diff --git a/gui/init.js b/gui/init.js
index 84932e4..7008fa7 100644
--- a/gui/init.js
+++ b/gui/init.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 
     function startcheck() {
       portcheck = setInterval(function(){
-        Iguana_activehandle().then(function(result){
+        Iguana_activehandle(appConf).then(function(result){
           console.log(result);
 
           if (result !== 'error') {
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
             }
 
             $('#loading_status_text').text('Connecting to Basilisk Network...');
-            EDEX_DEXgetinfoAll(appConf.skipBasiliskNetworkCheck, appConf.minNotaries);
+            EDEX_DEXgetinfoAll(appConf.skipBasiliskNetworkCheck, appConf.minNotaries, appConf);
           }
         })
         //var check = Iguana_activehandle();
diff --git a/gui/loading.js b/gui/loading.js
index 96c571b..16530eb 100644
--- a/gui/loading.js
+++ b/gui/loading.js
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ function IguanaAJAX(url, ajax_data, timeout) {
   });
 }
 
-function Iguana_activehandle(callback) {
+function Iguana_activehandle(appConf) {
+  $('#loading_status_text').text(appConf.iguanaCorePort);
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
     var ajax_data = {
           'agent': 'SuperNET',
           'method': 'activehandle'
         },
-        AjaxOutputData = IguanaAJAX('http://127.0.0.1:' + config.iguanaPort, ajax_data).done(function(data) {
+        AjaxOutputData = IguanaAJAX('http://127.0.0.1:' + appConf.iguanaCorePort, ajax_data).done(function(data) {
           //$('#loading_status_text').text('Retrieving active handle...');
           //console.log(AjaxOutputData.responseText);
           AjaxOutputData = JSON.parse(AjaxOutputData.responseText)
@@ -111,30 +112,7 @@ function GetAppConf(cb) { // get iguana app conf
   return data;
 }
 
-function EDEX_DEXnotarychains() {
-  return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    var ajax_data = {
-      'agent': 'dpow',
-      'method': 'notarychains'
-    },
-    AjaxOutputData = IguanaAJAX('http://127.0.0.1:' + config.iguanaPort, ajax_data).done(function(data) {
-      //console.log(AjaxOutputData.responseText);
-      AjaxOutputData = JSON.parse(AjaxOutputData.responseText);
-      //console.log(AjaxOutputData);
-      resolve(AjaxOutputData);
-    })
-    .fail(function(xhr, textStatus, error) {
-      // handle request failures
-      console.log(xhr.statusText);
-      if ( xhr.readyState == 0 ) {
-      }
-      console.log(textStatus);
-      console.log(error);
-    });
-  });
-}
-
-function EDEX_DEXgetinfoAll(skip, minNotaries) {
+function EDEX_DEXgetinfoAll(skip, minNotaries, appConf) {
   const remote = require('electron').remote;
   var window = remote.getCurrentWindow();
 
@@ -146,7 +124,7 @@ function EDEX_DEXgetinfoAll(skip, minNotaries) {
           'method': 'notarychains'
         },
         tmp_index = 0,
-        get_dex_notarychains = IguanaAJAX('http://127.0.0.1:' + config.iguanaPort, ajax_data, 10000).done(function(data) {
+        get_dex_notarychains = IguanaAJAX('http://127.0.0.1:' + appConf.iguanaCorePort, ajax_data, 10000).done(function(data) {
           get_dex_notarychains = JSON.parse(get_dex_notarychains.responseText);
           if (minNotaries > get_dex_notarychains.length) { // if config value exceeds total num of notaries
             minNotaries = get_dex_notarychains.length;
@@ -166,7 +144,7 @@ function EDEX_DEXgetinfoAll(skip, minNotaries) {
             console.log(ajax_data);
 
             if (coin_value !== 'MESH' || coin_value !== 'CEAL') {
-              var getinfo_each_chain = IguanaAJAX('http://127.0.0.1:' + config.iguanaPort, ajax_data).done(function(data) {
+              var getinfo_each_chain = IguanaAJAX('http://127.0.0.1:' + appConf.iguanaCorePort, ajax_data).done(function(data) {
                 getinfo_each_chain = JSON.parse(getinfo_each_chain.responseText);
                 console.log(getinfo_each_chain);
 
diff --git a/routes/shepherd.js b/routes/shepherd.js
index 845872e..0d13cc0 100644
--- a/routes/shepherd.js
+++ b/routes/shepherd.js
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ shepherd.post('/appconf', function(req, res, next) {
 
     res.end(JSON.stringify(errorObj));
   } else {
-    shepherd.saveLocalAppConf(JSON.parse(req.body.payload));
+    shepherd.saveLocalAppConf(req.body.payload);
 
     const errorObj = {
       'msg': 'success',