diff --git a/AsuroTool/ApplicationData.cpp b/AsuroTool/ApplicationData.cpp
index 4f9c70f..a6b26fb 100644
--- a/AsuroTool/ApplicationData.cpp
+++ b/AsuroTool/ApplicationData.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ AudioDevice::AudioDevice(IMMDevice* device, LPCWSTR deviceId) : device(device)
 	err = device->Activate(__uuidof(IAudioMeterInformation), CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, NULL, (LPVOID*)&meterInterface);
 	isError(err, "Failed to get audio meter interface: ");
 
-	getVolumeLimit(volumeInterface, &minVolumeDb, &maxVolumeDb);
+	if (volumeInterface != nullptr && meterInterface != nullptr)
+	{
+		getVolumeLimit(volumeInterface, &minVolumeDb, &maxVolumeDb);
+		isInitialized = true;
+	}
 
 	if (propertyStore)
 	{
diff --git a/AsuroTool/ApplicationData.h b/AsuroTool/ApplicationData.h
index 93d9f7e..2123cc9 100644
--- a/AsuroTool/ApplicationData.h
+++ b/AsuroTool/ApplicationData.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 class AudioDevice {
 public:
+	bool isInitialized = false;
 	IMMDevice* device = nullptr;
 	IAudioEndpointVolume* volumeInterface = nullptr;
 	IAudioMeterInformation* meterInterface = nullptr;
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ public:
 	std::vector<std::string> taskNames = {};
 	std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<time_t>> tasks = {};
 	std::vector<std::string> baseStationMacAdresses = {};
+	bool baseStationShowConsole;
 	float timerDuration = 5.f * 60.f;
 	float timerRepeatDuration = 2.f * 60.f;
 	bool timerRepeating = false;
diff --git a/AsuroTool/AsuroTool.cpp b/AsuroTool/AsuroTool.cpp
index e558df2..56f8353 100644
--- a/AsuroTool/AsuroTool.cpp
+++ b/AsuroTool/AsuroTool.cpp
@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@ ImVec2 timerWindow(DrawData& drawData, ApplicationData& appData)
 			ImGui::OpenPopup(SETTINGS_POPUP_NAME);
 		}
 
-
 		float timerDisplayMinutes = appData.settings.timerDuration / 60.f;
 		
 		if (timerData.isTimerActive)
@@ -529,7 +528,7 @@ ImVec2 checklistWindow(ApplicationData& appData, const char* title)
 			double timeDiffSeconds = difftime(today, getDayStartOf(mostRecentDoneDate));
 			int timeDiffDays = timeDiffSeconds / (60 * 60 * 24);
 			
-			bool highlightButton = timeDiffDays >= appData.checklistHighlightDurationDays;
+			bool highlightButton = timeDiffDays > appData.checklistHighlightDurationDays;
 			if (highlightButton)
 			{
 				ImGui::PushStyleColor(ImGuiCol_FrameBg,        { .5f, .2f, .15f, 0.54f });
@@ -580,7 +579,7 @@ ImVec2 checklistWindow(ApplicationData& appData, const char* title)
 	return size;
 }
 
-void startBaseStationProc(const char* args)
+void startBaseStationProc(const char* args, DWORD flags = 0)
 {
 	// additional information
 	STARTUPINFOA si;
@@ -592,11 +591,7 @@ void startBaseStationProc(const char* args)
 	ZeroMemory(&pi, sizeof(pi));
 
 	// start the program up
-	DWORD creationFlags = 0;
-#ifdef _DEBUG
-	creationFlags = CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE;
-#endif
-	CreateProcessA("lighthouse-v2-manager.exe", const_cast<LPSTR>(args), NULL, NULL, FALSE, creationFlags, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi);
+	CreateProcessA("lighthouse-v2-manager.exe", const_cast<LPSTR>(args), NULL, NULL, FALSE, flags, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi);
 	
