diff --git a/defaults/main.yaml b/defaults/main.yaml
index e5afa37..a1bbc74 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # required system packages
 cosmostat_packages:
+  - docker
   - docker.io
   - docker-compose
   - python3
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ cosmostat_venv_packages: |
 cosmostat_sudoers_content: |
   cosmos ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/lshw
   cosmos ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/smartctl
+  cosmos ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/dmesg
+  cosmos ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/dmidecode
 
 # subnet for service
 docker_subnet: "192.168.37.0/24"
@@ -47,16 +50,17 @@ api_service_exe: "{{ venv_folder }}/bin/python -u {{ api_service_folder }}/app.p
 
 # dashboard vars
 service_control_web_folder: "{{ service_folder }}/web"
+public_dashboard: true
 
 # will skip init when true
 quick_refresh: false
 
 # cosmostat_settings 
 noisy_test: false
-debug_output: false
+debug_output: true
 secure_api: true
 push_redis: true
 run_background : true
 log_output: true
-update_frequency: "2"
+update_frequency: "1"
 ...
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/files/api/Components.py b/files/api/Components.py
index 65d223b..a32c0c3 100644
--- a/files/api/Components.py
+++ b/files/api/Components.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # this class file is for the cosmostat service
 import subprocess
 import json
+import time
 from typing import Dict, Any, List
 
 # Global Class Vars
@@ -8,8 +9,6 @@ global_max_length = 500
 debug_output = False
 
 # import the component descriptor 
-# this outlines how the component class works
-# each type of component has a "type"
 try:
     with open("component_descriptors.json", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         component_class_tree: List[Dict] = json.load(f)
@@ -18,18 +17,25 @@ except FileNotFoundError as exc:
 
 component_types = [{"name": entry["name"], "multi_check": entry["multi_check"] == "True"} for entry in component_class_tree]
 
+#################################################################
+# Component Class
+#################################################################
+
 class Component:
 
+    ############################################################
+    # instantiate new component
+    ############################################################
+    
     def __init__(self, name: str, comp_type: str, this_device="None"):
         self.name = name
         self.type = comp_type
         self.this_device = this_device
         print(f"This device - {self.this_device}")
+        # build the component descriptor dictionary
         for component in component_class_tree:
             if component["name"] == self.type:
                 COMPONENT_DESCRIPTORS = component
-        # Load component type descriptor from class tree
-        # COMPONENT_DESCRIPTORS = {d['type']: d for d in component_class_tree}
         descriptor = COMPONENT_DESCRIPTORS
         self._descriptor = descriptor
         if descriptor is None:
@@ -39,10 +45,10 @@ class Component:
             )
         # store static properties
         self.multi_check = self.is_multi()
+        self.virt_ignore = self._descriptor.get('virt_ignore', [])
         self._properties: Dict[str, str] = {}
         for key, command in descriptor.get('properties', {}).items():
             if self.this_device != "None":
-                print(f"command - {command}; this_device - {self.this_device}")
                 formatted_command = command.format(this_device=self.this_device)
                 self._properties[key] = run_command(formatted_command, True)       
             else:
@@ -64,6 +70,10 @@ class Component:
                 f"{self.description}")
         return self_string
 
+    ############################################################
+    # Class Functions
+    ############################################################
+
     def update_metrics(self):
         for key, command in self._descriptor.get('metrics', {}).items():
             if self.this_device != "None":
@@ -74,20 +84,85 @@ class Component:
             else:
                 self._metrics[key] = run_command(command, True)
 
+    def get_property(self, type):
+        return self._properties[type]
+
+    def is_multi(self):
+        for component_type in component_types:
+            if self.type == component_type["name"]:
+                return component_type["multi_check"]
+        return False
+
+    ########################################################
+    # redis data functions
+    ########################################################
+
+    def get_properties_keys(self):
+        result = []
+        for name, value in self._properties.items():
+            this_property = {
+                "Source": self.name,
+                "Property": name,
+                "Value": value
+            }  
+            if name not in self.virt_ignore: 
+                result.append(this_property)
+        return result
+
+    def get_properties_strings(self):
+        result = []
+        for name, value in self._properties.items():
+            this_property = {
+                "Source": self.name,
+                "Property": f"{name}: {value}"
+            }  
+            if name not in self.virt_ignore: 
+                result.append(this_property)
+        return result
+
+    def get_metrics_keys(self):
+        result = []
+        empty_value = ["", "null", None, []]
+        for name, value in self._metrics.items():
+            this_metric = {
+                "Source": self.name,
+                "Metric": name,
+                "Data": value
+            }  
+            if value not in empty_value and name not in self.virt_ignore: 
+                result.append(this_metric)
+        return result
+
+    def get_metrics_strings(self):
+        result = []
+        empty_value = ["", "null", None, []]
+        for name, value in self._metrics.items():
+            this_metric = {
+                "Source": self.name,
+                "Metric": f"{name}:{value}"
+            }  
+            if value not in empty_value and name not in self.virt_ignore: 
+                result.append(this_metric)
+        return result
+
+    ########################################################
+    # random data functions
+    ########################################################
+
     # complex data type return
     def get_metrics(self, type = None):
         these_metrics = []
         if type == None:
             for name, value in self._metrics:
-                these_metrics.append({"name": name, "value": value})
+                these_metrics.append({"Metric": name, "Data": value})
         else:
             for name, value in self._metrics:
                 if name == type: 
-                    these_metrics.append({"name": name, "value": value})
+                    these_metrics.append({"Metric": name, "Data": value})
         result = {
-            "name": self.name,
-            "type": self.type,
-            "metrics": these_metrics
+            "Source": self.name,
+            "Component Type": self.type,
+            "Metrics": these_metrics
         }
         return result
     
@@ -96,89 +171,69 @@ class Component:
         these_properties = []
         if type == None:
             for name, value in self._properties.items():
-                these_properties.append({"name": name, "value": value})
+                these_properties.append({"Property": name, "Value": value})
         else:
             for name, value in self._properties.items():
                 if name == type: 
-                    these_properties.append({"name": name, "value": value})
+                    these_properties.append({"Property": name, "Value": value})
         result = {
-            "name": self.name,
-            "type": self.type,
-            "properties": these_properties
+            "Source": self.name,
+            "Component Type": self.type,
+            "Properties": these_properties
         }
         return result
     
