
+	return b, win
+}
+
+func AddMachinesPB(tbox *gui.Node, pb *zoopb.Machines) *zoopb.MachinesTable {
+	t := pb.NewTable("MachinesPB")
+	t.NewUuid()
+	t.SetParent(tbox)
+
+	t.AddHostname()
+	t.AddMemory()
+	t.AddCpus()
+	t.AddStringFunc("sMB", func(m *zoopb.Machine) string {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d mb", m.Memory/(1024*1024))
+	})
+	t.AddStringFunc("zood", func(m *zoopb.Machine) string {
+		return findVersion(m, "zood")
+	})
+	t.AddTimeFunc("age", func(m *zoopb.Machine) time.Time {
+		return m.Laststamp.AsTime()
+	})
+
+	f := func(m *zoopb.Machine) string {
+		log.Info("machine =", m.Hostname)
+		return m.Hostname
+	}
+	t.AddButtonFunc("upgrade", f)
+	t.ShowTable()
+	return t
+}