diff --git a/gui/startup/index.html b/gui/startup/index.html
index 3127804..269755a 100644
--- a/gui/startup/index.html
+++ b/gui/startup/index.html
@@ -19,13 +19,33 @@
           onClick="quitApp()">
           <img src="../EasyDEX-GUI/assets/mainWindow/img/fa-close.png">
         </div>
-        <img
-          src="../EasyDEX-GUI/assets/mainWindow/img/agama-icon.svg"
-          class="agama-logo"
-          alt="Agama Wallet"
-          width="80"
-          height="100" />
-        <div id="agamaModeStatus">Choose Agama mode</div>
+        <div class="intro">
+          <img
+            src="../EasyDEX-GUI/assets/mainWindow/img/agama-icon.svg"
+            class="agama-logo"
+            alt="Agama Wallet"
+            width="80"
+            height="100" />
+          <div id="agamaModeStatus">
+            Choose Agama mode
+            <div
+              onClick="toggleMainWindowHelp()"
+              class="settings-help pointer"
+              title="About Agama modes">
+              <img src="../EasyDEX-GUI/assets/mainWindow/img/fa-question.png" />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="agama-modes-help" style="display: none">
+          <img
+            onClick="toggleMainWindowHelp()"
+            class="close-btn"
+            src="../EasyDEX-GUI/assets/mainWindow/img/fa-close.png">
+          <strong>Be aware:</strong> Native mode requires to download the whole blockchain data to a local disk before you can start using it. This may take from <strong>several hours to a day</strong> depending on your connection and hardware. Please <u>try to keep Agama running</u> until the whole process is finished.
+          <br /><br />
+          If you need a quick and easy access to your funds try SPV mode which doesn't require any blockchain to be loaded locally. All data is requested on demand from Electrum servers.
+        </div>
+        <div class="mode-desc native">Full blockchain mode</div>
         <button
           id="nativeOnlyBtn"
           onClick="closeMainWindow(true)"
@@ -50,6 +70,7 @@
           </li>
         </ul>
 
+        <div class="mode-desc spv">Starts in seconds</div>
         <button
           id="spvBtn"
           onClick="startSPV('KMD')"
diff --git a/routes/shepherd/confMaxconnections.js b/routes/shepherd/confMaxconnections.js
index 971c06c..ebf0f0a 100644
--- a/routes/shepherd/confMaxconnections.js
+++ b/routes/shepherd/confMaxconnections.js
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
+
 module.exports = (shepherd) => {
   shepherd.getMaxconKMDConf = () => {
     return new shepherd.Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      shepherd.fs.readFile(`${shepherd.komodoDir}/komodo.conf`, 'utf8', (err, data) => {
+      fs.readFile(`${shepherd.komodoDir}/komodo.conf`, 'utf8', (err, data) => {
         if (err) {
-          shepherd.log(`kmd conf maxconnections param read failed`);
+          shepherd.log('kmd conf maxconnections param read failed');
           resolve('unset');
         } else {
           const _maxcon = data.match(/maxconnections=\s*(.*)/);
 
           if (!_maxcon) {
-            shepherd.log(`kmd conf maxconnections param is unset`);
+            shepherd.log('kmd conf maxconnections param is unset');
             resolve(false);
           } else {
             shepherd.log(`kmd conf maxconnections param is already set to ${_maxcon[1]}`);
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ module.exports = (shepherd) => {
 
   shepherd.setMaxconKMDConf = (limit) => {
     return new shepherd.Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      shepherd.fs.readFile(`${shepherd.komodoDir}/komodo.conf`, 'utf8', (err, data) => {
+      fs.readFile(`${shepherd.komodoDir}/komodo.conf`, 'utf8', (err, data) => {
         const _maxconVal = limit ? 1 : 10;
 
         if (err) {
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ module.exports = (shepherd) => {
             data = `${data}\nmaxconnections=${_maxconVal}\n`;
           }
 
-          shepherd.fs.writeFile(`${shepherd.komodoDir}/komodo.conf`, data, (err) => {
+          fs.writeFile(`${shepherd.komodoDir}/komodo.conf`, data, (err) => {
             if (err) {
               shepherd.log(`error writing ${shepherd.komodoDir}/komodo.conf maxconnections=${_maxconVal}`);
               resolve(false);