diff --git a/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/QPulseAudioDeviceChooser.cpp b/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/QPulseAudioDeviceChooser.cpp
index e2d483146..db1461bb4 100644
--- a/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/QPulseAudioDeviceChooser.cpp
+++ b/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/QPulseAudioDeviceChooser.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "QPulseAudioDeviceChooser.hpp"
 #include <QSettings>
+#include <QtDebug>
 
 void QPulseAudioDeviceChooser::writeSettings() {
 	
@@ -21,14 +22,15 @@ this->tryFirstPlayBackMonitorCheckBox->setCheckState
 QPulseAudioDeviceChooser::QPulseAudioDeviceChooser(const QHash<int, QString> & devices, QWidget * parent = 0, Qt::WindowFlags f) : QDialog(parent, f), m_qpulseAudioDeviceModel(devices, this) {
 
 	setupUi(this);
-	readSettings();       
+	readSettings();
+	qDebug() << "setting model";
 	this->devicesListView->setModel(&m_qpulseAudioDeviceModel);
 }
 
 void QPulseAudioDeviceChooser::open() {
 	
 	this->show();
-	this->devicesListView->show();
+	//this->devicesListView->show()	
 	
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/QPulseAudioDeviceModel.cpp b/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/QPulseAudioDeviceModel.cpp
index 65282dd46..59a84be41 100644
--- a/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/QPulseAudioDeviceModel.cpp
+++ b/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/QPulseAudioDeviceModel.cpp
@@ -6,47 +6,26 @@
 QPulseAudioDeviceModel::QPulseAudioDeviceModel(const QHash<int, QString> & _devices, QObject * parent = 0):
  devices(_devices) {}
 
-void QPulseAudioDeviceModel::updateItemHighlights()
-{
-	if ( rowCount() == 0 )
-		return;
-
-	emit ( dataChanged ( this->index ( 0,0 ), this->index ( rowCount()-1) ) )
-	;
-}
-
-
 QVariant QPulseAudioDeviceModel::data ( const QModelIndex & index, int role = Qt::DisplayRole ) const
 {
-     if (!index.isValid())
+	if (!index.isValid())
          return QVariant();
-		
-	if (index.row() >= rowCount())
-		return QVariant();
 
 	QHash<int, QString>::const_iterator pos;
-	qDebug() << "role: " << role;
 	switch ( role )
 	{
 		case Qt::DisplayRole:
 			pos = devices.begin() + index.row();			
 			return *pos;
-		
-		case Qt::ToolTip:
-			return QString("These never show up.");
-		case Qt::DecorationRole:				
-				return QVariant();
-		case Qt::BackgroundRole:
-//				return Qt::red;
-//				return Qt::green;
-			return Qt::white;
 		default:			
+			
 			return QVariant();
 	}
 }
 
 int QPulseAudioDeviceModel::rowCount ( const QModelIndex & parent) const
-{	
+{
+		
 		return devices.count();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/QPulseAudioDeviceModel.hpp b/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/QPulseAudioDeviceModel.hpp
index 62e47a4fb..8899a7311 100644
--- a/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/QPulseAudioDeviceModel.hpp
+++ b/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/QPulseAudioDeviceModel.hpp
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
 QVariant data ( const QModelIndex & index, int role) const;
 int rowCount ( const QModelIndex & parent = QModelIndex()) const ;
 
-public slots:
-	void updateItemHighlights();
  private:
 	const QHash<int, QString> & devices;
 };
diff --git a/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/QPulseAudioThread.cpp b/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/QPulseAudioThread.cpp
index b1be5f679..6720080c1 100644
--- a/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/QPulseAudioThread.cpp
+++ b/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/QPulseAudioThread.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <QString>
 #include <QVector>
 
-QPulseAudioThread::SourceContainer QPulseAudioThread::sourceList;
+
 
 /* $Id: pacat.c 1426 2007-02-13 15:35:19Z ossman $ */
 
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ static pa_channel_map channel_map;
 static int channel_map_set = 0;
 static pa_sample_spec sample_spec ;
 
+QPulseAudioThread::SourceContainer QPulseAudioThread::sourceList;
 
 QPulseAudioThread::QPulseAudioThread ( int _argc, char **_argv, projectM * _projectM, QObject * parent ) : QThread ( parent ), argc ( _argc ), argv ( _argv ),  m_projectM ( _projectM ), sourceIndex ( -1 ) {
 
@@ -151,20 +152,21 @@ void QPulseAudioThread::connectSource ( int index )
 			return;
 		}
 
-		index = 0;
+		index = -1;
 		for ( SourceContainer::const_iterator pos = sourceList.begin(); pos != sourceList.end(); ++pos )
 		{
+			index++;
 			qDebug() << "Scanning " << *pos;
 			if ( ( *pos).contains ( "monitor" ) )
 			{
 				qDebug() << "connecting to monitor device" << *pos;
 				break;
 			}
-			index++;
-		}
+		}		
 		assert ( !sourceList.empty() );
 	}
 
+	assert (index < sourceList.count());
 	int r;
 	if ( ( ( r = pa_stream_connect_record ( stream, sourceList[index].toStdString().c_str(), NULL, flags ) ) ) < 0 )
 	{
diff --git a/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/qprojectM-pulseaudio.cpp b/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/qprojectM-pulseaudio.cpp
index 992be23ed..09947292d 100644
--- a/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/qprojectM-pulseaudio.cpp
+++ b/src/qprojectM-pulseaudio/qprojectM-pulseaudio.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ int main ( int argc, char*argv[] )
 
 	QProjectM_MainWindow * mainWindow = new QProjectM_MainWindow ( config_file );
 	
-	
 
 	QAction pulseAction("Pulse audio settings...", mainWindow);
 	
@@ -119,7 +118,8 @@ int main ( int argc, char*argv[] )
 
         mainWindow->unregisterSettingsAction(&pulseAction);
 
-	delete(mainWindow);
+	/// @bug this blows up the program!
+	//delete(mainWindow);
 	return ret;
 }