-    # this gets the value of a specified property, type required
-    def get_property(self, type):
-        return self._properties[type]
-
-    # returns array of dicts for redis
-    def get_metrics_keys(self):
-        result = []
-        empty_value = ["", "null", None, []]
-        for name, value in self._metrics.items():
-            this_metric = {
-                "name": self.name,
-                "type": name,
-                "metric": value
-            }  
-            if value not in empty_value:
-                result.append(this_metric)
-        return result
-
-    def get_properties_keys(self):
-        result = []
-        for name, value in self._properties.items():
-            this_property = {
-                "name": self.name,
-                "property": name,
-                "value": value
-            }  
-            result.append(this_property)
-        return result
-
     # full data return
     def get_description(self):
         these_properties = []
-        for name, value in self._metrics.items():
-            these_properties.append({"name": name, "value": value})
+        for name, value in self._properties.items():
+            these_properties.append({"Property": name, "Value": value})
         these_metrics = []
         for name, value in self._metrics.items():
-            these_metrics.append({"name": name, "value": value})
+            these_metrics.append({"Metric": name, "Data": value})
         result = {
-            "name": self.name,
-            "type": self.type,
-            "properties": these_properties,
-            "metrics": these_metrics
+            "Source": self.name,
+            "Type": self.type,
+            "Properties": these_properties,
+            "Metrics": these_metrics
         }
         return result
-
-    def is_multi(self):
-        for component_type in component_types:
-            if self.type == component_type["name"]:
-                return component_type["multi_check"]
-        return False
-
     
 ############################################################
 # System Class
+# this is a big one...
 ############################################################
 
 class System:
+
+    ########################################################
     # system variable declarations
-    # keys to add: model and serial number
+    ########################################################
+
     static_key_variables = [
-        {"name": "hostname", "command": "hostname"},
-        {"name": "virt_string", "command": "systemd-detect-virt"}
+        {"name": "Hostname", "command": "hostname"},
+        {"name": "Virtual Machine", "command": "echo $([[ \"$(systemd-detect-virt)\" == none ]] && echo False || echo True)"},
+        {"name": "CPU Architecture:", "command": "lscpu --json | jq -r '.lscpu[] | select(.field==\"Architecture:\") | .data'"},
+        {"name": "OS Kernel", "command": "uname -r"},
+        {"name": "OS Name", "command": "cat /etc/os-release | grep PRETTY | cut -d\\\" -f2"},
+        {"name": "Manufacturer", "command": "sudo dmidecode --type 1 | grep Manufacturer: | cut -d: -f2 |  sed -e 's/^[ \\t]*//'"},
+        {"name": "Product Name", "command": "sudo dmidecode --type 2 | grep 'Product Name:' | cut -d: -f2 |  sed -e 's/^[ \\t]*//'"},
+        {"name": "Serial Number", "command": "sudo dmidecode --type 2 | grep 'Serial Number: '| cut -d: -f2 |  sed -e 's/^[ \\t]*//'"},
     ]
     dynamic_key_variables = [
-        {"name": "uptime", "command": "uptime -p"},
-        {"name": "timestamp", "command": "date '+%D %r'"},
+        {"name": "System Uptime", "command": "uptime -p"},
+        {"name": "Current Date", "command": "date '+%D %r'"},
     ]
-    # add components based on the class tree
-    # component_types = [{"name": entry["name"], "multi_check": entry["multi_check"] == "True"} for entry in component_class_tree]
 
+    virt_ignore = [
+        "Product Name",
+        "Serial Number"
+    ]
+
+    ########################################################
     # instantiate new system
+    ########################################################
+
     def __init__(self, name: str):
         # the system needs a name
         self.name = name
@@ -189,18 +244,29 @@ class System:
         # initialize system properties and metrics dicts
         self._properties: Dict[str, str] = {}
         self._metrics: Dict[str, str] = {}
+        # timekeeping for websocket
+        self.recent_check = int(time.time())        
         # load static keys
         for static_key in self.static_key_variables:
-            command = static_key["command"]
-            result = run_command(command, True)
-            if debug_output:
-                print(f"Static key [{static_key["name"]}] - command [{command}] - output [{result}]")
-            self._properties[static_key["name"]] = result
+            if static_key["name"] not in self.virt_ignore:
+                command = static_key["command"]
+                result = run_command(command, True)
+                if debug_output:
+                    print(f'Static key [{static_key["name"]}] - command [{command}] - output [{result}]')
+                self._properties[static_key["name"]] = result
         # initialize live keys
         self.update_live_keys()
         # initialze components
         self.load_components()
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        components_str = "\n".join(f"  - {c}" for c in self.components)
+        return f"System hostname: {self.name}\nComponent Count: {self.get_component_count()}\n{components_str}"
+    
+    ########################################################
+    # critical class functions
+    ########################################################
+
     # update only system dynamic keys
     def update_live_keys(self):
         for live_key in self.dynamic_key_variables:
@@ -209,7 +275,7 @@ class System:
                 result = run_command(command, True)
                 self._metrics[live_key['name']] = result
                 if debug_output:
-                    print(f"Command {live_key["name"]} - [{command}]  Result - [{result}]")
+                    print(f'Command {live_key["name"]} - [{command}]  Result - [{result}]')
     
     # update all dynamic keys, including components
     def update_system_state(self):
@@ -236,7 +302,7 @@ class System:
 
             else:
                 if debug_output:
-                    print(f"Creating component {component["name"]}")
+                    print(f'Creating component {component["name"]}')
                 self.add_components(Component(component_name, component_name))
 
     # Add a component to the system
@@ -244,6 +310,10 @@ class System:
         if debug_output:
             print(f"Component description: {component.description}")
         self.components.append(component)
+
+    ########################################################
+    # helper class functions
+    ########################################################
     
