@@ -720,11 +720,10 @@
     (if got-all
 	(begin
 	  (dboard:rundat-last-update-set!     run-dat (- start-time 2))
 	  (dboard:rundat-run-data-offset-set! run-dat 0))
 	(begin
-	  ;;; (thread-sleep! 0.25) ;; give the rest of the gui some time to update. <-- this did NOT help
 	  (dboard:rundat-run-data-offset-set! run-dat
 					      (+ num-to-get (dboard:rundat-run-data-offset run-dat)))))
 
     (for-each 
      (lambda (tdat)
@@ -838,13 +837,11 @@
 ;;
 ;; create a virtual table of all the tests
 ;; keypatts: ( (KEY1 "abc%def")(KEY2 "%") )
 ;;
 (define (dboard:update-rundat tabdat runnamepatt numruns testnamepatt keypatts)
-  (dboard:tabdat-already-running-set! tabdat #t)
-  (let* (;; (already-running  (dboard:tabdat-already-running tabdat))
-	 (access-mode      (dboard:tabdat-access-mode tabdat))
+  (let* ((access-mode      (dboard:tabdat-access-mode tabdat))
          (keys             (dboard:tabdat-keys tabdat)) ;; (db:dispatch-query access-mode rmt:get-keys db:get-keys)))
 	 (last-runs-update (- (dboard:tabdat-last-runs-update tabdat) 2))
          (allruns          (rmt:get-runs runnamepatt numruns (dboard:tabdat-start-run-offset tabdat) keypatts))
          ;;(allruns-tree (rmt:get-runs-by-patt (dboard:tabdat-keys tabdat) "%" #f #f #f #f))
          (allruns-tree    (rmt:get-runs-by-patt keys "%" #f #f #f #f 0)) ;; last-runs-update));;'("id" "runname")
@@ -3727,17 +3724,10 @@
 ;; (define (tabdat-values tabdat)
 
 ;; runs update-rundat using the various filters from the gui
 ;;
 (define (dashboard:do-update-rundat tabdat)
-  ;; this seems like a good place to check for already running and skip if so
-  ;;
-  ;; (set! *updater-running* #t)
-;;(if (dboard:tabdat-already-running tabdat)
-;;    (begin
-;;	(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Dashboard overloaded - updates will be slow, skipping update.")
-;;	(dboard:tabdat-target tabdat))
   (dboard:update-rundat
    tabdat
    (hash-table-ref/default (dboard:tabdat-searchpatts tabdat) "runname" "%")
    (dboard:tabdat-numruns tabdat)
    (hash-table-ref/default (dboard:tabdat-searchpatts tabdat) "test-name" "%/%")