diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 6c12694dd..ef9cf3cbb 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -353,12 +353,11 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget* parent, Qt::WFlags flags)
     menu->addSeparator();
     menu->addAction(_messengerwindowAct);
     menu->addAction(_messagesAct);
-
+    menu->addAction(_bandwidthAct);
 
     /* bandwidth only in development version */
 #ifdef RS_RELEASE_VERSION    
 #else
-    menu->addAction(_bandwidthAct);
     menu->addAction(_appAct);
 #endif
     menu->addAction(_prefsAct);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/bwgraph/bwgraph.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/bwgraph/bwgraph.cpp
index 8b012d2c5..402d32304 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/bwgraph/bwgraph.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/bwgraph/bwgraph.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /****************************************************************
- * This file is distributed under the following license:
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2006-2007, crypton
+ * This file is distributed under the following license:
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2007, crypton
  * Copyright (c) 2006, Matt Edman, Justin Hipple
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 #include "bwgraph.h"
 #include "rsiface/rsiface.h"
 
+#include <sstream>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #define BWGRAPH_LINE_SEND       (1u<<0)
 #define BWGRAPH_LINE_RECV       (1u<<1)
@@ -84,6 +87,10 @@ BandwidthGraph::BandwidthGraph(QWidget *parent, Qt::WFlags flags)
 #if defined(Q_WS_X11)
   ui.frmOpacity->setVisible(false);
 #endif
+
+    QTimer *timer = new QTimer(this);
+    timer->connect(timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(updategraphstatus()));
+    timer->start(5113);
 }
 
 /** Custom event handler. Checks if the event is a bandwidth update event. If it
@@ -98,15 +105,27 @@ BandwidthGraph::customEvent(QEvent *event)
 }
 
 void 
-BandwidthGraph::timerEvent( QTimerEvent * )
+BandwidthGraph::timerEvent( QTimerEvent * )
+{
+ 	/* set users/friends/network */
+	/*float downKb = 0;
+	float upKb = 0;
+	rsicontrol -> ConfigGetDataRates(downKb, upKb);
+
+  updateGraph(downKb,upKb);*/
+
+}
+
+void 
+BandwidthGraph::updategraphstatus( )
 {
  	/* set users/friends/network */
 	float downKb = 0;
 	float upKb = 0;
 	rsicontrol -> ConfigGetDataRates(downKb, upKb);
-
-  updateGraph(downKb,upKb);
-
+
+        updateGraph(downKb,upKb);
+
 }
 
 /** Binds events to actions. */
@@ -134,7 +153,7 @@ void
 BandwidthGraph::updateGraph(quint64 bytesRead, quint64 bytesWritten)
 {
   /* Graph only cares about kilobytes */
-  ui.frmGraph->addPoints(bytesRead/1024.0, bytesWritten/1024.0);
+  ui.frmGraph->addPoints(bytesRead/*/1024.0*/, bytesWritten/*/1024.0*/);
 }
 
 /** Loads the saved Bandwidth Graph settings. */
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/bwgraph/bwgraph.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/bwgraph/bwgraph.h
index 41e2981a9..cd563dbdf 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/bwgraph/bwgraph.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/bwgraph/bwgraph.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /****************************************************************
- * This file is distributed under the following license:
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2006-2007, crypton
+ * This file is distributed under the following license:
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2007, crypton
  * Copyright (c) 2006, Matt Edman, Justin Hipple
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include <QDateTime>
 #include <QEvent>
+#include <QTimer>
 
 #include <gui/Preferences/rsharesettings.h>
 #include <gui/common/rwindow.h>
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ private slots:
   void cancelChanges();
   /** Called when the reset button is pressed */
   void reset();
+
+  void updategraphstatus();
+
   
 private:
   /** Create and bind actions to events **/