     # Get all components, optionally filtered by type
     def get_components(self, component_type: type = None):
@@ -259,31 +329,123 @@ class System:
             else:
                 return result[0]
 
-    def get_component_strings(self, component_type: type = None):
-        if component_type is None:
-            result = []
-            for component in self.components:
-                result.append(component.description)
-            return result
-        else:
-            result = []
-            for component in self.components:
-                if component.type == component_type:
-                    result.append(component.description)
-            if component.is_multi():
-                return result
-            else:
-                return result[0]
-
-    # get component count
     def get_component_count(self):
         result = int(len(self.components))
         return result
 
-    def __str__(self):
-        components_str = "\n".join(f"  - {c}" for c in self.components)
-        return f"System hostname: {self.name}\nComponent Count: {self.get_component_count()}\n{components_str}"
+    def is_virtual(self):
+        virt_check = self._properties.get('virt_ignore', {}).items()
+
+    def check_system_timer(self):
+        time_lapsed = time.time() - float(self.recent_check)
+        return time_lapsed < 30.0
+
+    ########################################################
+    # static metrics redis data functions
+    ########################################################
+
+    # return list of all static metrics from system and properties
+    def get_static_metrics(self, human_readable = False):
+        result = []
+        for component_property in self.get_component_properties(human_readable):
+            result.append(component_property)
+        for system_property in self.get_system_properties(human_readable):
+            result.append(system_property)
+        return result
+
+    def get_component_properties(self, human_readable = False):
+        result = []
+        for component in self.components:
+            if human_readable:
+                for metric in component.get_properties_strings():
+                    result.append(metric)
+            else:
+                for metric in component.get_properties_keys():
+                    result.append(metric)
+        return result
     
+    def get_system_properties(self, human_readable = False):
+        result = []
+        for name, value in self._properties.items():
+            if human_readable:
+                result.append({
+                    "Source": "System",
+                    "Property": f"{name}: {value}"
+                })
+            else:
+                result.append({
+                    "Source": "System",
+                    "Property": name,
+                    "Value": value
+                })
+        return result
+
+    ########################################################
+    # live metrics redis data functions
+    ########################################################
+
+    # return list of all live metrics from system and properties
+    def get_live_metrics(self, human_readable = False):
+        result = []
+        for component_metric in self.get_component_metrics(human_readable):
+            result.append(component_metric)
+        for system_metric in self.get_system_metrics(human_readable):
+            result.append(system_metric)
+        return result
+    
+    def get_component_metrics(self, human_readable = False):
+        result = []
+        for component in self.components:
+            if human_readable:
+                metrics_keys = component.get_metrics_strings()
+            else:
+                metrics_keys = component.get_metrics_keys()
+            for metric in metrics_keys:
+                result.append(metric)
+        return result
+
+    def get_system_metrics(self, human_readable = False):
+        if human_readable:
+            return self.get_system_metric_strings()
+        else:
+            return self.get_system_metric_keys()
+
+    def get_system_metric_keys(self):
+        result = []
+        for name, value in self._metrics.items():
+            thisvar = {
+                "Source": "System",
+                "Metric": name,
+                "Data": value
+            }
+            
+            result.append(thisvar)
+        # add internal dynamic metrics
+        result.append({
+            "Source": "System",
+            "Metric": "component_count",
+            "Data": self.get_component_count()
+        })
+        return result
+
+    def get_system_metric_strings(self):
+        result = []
+        for name, value in self._metrics.items():
+            thisvar = {
+                "Source": "System",
+                "Metric": f"{name}: {value}"
+            }
+            
+            result.append(thisvar)
+        # add internal dynamic metrics
+        result.append({
+            "Source": "System",
+            "Metric": f"component_count: {self.get_component_count()}"
+        })
+        return result
+        
+    # straggler functions, might cut them
+
     # return both static and dynamic data
     def get_sysvars_summary_keys(self):
         result = []
@@ -303,70 +465,24 @@ class System:
             result.append(thisvar)
         return result
     
-    # return list of all live metrics from system and properties
-    def get_live_metrics(self):
-        result = []
-        for component_metric in self.get_component_metrics():
-            result.append(component_metric)
-        for system_metric in self.get_system_metrics():
-            result.append(system_metric)
-        return result
-
-    # return array of all component metrics
-    def get_component_metrics(self):
-        result = []
-        for component in self.components:
-            for metric in component.get_metrics_keys():
-                result.append(metric)
-        return result
-
-    # return array of all component metrics
-    def get_component_properties(self):
-        result = []
-        for component in self.components:
-            for metric in component.get_properties_keys():
-                result.append(metric)
-        return result
-
-    # return array of all system metrics
-    def get_system_metrics(self):
-        result = []
-        for name, value in self._metrics.items():
-            thisvar = {
-                "name": "System",
-                "type": name,
-                "metric": value
-            }
-            result.append(thisvar)
-        # add component count
-        result.append({
-            "name": "System",
-            "type": "component_count",
-            "metric": self.get_component_count()
-        })
-        return result
-    
-    def get_system_properties(self):
-        result = []
-        for name, value in self._properties.items():
-            if name == "virt_string":
-                thisvar = {
-                    "name": "System",
-                    "property": name,
-                    "value": value == "none"
-                }
+    def get_component_strings(self, component_type: type = None):
+        if component_type is None:
+            result = []
+            for component in self.components:
+                result.append(component.description)
+            return result
+        else:
+            result = []
+            for component in self.components:
+                if component.type == component_type:
+                    result.append(component.description)
+            if component.is_multi():
+                return result
             else:
-                thisvar = {
-                    "name": "System",
-                    "property": name,
-                    "value": value
-                }
-            result.append(thisvar)
-        return result
-    
+                return result[0]
 
 ############################################################
-# Helper Functions
+# Non-class Helper Functions
 ############################################################
 
 # subroutine to run a command, return stdout as array unless zero_only then return [0]
diff --git a/files/api/app.py b/files/api/app.py
index d01b678..3317f7e 100644
--- a/files/api/app.py
+++ b/files/api/app.py
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ def update_redis_channel(redis_channel, data):
 
 def update_redis_server():
     # Update Stats Redis Channel
-    update_redis_channel("host_metrics", get_redis_data())
+    if cosmostat_system.check_system_timer():
+        update_redis_channel("host_metrics", get_redis_data(human_readable = False))
     # Update history_stats Redis Channel
     # update_redis_channel("history_stats", get_component_list())
 