 	// Close process and thread handles. 
 	CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
@@ -620,7 +615,7 @@ ImVec2 baseStationWindow(ApplicationData& appData)
 				params.append(" ");
 				params.append(mac.c_str());
 			}
-			startBaseStationProc(params.c_str());
+			startBaseStationProc(params.c_str(), appData.settings.baseStationShowConsole ? CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE : CREATE_NO_WINDOW);
 		}
 		ImGui::SameLine();
 		if (ImGui::Button("Shutdown"))
@@ -631,12 +626,13 @@ ImVec2 baseStationWindow(ApplicationData& appData)
 				params.append(" ");
 				params.append(mac.c_str());
 			}
-			startBaseStationProc(params.c_str());
+			startBaseStationProc(params.c_str(), appData.settings.baseStationShowConsole ? CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE : CREATE_NO_WINDOW);
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (ImGui::BeginPopup(SETTINGS_POPUP_NAME))
 	{
+		ImGui::Checkbox("Show Console", &appData.settings.baseStationShowConsole);
 		if (ImGui::Button("Search"))
 		{
 			startBaseStationProc("discover");
diff --git a/AsuroTool/AudioApi.cpp b/AsuroTool/AudioApi.cpp
index 205edb3..1816adb 100644
--- a/AsuroTool/AudioApi.cpp
+++ b/AsuroTool/AudioApi.cpp
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ void loadAudioDevices(AudioData& audioData, std::vector<AudioDevice>& deviceList
 				audioDevice.isDefaultCommunication = wcscmp(defaultCommunicationId, deviceId) == 0;
 			}
 
-			deviceList.push_back(std::move(audioDevice));
+			if (audioDevice.isInitialized)
+			{
+				deviceList.push_back(std::move(audioDevice));
+			}
 		}
 
 		CoTaskMemFree(deviceId);
diff --git a/AsuroTool/Settings.cpp b/AsuroTool/Settings.cpp
index 438b8e6..02a29a6 100644
--- a/AsuroTool/Settings.cpp
+++ b/AsuroTool/Settings.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ void settingsReadLine(ImGuiContext* ctx, ImGuiSettingsHandler* handler, void* en
 		settings->baseStationMacAdresses.push_back(baseStationMac);
 	}
 
+	// baseStationShowConsole
+	int baseStationShowConsole;
+	if (sscanf_s(line, "baseStationShowConsole=%i", &baseStationShowConsole))
+	{
+		settings->baseStationShowConsole = (bool)baseStationShowConsole;
+	}
+
 	float timerDuration;
 	if (sscanf_s(line, "timerDuration=%f", &timerDuration))
 	{
diff --git a/AsuroTool/WindowsShell.cpp b/AsuroTool/WindowsShell.cpp
index 89bbdce..fd9ff41 100644
--- a/AsuroTool/WindowsShell.cpp
+++ b/AsuroTool/WindowsShell.cpp
@@ -84,13 +84,15 @@ void initShell(DrawData& drawData)
 
 void showToastNotification(TimerToastHandler* handler, const wchar_t* title, const wchar_t* text)
 {
-	WinToastTemplate templ = WinToastTemplate(WinToastTemplate::ImageAndText02);
+	WinToastTemplate templ = WinToastTemplate(WinToastTemplate::ImageAndText01);
+	templ.setScenario(WinToastTemplate::Scenario::Alarm);
 	templ.setImagePath(L"E:\\Code\\AsuroImgui\\x64\\Debug\\kaiju.ico");
 	templ.setTextField(title, WinToastTemplate::FirstLine);
-	templ.setTextField(text, WinToastTemplate::SecondLine);
+	templ.setAttributionText(text);
 	templ.addAction(L"Stop");
+	templ.addAction(L"Dismiss");
 	if (!WinToast::instance()->showToast(templ, handler)) {
-		OutputDebugString(L"Error: Could not launch your toast notification!\n");
+		OutputDebugString(L"Error: Could not launch toast!\n");
 	}
 }