diff --git a/cmd/mesh/main.go b/cmd/mesh/main.go
index 2d981fb1..447a2095 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh/main.go
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func run(args yggArgs, ctx context.Context) {
 	// that neither -autoconf, -useconf or -useconffile were set above. Stop
 	// if we don't.
 	if cfg == nil {
-		return
+		panic("broken configuration")
 	}
 	n := &node{}
 	// Have we been asked for the node address yet? If so, print it and then stop.
@@ -230,13 +230,6 @@ func run(args yggArgs, ctx context.Context) {
 		}
 		return
 	}
-	//override httpaddress and wwwroot parameters in cfg
-	if len(cfg.HttpAddress) == 0 {
-		cfg.HttpAddress = args.httpaddress
-	}
-	if len(cfg.WwwRoot) == 0 {
-		cfg.WwwRoot = args.wwwroot
-	}
 
 	// Setup the RiV-mesh node itself.
 	{
@@ -274,6 +267,14 @@ func run(args yggArgs, ctx context.Context) {
 
 	// Setup the REST socket.
 	{
+		//override httpaddress and wwwroot parameters in cfg
+		if len(cfg.HttpAddress) == 0 {
+			cfg.HttpAddress = args.httpaddress
+		}
+		if len(cfg.WwwRoot) == 0 {
+			cfg.WwwRoot = args.wwwroot
+		}
+
 		if n.rest_server, err = restapi.NewRestServer(restapi.RestServerCfg{
 			Core:          n.core,
 			Log:           logger,
diff --git a/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/ui/assets/mesh-ui-es5.js b/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/ui/assets/mesh-ui-es5.js
index d8916fcc..82c308a5 100644
--- a/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/ui/assets/mesh-ui-es5.js
+++ b/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/ui/assets/mesh-ui-es5.js
@@ -299,8 +299,6 @@ ui.getConnectedPeers = function () {
 
 ui.updateConnectedPeersHandler = function (peers) {
   ui.updateStatus(peers);
-  ui.updateSpeed(peers);
-  ui.updateCoordsInfo();
   $("peers").innerText = "";
   if (peers) {
     var regexStrip = /%[^\]]*/gm;
@@ -381,7 +379,7 @@ ui.updateSelfInfo = function () {
   return ui.getSelfInfo().then(function (info) {
     $("ipv6").innerText = info.address;
     $("subnet").innerText = info.subnet;
-    $("coordinates").innerText = ''.concat('[',info.coords.join(' '),']');
+    $("coordinates").innerText = ''.concat('[', info.coords.join(' '), ']');
     $("pub_key").innerText = info.key;
     $("priv_key").innerText = info.private_key;
     $("ipv6").innerText = info.address;
@@ -391,16 +389,6 @@ ui.updateSelfInfo = function () {
   });
 };
 
-ui.updateCoordsInfo = function () {
-  return ui.getSelfInfo().then(function (info) {
-    $("coordinates").innerText = ''.concat('[',info.coords.join(' '),']');
-  }).catch(function (error) {
-    $("ipv6").innerText = error.message;
-  });
-};
-
-ui.sse = new EventSource('/api/sse');
-
 function main() {
 
   window.addEventListener("load", function () {
@@ -412,6 +400,8 @@ function main() {
 
     ui.updateSelfInfo();
 
+    ui.sse = new EventSource('/api/sse');
+
     ui.sse.addEventListener("ping", function (e) {
       var data = JSON.parse(e.data);
       setPingValue(data.peer, data.value);
@@ -420,7 +410,16 @@ function main() {
     ui.sse.addEventListener("peers", function (e) {
       ui.updateConnectedPeersHandler(JSON.parse(e.data));
     });
+
+    ui.sse.addEventListener("rxtx", function (e) {
+      ui.updateSpeed(JSON.parse(e.data));
+    });
+
+    ui.sse.addEventListener("coord", function (e) {
+      var coords = JSON.parse(e.data);
+      $("coordinates").innerText = ''.concat('[', coords.join(' '), ']');
+    });
   });
 }
 
-main();
+main();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/ui/assets/mesh-ui.css b/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/ui/assets/mesh-ui.css
index 0565d85b..63cbfb33 100644
--- a/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/ui/assets/mesh-ui.css
+++ b/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/ui/assets/mesh-ui.css
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ img {
   display: block;
 }
 
-body {
+body, #notification_windowx {
   max-width: 690px;
   margin: auto;
 }
@@ -94,11 +94,12 @@ footer {
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
-#version {
+#footer-row #version {
   padding-left: 20px;
+  padding-right: 20px;
 }
 
-#status {
+#footer-row #status {
   padding-right: 20px;
   padding-left: 20px;
 }
diff --git a/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/ui/assets/mesh-ui.js b/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/ui/assets/mesh-ui.js
index 8caa39bc..36b84cd4 100644
--- a/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/ui/assets/mesh-ui.js
+++ b/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/ui/assets/mesh-ui.js
@@ -286,8 +286,6 @@ ui.getConnectedPeers = () =>
 
 ui.updateConnectedPeersHandler = (peers) => {
   ui.updateStatus(peers);
-  ui.updateSpeed(peers);
-  ui.updateCoordsInfo();
   $("peers").innerText = "";
   if(peers) {
     const regexStrip = /%[^\]]*/gm;
@@ -368,16 +366,6 @@ ui.updateSelfInfo = () =>
       $("ipv6").innerText = error.message;
     });
 