@@ -98,7 +99,12 @@ def static_data():
 # redis data
 @app.route('/redis_data', methods=['GET'])
 def redis_data():
-    return jsonify(get_redis_data())
+    return jsonify(get_redis_data(human_readable = False))
+
+# redis strings
+@app.route('/redis_strings', methods=['GET'])
+def redis_strings():
+    return jsonify(get_redis_data(human_readable = True))
 
 # full summary
 @app.route('/full_summary', methods=['GET'])
@@ -110,15 +116,43 @@ def full_summary():
 def info():
     return jsonify(get_info())
 
+# socket timer
+@app.route('/start_timer', methods=['GET'])
+def start_timer():
+    current_timestamp = int(time.time())
+    cosmostat_system.recent_check = current_timestamp
+    if app_settings["noisy_test"]:
+        print(f"Timestamp updated to {cosmostat_system.recent_check}")
+    return jsonify(
+        {
+            "message": "websocket timer reset",
+            "new_timestamp": cosmostat_system.recent_check
+        }
+    )
+
+# socket timer data
+@app.route('/timer_data', methods=['GET'])
+def timer_data():
+    time_now = time.time()
+    time_lapsed = time_now - float(cosmostat_system.recent_check)
+    result = {
+        "Time Lapsed": time_lapsed,
+        "Current Time Value": time_now,
+        "Last Update Value": float(cosmostat_system.recent_check),
+        "System Updating": cosmostat_system.check_system_timer()
+    }
+    return jsonify(result)
+
 # test route
 @app.route('/test', methods=['GET'])
 def test():
+    this_cpu = cosmostat_system.get_components(component_type="CPU")
     return jsonify(
         {
             "component_count:": len(cosmostat_system.components),
             "user": jenkins_user_settings(), 
             "hostname": jenkins_hostname_settings(),
-            "cpu_model": cosmostat_system.get_components(component_type="CPU").description
+            "cpu_model": this_cpu[0].description
         }
     )
 
@@ -128,22 +162,18 @@ def test():
 
 # needs to return array of {name: name, type: type, metrics: metrics} 
 # for redis table generation, includes system and component metrics
-def get_dynamic_data():
-    return cosmostat_system.get_live_metrics()
+def get_dynamic_data(human_readable = False):
+    return cosmostat_system.get_live_metrics(human_readable)
 
-def get_static_data():
+def get_static_data(human_readable = False):
     result = []
-    for metric in cosmostat_system.get_system_properties():
-        result.append(metric)
-    for metric in cosmostat_system.get_component_properties():
-        result.append(metric)
-    return result
+    return cosmostat_system.get_static_metrics(human_readable)
 
-def get_redis_data():
+def get_redis_data(human_readable = False):
     result = []
-    for metric in get_dynamic_data():
+    for metric in get_dynamic_data(human_readable):
         result.append(metric)
-    for metric in get_static_data():
+    for metric in get_static_data(human_readable):
         result.append(metric)
     return result
 
@@ -171,11 +201,11 @@ def get_info():
     component_strings = []
     for component in cosmostat_system.get_components():
         component_strings.append({"name": component.name, "description": component.description})
-    system_strings = []
     
     result = {
         "hostname": jenkins_hostname_settings(), 
-        "component_strings": component_strings
+        "component_strings": component_strings,
+        "system_strings": cosmostat_system.get_sysvars_summary_keys()
     }
     #for component_string in component_strings:
     #    for name, description in component_string.items():
@@ -199,7 +229,8 @@ def new_cosmos_system():
 # Background Loop Function
 def background_loop():
     # Update all data on the System object
-    cosmostat_system.update_system_state()
+    if cosmostat_system.check_system_timer():
+        cosmostat_system.update_system_state()
 
     if app_settings["push_redis"]:
         update_redis_server()
@@ -241,7 +272,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             print("Skipping flask background task")
 
     # Flask API
-    app.run(debug=True, host=service_gateway_ip(), port=5000)
+    app.run(debug=False, host=service_gateway_ip(), port=5000)
 
     
 
