diff --git a/src/controller/genericmidi.cxx b/src/controller/genericmidi.cxx
index 55a7495..77d8305 100644
--- a/src/controller/genericmidi.cxx
+++ b/src/controller/genericmidi.cxx
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ void GenericMIDI::midi(unsigned char* midi)
   // create new MIDI binding?
   if ( jack->bindingEventRecordEnable )
   {
-    LUPPP_NOTE("making binding from: %i %i %f", status, data, value );
+    //LUPPP_NOTE("making binding from: %i %i %f", status, data, value );
     setupBinding( jack->bindingEventType, status, data,
                   jack->bindingTrack,
                   jack->bindingScene,
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ void GenericMIDI::midi(unsigned char* midi)
     
     if ( b->status == status && b->data == data )
     {
-      LUPPP_NOTE("Executing action %s, send %i value %f, b->active %i", Event::getPrettyName(b->action), b->send, value, int(b->active) );
+      //LUPPP_NOTE("Executing action %s, send %i value %f, b->active %i", Event::getPrettyName(b->action), b->send, value, int(b->active) );
       
       switch( b->action )
       {
@@ -771,8 +771,7 @@ Binding* GenericMIDI::setupBinding( cJSON* binding )
   tmp->data   = dataJson->valueint;
   
   // gets the Action type from the JSON string
-  tmp->action = Event::getTypeFromName(actionJson->valuestring);
-  
+  tmp->action = Event::getTypeFromName( actionJson->valuestring );
   
   
   // check what our send value should be:
diff --git a/src/goptions.cxx b/src/goptions.cxx
index 089827c..330494e 100644
--- a/src/goptions.cxx
+++ b/src/goptions.cxx
@@ -55,11 +55,18 @@ static void updateAuthorCB(Fl_Widget* w, void* data)
 static void updateLinkCB(Fl_Widget* w, void* data)
 {
   ControllerUI* c = (ControllerUI*)data;
-  const char* s = fl_input( "Link: ", "" );
-  if ( s )
-  {
-    c->setLink( s );
-  }
+  
+  stringstream str;
+  str << "xdg-open ";
+  
+  // add http:// if its not in the string
+  std::string l =  c->getLink();
+  if ( ( l.find("http") ) == std::string::npos )
+    str << " http://";
+  
+  str << l;
+  
+  system( str.str().c_str() );
 }
 
 static void writeBindEnable(Fl_Widget* w, void* data)
@@ -286,10 +293,14 @@ void ControllerUI::setBindEnable( bool b )
 
 void ControllerUI::addBinding( Binding* b )
 {
-  if ( b->action )
+  if ( b->action != EVENT_NULL )
   {
   // add individual bindings as they're made
-    LUPPP_NOTE("new binding, action: %s, ", Event::getPrettyName( b->action ) );
+    const char* tmp = Event::getPrettyName( b->action );
+    if ( tmp )
+      LUPPP_NOTE("new binding, action: %s, ", tmp );
+    else
+      LUPPP_NOTE("new binding, action string returned NULL, action number %i ", b->action  );
   }
   else
   {
@@ -357,11 +368,10 @@ void ControllerUI::addBinding( Binding* b )
   bindingsPack->add( tmp );
   
   bindingsPack->resize( bindingsPack->x(),bindingsPack->y(),bindingsPack->w(),bindingsPack->children() * 36 );
-  
   bindingsPack->redraw();
-  
   scroll->redraw();
   
+  LUPPP_NOTE("binding size %i %i", bindingsPack->w(), bindingsPack->h() );
 }
 
 void ControllerUI::addBindings( GenericMIDI* c )