diff --git a/src/fft.c b/src/fft.c
index 3e63622..9282aed 100755
--- a/src/fft.c
+++ b/src/fft.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 	int i, j, step, k=0;
 	unsigned int avg;
 
-	step = inLen/(max % 128);
+	step = inLen/(max);
 	for(i=0; i<inLen; i=i+step){
 		avg = 0;
 		for(j=0; j<step; j++){
diff --git a/src/music_visualizer.c b/src/music_visualizer.c
index dbd8879..b7d1c77 100755
--- a/src/music_visualizer.c
+++ b/src/music_visualizer.c
@@ -26,9 +26,15 @@
 get_mpd_status()
 {
     signal(SIGALRM, SIG_IGN);
+    if(status) {
+        free_status_st(status);
+    }
+
     struct mpd_connection* session = open_connection();
-    status = get_current_status(session);
-    close_connection(session);
+    if(session) {
+        status = get_current_status(session);
+        close_connection(session);
+    }
     signal(SIGALRM, get_mpd_status);
     alarm(1);
 }
@@ -59,7 +65,7 @@
 		erase();
 
 		// correction can be used to exclude certain frequencies
-		correction = 2;
+		correction = maxC/16;
 		int i;
         for(i=correction; i<maxC+correction; i=i+2){
             // check boundaries of the signals respect the boundaries of the screen
diff --git a/src/utils_curses.c b/src/utils_curses.c
index abba129..ba176d4 100755
--- a/src/utils_curses.c
+++ b/src/utils_curses.c
@@ -103,11 +103,13 @@
         if (strlen(status->state)+18 > maxlen){
             maxlen=strlen(status->state)+18;
         }
-        maxlen = strlen(song->artist) + strlen(song->title) + 5;
+        if (strlen(song->album + 3) > maxlen) {
+            maxlen=strlen(song->album) + 3;
+        }
         center = maxC/2 - (maxlen)/2; 
     }
-
-    color_set(1, NULL);
+    srand(song->duration_sec);
+    color_set(rand() % 7, NULL);
     for (i=0; i<maxlen+4; i++) {
         for(j=0; j<3; j++) {
             mvaddch(row+1+j, center-1+i, ' ');
@@ -124,10 +126,6 @@
         }
         if(song->album != NULL){
             mvprintw(row+2, center+1, "%s", song->album);
-            nullFlag = true;
-        } else {
-            nullFlag = false;
-            // even if only album field is missing, the filesystem name will be printed
         }
         if (nullFlag == false) {
             // title, artist, album fields are missing, will print filesystem name