diff --git a/src/PamController/PamController.java b/src/PamController/PamController.java
index df0728ce..82b514ad 100644
--- a/src/PamController/PamController.java
+++ b/src/PamController/PamController.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class PamController implements PamControllerInterface, PamSettings {
 	/**
 	 * The current PAM status
 	 */
-	private transient int pamStatus = PAM_IDLE;
+	private volatile int pamStatus = PAM_IDLE;
 
 	/**
 	 * PamGuard view params. 
@@ -1382,6 +1382,7 @@ public class PamController implements PamControllerInterface, PamSettings {
 	 * @param sayEmpties dump info even if a buffer is empty (otherwise, only ones that have stuff still)
 	 */
 	public void dumpBufferStatus(String message, boolean sayEmpties) {
+		if (2 >1) return;
 		System.out.println("**** Dumping process buffer status: " + message);
 		ArrayList<PamControlledUnit> pamControlledUnits = pamConfiguration.getPamControlledUnits();
 		for (PamControlledUnit aUnit : pamControlledUnits) {
@@ -1430,7 +1431,6 @@ public class PamController implements PamControllerInterface, PamSettings {
 				pamControlledUnits.get(iU).flushDataBlockBuffers(2000);
 			}
 		}
-		setPamStatus(PAM_IDLE);
 		dumpBufferStatus("In pamStopped, now idle", true);
 
 		// wait here until the status has changed to Pam_Idle, so that we know
@@ -1454,6 +1454,8 @@ public class PamController implements PamControllerInterface, PamSettings {
 		
 		long stopTime = PamCalendar.getTimeInMillis();
 		saveEndSettings(stopTime);
+
+		setPamStatus(PAM_IDLE);
 		
 		// no good having this here since it get's called at the end of every file. 
 //		if (GlobalArguments.getParam(PamController.AUTOEXIT) != null) {
@@ -2064,7 +2066,8 @@ public class PamController implements PamControllerInterface, PamSettings {
 		/*
 		 * This only get's called once when set idle at viewer mode startup. 
 		 */
-//		System.out.printf("*******   PamController.setPamStatus to %d, real status is %d\n",  pamStatus, getRealStatus());
+		System.out.printf("*******   PamController.setPamStatus to %d, real status is %d set in thread %s\n",  
+				pamStatus, getRealStatus(), Thread.currentThread().toString());
 		if (getRunMode() != RUN_PAMVIEW) {
 			TopToolBar.enableStartButton(pamStatus == PAM_IDLE);
 			TopToolBar.enableStopButton(pamStatus == PAM_RUNNING);
diff --git a/src/PamguardMVC/PamDataBlock.java b/src/PamguardMVC/PamDataBlock.java
index fd245638..3bcce61a 100644
--- a/src/PamguardMVC/PamDataBlock.java
+++ b/src/PamguardMVC/PamDataBlock.java
@@ -2164,7 +2164,7 @@ public class PamDataBlock<Tunit extends PamDataUnit> extends PamObservable {
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
-		return getDataName();
+		return getLongDataName();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/binaryFileStorage/BinaryOutputStream.java b/src/binaryFileStorage/BinaryOutputStream.java
index 1e474686..f8d5f59b 100644
--- a/src/binaryFileStorage/BinaryOutputStream.java
+++ b/src/binaryFileStorage/BinaryOutputStream.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class BinaryOutputStream {
 	
 	private DataOutputStream noiseOutputStream;
 
-	private int storedObjects;
+	private int storedObjects, storedNoiseCount;
 
 	private String mainFileName, indexFileName;
 
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ public class BinaryOutputStream {
 		else {
 			noiseOutputStream = null;
 		}
+		storedNoiseCount = 0;
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -450,6 +451,7 @@ public class BinaryOutputStream {
 		footer.setHighestUID(parentDataBlock.getUidHandler().getCurrentUID());
 		boolean ok = footer.writeFooter(dataOutputStream, BinaryStore.getCurrentFileFormat());
 		if (noiseOutputStream != null) {
+			footer.setnObjects(storedNoiseCount);
 			ok &= footer.writeFooter(noiseOutputStream, BinaryStore.getCurrentFileFormat());
 		}
 		lastObjectType = BinaryTypes.FILE_FOOTER;
@@ -487,12 +489,20 @@ public class BinaryOutputStream {
 //	}
 	
 	public synchronized boolean storeData(int objectId, DataUnitBaseData baseData, BinaryObjectData binaryObjectData) {
+		boolean ok;
 		if (objectId == BinaryTypes.BACKGROUND_DATA & noiseOutputStream != null) {
-			return storeData(noiseOutputStream, objectId, baseData, binaryObjectData);
+			ok = storeData(noiseOutputStream, objectId, baseData, binaryObjectData);
+			if (ok) {
+				storedNoiseCount++;
+			}
 		}
 		else {
-			return storeData(dataOutputStream, objectId, baseData, binaryObjectData);
+			ok = storeData(dataOutputStream, objectId, baseData, binaryObjectData);
+			if (ok) {
+				storedObjects++;
+			}
 		}
+		return ok;
 	}
 	/**
 	 * Writes data to a file. Note that the length of data may be greater than
@@ -562,7 +572,6 @@ public class BinaryOutputStream {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		storedObjects++;
 
 
 		return true;
diff --git a/src/pamScrollSystem/DataLoadQueData.java b/src/pamScrollSystem/DataLoadQueData.java
index 77c143ab..93ed656c 100644
--- a/src/pamScrollSystem/DataLoadQueData.java
+++ b/src/pamScrollSystem/DataLoadQueData.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package pamScrollSystem;
 
+import PamUtils.PamCalendar;
 import PamguardMVC.PamDataBlock;
 
 /**
@@ -68,6 +69,14 @@ public class DataLoadQueData {
 	public void setDataEnd(long dataEnd) {
 		this.dataEnd = dataEnd;
 	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		String str = String.format("%s %s - %s", pamDataBlock.getLongDataName(),
+				PamCalendar.formatDBDateTime(dataStart),PamCalendar.formatDBDateTime(dataEnd));
+		return str;
+	}
 	
 	
 }