diff --git a/lib/console_ui.dart b/lib/console_ui.dart
index 62c9dac..1a5a51c 100644
--- a/lib/console_ui.dart
+++ b/lib/console_ui.dart
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ Future<void> channelMenuUI(Store node) async {
 
     //await processNotifications(node); // this takes 300 ms
     if( !justShowedChannels) {
-      node.printAllChannelsInfo(20, selectorShowAllRooms);
+      node.printChannelsOverview(20, selectorShowAllRooms);
       justShowedChannels = true;
     }
 
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ Future<void> channelMenuUI(Store node) async {
         break;
 
       case 2:
-        node.printAllChannelsInfo(1000, selectorShowAllRooms);
+        node.printChannelsOverview(1000, selectorShowAllRooms);
         justShowedChannels = true;
         break;
 
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ Future<void> mainMenuUi(Store node) async {
     if( numDirectRoomsPrinted > 0)
        print("\n");
 
-    int numChannelsPrinted = node.printAllChannelsInfo(20, showNotifications);
+    int numChannelsPrinted = node.printChannelsOverview(20, showNotifications);
     
     if( numChannelsPrinted > 0)
       print("\n");
diff --git a/lib/settings.dart b/lib/settings.dart
index 062ff94..d720480 100644
--- a/lib/settings.dart
+++ b/lib/settings.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+import 'dart:io';
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
 
 
+
 final log = Logger('ExampleLogger');
 
 // for debugging
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ const String gDummyAccountPubkey = "Non";
 const int  gMinValidTextWidth   = 60; // minimum text width acceptable
 const int  gDefaultTextWidth    = 96; // default text width
 int        gTextWidth           = gDefaultTextWidth; // is changed by --width option
-const int  gSpacesPerDepth      = 4;     // constant
+const int  gSpacesPerDepth      = 6;     // constant
 int        gNumLeftMarginSpaces = 0;// this number is modified in main 
 String     gAlignment           = "center";   // is modified in main if --align argument is given
 const int  gapBetweenTopTrees   = 1;
@@ -334,8 +336,14 @@ String intro =
   ╚═════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═══╝╚══════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚══════╝╚══════╝
 
 
-""";                         
+""";           
 
-print("\n$intro\n");
+List<String> lines = intro.split("\n");
+
+//print(gCommentColor);
+lines.forEach((line) {print(line.length > stdout.terminalColumns ? line.substring(0, stdout.terminalColumns) : line );});
+//print(gColorEndMarker);
+
+//print("\n$intro\n");
 
 }
diff --git a/lib/tree_ds.dart b/lib/tree_ds.dart
index 289df4d..52af6d0 100644
--- a/lib/tree_ds.dart
+++ b/lib/tree_ds.dart
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ class Tree {
   int printTree(int depth, DateTime newerThan, bool topPost) {
     int numPrinted = 0;
 
+    if( !topPost)
+      print("");
     event.printEvent(depth, topPost);
     numPrinted++;
 
@@ -507,7 +509,7 @@ class Store {
     Store.startMarkerStr += ("▄────────────\n");  // bottom half ▄
 
 
-    int endMarkerDepth = depth + 2 + gTextWidth~/ gSpacesPerDepth - 1;
+    int endMarkerDepth = depth + 1 + gTextWidth~/ gSpacesPerDepth - 1;
     Store.endMarkerStr = getDepthSpaces(endMarkerDepth);
     Store.endMarkerStr += "█\n";
     Store.endMarkerStr +=  "────────────▀".padLeft((endMarkerDepth) * gSpacesPerDepth + gNumLeftMarginSpaces + 1) ;
@@ -1040,7 +1042,7 @@ class Store {
   /**
    * @printAllChennelsInfo Print one line information about all channels, which are type 40 events ( class ChatRoom)
    */
-  int printAllChannelsInfo(int numToPrint, fRoomSelector selector) {
+  int printChannelsOverview(int numToPrint, fRoomSelector selector) {
 
     int numRoomsSelected = 0;
     for( int j = 0; j < channels.length; j++) {