diff --git a/src/music_visualizer.c b/src/music_visualizer.c
index 3da4cb0..3d45c9f 100644
--- a/src/music_visualizer.c
+++ b/src/music_visualizer.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 static _Atomic bool getstatus = true;
 #endif
 
-#define BEATC 27 // experiment with it
+#define BEATC 25 // experiment with it
 
 static int maxR = 0;
 static int maxC = 0;
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 }
 #endif
 
+// TODO improve and use
 int
 test_beat(unsigned int* fftEHist, int sEnergyLen, unsigned int* sEnergy)
 {
@@ -54,16 +55,14 @@
         for(j=sEnergyLen-1; j>=0; j--) {
             fftEHist[j] = fftEHist[j-1];  
         }
+
         // insert element
         fftEHist[0] =  sEnergy[i];
-    
+
+		// check sound energy for beat
         for(j=0; j<sEnergyLen; j++) {
-            /*fprintf(stderr, "- %d - %d\n", sEnergy[i], fftEHist[j]);*/
             if (sEnergy[i] > fftEHist[j]+BEATC && sEnergy[i] < 200) { // 200 avg would be false read
-                /*fprintf(stderr, "beat: %d - %d\n", sEnergy[i], fftEHist[j]);*/
                 return 1;
-                /*} else {*/
-                /*fprintf(stderr, "no beat!");*/
             }
         }
     }
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@
     average_signal(fftBuf, nsamples, maxC, fftAvg);
 
     // compute the energy of each subband
-    /*energy_sub_signal(fftBuf, nsamples, nsamples/sEnergyLen, sEnergy);*/
+	energy_sub_signal(fftBuf, nsamples, nsamples/sEnergyLen, sEnergy);
 }
 
 void
@@ -223,8 +222,7 @@
         // print mpd status even if no new data is avaiable
 		if (toggleStatus) {
 			if (status && status->song && status->song->duration_sec) {
-				print_rate_info(sampleRate, nsamples, maxC, status->song->duration_sec, \
-						0, 5*test_beat(fftEHist, sEnergyLen, sEnergy));
+				print_rate_info(sampleRate, nsamples, maxC, status->song->duration_sec);
 			}
 			print_mpd_status(status, maxC, statusHeight+maxR/2+maxR/6, statusCol);
 		}
diff --git a/src/utils_curses.c b/src/utils_curses.c
index 829d94b..be16add 100644
--- a/src/utils_curses.c
+++ b/src/utils_curses.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         init_pair(4, COLOR_BLUE,    -1);
         init_pair(5, COLOR_CYAN,    -1);
         init_pair(6, COLOR_MAGENTA, -1);
-        init_pair(8, COLOR_WHITE,   -1);		
+        init_pair(8, COLOR_WHITE,   -1);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 
 #ifdef STATUS_CHECK
 void
-print_rate_info(const int rate, const int nsamples, const int maxC, int seed, int amplitude,int beat)
+print_rate_info(const int rate, const int nsamples, const int maxC, int seed)
 {
     int center = (int) maxC/2-18; // adjust to screen center
     int i;
@@ -148,24 +148,16 @@
         mvprintw(2, center, " -------------[mvc]--------------- ", rate, nsamples);
     } else if (rate == 0) {
         mvprintw(0, center, " ----------------------------- ", rate, nsamples);
-        mvprintw(2+beat, center, " -----------[mvc]------------- ", rate, nsamples);
+        mvprintw(2, center, " -----------[mvc]------------- ", rate, nsamples);
     } else {
         mvprintw(0, center, " -------------------------------- ", rate, nsamples);
-        mvprintw(2+beat, center, " ------------[mvc]--------------- ", rate, nsamples);
-    }
-    for(i=0; i<amplitude-60+beat; i++) {
-        mvaddch(0, center-i, '-');
-        mvaddch(2, center-i, '-');
-        mvaddch(1, center-i, '|');
-        mvaddch(1, center+34+i, '|');
-        mvaddch(0, center+34+i, '-');
-        mvaddch(2, center+34+i, '-');
+        mvprintw(2, center, " ------------[mvc]--------------- ", rate, nsamples);
     }
 }
 
 
 /* prints a STATUS structure to stdout */
-void 
+void
 print_mpd_status(STATUS* status, const int maxC, const int row, const int moveCol)
 {
     SONG* song = NULL;
diff --git a/src/utils_curses.h b/src/utils_curses.h
index 177f0ac..b218b66 100644
--- a/src/utils_curses.h
+++ b/src/utils_curses.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 void init_color_pairs();
 WINDOW* curses_init();
 void print_col(int col, int length, const int maxR, const int maxC, PATTERN pattern, int seed);
-void print_rate_info(const int rate, const int nsamples, const int maxC, int seed, int amplitude, int beat);
+void print_rate_info(const int rate, const int nsamples, const int maxC, int seed);
 void print_help(const int maxR, const int maxC);
 
 #ifdef STATUS_CHECK