diff --git a/client/src/app.rs b/client/src/app.rs
index 59bbb68..5c12189 100644
--- a/client/src/app.rs
+++ b/client/src/app.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,12 @@ impl LesavkaClientApp {
             let win1 = MonitorWindow::new(1, &el).expect("win1");
 
             let _ = el.run(move |_: Event<()>, _| {
+                static CNT: std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64 = std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64::new(0);
                 while let Ok(pkt) = video_rx.try_recv() {
+                    CNT.fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+                    if CNT.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed) % 300 == 0 {
+                        tracing::debug!("🎥 received {} video packets", CNT.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed));
+                    }
                     match pkt.id {
                         0 => win0.push_packet(pkt),
                         1 => win1.push_packet(pkt),
diff --git a/client/src/output/video.rs b/client/src/output/video.rs
index f6868bd..1190dff 100644
--- a/client/src/output/video.rs
+++ b/client/src/output/video.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ impl MonitorWindow {
         let window = el
             .create_window(
                 WindowAttributes::default()
-                    .with_title(format!("Lesavka‑monitor‑{id}"))
+                    .with_title(format!("Lesavka-eye-{id}"))
                     .with_decorations(true),
             )?;
 
@@ -39,15 +39,22 @@ impl MonitorWindow {
             .field("alignment", &"au")
             .build();
 
-        let pipeline = gst::parse::launch(DESC)?
-            .downcast::<gst::Pipeline>()
-            .expect("pipeline down‑cast");
+        // let pipeline = gst::parse::launch(DESC)?
+        //     .downcast::<gst::Pipeline>()
+        //     .expect("pipeline down‑cast");
+        let pipeline: gst::Pipeline = gst::parse::launch(DESC)?
+            .downcast()
+            .expect("pipeline");
 
-        let src = pipeline
-            .by_name("src")
-            .expect("appsrc element not found")
-            .downcast::<gst_app::AppSrc>()
-            .expect("appsrc down‑cast");
+        // let src = pipeline
+        //     .by_name("src")
+        //     .expect("appsrc element not found")
+        //     .downcast::<gst_app::AppSrc>()
+        //     .expect("appsrc down‑cast");
+        let src: gst_app::AppSrc = pipeline.by_name("src")
+            .expect("appsrc")
+            .downcast()
+            .expect("appsrc");
 
         src.set_caps(Some(&caps));
         src.set_format(gst::Format::Time);        // downstream clock
@@ -65,7 +72,11 @@ impl MonitorWindow {
     pub fn push_packet(&self, pkt: VideoPacket) {
         // Mutable so we can set the PTS:
         let mut buf = gst::Buffer::from_slice(pkt.data);
-        if let Some(ref mut b) = buf.get_mut() {
+        // if let Some(ref mut b) = buf.get_mut() {
+        //     b.set_pts(Some(gst::ClockTime::from_useconds(pkt.pts)));
+        // }
+        {
+            let b = buf.get_mut().unwrap();
             b.set_pts(Some(gst::ClockTime::from_useconds(pkt.pts)));
         }
         let _ = self.src.push_buffer(buf); // ignore Eos / flushing
diff --git a/scripts/install/client.sh b/scripts/install/client.sh
index 2484a42..0b194af 100755
--- a/scripts/install/client.sh
+++ b/scripts/install/client.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ORIG_USER=${SUDO_USER:-$(id -un)}
 
 # 1. packages (Arch)
 sudo pacman -Syq --needed --noconfirm git rustup protobuf gcc evtest gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav
+yay -S --noconfirm grpcurl-bin
 
 # 2. Rust tool-chain for both root & user
 sudo rustup default stable
diff --git a/scripts/install/server.sh b/scripts/install/server.sh
index ae991d8..ba61b14 100755
--- a/scripts/install/server.sh
+++ b/scripts/install/server.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if ! command -v yay >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     cd /tmp && git clone --depth 1 https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git &&
     cd yay && makepkg -si --noconfirm'
 fi
-yay -S --noconfirm grpcurl-bin
+# yay -S --noconfirm grpcurl-bin
 
 echo "==> 2a. Kernel‑driver tweaks"
 cat <<'EOF' | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/gc311-stream.conf >/dev/null
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ After=network.target lesavka-core.service
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/lesavka-server
 Restart=always
-Environment=RUST_LOG=lesavka_server=debug,lesavka_server::video=trace,lesavka_server::usb_gadget=info
+Environment=RUST_LOG=lesavka_server=info,lesavka_server::video=trace,lesavka_server::usb_gadget=info
 Environment=RUST_BACKTRACE=1
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=5
diff --git a/server/src/video.rs b/server/src/video.rs
index 90486dc..5ab5caa 100644
--- a/server/src/video.rs
+++ b/server/src/video.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ pub async fn eye_ball(
                     std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64::new(0);
                 let n = FRAME.fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
                 if n % 120 == 0 {
-                    trace!("eye{id}: delivered {n} frames");
+                    // trace!("eye{id}: delivered {n} frames");
+                    trace!(target: "lesavka_server::video", "eye{id}: delivered {n} frames");
                 }
 
                 /* -------- map once, reuse ----- */
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ pub async fn eye_ball(
 
                 // write first IDR to disk (quick sanity check)
                 if n == 0 {
+                    // let map = buffer.map_readable().map_err(|_| gst::FlowError::Error)?;
                     std::fs::write(format!("/tmp/eye{id}-idr.h264"), map.as_slice()).ok();
                 }