diff --git a/angular.html b/angular.html
index 244008d..15cae85 100644
--- a/angular.html
+++ b/angular.html
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 </head>
 <!-- }}} -->
 
-<body>
+<body ng-app="webui">
 
 <!-- {{{ header -->
 <div class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top" ng-controller="NavCtrl">
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
           class="dropdown-toggle">Settings <b class="caret"></b></a>
 
         <ul class="dropdown-menu">
-          <li ng-show="false">
+          <li>
             <a
               ng-click="changeCSettings()"
               href="#"><i class="icon-wrench"></i> Connection Settings</a>
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
     </tr>
     <tr ng-click="download.collapsed = !download.collapsed" class="download-detail">
       <td colspan="2">
-        <div class="more_info" collapse="download.collapsed">
+        <div collapse="download.collapsed">
           <canvas bitfield="download.bitfield" draw="!download.collapsed" pieces="download.numPieces" class="progress chunk-canvas" width="1400" style="width: 100%; margin: 5px;" chunkbar></canvas>
           <ul class="stats">
             <li class="label">Status: <span class="download-status">{{download.status}}</span></li>
diff --git a/js/ctrls/alert.js b/js/ctrls/alert.js
index df5e8cf..65b26a2 100644
--- a/js/ctrls/alert.js
+++ b/js/ctrls/alert.js
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ angular.module('webui.ctrls.alert', [
     var obj = { msg: msg, type: type };
     scope.pendingAlerts.push(obj);
 
+    /*
     setTimeout(function() {
       var ind = scope.pendingAlerts.indexOf(obj);
       if (ind != -1) scope.removeAlert(ind);
     }, 5000);
+    */
 
     scope.$digest();
   });
diff --git a/js/directives/dgraph.js b/js/directives/dgraph.js
index b1024fb..3811026 100644
--- a/js/directives/dgraph.js
+++ b/js/directives/dgraph.js
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ angular
       // if any parents is collapsable, then confirm if it isnt
       if (canDraw)
         draw();
-
     };
 
     scope.$watch(attrs.dspeed, function(val) {
diff --git a/js/init.js b/js/init.js
index bf87da4..8471bcd 100644
--- a/js/init.js
+++ b/js/init.js
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-angular.module('webui', [
+var webui = angular.module('webui', [
   'webui.services.utils', 'webui.services.deps', 'webui.services.base64',
   'webui.services.constants', 'webui.services.rpc',
   'webui.services.modals', 'webui.services.alerts',
   'webui.services.settings', 'webui.services.settings.filters',
   'webui.filters.bytes', 'webui.filters.path',
   'webui.directives.chunkbar', 'webui.directives.dgraph', 'webui.directives.fselect',
-  'webui.ctrls.download', 'webui.ctrls.nav', 'webui.ctrls.modal', 'webui.ctrls.alert'
+  'webui.ctrls.download', 'webui.ctrls.nav', 'webui.ctrls.modal', 'webui.ctrls.alert',
+  // external deps
+  'ui.bootstrap.collapse', 'ui.bootstrap.dropdownToggle',
+  'ui.bootstrap.modal', 'ui.bootstrap.alert'
 ]);
 
+/*
 $(function() {
-  angular.bootstrap(document, [
-    // external deps
-    'ui.bootstrap.collapse', 'ui.bootstrap.dropdownToggle',
-    'ui.bootstrap.modal', 'ui.bootstrap.alert',
-    'webui'
-  ])
+  angular.bootstrap(document, ['webui'])
 });
+*/
diff --git a/js/services/alerts.js b/js/services/alerts.js
index 24850b7..ec3ec16 100644
--- a/js/services/alerts.js
+++ b/js/services/alerts.js
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ angular.module('webui.services.alerts', ['webui.services.deps'])
     },
     addAlerter: function(cb) {
       alerters.push(cb);
+    },
+    // a simple function for debugging
+    log: function(msg) {
+      this.addAlert(msg, 'info');
     }
   };
 }]);
diff --git a/js/services/rpc/rpc.js b/js/services/rpc/rpc.js
index 4134e32..31f7611 100644
--- a/js/services/rpc/rpc.js
+++ b/js/services/rpc/rpc.js
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 angular
-  .module('webui.services.rpc', [
-    'webui.services.rpc.syscall', 'webui.services.constants', 'webui.services.alerts'
-  ])
-  .factory('$rpc', ['$syscall', '$globalTimeout', '$alerts', function(syscall, time, alerts) {
+.module('webui.services.rpc', [
+  'webui.services.rpc.syscall', 'webui.services.constants', 'webui.services.alerts'
+])
+.factory('$rpc', ['$syscall', '$globalTimeout', '$alerts',
+function(syscall, time, alerts) {
+
   var subscriptions = []
     , configurations = [{ host: 'localhost', port: 6800 }]
+    , currentConf = {}
     , timeout = null
     , forceNextUpdate = false;
 
@@ -14,11 +17,19 @@ angular
   // (i.e. serially) so should be private
   // to maintain that invariant
   var update = function() {
-    if (!subscriptions.length)
-      return;
 
