diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ef3f33a..265493d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -134,6 +134,6 @@ XLX Server requires the following ports to be open and forwarded properly for in
 
 Pay attention, the XLX Server acts as an YSF Master, which provides 26 wires-x rooms.
 It has nothing to do with the regular YSFReflector network, hence you don’t need to register your XLX at ysfreflector.de !
-
+Nevertheless it is possible.
 
 © 2016 Jean-Luc Deltombe (LX3JL) and Luc Engelmann (LX1IQ)
diff --git a/dashboard/changes.txt b/dashboard/changes.txt
index 904cb77..5d18d53 100755
--- a/dashboard/changes.txt
+++ b/dashboard/changes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+xlx db v2.4.1
+
+you can now hide the liveircddb menu button, if you are running your db in https.
+
+- "config.inc.php
+- "index.php"
+
 xlx db v2.4.0
 
 - "config.inc.php"
@@ -91,7 +98,7 @@ xlx db v2.2.2
 
 This version is a major release with voluntary self-registration feature build in.
 You need to edit the conf.inc.php to your needs.
-On the first run your personal hash to access the database is place in the server’s /tmp folder.
+On the first run your personal hash to access the database is place in the server’s /tmp folder.
 Take care to make a backup of this file because this folder is cleaned up after a server reboot.
 
 This version is a major release
@@ -119,7 +126,7 @@ xlx db v2.1.4
 
 - "class.reflector.php" improved the flag search
 - "country.csv" added serveral prefixes
-- "flags" added Puerto Ricco and Åland Islands
+- "flags" added Puerto Ricco and Ã…land Islands
 
 xlx db v2.1.3
 
diff --git a/dashboard/index.php b/dashboard/index.php
index 56626e1..f72d7fb 100755
--- a/dashboard/index.php
+++ b/dashboard/index.php
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ else {
                <td><a href="./index.php?show=repeaters" class="menulink<?php if ($_GET['show'] == 'repeaters') { echo 'active'; } ?>">Repeaters / Nodes (<?php echo $Reflector->NodeCount(); ?>)</a></td>
                <td><a href="./index.php?show=peers" class="menulink<?php if ($_GET['show'] == 'peers') { echo 'active'; } ?>">Peers (<?php echo $Reflector->PeerCount(); ?>)</a></td>
                <td><a href="./index.php?show=reflectors" class="menulink<?php if ($_GET['show'] == 'reflectors') { echo 'active'; } ?>">Reflectorlist</a></td>
-               <td><a href="./index.php?show=liveircddb" class="menulink<?php if ($_GET['show'] == 'liveircddb') { echo 'active'; } ?>">D-Star live</a></td>
                <?php
                
                if ($PageOptions['Traffic']['Show']) {
@@ -148,6 +147,12 @@ else {
                    if ($_GET['show'] == 'traffic') { echo 'active'; }
                    echo '">Traffic statistics</a></td>';
                }
+		     if ($PageOptions['IRCDDB']['Show']) {
+                   echo '
+               <td><a href="./index.php?show=liveircddb" class="menulink';
+                   if ($_GET['show'] == 'liveircddb') { echo 'active'; }
+                   echo '">D-Star live</a></td>';
+              }
                
                ?>
             </tr>
diff --git a/dashboard/pgs/config.inc.php b/dashboard/pgs/config.inc.php
index 970671c..09f1a13 100755
--- a/dashboard/pgs/config.inc.php
+++ b/dashboard/pgs/config.inc.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ $VNStat      = array();
 
 $PageOptions['ContactEmail']                         = 'your_email';	// Support E-Mail address
 
-$PageOptions['DashboardVersion']                     = '2.4.0';		// Dashboard Version
+$PageOptions['DashboardVersion']                     = '2.4.1';		// Dashboard Version
 
 $PageOptions['PageRefreshActive']                    = true;		// Activate automatic refresh
 $PageOptions['PageRefreshDelay']                     = '10000';		// Page refresh time in miliseconds
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ $PageOptions['MetaRobots']                           = 'index,follow';							//
 
