diff --git a/copyparty/httpcli.py b/copyparty/httpcli.py
index 924e1f95..9480b66c 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpcli.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpcli.py
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ class HttpCli(object):
         cinf = self.headers.get("x-up2k-stat", "")
 
         spd = self._spd(post_sz)
-        self.log("{} thank {}".format(spd, cinf))
+        self.log("{:70} thank {}".format(spd, cinf))
         self.reply(b"thank")
         return True
 
diff --git a/copyparty/web/browser.css b/copyparty/web/browser.css
index a844041e..059d4e60 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/browser.css
+++ b/copyparty/web/browser.css
@@ -2216,6 +2216,10 @@ html.y #bbox-overlay figcaption a {
 #u2notbtn * {
 	line-height: 1.3em;
 }
+#u2mu div {
+	height: 1.2em;
+	overflow: hidden;
+}
 #u2tabw {
 	min-height: 0;
 	transition: min-height .2s;
@@ -2225,6 +2229,7 @@ html.y #bbox-overlay figcaption a {
 	display: none;
 }
 #u2tab {
+	table-layout: fixed;
 	border-collapse: collapse;
 	width: calc(100% - 2em);
 	max-width: 100em;
@@ -2348,7 +2353,7 @@ html.y #bbox-overlay figcaption a {
 	width: 48em;
 }
 #u2conf.ww {
-	width: 74em;
+	width: 78em;
 }
 #u2conf.ww #u2c3w {
 	width: 29em;
diff --git a/copyparty/web/browser.js b/copyparty/web/browser.js
index cb54bc2c..c43dee32 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/browser.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/browser.js
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ var Ls = {
 		"ul_par": "parallel uploads:",
 		"ut_mt": "continue hashing other files while uploading$N$Nmaybe disable if your CPU or HDD is a bottleneck",
 		"ut_ask": "ask for confirmation before upload starts",
+		"ut_pot": "improve upload speed on slow devices$Nby making the UI less complex",
 		"ut_srch": "don't actually upload, instead check if the files already $N exist on the server (will scan all folders you can read)",
 		"ut_par": "pause uploads by setting it to 0$N$Nincrease if your connection is slow / high latency$N$Nkeep it 1 on LAN or if the server HDD is a bottleneck",
 		"ul_btn": "drop files / folders<br>here (or click me)",
@@ -390,6 +391,7 @@ var Ls = {
 		"ul_par": "samtidige handl.:",
 		"ut_mt": "fortsett å befare køen mens opplastning foregår$N$Nskru denne av dersom du har en$Ntreg prosessor eller harddisk",
 		"ut_ask": "bekreft filutvalg før opplastning starter",
+		"ut_pot": "forbedre ytelsen på trege enheter ved å$Nforenkle brukergrensesnittet",
 		"ut_srch": "utfør søk istedenfor å laste opp --$Nleter igjennom alle mappene du har lov til å se",
 		"ut_par": "sett til 0 for å midlertidig stanse opplastning$N$Nhøye verdier (4 eller 8) kan gi bedre ytelse,$Nspesielt på trege internettlinjer$N$Nbør ikke være høyere enn 1 på LAN$Neller hvis serveren sin harddisk er treg",
 		"ul_btn": "slipp filer / mapper<br>her (eller klikk meg)",
@@ -721,6 +723,10 @@ ebi('op_up2k').innerHTML = (
 	'			<label for="multitask" tt="' + L.ut_mt + '">🏃</label>\n' +
 	'		</td>\n' +
 	'		<td class="c" rowspan="2">\n' +
+	'			<input type="checkbox" id="potato" />\n' +
+	'			<label for="potato" tt="' + L.ut_pot + '">🥔</label>\n' +
+	'		</td>\n' +
+	'		<td class="c" rowspan="2">\n' +
 	'			<input type="checkbox" id="ask_up" />\n' +
 	'			<label for="ask_up" tt="' + L.ut_ask + '">💭</label>\n' +
 	'		</td>\n' +
@@ -776,7 +782,7 @@ ebi('op_up2k').innerHTML = (
 	'		</tr>\n' +
 	'	</thead>\n' +
 	'	<tbody></tbody>\n' +
-	'</table></div>\n' +
+	'</table><div id="u2mu"></div></div>\n' +
 
