diff --git a/demo/resources/ext/demo-rtable.edn b/demo/resources/ext/demo-rtable.edn
index a5f7041..47e575c 100644
--- a/demo/resources/ext/demo-rtable.edn
+++ b/demo/resources/ext/demo-rtable.edn
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
                            demo.service.highcharts/highstock-static
                            demo.service.pixi/pixi-static
                            demo.service.rtable/rtable-data
+                           demo.service.saying/saying
                            ]}
  
  
diff --git a/demo/src/demo/helper/daliclj.cljs b/demo/src/demo/helper/daliclj.cljs
index d7c44fd..01cdad9 100644
--- a/demo/src/demo/helper/daliclj.cljs
+++ b/demo/src/demo/helper/daliclj.cljs
@@ -16,4 +16,15 @@
     (let [{:keys [fun args]} options]
       (if fun 
         [clj-viewer {:fun fun :args args}]
-        [:div "error: option does not contain :fun key"]))))
\ No newline at end of file
+        [:div "error: option does not contain :fun key"]))))
+
+
+(defmethod component-ui "saying" [{:keys [id state]}]
+  (fn [options]
+    [:div 
+      "saying options (at request): " (pr-str options)
+       [clj-viewer {:fun 'demo.service.saying/saying
+                    :args [options]}]      
+     
+     ]
+))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/demo/src/demo/page/layout.cljs b/demo/src/demo/page/layout.cljs
index 63be9b2..4dcacf7 100644
--- a/demo/src/demo/page/layout.cljs
+++ b/demo/src/demo/page/layout.cljs
@@ -150,7 +150,27 @@
 
       :style {:border-radius "5px"
               :border "1px solid lightgray"}}
-     "add algo"]]
+     "add algo"]
+     
+     [:button
+      {:on-click #(add-node m {:component "saying"
+                               :name "saying"
+                               :id "saying1"
+                               :options {:id 0}
+                               :edit [{:type :select
+                                       :path :id,
+                                       :name "saying-id",
+                                       :spec
+                                       (into [] (range 20))}]})
+     
+       :style {:border-radius "5px"
+               :border "1px solid lightgray"}}
+      "add saying"]
+
+
+     
+     ; end of top menu
+     ]
 
    [:div {:style {:display "flex"
                   :flex-grow "1"
diff --git a/demo/src/demo/service/saying.clj b/demo/src/demo/service/saying.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da9860b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/src/demo/service/saying.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+(ns demo.service.saying
+  (:require 
+   [dali.plot.hiccup :refer [hiccup]]))
+
+(defn saying [{:keys [id]}]
+  (println "serving saying id: " id)
+  (let [s (case id
+              0 "Peace to the world"
+              1 "The hottentotten are here"
+              2 "The sky is always blue"
+              3 "Biene Maya and Willy"
+              4 "Quot erum demunstrandum"
+              5 "The early bird catches the worm"
+              6 "Six Six Six"
+              7 "Seven Angles are here"
+              8 "8 means infinity "
+              9 "what is the secret of nine?"
+              nil)] 
+    (hiccup [:div.bg-blue-300.w-100.h-100
+             [:h1 "Sayings Response"]
+             [:p "You entered: " id]
+             [:hr]
+             (if s
+               [:p.bg-green-500.p-5 s]
+               [:p.bg-red-500.p-5 "This saying does not exist: " id])])))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index 7a68aa3..8adbd8a 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   ; source code heavily modified, but based on this one:
   ;org.clojars.frozenlock/reagent-table {:mvn/version "0.1.6"}
   io.helins/canvas {:mvn/version "2.0.0-beta0"}
-  org.pinkgorilla/dali {:mvn/version "0.1.21"}}
+  org.pinkgorilla/dali {:mvn/version "0.1.24"}}
  :aliases
  {; github ci  
   :build {:deps {io.github.clojure/tools.build {:mvn/version "0.9.6"}
diff --git a/src/rtable/transform/highcharts/data.cljs b/src/rtable/transform/highcharts/data.cljs
index 7bf9dbb..159c03a 100644
--- a/src/rtable/transform/highcharts/data.cljs
+++ b/src/rtable/transform/highcharts/data.cljs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         _ (println "rows with signal: " (tmlds/row-count only-signal-ds))
         data (->> (map #(flag v2style column %) rows)
                   (into []))]
-    (println "series data: " data)
+    ;(println "series data: " data)
     data))
 
 ; set series