-ui.updateCoordsInfo = function () {
-  return ui.getSelfInfo().then(function (info) {
-    $("coordinates").innerText = ''.concat('[',info.coords.join(' '),']');
-  }).catch(function (error) {
-    $("ipv6").innerText = error.message;
-  });
-};
-
-ui.sse = new EventSource('/api/sse');
-
 function main() {
 
   window.addEventListener("load", () => {
@@ -386,7 +374,8 @@ function main() {
     ui.getAllPeers().then(() => ui.updateConnectedPeers());
 
     ui.updateSelfInfo();
-    //setInterval(ui.updateSelfInfo, 5000);
+
+    ui.sse = new EventSource('/api/sse');
 
     ui.sse.addEventListener("ping", (e) => {
       let data = JSON.parse(e.data);
@@ -397,6 +386,15 @@ function main() {
       ui.updateConnectedPeersHandler(JSON.parse(e.data));
     })
     
+    ui.sse.addEventListener("rxtx", (e) => {
+      ui.updateSpeed(JSON.parse(e.data));
+    })
+    
+    ui.sse.addEventListener("coord", (e) => {
+      let coords = JSON.parse(e.data);
+      $("coordinates").innerText = ''.concat('[',coords.join(' '),']');
+    })
+    
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/ui/index.html b/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/ui/index.html
index c67918e3..8836b92a 100755
--- a/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/ui/index.html
+++ b/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/ui/index.html
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 <body class="hero is-fullheight">
   <div>
     <div class="box is-hidden" id="notification_window">
-      <div style="z-index: 9;" class="notification is-primary">
+      <div id="notification_windowx" style="z-index: 9;" class="notification is-primary">
         <button class="delete" id="info_win_close"></button>
         <p style="padding:3px; max-height: 250px; overflow-y: auto;" id="info_window"></p>
         <div style="padding-left:100px; padding-top:15px;" class="field is-grouped">
diff --git a/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/webview.go b/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/webview.go
index eff6d442..0cc0b873 100644
--- a/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/webview.go
+++ b/contrib/ui/mesh-ui/webview.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/RiV-chain/RiV-mesh/src/defaults"
 
@@ -46,6 +47,191 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	log.Printf("Opening: %v", confui.IndexHtml)
-	w.Navigate(confui.IndexHtml)
+	w.SetHtml(strings.Replace(splash, "http://localhost:19019", confui.IndexHtml, 1))
 	w.Run()
 }
+
+var splash = `<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+<title>Riv mesh</title>
+</head>
+<script>
+let ep = "http://localhost:19019";
+
+function redirect() {
+  fetch(ep + '/api')
+      .then(() => {
+        window.location.replace(ep);
+      }).catch((error) => {
+        document.getElementById("error").innerHTML = "Mesh service connection error<br>Waiting for connection....";
+        setTimeout(redirect, 1000);
+      });
+}
+redirect();
+
+</script>
+<style>
+body {
+  background: #333;
+}
+
+.spinner {
+  position: absolute;
+  width: 30px;
+  height: 30px;
+  top: 50%;
+  left: 50%;
+  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
+}
+.spinner .blob {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 50%;
+  left: 50%;
+  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
+  border: 2px solid #fff;
+  width: 10px;
+  height: 10px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+}
+.spinner .blob.top {
+  top: 0;
+  -webkit-animation: blob-top 1s infinite ease-in;
+          animation: blob-top 1s infinite ease-in;
+}
+.spinner .blob.bottom {
+  top: 100%;
+  -webkit-animation: blob-bottom 1s infinite ease-in;
+          animation: blob-bottom 1s infinite ease-in;
+}
+.spinner .blob.left {
+  left: 0;
+  -webkit-animation: blob-left 1s infinite ease-in;
+          animation: blob-left 1s infinite ease-in;
+}
+.spinner .move-blob {
+  background: #fff;
+  top: 0;
+  -webkit-animation: blob-spinner-mover 1s infinite ease-in;
+          animation: blob-spinner-mover 1s infinite ease-in;
+}
+
+@-webkit-keyframes blob-bottom {
+  25%, 50%, 75% {
+    top: 50%;
+    left: 100%;
+  }
+  100% {
+    top: 0;
+    left: 50%;
+  }
+}
+
+@keyframes blob-bottom {
+  25%, 50%, 75% {
+    top: 50%;
+    left: 100%;
+  }
+  100% {
+    top: 0;
+    left: 50%;
+  }
+}
+@-webkit-keyframes blob-left {
+  25% {
+    top: 50%;
+    left: 0;
+  }
+  50%, 100% {
+    top: 100%;
+    left: 50%;
+  }
+}
+@keyframes blob-left {
+  25% {
+    top: 50%;
+    left: 0;
+  }
+  50%, 100% {
+    top: 100%;
+    left: 50%;
+  }
+}
+@-webkit-keyframes blob-top {
+  50% {
+    top: 0;
+    left: 50%;
+  }
+  75%, 100% {
+    top: 50%;
+    left: 0;
+  }
+}
+@keyframes blob-top {
+  50% {
+    top: 0;
+    left: 50%;
+  }
+  75%, 100% {
+    top: 50%;
+    left: 0;
+  }
+}
+@-webkit-keyframes blob-spinner-mover {
+  0%, 100% {
+    top: 0;
+    left: 50%;
+  }
+  25% {
+    top: 50%;
+    left: 100%;
+  }
+  50% {
+    top: 100%;
+    left: 50%;
+  }
+  75% {
+    top: 50%;
+    left: 0;
+  }
+}
+@keyframes blob-spinner-mover {
+  0%, 100% {
+    top: 0;
+    left: 50%;
+  }
+  25% {
+    top: 50%;
+    left: 100%;
+  }
+  50% {
+    top: 100%;
+    left: 50%;
+  }
+  75% {
+    top: 50%;
+    left: 0;
+  }
+}
+
+#error {
+  color: #fff;
+  font-size: 1.5em;
+  text-align: center;
+  margin-top: 2em;
+}
+  
+</style>
+<body>
+<div id="error"></div>
+<div class="spinner">
+  <div class="blob top"></div>
+  <div class="blob bottom"></div>
+  <div class="blob left"></div>
+  
+  <div class="blob move-blob"></div>
+</div>
+
+</body>
+</html>
+`
diff --git a/src/restapi/rest_server.go b/src/restapi/rest_server.go
index 6213248d..3db62a1f 100644
--- a/src/restapi/rest_server.go
+++ b/src/restapi/rest_server.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 type ServerEvent struct {
 	Event string
-	Data  string
+	Data  []byte
 }
 
