diff --git a/action.go b/action.go
index c64dd49..9ed5360 100644
--- a/action.go
+++ b/action.go
@@ -13,17 +13,18 @@ import (
 // everything from the application goes through here
 func (me *TreeInfo) doAction(a widget.Action) {
 	if a.ActionType == widget.ToolkitInit {
-		log.Log(TREEWARN, "tree.doAction() trapped ToolkitInit finally!")
+		log.Log(TREE, "tree.doAction() trapped ToolkitInit finally!")
 		a.WidgetType = widget.Root
 		n := addNode(&a)
 		me.Add(n)
-		log.Log(TREEWARN, "tree.doAction() init() me.treeRoot")
-		if me.ToolkitInit != nil {
-			log.Log(TREEWARN, "tree.doAction() doing ToolkitInit()")
-			me.ToolkitInit()
-		} else {
-			log.Log(TREEWARN, "tree.doAction() me.ToolkitInit() == nil")
+		log.Log(TREE, "tree.doAction() init() me.treeRoot")
+		if me.ToolkitInit == nil {
+			log.Log(TREE, "tree.doAction() ToolkitInit() was called before plugin had a chance to initialize")
+			log.Log(TREE, "tree.doAction() TODO: fix channel to pause")
+			return
 		}
+		log.Log(TREE, "tree.doAction() doing ToolkitInit()")
+		me.ToolkitInit()
 		return
 	}
 	if a.TablePB != nil {
@@ -44,6 +45,11 @@ func (me *TreeInfo) doAction(a widget.Action) {
 			me.Add(n)
 			return
 		}
+		if a.WidgetId == 0 {
+			// this is ok. This is the binary tree base and it's already initialized. This happens on startup
+			return
+		}
+		// this shouldn't really happen. It's good to print a warning so the plugin code can be debugged
 		log.Log(TREEWARN, "attempting to re-add widget", a.WidgetId, a.WidgetType, a.ActionType)
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/addNode.go b/addNode.go
index 2f7ccea..23a39ff 100644
--- a/addNode.go
+++ b/addNode.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ func (me *TreeInfo) AddNode(a *widget.Action) *Node {
 	if me.TryLock() {
 		defer me.Unlock()
 	} else {
-		log.Info("TREE: mutex lock was already held before AddNode()")
+		log.Log(TREE, "mutex lock was already held before AddNode()")
 	}
 	return addNode(a)
 }