 $PageOptions['UserPage']['ShowFilter']               = true;								// Show Filter on Users page
 $PageOptions['Traffic']['Show']                      = false;								// Enable vnstat traffic statistics
+$PageOptions['IRCDDB']['Show']                       = true;        // Show liveircddb, set it to false if you are running your db in https 
 
 $PageOptions['CustomTXT']                            = '';					// custom text in your header   
 
diff --git a/dashboard/pgs/reflectors.php b/dashboard/pgs/reflectors.php
index 15318e2..d79ce5a 100755
--- a/dashboard/pgs/reflectors.php
+++ b/dashboard/pgs/reflectors.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ for ($i=0;$i<count($Reflectors);$i++) {
    <td align="center">'.($i+1).'</td>
    <td><a href="'.$DASHBOARDURL.'" target="_blank" class="listinglink" title="Visit the Dashboard of&nbsp;'.$NAME.'">'.$NAME.'</a></td>
    <td>'.$COUNTRY.'</td>
-   <td align="center" valign="middle"><img src="./img/'; if ($LASTCONTACT<(time()-600)) { echo 'down'; } ELSE { echo 'up'; } echo '.png" height="25" /></td>
+   <td align="center" valign="middle"><img src="./img/'; if ($LASTCONTACT<(time()-1800)) { echo 'down'; } ELSE { echo 'up'; } echo '.png" height="25" /></td>
    <td>'.$COMMENT.'</td>
  </tr>';
 }
diff --git a/dashboard2/pgs/reflectors.php b/dashboard2/pgs/reflectors.php
index 8211315..f8e1adb 100644
--- a/dashboard2/pgs/reflectors.php
+++ b/dashboard2/pgs/reflectors.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ for ($i=0;$i<count($Reflectors);$i++) {
    <td>'.($i+1).'</td>
    <td><a href="'.$DASHBOARDURL.'" target="_blank" class="listinglink" title="Visit the Dashboard of&nbsp;'.$NAME.'">'.$NAME.'</a></td>
    <td>'.$COUNTRY.'</td>
-   <td><img src="./img/'; if ($LASTCONTACT<(time()-600)) { echo 'down'; } ELSE { echo 'up'; } echo '.png" class="table-status" alt=""></td>
+   <td><img src="./img/'; if ($LASTCONTACT<(time()-1800)) { echo 'down'; } ELSE { echo 'up'; } echo '.png" class="table-status" alt=""></td>
    <td>'.$COMMENT.'</td>
  </tr>';
 }
diff --git a/scripts/scripts.readme.txt b/scripts/scripts.readme.txt
index 4008da3..86bb307 100644
--- a/scripts/scripts.readme.txt
+++ b/scripts/scripts.readme.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 *************************************************
-*copy xlxd into /etc.init.d/
-*copy ambed.service into /etc/systemd/system/
-*
+*copy xlxd to /etc.init.d/
+*copy ambed.service to /etc/systemd/system/
+*copy watchdog to /ambed/
 *************************************************
 * xlxd executable must be in /xlxd/ folder
 * ambed executable must be in /ambed/ folder
-*
 *************************************************
 * possible options:
 *
@@ -18,3 +17,10 @@
 * #systemctl enable ambed
 *
 *************************************************
+* If your usb port gets unresponsive and you get some persistent timeouts,
+* the watchdog script restarts the ambed service.
+* You can run it every 5 minutes by a cronjob.
+* 
+* */5 * * * * /ambed/./watchdog >> /ambed/watchdog.log
+*
+***************************************************
diff --git a/scripts/watchdog b/scripts/watchdog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4582bf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/watchdog
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+sleep 5
+PATTERN=timed
+FILE=/var/log/syslog
+if grep -q $PATTERN $FILE;
+  then
+      echo "ambed timeout error"
+      > /var/log/syslog
+      service ambed restart
+  else
+      echo "all ok"
+      echo "Exiting..."
+      exit 0
+fi