diff --git a/build/screen.js b/build/screen.js
index b27ff82..efa31f2 100644
--- a/build/screen.js
+++ b/build/screen.js
@@ -14,10 +14,22 @@ const getStanza = async (register) => {
             register,
         },
     });
-    console.log(register, stanzaCount, skip, randomStanza);
+    if (!randomStanza || !randomStanza[0].text) {
+        console.log(register, stanzaCount, skip, randomStanza, "no stanza found in db");
+        // try one more time
+        const anotherStanzaTry = await prisma.stanza.findMany({
+            skip: skip,
+            take: 1,
+            where: {
+                register,
+            },
+        });
+        return anotherStanzaTry[0].text;
+    }
     return randomStanza[0].text;
 };
 // Play portal wave PCM data and set bands
+// This file has been downsampled to 1000hz (1,000 samples per second)
 const fileData = fs.readFileSync("/home/grace/portal/blackportal1000.wav");
 const wavFileInfo = WavFileDecoder.getWavFileInfo(fileData);
 const audioData = WavFileDecoder.decodeWavFile(fileData);
@@ -27,9 +39,9 @@ let register = "high";
 let count = 0;
 setInterval(() => {
     const absSample = Math.abs(audioData.channelData[0][count]);
-    if (count == 100) {
-        //totalSamples - 1) {
+    if (count == totalSamples - 1) {
         count = 0;
+        console.log("total samples reached");
     }
     else {
         count++;
@@ -42,7 +54,6 @@ setInterval(() => {
         register = "low";
     }
     sample = absSample;
-    console.log(count);
 }, 1);
 // Setup lcd screen
 const lcd = new LCD(1, 0x27, 16, 2);
@@ -56,7 +67,7 @@ let tagCharacterLocation = 0;
 setInterval(() => {
     lcd.printLineSync(1, "                ");
     setTimeout(() => {
-        lcd.printLineSync(1, tag);
+        lcd.printLineSync(1, tag.substring(tagCharacterLocation, tag.length));
     }, WAIT);
     tagCharacterLocation++;
     if (tagCharacterLocation > tag.length) {
@@ -76,11 +87,12 @@ while (true) {
             stanzaText.length > 16 ? "" : Array(16 - stanzaText.length).join(" ");
         totalTicks = stanzaText.length + endBuffer.length;
     }
+    if (!stanzaText) {
+        console.log("no stanza text in stanza scroller");
+    }
     lcd.printLineSync(0, "                ");
     setTimeout(() => {
-        lcd.printLineSync(0, `${totalTicks - characterLocation > 0
-            ? Array(16 - characterLocation).join(" ")
-            : ""}${stanzaText + endBuffer}`);
+        lcd.printLineSync(0, `${characterLocation < 16 ? Array(16 - characterLocation).join(" ") : ""}${stanzaText + endBuffer}`.substring(characterLocation, totalTicks));
     }, WAIT);
     await timer(TICK);
     characterLocation++;
diff --git a/screen.ts b/screen.ts
index 1c1fc38..e49f0fe 100644
--- a/screen.ts
+++ b/screen.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ setInterval(() => {
   }
 
   sample = absSample;
-  console.log(count);
 }, 1);
 
 // Setup lcd screen
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ let tagCharacterLocation = 0;
 setInterval(() => {
   lcd.printLineSync(1, "                ");
   setTimeout(() => {
-    lcd.printLineSync(1, tag);
+    lcd.printLineSync(1, tag.substring(tagCharacterLocation, tag.length));
   }, WAIT);
 
   tagCharacterLocation++;
@@ -118,10 +117,8 @@ while (true) {
     lcd.printLineSync(
       0,
       `${
-        totalTicks - characterLocation > 0
-          ? Array(16 - characterLocation).join(" ")
-          : ""
-      }${stanzaText + endBuffer}`
+        characterLocation < 16 ? Array(16 - characterLocation).join(" ") : ""
+      }${stanzaText + endBuffer}`.substring(characterLocation, totalTicks)
     );
   }, WAIT);
   await timer(TICK);