diff --git a/Meshtastic/Helpers/BLEManager.swift b/Meshtastic/Helpers/BLEManager.swift
index a37697c6..313b154e 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/Helpers/BLEManager.swift
+++ b/Meshtastic/Helpers/BLEManager.swift
@@ -448,11 +448,8 @@ class BLEManager: NSObject, ObservableObject, CBCentralManagerDelegate, CBPeriph
 				decodedInfo = try FromRadio(serializedData: characteristic.value!)
 				
 			} catch {
-				
 				print(characteristic.value!)
 			}
-			print("Incoming packet with portnum", decodedInfo.packet.decoded.portnum)
-			print("decodedInfo.packet.decoded", decodedInfo.packet.decoded)
 
 			switch decodedInfo.packet.decoded.portnum {
 				
@@ -468,7 +465,6 @@ class BLEManager: NSObject, ObservableObject, CBCentralManagerDelegate, CBPeriph
 					let myInfo = myInfoPacket(myInfo: decodedInfo.myInfo, meshLogging: meshLoggingEnabled, context: context!)
 					
 					if myInfo != nil {
-						print("my info packet", decodedInfo.myInfo)
 						self.connectedPeripheral.bitrate = myInfo!.bitrate
 						self.connectedPeripheral.num = myInfo!.myNodeNum
 						lastConnnectionVersion = myInfo?.firmwareVersion ??  myInfo!.firmwareVersion ?? "Unknown"
@@ -1188,6 +1184,7 @@ class BLEManager: NSObject, ObservableObject, CBCentralManagerDelegate, CBPeriph
 		var dataMessage = DataMessage()
 		dataMessage.payload = try! adminPacket.serializedData()
 		dataMessage.portnum = PortNum.adminApp
+		dataMessage.wantResponse = true
 		
 		meshPacket.decoded = dataMessage
 
diff --git a/Meshtastic/Helpers/MeshPackets.swift b/Meshtastic/Helpers/MeshPackets.swift
index 370cd226..ba7555b9 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/Helpers/MeshPackets.swift
+++ b/Meshtastic/Helpers/MeshPackets.swift
@@ -1133,6 +1133,9 @@ func adminAppPacket (packet: MeshPacket, meshLogging: Bool, context: NSManagedOb
 		print(try! powerConfig.jsonUTF8Data())
 		print(powerConfig.meshSdsTimeoutSecs)
 		
+	} else if let channel = try? Channel(serializedData: packet.decoded.payload) {
+		print(try! channel.jsonUTF8Data())
+		print("channel settings:", channel.settings)
 	}
 	
 	if meshLogging { MeshLogger.log("ℹ️ MESH PACKET received for Admin App UNHANDLED \(try! packet.jsonString())") }
diff --git a/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/ShareChannel.swift b/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/ShareChannel.swift
index 614ea480..17a78be2 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/ShareChannel.swift
+++ b/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/ShareChannel.swift
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ struct ShareChannel: View {
 			.onAppear {
 
 				self.bleManager.context = context
-				var i: UInt32 = 1;
-				while i < 9 {
+				let i: UInt32 = 1;
+//				while i < 9 { // this should actually loop over MyNodeInfo.maxChannels to get all channels
 					print("requesting channel",i)
 					let resp = self.bleManager.getChannel(channelIndex: i, wantResponse: true)
 					print("resp from getChannel", resp)
-					i+=1;
-				}
+//					i+=1;
+//				}
 			}
 			
 		}