diff --git a/qt/blink1control/blink1control.pro b/qt/blink1control/blink1control.pro
index 4b630487..97f2e903 100644
--- a/qt/blink1control/blink1control.pro
+++ b/qt/blink1control/blink1control.pro
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ QML_IMPORT_PATH =
 include(qtquick2applicationviewer/qtquick2applicationviewer.pri)
 qtcAddDeployment()
 
-TARGET = Blink1Control#test2
+TARGET = Blink1Control
 VERSION = 0.9.8
 TEMPLATE = app
 
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ win32: LIBS += $$BLINK1_LIB_DIR/blink1-lib.dll
 
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -DUSE_HIDAPI
 #QMAKE_CFLAGS += -DUSE_HIDAPI
-INCLUDEPATH += $$BLINK1_LIB_DIR $$BLINK1_LIB_DIR/hidapi/hidapi $$BLINK1_LIB_DIR/../hardware/firmware
+INCLUDEPATH += $$BLINK1_LIB_DIR
+#$$BLINK1_LIB_DIR/hidapi/hidapi $$BLINK1_LIB_DIR/../hardware/firmware
 DEPENDPATH += $$BLINK1_LIB_DIR
 
 # for tasteful-server
diff --git a/qt/blink1control/main.cpp b/qt/blink1control/main.cpp
index cceec2f7..0d8dcd6b 100644
--- a/qt/blink1control/main.cpp
+++ b/qt/blink1control/main.cpp
@@ -2,31 +2,9 @@
 #include <QApplication>
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-
-/*
-// potential fix for 
-// "Failed to load platform plugin “cocoa”" error during deplay
-// http://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/26446
-
-    if deploy:
-        print("DEPLOY")
-        for path in QApplication.libraryPaths():
-            QApplication.removeLibraryPath(path)
-
-        filePath = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath( __file__ ))
-        # abspath returns "APP_DIR/Contents/Resouces". This isn't same to C++ app.
-        fileDir = QDir(filePath)
-        fileDir.cdUp()
-        fileDir.cd("PlugIns")
-        appPath = fileDir.absolutePath()
-        QApplication.addLibraryPath(str(appPath))
-
-    print("INIT: " + str(QApplication.libraryPaths()))
-    QApplication(sys.argv)
-
-    //todbot */
     QApplication a(argc, argv);
-    QApplication::setApplicationName("blink1controlqt");
+    // is this info used ever?  is it for the plist?
+    QApplication::setApplicationName("blink1control");
     QApplication::setApplicationVersion("0.9.9");
     QApplication::setOrganizationName("ThingM");
     QApplication::setOrganizationDomain("thingm.com");
diff --git a/qt/blink1control/mainwindow.cpp b/qt/blink1control/mainwindow.cpp
index 39541582..fa1db511 100644
--- a/qt/blink1control/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/qt/blink1control/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -602,9 +602,12 @@ void MainWindow::loadSettings()
 
     // read only patterns
     QJsonDocument doc = QJsonDocument::fromJson( patternsReadOnly.toLatin1() );
-    //qDebug() <<  patternsReadOnly;
-    //qDebug() << doc.toJson();
+    if( doc.isNull() ) {
+        qDebug() << "ERROR!: patternsReadOnly syntax error!";
+    }
+    //qDebug() << doc.toJson( QJsonDocument::Indented );
     QJsonArray qarr = doc.array();
+
     for( int i=0; i< qarr.size(); i++ ) {
         Blink1Pattern* bp = new Blink1Pattern();
         bp->fromJson( qarr.at(i).toObject() );
diff --git a/qt/blink1control/patternsReadOnly.h b/qt/blink1control/patternsReadOnly.h
index d3b559ca..b90fe599 100644
--- a/qt/blink1control/patternsReadOnly.h
+++ b/qt/blink1control/patternsReadOnly.h
@@ -27,22 +27,26 @@ QString patternsReadOnly =
 "  \"readonly\": true, \"system\": true, " 
 "  \"pattern\": \"3,#ff00ff,0.5,0,#000000,0.5,\" },"
 
-"{ \"date\": 995, \"name\": \"patternA\","
+
+"{ \"date\": 993, \"name\": \"groovy\","
 "  \"readonly\": true, \"system\": true, " 
-"  \"pattern\": \"3,#ff4cff,0.7,0,#630000,0.2,0,#00ff00,0.1,0\" },"
+"  \"pattern\": \"3,#ff4cff,1.0,0, #630000,0.2,0,#0000ff,0.1,0\" },"
 
-"{ \"date\": 994, \"name\": \"patternB\","
+"{ \"date\": 960, \"name\": \"policecar\","
 "  \"readonly\": true, \"system\": true, " 
-"  \"pattern\": \"3,#ff4cff,0.7,0,#630000,0.2,0,#0000ff,0.1,0\" },"
+"  \"pattern\": \"6, #ff0000,0.3,1, #0000ff,0.3,2, #000000,0.1,0, #ff0000,0.3,2, #0000ff,0.3,1, #000000,0.1,0\" },"
 
-"{ \"date\": 993, \"name\": \"groovy\","
+"{ \"date\": 959, \"name\": \"fireengine\","
 "  \"readonly\": true, \"system\": true, " 
-"  \"pattern\": \"3,#ff4cff,1.0,0, #630000,0.2,0,#0000ff,0.1,0\" },"
+"  \"pattern\": \"6, #ff0000,0.3,1, #ff0000,0.3,2, #000000,0.1,0, #ff0000,0.3,2, #ff0000,0.3,1, #000000,0.1,0\" },"
 
-"{ \"date\": 993, \"name\": \"policecar\","
+"{ \"date\": 800, \"name\": \"patternA\","
 "  \"readonly\": true, \"system\": true, " 
-"  \"pattern\": \"6, #ff0000,0.3,1, #0000ff,0.3,2, #000000,0.1,0, #ff0000,0.3,2, #0000ff,0.3,1, #000000,0.1,0\" }"
+"  \"pattern\": \"3,#ff4cff,0.7,0,#630000,0.2,0,#00ff00,0.1,0\" },"
 
+"{ \"date\": 801, \"name\": \"patternB\","
+"  \"readonly\": true, \"system\": true, " 
+"  \"pattern\": \"3,#ff4cff,0.7,0,#630000,0.2,0,#0000ff,0.1,0\" }"
 
 " ]";