@@ -223,11 +223,11 @@
    tabdat))
 
 ;; gets and calls updater list based on curr-tab-num
 ;;
 (define (dboard:common-run-curr-updaters commondat #!key (tab-num #f))
-  (sync-db-to-tmp (dboard:common-get-tabdat commondat tab-num: tab-num))
+  ;; (sync-db-to-tmp (dboard:common-get-tabdat commondat tab-num: tab-num)) ;; no longer applies
   (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
 					       '())))
@@ -684,12 +684,12 @@
                         (dboard:rundat-last-update run-dat)))
 	 (last-db-time (if do-not-use-db-file-timestamps
 			   0
 			   (dboard:rundat-last-db-time run-dat)))
 	 (db-path      (or (dboard:rundat-db-path run-dat)
-			   (let* ((db-dir (common:get-db-tmp-area))
-				  (db-pth (conc db-dir "/.megatest/main.db")))
+			   (let* ((db-dir (get-environment-variable "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME")) ;;  (common:get-db-tmp-area))
+				  (db-pth (conc db-dir "/.mtdb/main.db")))
 			     (dboard:rundat-db-path-set! run-dat db-pth)
 			     db-pth)))
 	 (db-mod-time  (common:lazy-sqlite-db-modification-time db-path))
 	 (db-modified  (>= db-mod-time last-db-time))
 	 (multi-get    (> (dboard:rundat-run-data-offset run-dat) 0))  ;; multi-get in progress
@@ -3813,11 +3813,11 @@
 (stop-the-train)
 
 (define (main)
   ;; (print "Starting dashboard main")
     
-  (let* ((mtdb-path (conc *toppath* "/.megatest/main.db"))
+  (let* ((mtdb-path (conc *toppath* "/.mtdb/main.db"))
          (target (args:get-arg "-target"))
          (commondat       (dboard:commondat-make)))
     (if target
         (begin
           (args:remove-arg-from-ht "-target")