diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 35149cd7..861dc6c3 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ ssh root@192.168.2.12 << EOF
 	chmod 777 main
 	chmod 777 /etc/init.d/life-dashboard-init
 
-	echo "Install complete, start script with: `/etc/init.d/life-dashboard-init start`."
+	echo "Install complete, start script with: `/etc/init.d/life-dashboard-init start` and let it run till the ssh session hangs"
 EOF
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index cad22612..50b00b82 100644
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -38,13 +38,15 @@ while true; do
   echo "drawing image"
   eips -f -g /image.png
 
-  sleep 1
-  echo "drawing battery level"
-  batteryLevel=$(lipc-get-prop com.lab126.powerd battLevel)
-  eips 46 38 "$batteryLevel"
-
+  echo "writing stats"
+  next_refresh=$((`date +%s` % 86400 - (4*60*60) )) # seconds till midnight
+  if [ $next_refresh -le 0 ]; then next_refresh = 24*60*60; fi
+  battery_level=$(lipc-get-prop com.lab126.powerd battLevel)
+  eips 2 37 "$next_refresh $battery_level"
+  eips 2 38 "$(TZ=UTC+4 date -R "+%a %l:%M")"
+  
   echo "entering rtc sleep"
   sleep 5
-  echo 86400 > /sys/devices/platform/mxc_rtc.0/wakeup_enable
+  echo $next_refresh > /sys/devices/platform/mxc_rtc.0/wakeup_enable
   echo "mem" > /sys/power/state
 done