diff --git a/fft.c b/fft.c
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 0f6cf85..483b037
--- a/fft.c
+++ b/fft.c
@@ -106,25 +106,25 @@
 	return fftSig;	
 }
 
-unsigned int* 
+unsigned int*
 average_signal(unsigned int *fftBuf, int inLen, int maxC, int *avgLen)
 {
 	unsigned int* fftAvg = malloc(inLen*sizeof(unsigned int));
-	int i, j, k=0;
+	int i, j, step, k=0;
 	unsigned int avg;
 
 	if(maxC < 200){
 		*avgLen = 128;
 	} else {
-		*avgLen = 256;
+		*avgLen = 512;
 	}
-	
-	for(i=0; i<inLen/2; i=i+(inLen/(2*(*avgLen)))){
+	step = inLen/(2*(*avgLen));
+	for(i=0; i<inLen; i=i+step){
 		avg = 0;
-		for(j=0; j<(inLen/(2*(*avgLen))); j++){
-			avg += fftBuf[i+j];  		
+		for(j=0; j<step; j++){
+			avg += fftBuf[i+j];	
 		}
-		fftAvg[k] = avg/(inLen/(2*(*avgLen))) - 90; //the 90 is a correction for the display
+		fftAvg[k] = avg/step - 80; //the 80 is a correction for the display
 		k++;
 	}
 	return fftAvg;
diff --git a/music_visualizer.c b/music_visualizer.c
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 7054b29..a816165
--- a/music_visualizer.c
+++ b/music_visualizer.c
@@ -6,22 +6,23 @@
 #include <stdint.h>		// uint16_t
 #include "fft.h"		// fast fourier transform
 #include "utils_curses.h"
+#include "time.h"
 
 /*FREQ		44100*/
-#define N_SAMPLES 	1024
+#define N_SAMPLES 	512
 /*FPS		FREQ/N_SAMPLES*/
 
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	int fifo, i;
+	int fifo, i, j;
 	WINDOW *mainwin;
-	int maxR, maxC, avgLen; //curses
+	int maxR, maxC, avgLen, correction; //curses
 	uint16_t buf[N_SAMPLES];
 	unsigned int *fftBuf, *fftAvg;
 
 	fifo = open("/tmp/mpd.fifo", O_RDONLY);
-	
+
 	if((mainwin = curses_init()) == NULL){
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@
 	nodelay(stdscr, TRUE);
 
 	while(read(fifo, (uint16_t*)buf, 2*N_SAMPLES) != 0){
+		/*usleep(45000);*/
+		
 		if(wgetch(stdscr)=='q'){
 			break;	
 		}
@@ -40,15 +43,24 @@
 		free(fftBuf);
 
 		erase();
-		for(i=0; i<avgLen; i++){
-			if(i<avgLen/3){
-				color_set(1, NULL);
-			} else if(i>avgLen*2/3){
-				color_set(2, NULL);	
-			} else {
-				color_set(3, NULL);
+		correction = 0;
+		for(i=correction; i<maxC; i=i+1){
+			/*if(i<avgLen/3){*/
+			color_set(4, NULL);
+			/*} else if(i>avgLen*2/3){*/
+				/*color_set(2, NULL);	*/
+			/*} else {*/
+				/*color_set(3, NULL);*/
+			/*}*/
+			for(j=0; j<1; j++){
+				if(fftAvg[i] > maxR){
+					fftAvg[i] == maxR;
+				}
+				if(fftAvg[i] < 0){
+					fftAvg[i] == 0;
+				}
+				print_col(i+j-correction, fftAvg[i], maxR);
 			}
-			print_col(i, fftAvg[i], maxR);
 		}
 		refresh();
 		free(fftAvg);
diff --git a/utils_curses.c b/utils_curses.c
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 5fb7c41..7fc47a2
--- a/utils_curses.c
+++ b/utils_curses.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 	int row, l;
 	 
 	l = maxR - length;
+	/*l -= 5;*/
 	for(row=maxR; row>l; row--){
 		mvaddch(row, col, SHARP);
 	}
diff --git a/utils_curses.h b/utils_curses.h
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index d7ee544..b02c2fb
--- a/utils_curses.h
+++ b/utils_curses.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include <curses.h>
 
-#define SHARP '#'
+#define SHARP '|'
 
 void init_color_pairs();
 WINDOW* curses_init();