 type RestServerCfg struct {
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type RestServer struct {
 	listenUrl         *url.URL
 	serverEvents      chan ServerEvent
 	serverEventNextId int
+	updateTimer       *time.Timer
 	docFsType         string
 }
 
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ func NewRestServer(cfg RestServerCfg) (*RestServer, error) {
 		}
 
 		select {
-		case a.serverEvents <- ServerEvent{Event: "peers", Data: string(b)}:
+		case a.serverEvents <- ServerEvent{Event: "peers", Data: b}:
 		default:
 		}
 	})
@@ -124,6 +125,8 @@ func addNoCacheHeaders(w http.ResponseWriter) {
 }
 
 func (a *RestServer) apiHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
+	w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "*")
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Following methods are allowed: GET /api/self, getpeers. litening")
 }
 
@@ -281,23 +284,40 @@ func (a *RestServer) apiSseHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			case v := <-a.serverEvents:
 				fmt.Fprintln(w, "id:", a.serverEventNextId)
 				fmt.Fprintln(w, "event:", v.Event)
-				fmt.Fprintln(w, "data:", v.Data)
+				fmt.Fprintln(w, "data:", string(v.Data))
 				fmt.Fprintln(w) //end of event
 				a.serverEventNextId += 1
 			default:
 				break Loop
 			}
 		}
+		if a.updateTimer != nil {
+			select {
+			case <-a.updateTimer.C:
+				go a.sendSseUpdate()
+				a.updateTimer.Reset(time.Second * 5)
+			default:
+			}
+		} else {
+			a.updateTimer = time.NewTimer(time.Second * 5)
+		}
 	default:
 		http.Error(w, "Method Not Allowed", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
 	}
 }
 
+func (a *RestServer) sendSseUpdate() {
+	rx, tx := a.getPeersRxTxBytes()
+	a.serverEvents <- ServerEvent{Event: "rxtx", Data: []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`[{"bytes_recvd":%d,"bytes_sent":%d}]`, rx, tx))}
+	data, _ := json.Marshal(a.Core.GetSelf().Coords)
+	a.serverEvents <- ServerEvent{Event: "coord", Data: data}
+}
+
 func (a *RestServer) ping(peers []string) {
 	for _, u := range peers {
 		go func(u string) {
 			data, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]string{"peer": u, "value": strconv.FormatInt(check(u), 10)})
-			a.serverEvents <- ServerEvent{Event: "ping", Data: string(data)}
+			a.serverEvents <- ServerEvent{Event: "ping", Data: data}
 		}(u)
 	}
 }
@@ -315,3 +335,15 @@ func check(peer string) int64 {
 	d := time.Since(t)
 	return d.Milliseconds()
 }
+
+func (a *RestServer) getPeersRxTxBytes() (uint64, uint64) {
+	var rx uint64
+	var tx uint64
+
+	peers := a.Core.GetPeers()
+	for _, p := range peers {
+		rx += p.RXBytes
+		tx += p.TXBytes
+	}
+	return rx, tx
+}