diff --git a/files/api/component_descriptors.json b/files/api/component_descriptors.json
index 6ec1667..8b5914b 100644
--- a/files/api/component_descriptors.json
+++ b/files/api/component_descriptors.json
@@ -1,46 +1,56 @@
 [
   {
     "name": "CPU",
-    "description": "{model_name} with {core_count} cores.",
+    "description": "{CPU Model} with {Core Count} cores.",
     "multi_check": "False",
     "properties": {
-      "core_count": "lscpu --json | jq -r '.lscpu[] | select(.field==\"CPU(s):\") | .data'",
-      "model_name": "lscpu --json | jq -r '.lscpu[] | select(.field==\"Model name:\") | .data'"
+      "Core Count": "lscpu --json | jq -r '.lscpu[] | select(.field==\"CPU(s):\") | .data'",
+      "CPU Model": "lscpu --json | jq -r '.lscpu[] | select(.field==\"Model name:\") | .data'",
+      "Clock Speed": "sudo dmesg | grep MHz | grep tsc | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{print $2 \" \" $3}'"
     },
     "metrics": {
       "1m_load": "cat /proc/loadavg | awk '{print $1}'",
       "5m_load": "cat /proc/loadavg | awk '{print $2}'",
-      "15m_load": "cat /proc/loadavg | awk '{print $3}'"
+      "15m_load": "cat /proc/loadavg | awk '{print $3}'",
+      "current_mhz": "less /proc/cpuinfo  | grep MHz | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{sum += $1} END {print sum/NR}'"
     }
   },
   {
     "name": "RAM",
-    "description": "Total {bytes_total}GB in {module_count} modules.",
+    "description": "Total {Total GB}GB in {RAM Module Count} modules.",
     "multi_check": "False",
     "properties": {
-      "bytes_total": "sudo lshw -json -c memory | jq -r '.[] | select(.description==\"System Memory\").size' | awk '{printf \"%.2f\\n\", $1/1073741824}'",
-      "module_count": "sudo lshw -json -c memory | jq -r '.[] | select(.id | contains(\"bank\")) | .id ' | wc -l"
+      "Total GB": "sudo /usr/bin/lshw -json -c memory | jq -r '.[] | select(.description==\"System Memory\").size' | awk '{printf \"%.2f\\n\", $1/1073741824}'",
+      "RAM Module Count": "sudo /usr/bin/lshw -json -c memory | jq -r '.[] | select(.id | contains(\"bank\")) | .id ' | wc -l",
+      "RAM Type": "/usr/sbin/dmidecode --type 17 | grep Type: | sort -u | cut -d: -f2 | xargs",
+      "RAM Speed": "/usr/sbin/dmidecode --type 17 | grep Speed: | grep -v Configured | sort -u | cut -d: -f2 | xargs",
+      "RAM Voltage": "/usr/sbin/dmidecode --type 17 | grep 'Configured Voltage' | sort -u | cut -d: -f2 | xargs"
     },
     "metrics": {
-      "used_capacity_mb": "free -m | grep Mem | awk '{print $3}'",
-      "free_capacity_mb": "free -m | grep Mem | awk '{print $4}'"
-    }
+      "MB Used": "free -m | grep Mem | awk '{print $3}'",
+      "MB Free": "free -m | grep Mem | awk '{print $4}'"
+    },
+    "virt_ignore": [
+      "RAM Type",
+      "RAM Speed",
+      "RAM Voltage"
+    ]
   },
   {
-    "name": "Block Storage",
-    "description": "{device_id} is of type {drive_type} with capacity of {drive_capacity}.",
+    "name": "STOR",
+    "description": "{Device Path} is of type {Drive Type} with capacity of {Total Capacity}.",
     "multi_check": "True",
     "device_list": "lsblk -d -o NAME,SIZE | grep -v -e 0B -e NAME | awk '{print $1}'",
     "properties": {
-      "device_name": "lsblk -d -o NAME,SIZE | grep -v -e 0B -e NAME | awk '{{print $1}}' | grep {this_device}",    
-      "device_id": "lsblk -d -o NAME,SIZE | grep -v -e 0B -e NAME | awk '{{print \"/dev/\"$1}}' | grep {this_device}",    
-      "drive_type": "lsblk -d -o NAME,TRAN | grep {this_device} | awk '{{print $2}}'",
-      "drive_capacity": "lsblk -d -o NAME,SIZE | grep {this_device} | awk '{{print $2}}'"
+      "Device Name": "lsblk -d -o NAME,SIZE | grep -v -e 0B -e NAME | awk '{{print $1}}' | grep {this_device}",    
+      "Device Path": "lsblk -d -o NAME,SIZE | grep -v -e 0B -e NAME | awk '{{print \"/dev/\"$1}}' | grep {this_device}",    
+      "Drive Type": "lsblk -d -o NAME,TRAN | grep {this_device} | awk '{{print $2}}'",
+      "Total Capacity": "lsblk -d -o NAME,SIZE | grep {this_device} | awk '{{print $2}}'"
     },
     "metrics": {
-      "smart_status": "sudo smartctl -x --json /dev/{this_device} | jq -r .smart_status.passed",
-      "ssd_endurance_string": "sudo smartctl -x --json /dev/{this_device} | jq -r '.physical_block_size as $block |.ata_device_statistics.pages[] | select(.name == \"General Statistics\") | .table[] | select(.name == \"Logical Sectors Written\") | .value as $sectors | ($sectors * $block) / 1073741824 ' | awk '{{printf \"%.2f GiB Written\\n\", $0}}' || true",
-      "nvme_endurance_string": "sudo smartctl -x --json /dev/{this_device} | jq -r ' .nvme_smart_health_information_log.data_units_written as $dw | .logical_block_size as $ls | ($dw * $ls) / 1073741824  ' | awk '{{printf \"%.2f GiB Written\\n\", $0}}' || true"
+      "SMART Check": "/usr/sbin/smartctl -x --json /dev/{this_device} | jq -r .smart_status.passed",
+      "SATA GBW": "/usr/sbin/smartctl -x --json /dev/{this_device} | jq -r '.physical_block_size as $block |.ata_device_statistics.pages[] | select(.name == \"General Statistics\") | .table[] | select(.name == \"Logical Sectors Written\") | .value as $sectors | ($sectors * $block) / 1073741824 ' | awk '{{printf \"%.2f GiB Written\\n\", $0}}' || true",
+      "NVMe GBW": "/usr/sbin/smartctl -x --json /dev/{this_device} | jq -r ' .nvme_smart_health_information_log.data_units_written as $dw | .logical_block_size as $ls | ($dw * $ls) / 1073741824  ' | awk '{{printf \"%.2f GiB Written\\n\", $0}}' || true"
     }
   }
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/files/web/html/index.php b/files/web/html/index.php
index 1ad2ee5..4f315b8 100644
--- a/files/web/html/index.php
+++ b/files/web/html/index.php
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="src/styles.css">
 </head>
 <body>
-  <div class="container">
+  <div class="card">
     <h2>Matt-Cloud Cosmostat Dashboard</h2>
     This dashboard shows the local Matt-Cloud system stats.<p>
   </div>
-  <div class="container">
+  <div class="card">
     <h2>Live System Metrics</h2>
     <div id="host_metrics" class="column">Connecting…</div>
   </div>
diff --git a/files/web/html/src/redis.js b/files/web/html/src/redis.js
index d5d1ed0..bc77270 100644
--- a/files/web/html/src/redis.js
+++ b/files/web/html/src/redis.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ function safeSetText(id, txt) {
    ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 // helper function for table row ordering   
 function renderStatsTable(data) {
+  socket.emit('tableRendered');
   renderGenericTable('host_metrics', data, 'No Stats available');
 }
 
