diff --git a/gocui.go b/gocui.go
index 05672ec..1118a7d 100644
--- a/gocui.go
+++ b/gocui.go
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ func gocuiEvent(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 		makeOutputWidget(g, "this is a create before a mouse click")
 		if me.logStdout != nil {
 			// setOutput(me.logStdout)
+			// me.logStdout.Write("test out")
+			w := me.logStdout.TK.(*guiWidget)
+			w.Write([]byte("test out"))
+			// log.CaptureMode(w)
+			log.Log(NOW, "logStdout test out")
 		}
 	} else {
 		log.Verbose("output widget already exists", maxX, maxY, mx, my)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5a4241c..9ed14ff 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -90,32 +90,18 @@ func mainGogui() {
 			log.Warn("YAHOOOO Recovered in guiMain application:", r)
 			log.Warn("Recovered from panic:", r)
 			me.baseGui.Close()
+			log.CaptureMode(nil)
+			log.Warn("YAHOOOO Recovered in guiMain application:", r)
+			log.Warn("Recovered from panic:", r)
 			me.myTree.SendToolkitPanic()
 
-			// attempts to control STDOUT
-			/*
-			// allow gocui to close if possible, then print stack
-			log.Sleep(1)
-			me.myTree.SendToolkitLoad("nocui")
-			log.Sleep(3)
-			os.Stdout = origStdout
-			os.Stderr = origStderr
-			log.Warn("Stack trace:")
-			debug.PrintStack()
-
-			// attempt to switch to the nocui toolkit
-			log.Sleep(1)
-			// panic("BUMMER")
-			*/
 			return
 		}
 	}()
-	// attempts to control STDOUT
-	/*
-	var err error
-	log.Log(INFO, "main() start Init()")
 
-	outf, err = os.OpenFile("/tmp/witgui.log", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
+	var err error
+
+	outf, err = os.OpenFile("/tmp/captureMode.log", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(err, "error opening file: %v")
 		os.Exit(0)
@@ -124,13 +110,8 @@ func mainGogui() {
 	os.Stdout = outf
 	defer outf.Close()
 
-	// setOutput(outf)
-	// log("This is a test log entry")
+	log.CaptureMode(outf)
 
-	ferr, _ := os.OpenFile("/tmp/witgui.err", os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0664)
-	origStderr = os.Stderr
-	os.Stderr = ferr
-	*/
 	gocuiMain()
 }
 
diff --git a/showStdout.go b/showStdout.go
index 22e6d8e..7201d27 100644
--- a/showStdout.go
+++ b/showStdout.go
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ func showMsg(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 		l = ""
 	}
 
-	makeOutputWidget(g, l)
+	outv := makeOutputWidget(g, l)
+	outv.Write([]byte("test out2"))
+	log.Info("test out2")
 	return nil
 }