 	'<p id="u2flagblock"><b>' + L.ul_flagblk + '</p>\n' +
 	'<p id="u2foot"></p>'
diff --git a/copyparty/web/up2k.js b/copyparty/web/up2k.js
index 237d3598..1e1ffa20 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/up2k.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/up2k.js
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ function U2pvis(act, btns, uc) {
     r.head = 0;
     r.tail = -1;
     r.wsz = 3;
+    r.npotato = 99;
 
     var markup = {
         '404': '<span class="err">404</span>',
@@ -181,6 +182,9 @@ function U2pvis(act, btns, uc) {
     };
 
     r.is_act = function (card) {
+        if (uc.potato && !uc.fsearch)
+            return false;
+
         if (r.act == "done")
             return card == "ok" || card == "ng";
 
@@ -361,6 +365,38 @@ function U2pvis(act, btns, uc) {
         }
     };
 
+    r.potato = function () {
+        QS('#u2cards a[act="bz"]').click();
+        timer[uc.potato ? "add" : "rm"](draw_potato);
+    };
+
+    function draw_potato() {
+        if (++r.npotato < 2)
+            return;
+
+        r.npotato = 0;
+        var html = [
+            "<p>files: &nbsp; <b>{0}</b> finished, &nbsp; <b>{1}</b> failed, &nbsp; <b>{2}</b> busy, &nbsp; <b>{3}</b> queued</p>".format(r.ctr.ok, r.ctr.ng, r.ctr.bz, r.ctr.q),
+        ];
+
+        while (r.head < r.tab.length && has(["ok", "ng"], r.tab[r.head].in))
+            r.head++;
+
+        var act = null;
+        if (r.head < r.tab.length)
+            act = r.tab[r.head];
+
+        if (act)
+            html.push("<p>file {0} of {1} : &nbsp; {2} &nbsp; <code>{3}</code></p>\n<div>{4}</div>".format(r.head + 1, r.tab.length, act.ht, act.hp, act.hn));
+
+        html = html.join('\n');
+        if (r.hpotato == html)
+            return;
+
+        r.hpotato = html;
+        ebi('u2mu').innerHTML = html;
+    }
+
     r.drawcard = function (cat) {
         var cards = QSA('#u2cards>a>span');
 
@@ -477,6 +513,7 @@ function U2pvis(act, btns, uc) {
     }
 
     r.changecard(r.act);
+    r.potato();
 }
 
 
@@ -528,7 +565,7 @@ function Donut(uc, st) {
     }
 
     r.on = function (ya) {
-        r.fc = r.tc = 99;
+        r.fc = r.tc = r.dc = 99;
         r.eta = null;
         r.base = pos();
         optab.innerHTML = ya ? svg() : optab.getAttribute('ico');
@@ -544,10 +581,16 @@ function Donut(uc, st) {
 
         var t = st.bytes.total - r.base,
             v = pos() - r.base,
-            ofs = el.style.strokeDashoffset = o - o * v / t;
+            ofs = o - o * v / t;
+
+        if (!uc.potato || ++r.dc >= 2) {
+            el.style.strokeDashoffset = ofs;
+            r.dc = 0;
+        }
 
         if (++r.tc >= 10) {
-            wintitle(f2f(v * 100 / t, 1) + '%, ' + r.eta + 's, ', true);
+            wintitle("{0}%, {1}s, #{2}, ".format(
+                f2f(v * 100 / t, 1), r.eta, st.files.length - st.nfile.upload), true);
             r.tc = 0;
         }
 
@@ -658,6 +701,7 @@ function up2k_init(subtle) {
         biggest_file = 0;
 
     bcfg_bind(uc, 'multitask', 'multitask', true, null, false);
+    bcfg_bind(uc, 'potato', 'potato', false, set_potato, false);
     bcfg_bind(uc, 'ask_up', 'ask_up', true, null, false);
     bcfg_bind(uc, 'flag_en', 'flag_en', false, apply_flag_cfg);
     bcfg_bind(uc, 'fsearch', 'fsearch', false, set_fsearch, false);
@@ -667,6 +711,10 @@ function up2k_init(subtle) {
 