@@ -48,59 +49,56 @@ function renderGenericTable(containerId, data, emptyMsg) {
    3.  Merge rows by name
    ------------------------------------------------------------ */
 function mergeRowsByName(data) {
-  const groups = {};                     // { name: { types: [], metrics: [], props: [], values: [] } }
-
+  const groups = {}; // { source: { ... } }
   data.forEach(row => {
-    const name = row.name;
-    if (!name) return;                   // ignore rows without a name
-
-    if (!groups[name]) {
-      groups[name] = { types: [], metrics: [], props: [], values: [] };
+    const source = row.Source;      // <-- changed
+    if (!source) return;
+    if (!groups[source]) {
+      groups[source] = { Metric: [], Data: [], Property: [], Value: [] };
     }
-
-    // Metric rows - contain type + metric
-    if ('type' in row && 'metric' in row) {
-      groups[name].types.push(row.type);
-      groups[name].metrics.push(row.metric);
-    }
-    // Property rows - contain property + value
-    else if ('property' in row && 'value' in row) {
-      groups[name].props.push(row.property);
-      groups[name].values.push(row.value);
+    if ('Metric' in row && 'Data' in row) {
+      groups[source].Metric.push(row.Metric);
+      groups[source].Data.push(row.Data);
+    } else if ('Property' in row && 'Value' in row) {
+      groups[source].Property.push(row.Property);
+      groups[source].Value.push(row.Value);
     }
   });
 
-  // Convert each group into a single row object
   const merged = [];
-  Object.entries(groups).forEach(([name, grp]) => {
+  Object.entries(groups).forEach(([source, grp]) => {
     merged.push({
-      name,
-      type: grp.types,      // array of types
-      metric: grp.metrics,  // array of metrics
-      property: grp.props,  // array of property names
-      value: grp.values,    // array of property values
+      Source: source,          // <-- keep the original key
+      Metric: grp.Metric,
+      Data: grp.Data,
+      Property: grp.Property,
+      Value: grp.Value
     });
   });
-
   return merged;
 }
 
-/* ------------------------------------------------------------------
-   3b.  Order rows - put “System”, “CPU”, “RAM” first
-   ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+// 3b. Order rows – put “System”, “CPU”, “RAM” first
 function orderRows(rows) {
-  // this should be updatable if i want
+  // Priority list – can be updated later
   const priority = ['System', 'CPU', 'RAM'];
-  const priorityMap = {};
-  priority.forEach((name, idx) => (priorityMap[name] = idx));
 
+  // Map source → priority index
+  const priorityMap = {};
+  priority.forEach((src, idx) => {
+    priorityMap[src] = idx;
+  });
+
+  // Stable sort: keep original position if priorities are equal
   return [...rows].sort((a, b) => {
-    const aIdx = priorityMap.hasOwnProperty(a.name)
-      ? priorityMap[a.name]
-      : Infinity;          // anything not in priority goes to the end
-    const bIdx = priorityMap.hasOwnProperty(b.name)
-      ? priorityMap[b.name]
+    const aIdx = priorityMap.hasOwnProperty(a.Source)
+      ? priorityMap[a.Source]
+      : Infinity;               // anything not in priority goes to the end
+    const bIdx = priorityMap.hasOwnProperty(b.Source)
+      ? priorityMap[b.Source]
       : Infinity;
+
+    // If both have the same priority (or both Infinity), keep original order
     return aIdx - bIdx;
   });
 }
@@ -109,7 +107,7 @@ function orderRows(rows) {
    4.  Build an HTML table from an array of objects
    ------------------------------------------------------------ */
 function buildTable(data) {
-  const cols = ['name', 'type', 'metric', 'property', 'value']; // explicit order
+  const cols = ['Source', 'Property', 'Value', 'Metric', 'Data']; // explicit order
   const table = document.createElement('table');
 
   // Header
diff --git a/files/web/html/src/styles.css b/files/web/html/src/styles.css
index b938f79..6584592 100644
--- a/files/web/html/src/styles.css
+++ b/files/web/html/src/styles.css
@@ -8,33 +8,15 @@ body {
     color: #bdc3c7; /* Dimmer text color */
 }
 
-.hidden-info {
-    display: none;
-}
-
-.title-button {
-    background-color: #34495e;
-    border: none;
-    color: white;
-    padding: 15px 32px;
-    text-align: center;
-    text-decoration: none;
-    display: inline-block;
-    font-size: 16px;
-    margin: 4px 2px;
-    cursor: pointer;
-}
-
-
 table, th, td {
-  border: 1px solid black;
+  border: 2px solid #182939;
   border-collapse: collapse;
 }
 th, td {
   padding: 10px;
 }
 
-.container {
+.card {
     max-width: 950px;
     margin: 0 auto;
     padding: 20px;
@@ -43,15 +25,6 @@ th, td {
     box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); /* Slightly darker shadow */
     margin-top: 20px;
 }
-.container-small {
-    max-width: 550px;
-    margin: 0 auto;
-    padding: 20px;
-    background-color: #34495e; /* Darker background for container */
-    border-radius: 8px;
-    box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); /* Slightly darker shadow */
-    margin-top: 20px;
-}
 
 h1, h2, h3, h4 {
     color: #bdc3c7; /* Dimmer text color */
@@ -67,55 +40,12 @@ li {
     color: #bdc3c7; /* Dimmer text color */
 }
 
-.group-columns {
-    display: flex;
-}
-
-.group-rows {
-    display: flex;
-    flex-wrap: wrap;
-    justify-content: flex-start; /* Left justification */
-    margin-top: 10px;
-}
-
-.group-column {
-    flex: 0 0 calc(33% - 10px); /* Adjust width of each column */
-}
-
-.column {
-    flex: 1;
-    padding: 0 10px; /* Adjust spacing between columns */
-}
-
-.subcolumn {
-    margin-left: 10px;
-}
-
-.grid {
-    display: flex;
-    flex-wrap: wrap;
-    justify-content: space-between;
-    margin-top: 5px;
-}
-
-.meter {
-    width: calc(90% - 5px);
-    max-width: calc(45% - 5px);
-    margin-bottom: 5px;
-    border: 1px solid #7f8c8d; /* Light border color */
-    border-radius: 5px;
-    padding: 5px;
-    text-align: center;
-    background-color: #2c3e50; /* Dark background for meter */
-}
-
 #host_metrics_column td {
   list-style: none;          /* removes the numeric markers */
   padding-left: 0;           /* remove the default left indent */
   margin-left: 0;            /* remove the default left margin */
 }
- 
 
