diff --git a/lib/console_ui.dart b/lib/console_ui.dart
index 2d24d6b..1f34e81 100644
--- a/lib/console_ui.dart
+++ b/lib/console_ui.dart
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import 'package:bip340/bip340.dart';
 Future<void> processNotifications(Store node)  async {
   // need a bit of wait to give other events to execute, so do a delay, which allows
   // relays to recieve and handle new events
-  const int waitMilliSeconds = 150;
+  const int waitMilliSeconds = 200;
   Future.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: waitMilliSeconds), ()  {
     
     Set<String> newEventIdsSet = node.processIncomingEvent(getRecievedEvents());
diff --git a/lib/event_ds.dart b/lib/event_ds.dart
index a9f039c..7b99ed0 100644
--- a/lib/event_ds.dart
+++ b/lib/event_ds.dart
@@ -392,12 +392,12 @@ class EventData {
         String reactorId = reactors[i][0];
         if( newLikes.contains(reactorId) && reactors[i][1] == "+") {
           // this is a notifications, print it and then later empty newLikes
-          reactorNames += gNotificationColor + getAuthorName(reactorId) + gColorEndMarker + comma;
+          reactorNames += comma + gNotificationColor + getAuthorName(reactorId) + gColorEndMarker;
           firstEntry = false;
         } else {
           // this is normal printing of the reaction. only print for + for now
           if( reactors[i][1] == "+")
-            reactorNames += getAuthorName(reactorId);
+            reactorNames += comma + getAuthorName(reactorId);
             firstEntry = false;
         }
       } // end for
diff --git a/lib/settings.dart b/lib/settings.dart
index a986ba7..ae9f7c8 100644
--- a/lib/settings.dart
+++ b/lib/settings.dart
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ final log = Logger('ExampleLogger');
 // for debugging
 String gCheckEventId = ""; //"1763016774ceaa8c135dce01e77923994c5afad4cd3e126704a1292ebb1a577e"; //"15d86a36a620fc1f735f2322f31366b2adde786361f568faf6a0dc8368f7e534";
 
-const int gDefaultNumWaitSeconds = 3000; // is used in main()
+const int gDefaultNumWaitSeconds = 2000; // is used in main()
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// file related settings 
 const String gDefaultEventsFilename = "all_nostr_events.txt";