     var st = {
         "files": [],
+        "nfile": {
+            "hash": 0,
+            "upload": 0
+        },
         "seen": {},
         "todo": {
             "head": [],
@@ -1461,6 +1509,7 @@ function up2k_init(subtle) {
     function exec_hash() {
         var t = st.todo.hash.shift();
         st.busy.hash.push(t);
+        st.nfile.hash = t.n;
 
         var bpend = 0,
             nchunk = 0,
@@ -1877,6 +1926,7 @@ function up2k_init(subtle) {
     function exec_upload() {
         var upt = st.todo.upload.shift();
         st.busy.upload.push(upt);
+        st.nfile.upload = upt.nfile;
 
         var npart = upt.npart,
             t = st.files[upt.nfile],
@@ -1980,7 +2030,7 @@ function up2k_init(subtle) {
             ebi('u2conf').className = ebi('u2cards').className = ebi('u2etaw').className = wide;
         }
 
-        wide = write && wem > 78 ? 'ww' : wide;
+        wide = write && wem > 82 ? 'ww' : wide;
         parent = ebi(wide == 'ww' && write ? 'u2c3w' : 'u2c3t');
         var its = [ebi('u2etaw'), ebi('u2cards')];
         if (its[0].parentNode !== parent) {
@@ -2072,6 +2122,11 @@ function up2k_init(subtle) {
     }
     draw_turbo();
 
+    function set_potato() {
+        pvis.potato();
+        set_fsearch();
+    }
+
     function set_fsearch(new_state) {
         var fixed = false;
 
@@ -2110,6 +2165,10 @@ function up2k_init(subtle) {
 
         ebi('u2tab').className = (uc.fsearch ? 'srch ' : 'up ') + pvis.act;
 
+        var potato = uc.potato && !uc.fsearch;
+        ebi('u2cards').style.display = ebi('u2tab').style.display = potato ? 'none' : '';
+        ebi('u2mu').style.display = potato ? '' : 'none';
+
         draw_turbo();
         onresize();
     }
diff --git a/copyparty/web/util.js b/copyparty/web/util.js
index 9ec0bfd0..af09dc32 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/util.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/util.js
@@ -1186,7 +1186,8 @@ var modal = (function () {
             return;
 
         setTimeout(function () {
-            ebi('modal-ok').focus();
+            if (ctr = ebi('modal-ok'))
+                ctr.focus();
         }, 20);
         ev(e);
     }
diff --git a/docs/notes.sh b/docs/notes.sh
index 46c7b0b3..bbe98a96 100644
--- a/docs/notes.sh
+++ b/docs/notes.sh
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ avg() { awk 'function pr(ncsz) {if (nsmp>0) {printf "%3s %s\n", csz, sum/nsmp} c
 python3 -um copyparty -nw -v srv::rw -i 127.0.0.1 2>&1 | tee log 
 cat log | awk '!/"purl"/{next} {s=$1;sub(/[^m]+m/,"");gsub(/:/," ");t=60*(60*$1+$2)+$3} !a{a=t;sa=s} {b=t;sb=s} END {print b-a,sa,sb}'
 
+# or if the client youre measuring dies for ~15sec every once ina while and you wanna filter those out,
+cat log | awk '!/"purl"/{next} {s=$1;sub(/[^m]+m/,"");gsub(/:/," ");t=60*(60*$1+$2)+$3} !p{a=t;p=t;r=0;next} t-p>1{printf "%.3f += %.3f - %.3f  (%.3f)  # %.3f -> %.3f\n",r,p,a,p-a,p,t;r+=p-a;a=t} {p=t} END {print r+p-a}'
+
 
 ##
 ## bad filenames
diff --git a/scripts/rls.sh b/scripts/rls.sh
index 359048a9..8ee1af43 100755
--- a/scripts/rls.sh
+++ b/scripts/rls.sh
@@ -22,13 +22,16 @@ v=$1
 }
 
 rm -f ../dist/copyparty-sfx.*
+shift
+./make-sfx.sh "$@"
 f=../dist/copyparty-sfx.py
-./make-sfx.sh
-$f -h
+[ -e $f ] || 
+    f=../dist/copyparty-sfx-gz.py
 
+$f -h
 while true; do
     mv $f $f.$(wc -c <$f | awk '{print$1}')
-    ./make-sfx.sh re $ar
+    ./make-sfx.sh re "$@"
 done
 
 # git tag -d v$v; git push --delete origin v$v