diff --git a/src/fft.c b/src/fft.c
index 7703a7e..739e944 100644
--- a/src/fft.c
+++ b/src/fft.c
@@ -115,14 +115,18 @@
 {
 	int i, j, step, k=0;
 	unsigned int avg;
+	int maxfreq = 0;
+
     // N_SAMPLES / maximum number of columns
     step = inLen/max;
 	for(i=0; i<inLen; i=i+step){
-		avg = 0;
+		maxfreq = 0;
 		for(j=0; j<step; j++){
-			avg += fftBuf[i+j];	
+			if (fftBuf[i+j] > maxfreq) {
+				maxfreq = fftBuf[i+j];
+			}
 		}
-		fftAvg[k++] = avg/step; //the 80 is a correction for the display
+		fftAvg[k++] = maxfreq-step; //the 80 is a correction for the display
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/music_visualizer.c b/src/music_visualizer.c
index b82d842..bdc200e 100644
--- a/src/music_visualizer.c
+++ b/src/music_visualizer.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
             fftAvg[i] = 1;
         }
         // print the column fftAvg[i]
-        print_col(i-X_CORRECTION, fftAvg[i], maxR, maxC, pattern);
+        print_col(i-X_CORRECTION, fftAvg[i], maxR, maxC, pattern, (int)fftAvg[i]);
     }
 }
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
         if ((c = wgetch(stdscr)) == 'q') {
             over = true;
         } else if (c == ' ') {
-			pattern = (pattern + 1) % 4;
+			pattern = (pattern + 1) % 5;
 		} else if (c == KEY_UP) {
 			statusHeight -= 1;
 		} else if (c == KEY_DOWN) {
diff --git a/src/settings.h b/src/settings.h
index 62f31dd..9c0ec12 100644
--- a/src/settings.h
+++ b/src/settings.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  **** MPD options
  */
-static char defHost[] = "localhost";
+static char defHost[] = "192.168.1.131";
 
 static unsigned int defPort = 6600;
 
diff --git a/src/utils_curses.c b/src/utils_curses.c
index ea4f0fc..ce31ce7 100644
--- a/src/utils_curses.c
+++ b/src/utils_curses.c
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@
 }
 
 void
-print_pattern(int col, int row, int l, const int maxR, PATTERN pattern)
+print_pattern(int col, int row, int l, const int maxR, const int maxC, PATTERN pattern, int seed)
 {
+	bool randc;
 	switch(pattern) {
 		case CURVE:
 			if (row > maxR-l && row < maxR-l/3) { // center of the screen
@@ -72,6 +73,20 @@
                 mvaddch(row, col, EMPTY);
             }
 			break;
+		case RANDOM:
+			srand(seed+row*row*row);
+			row = rand() % maxR;
+			if(seed > 28) {
+				mvaddch(row,col,FULL);
+			} else if (seed < 28 && seed > 24) {
+				mvaddch(row,col,EMPTY);
+			} else if (seed < 14 && seed > 10) {
+				mvaddch(row,col,EMPTY);
+			} else if (seed < 10) {
+				mvaddch(row,col,FULL);
+			} else {
+				mvaddch(row,col,' ');
+			}
 		default:
 			break;
 	}
@@ -81,7 +96,7 @@
 // while doing so, perform a rotation of the color
 // modify here to change color output
 void
-print_col(int col, int l, const int maxR, const int maxC, PATTERN pattern)
+print_col(int col, int l, const int maxR, const int maxC, PATTERN pattern, int seed)
 {
 	int row;
 	int color = 5;
@@ -91,7 +106,7 @@
         if (col < maxC) {
             color = (color+1) % 6;
             color_set(color, NULL);
-			print_pattern(col, row, l, maxR, pattern);
+			print_pattern(col, row, l, maxR, maxC, pattern, seed);
         }
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/utils_curses.h b/src/utils_curses.h
index 81b05b2..177f0ac 100644
--- a/src/utils_curses.h
+++ b/src/utils_curses.h
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 #include "utils_mpd.h"
 
 
-typedef enum {CURVE=0, MOUTH=1, MOUTH_REV=2, LINE=3} PATTERN;
+typedef enum {CURVE=0, MOUTH=1, MOUTH_REV=2, LINE=3, RANDOM=4} PATTERN;
 
 void init_color_pairs();
 WINDOW* curses_init();
-void print_col(int col, int length, const int maxR, const int maxC, PATTERN pattern);
+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_help(const int maxR, const int maxC);