@@ -243,11 +243,19 @@
   (if (dboard:common-get-tabdat commondat tab-num: tab-num) ;; only update if there is a tabdat
       (let* ((tnum     (or tab-num (dboard:commondat-curr-tab-num commondat)))
 	     (updaters (hash-table-ref/default (dboard:commondat-updaters commondat)
 					       tnum
 					       '())))
-	(if *updaters-running*
+	(debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "Found these updaters: " updaters " for tab-num: " tnum)
+	(for-each ;; perform the function calls for the complete updaters list
+	 (lambda (updater)
+          ;; (debug:print 3 *default-log-port* "Running " updater)
+	   (updater))
+	 updaters))))
+
+
+	#;(if *updaters-running*
 	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "updaters still running.")
 	    (let* ((th1 (make-thread (lambda ()
 				       (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "Found these updaters: " updaters " for tab-num: " tnum)
 				       (for-each ;; perform the function calls for the complete updaters list
 					(lambda (updater)
@@ -283,11 +291,12 @@
 	      (set! *updaters-running* #t)
 	      (thread-start! th1)
 	      (thread-sleep! 0.1)
 	      (thread-start! th2)
 	      (thread-join! th1)
-	      (set! *updaters-running* #f))))))
+(set! *updaters-running* #f)))
+
 
 ;; if tab-num passed in then use it, otherwise look in commondat at curr-tab-num
 ;; adds the updater passed in the updaters list at that hashkey
 ;;
 (define (dboard:commondat-add-updater commondat updater #!key (tab-num #f))