 #host_metrics_table tbody tr td :nth-of-type(even) {
-     background-color: #2c3e50;  
+     background-color: #3e5c78;  
 }
diff --git a/files/web/node_server/package.json b/files/web/node_server/package.json
index 3b2246c..bc2fb35 100644
--- a/files/web/node_server/package.json
+++ b/files/web/node_server/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "express": "^4.18.2",
     "socket.io": "^4.7.2",
-    "redis": "^4.6.7"
+    "redis": "^4.6.7",
+    "node-fetch": "^2.6.7" 
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/files/web/node_server/server.js b/files/web/node_server/server.js
index e0ec3d4..d548a36 100644
--- a/files/web/node_server/server.js
+++ b/files/web/node_server/server.js
@@ -1,32 +1,63 @@
 // server.js
-const http = require('http');
+const http   = require('http');
 const express = require('express');
 const { createClient } = require('redis');
 const { Server } = require('socket.io');
+const fetch  = require('node-fetch');   // npm i node-fetch@2
 
-const app = express();
+const app    = express();
 const server = http.createServer(app);
-const io = new Server(server);
+const io     = new Server(server);
 
-// Serve static files (index.html)
+// ---------- Socket.io ----------
+io.on('connection', async socket => {
+  console.log('client connected:', socket.id);
+
+  // Call the external API every time a client connects
+  try {
+    const resp = await fetch('http://192.168.37.1:5000/start_timer', {
+      method: 'GET'
+    });
+
+    const data = await resp.json();
+    console.log('API responded to connect:', data);
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('Failed to hit start_timer endpoint:', err);
+  }
+
+  // Listen for tableRendered event from the client
+  socket.on('tableRendered', async () => {
+    console.log('Client reported table rendered - starting timer');
+    try {
+      const resp = await fetch('http://192.168.37.1:5000/start_timer', {
+        method: 'GET'
+      });
+      const text = await resp.text();
+      console.log('Timer endpoint responded:', text);
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error('Failed to hit start_timer:', err);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+// Serve static files (index.html, etc.)
 app.use(express.static('public'));
 
 // ---------- Redis subscriber ----------
-const redisClient = createClient({
-  url: 'redis://192.168.37.1:6379'
-});
+const redisClient = createClient({ url: 'redis://192.168.37.1:6379' });
+
 redisClient.on('error', err => console.error('Redis error', err));
 
 (async () => {
   await redisClient.connect();
 
-  
   const sub = redisClient.duplicate(); // duplicate to keep separate pub/sub
   await sub.connect();
-// Subscribe to the channel that sends host stats
+
+  // Subscribe to the channel that sends host stats
   await sub.subscribe(
     ['host_metrics'],
-    (message, channel) => {            // <-- single handler
+    (message, channel) => {
       let payload;
       try {
         payload = JSON.parse(message); // message is a JSON string
@@ -34,20 +65,13 @@ redisClient.on('error', err => console.error('Redis error', err));
         console.error(`Failed to parse ${channel}`, e);
         return;
       }
-
       io.emit(channel, payload);
     }
   );
 
-  sub.on('error', err => console.error('Subscriber error', err));  
+  sub.on('error', err => console.error('Subscriber error', err));
 })();
 
-// ---------- Socket.io ----------
-io.on('connection', socket => {
-  console.log('client connected:', socket.id);
-  // Optional: send the current state on connect if you keep it cached
-});
-
 // ---------- Start ----------
 const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;
 server.listen(PORT, () => {
diff --git a/files/proxy/nginx.conf b/files/web/proxy/nginx.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from files/proxy/nginx.conf
rename to files/web/proxy/nginx.conf
diff --git a/tasks/init.yaml b/tasks/init.yaml
index ae3f2fe..1543a41 100644
--- a/tasks/init.yaml
+++ b/tasks/init.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-
+# package handler
 - name: Cosmostat - Init - Get installed package list
   when: dpkg_output is undefined
   shell:  "dpkg --list | grep ii | awk '{print $2}'"
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     mode: '0755'
 
 # create user service folder
-- name: Cosmostat - Init - create cosmostat service folder
+- name: Cosmostat - Init - create cosmostat user service folder
   file:
     path: "{{ user_service_folder }}"
     state: directory
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 
 # create node.js docker container for web dashboard
 - name: node.js server container handler
+  when: false
   block:
 
   - name: Cosmostat - Init - node.js - copy server files
@@ -96,13 +97,16 @@
       group: "{{ service_user }}"
 
   - name: Cosmostat - Init - node.js - build docker container
-    community.docker.docker_image_build:
+    community.docker.docker_image:
       name: ws_node
       tag: latest
-      rebuild: always
-      path: "{{ service_control_web_folder }}/node_server"
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile
-      labels:
-        ws_node: "true"
+      source: local
+      build:
+        path: "{{ service_control_web_folder }}/node_server"
+        dockerfile: Dockerfile
+      force_tag: true
+      state: present
+      force_source: true
+
 
 ...
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/main.yaml b/tasks/main.yaml
index 78adbf7..9e57daf 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 ---
+
+
+
 # initializa environment
-
-# set up API
-
-# set up web stack
-
 - name: Initialize Environment
   when: not quick_refresh | bool
   include_tasks: init.yaml
 