-    if (configurations.length)
-      syscall.init(configurations[0]);
+    clearTimeout(timeout);
+    timeout = null;
+
+    if (!subscriptions.length) {
+      timeout = setTimeout(update, time);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (configurations.length) {
+      currentConf = configurations.shift();
+      syscall.init(currentConf);
+    }
 
     subscriptions = _.filter(subscriptions, function(e) { return !!e });
     var params = _.map(subscriptions, function(s) {
@@ -29,16 +40,19 @@ angular
     });
 
 
-    clearTimeout(timeout);
-    timeout = null;
 
     syscall.invoke({
       name: 'system.multicall',
       params: [params],
       success: function(data) {
 
-        // configuration worked, save it in cookie for next time!!
-        //
+        if (configurations.length) {
+          // configuration worked, save it in cookie for next time and
+          // delete the pipelined configurations!!
+          alerts.log('success alas!! saving current configuration');
+          configurations = [];
+        }
+
         _.each(data.result, function(d, i) {
           var handle = subscriptions[i];
           if (handle) {
@@ -54,15 +68,17 @@ angular
 
         if (forceNextUpdate) {
           forceNextUpdate = false;
-          return update();
+          timeout = setTimeout(update, 0);
+        }
+        else {
+          timeout = setTimeout(update, time);
         }
-        timeout = setTimeout(update, time);
       },
       error: function() {
         // If some proposed configurations are still in the pipeline then retry
         if (configurations.length) {
-          configurations.shift();
-          update();
+          alerts.log('trying another configuration, last one didnt connect');
+          timeout = setTimeout(update, 0);
         }
         else {
           alerts.addAlert('<strong>Oh Snap!</strong> Could not connect to the aria2 server, retrying after ' + time / 1000 + ' secs', 'error');
@@ -70,7 +86,11 @@ angular
         }
       }
     });
-  }
+  };
+
+  // initiate the update loop
+  timeout = setTimeout(update, time);
+
   return {
     // conf can be configuration or array of configurations,
     // each one will be tried one after the other till success,
@@ -130,14 +150,9 @@ angular
     // force the global syscall update
     forceUpdate: function() {
       if (timeout) {
-
         clearTimeout(timeout);
-        timeout = null;
-
-        update();
-
+        timeout = setTimeout(update, 0);
       }
-      else if (configurations.length) update();
       else {
         // a batch call is already in progress,
         // wait till it returns and force the next one
diff --git a/js/services/rpc/sockcall.js b/js/services/rpc/sockcall.js
index da7f0f4..c312f54 100644
--- a/js/services/rpc/sockcall.js
+++ b/js/services/rpc/sockcall.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 angular
-  .module('webui.services.rpc.sockcall', [
-    'webui.services.deps', 'webui.services.utils', 'webui.services.base64'
-  ])
-  .factory('$sockcall', ['$_', '$json', '$name', '$utils', function(_, JSON, name, utils) {
-
+.module('webui.services.rpc.sockcall', [
+  'webui.services.deps', 'webui.services.utils', 'webui.services.base64',
+  'webui.services.alerts'
+])
+.factory('$sockcall', ['$_', '$json', '$name', '$utils', '$alerts',
+function(_, JSON, name, utils, alerts) {
   var sockRPC = {
     // true when sockrpc is ready to be used,
     // false when either initializing
@@ -70,11 +71,13 @@ angular
 
     // should be called initially to start using the sock rpc
     init: function(conf) {
+      sockRPC.initialized = false;
+
       if (typeof WebSocket == "undefined") {
+        alerts.addAlert('Web sockets not supported, falling back to jsonp', 'info');
         return;
       }
       sockRPC.conf = conf || sockRPC.conf;
-      sockRPC.initialized = false;
 
       sockRPC.scheme = sockRPC.conf.encryption ? 'wss' : 'ws';
 
@@ -92,6 +95,7 @@ angular
       catch (ex) {
         // ignoring IE securty exception on local ip addresses
         console.log('not using websocket for aria2 rpc due to: ', ex);
+        alerts.addAlert('Web sockets not working due to ' + ex.message, 'info');
       }
     },
   };
diff --git a/js/services/rpc/syscall.js b/js/services/rpc/syscall.js
index 7f1f1f5..8c4a8da 100644
--- a/js/services/rpc/syscall.js
+++ b/js/services/rpc/syscall.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 angular
-  .module('webui.services.rpc.syscall', [
-    'webui.services.rpc.jsoncall', 'webui.services.rpc.sockcall',
-    'webui.services.utils'
-  ])
-  .factory('$syscall', ['$log', '$jsoncall', '$sockcall', function(log, jsonRPC, sockRPC) {
+.module('webui.services.rpc.syscall', [
+  'webui.services.rpc.jsoncall', 'webui.services.rpc.sockcall',
+  'webui.services.utils', 'webui.services.alerts'
+])
+.factory('$syscall', ['$log', '$jsoncall', '$sockcall', '$alerts',
+function(log, jsonRPC, sockRPC, alerts) {
   return {
     // called to initialize the rpc interface, call everytime configuration changes
     // conf has the following structure:
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ angular
     //     pass (string): password for the http authentication if enabled
     //   }
     init: function(conf) {
+
       conf = conf || {
         host: 'localhost',
         port: 6800