+# set up API
 - name: Build API
   include_tasks: api.yaml
 
+# set up web stack
 - name: Build Web Dashboard
   include_tasks: web.yaml
+
+#- name: Purge Old Containers
+#  when: not quick_refresh | bool
+#  include_tasks: purge.yaml
 ...
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/purge.yaml b/tasks/purge.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85df7f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/purge.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+- name: Cosmostat - Clean up old ws_node image tags
+  block:
+    # Grab a list of all tags the image has
+    - name: Get all ws_node image tags
+      command: |
+        docker images --format "{{.Repository}}:{{.Tag}}" \
+                      --filter=reference="ws_node:*"
+      register: all_tags_raw
+      changed_when: false
+
+    # Turn that raw string into a list of just the tag names
+    - name: Parse tag names out of the list
+      set_fact:
+        all_tags: >-
+          {{ all_tags_raw.stdout_lines |
+             map('regex_replace', '^ws_node:', '') |
+             list }}
+
+    # Keep everything *except* the one that ends with “:latest”
+    - name: Build list of tags that should be removed
+      set_fact:
+        tags_to_remove: "{{ all_tags | difference(['latest']) }}"
+
+    # Remove each old tag
+    - name: Delete old ws_node image tags
+      community.docker.docker_image:
+        name: ws_node
+        tag: "{{ item }}"
+        state: absent
+      loop: "{{ tags_to_remove }}"
+      when: tags_to_remove | length > 0
+  when: tags_to_remove | length > 0
+  tags:
+    - cleanup
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/web.yaml b/tasks/web.yaml
index be935da..d8067ee 100644
--- a/tasks/web.yaml
+++ b/tasks/web.yaml
@@ -12,53 +12,25 @@
     owner: "{{ service_user }}"
     group: "{{ service_user }}"
 
-- name: Cosmostat - Init - copy dashboard web files
+- name: Cosmostat - Web - copy docker files
   copy:
-    src: "web/html"
-    dest: "{{ service_control_web_folder }}/"
+    src: "web/"
+    dest: "{{ service_control_web_folder }}"
     mode: 0755    
     owner: "{{ service_user }}"
     group: "{{ service_user }}"
 
-# These are not needed unless there is a stack
-#- name: Cosmostat - Web - copy files for history dashboard
-#  copy:
-#    src: "dashboard/"
-#    dest: "{{ service_control_web_folder }}/html"
-#    mode: 0755    
-#    owner: "{{ service_user }}"
-#    group: "{{ service_user }}"
+- name: Cosmostat - Web - template docker-compose.yaml
+  template:
+    src: docker-compose-php.yaml
+    dest: "{{ service_control_web_folder }}/docker-compose.yaml"
+    mode: 0644
 
-- name: Cosmostat - Web - copy files for proxy container
-  copy:
-    src: "proxy/"
-    dest: "{{ service_control_web_folder }}/proxy"
-    mode: 0755    
-    owner: "{{ service_user }}"
-    group: "{{ service_user }}"
-  
-- name: docker container handler
-  block:
-
-  - name: Cosmostat - Web - template docker-compose.yaml
-    template:
-      src: docker-compose-php.yaml
-      dest: "{{ service_control_web_folder }}/docker-compose.yaml"
-      mode: 0644
-
-  - name: Cosmostat - Web - Start containers
-    shell: "docker-compose -f {{ service_control_web_folder }}/docker-compose.yaml up -d"
-    register: docker_output
-  - debug: |
-            msg="{{ docker_output.stdout_lines }}"
+- name: Cosmostat - Web - Start containers
+  shell: "docker-compose -f {{ service_control_web_folder }}/docker-compose.yaml up -d"
+  register: docker_output
+- debug: |
+          msg="{{ docker_output.stdout_lines }}"
             msg="{{ docker_output.stderr_lines }}"
 
-  - name: Cosmostat - Web - Prune old containers
-    community.docker.docker_prune:    
-      containers: true
-      containers_filters:
-        label:
-          ws_node: "true" 
-
-
 ...           
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/docker-compose-php.yaml b/templates/docker-compose-php.yaml
index c843456..8df80c2 100644
--- a/templates/docker-compose-php.yaml
+++ b/templates/docker-compose-php.yaml
@@ -8,37 +8,41 @@ services:
     networks:
       - cosmostat_net
     restart: always
-  
+
   cosmostat_ws_node:
+    image: node:18-alpine
+    working_dir: /app
+    command: sh -c "npm install && node server.js"
     container_name: cosmostat_ws_node
-    build:
-      context: "{{ service_control_web_folder }}/node_server"
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile
-    image: ws_node:latest     
+    volumes:
+      - "{{ service_control_web_folder }}/html:/usr/src/app/public"
+      - "{{ service_control_web_folder }}/node_server:/app"
+      - /app/node_modules
     ports:
-      - "{{ (docker_gateway + ':') if secure_api else '' }}3000:3000"
+      - "{{ docker_gateway }}:3000:3000"
     networks:
       - cosmostat_net
     restart: always
     depends_on:
-      - cosmostat_redis
+      - cosmostat_redis  
 
   cosmostat_web_dash:
     container_name: cosmostat_web_dash
     image: php:8.0-apache
     ports:
-      - "{{ (docker_gateway + ':') if secure_api else '' }}8080:80"
+      - "{{ docker_gateway }}:8080:80"
     volumes:
       - ./html:/var/www/html/
     networks:
       - cosmostat_net
     restart: always    
 
+  # public_dashboard: {{ public_dashboard }}
   cosmostat_nginx_proxy:
     container_name: cosmostat_nginx_proxy
     image: nginx:latest
     ports:
-      - "{{ (docker_gateway + ':') if secure_api else '' }}80:80"
+      - "{{ (docker_gateway + ':') if not public_dashboard | bool else '' }}80:80"
     volumes:
       - ./proxy/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
     networks:
diff --git a/templates/docker-compose.yaml b/templates/docker-compose.yaml
index 77fd7e3..f387124 100644
--- a/templates/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/templates/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ services:
     restart: always
   
   ws_node:
+
+    image: node:18-alpine
+    working_dir: /app
+    command: sh -c "npm install && node server.js"
     container_name: ws_node
-    build:
-      context: {{ service_control_web_folder }}/node_server
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile
-    image: ws_node:latest     
     volumes:
       - {{ service_control_web_folder }}/html:/usr/src/app/public
+      - {{ service_control_web_folder }}/node_server:/app
+      - /app/node_modules
     ports:
       # put back to 3000 if the stack is needed
       - {{ (docker_gateway + ':') if secure_api else '' }}80:3000