diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 58c48ead..2b607c5c 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ JESSIE_GO_TAGS := gtk_3_14
 
 # Build information
 #GIT_COMMIT = $(shell git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c1-7)
-VERSION := 2.7.3
+VERSION := 2.7.4
 BUILD_DATE ?= $(shell date --utc +%Y%m%d-%H:%M:%S)
 #BRANCH = $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7fa9ec9..5ddf45da 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,15 +83,15 @@ There are two ways to install OctoScreen: the recommended and supported way is t
 
 For example, to install on a new RaspberryPi with OctoPi:
 ```sh
-wget https://github.com/Z-Bolt/OctoScreen/releases/download/v2.7.3/octoscreen_2.7.3_armhf.deb
-sudo dpkg -i octoscreen_2.7.3_armhf.deb
+wget https://github.com/Z-Bolt/OctoScreen/releases/download/v2.7.4/octoscreen_2.7.4_armhf.deb
+sudo dpkg -i octoscreen_2.7.4_armhf.deb
 ```
 
 Or to update an existing version of OctoScreen:
 ```sh
-wget https://github.com/Z-Bolt/OctoScreen/releases/download/v2.7.3/octoscreen_2.7.3_armhf.deb
+wget https://github.com/Z-Bolt/OctoScreen/releases/download/v2.7.4/octoscreen_2.7.4_armhf.deb
 sudo dpkg -r octoscreen
-sudo dpkg -i octoscreen_2.7.3_armhf.deb
+sudo dpkg -i octoscreen_2.7.4_armhf.deb
 sudo reboot now
 ```
 
diff --git a/octoprintApis/client.go b/octoprintApis/client.go
index de7d596f..6da7f1a6 100755
--- a/octoprintApis/client.go
+++ b/octoprintApis/client.go
@@ -140,7 +140,10 @@ func (this *Client) handleResponse(
 ) ([]byte, error) {
 	logger.TraceEnter("Client.handleResponse()")
 
-	defer httpResponse.Body.Close()
+	defer func() {
+		io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, httpResponse.Body)
+		httpResponse.Body.Close()
+	}()
 
 	if statusMapping != nil {
 		if err := statusMapping.Error(httpResponse.StatusCode); err != nil {
diff --git a/ui/IdleStatusPanel.go b/ui/IdleStatusPanel.go
index 0535e465..a2b3882e 100755
--- a/ui/IdleStatusPanel.go
+++ b/ui/IdleStatusPanel.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package ui
 import (
 	// "encoding/json"
 	// "fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
 	// "sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -31,7 +33,23 @@ func IdleStatusPanel(ui *UI) *idleStatusPanel {
 		instance := &idleStatusPanel{
 			CommonPanel: NewTopLevelCommonPanel("IdleStatusPanel", ui),
 		}
-		instance.backgroundTask = utils.CreateBackgroundTask(time.Second * 2, instance.update)
+
+		// Default timeout of 20 seconds.
+		durration := time.Second * 20
+
+		// Experimental, set the timeout based on config setting, but only if the config is pressent.
+		updateFrequency := os.Getenv("EXPERIMENTAL_IDLE_UPDATE_FREQUENCY")
+		if updateFrequency != "" {
+			logger.Infof("Ui.New() - EXPERIMENTAL_IDLE_UPDATE_FREQUENCY is present, frequency is %s", updateFrequency)
+			val, err := strconv.Atoi(updateFrequency)
+			if err == nil {
+				durration = time.Second * time.Duration(val)
+			} else {
+				logger.LogError("Ui.New()", "strconv.Atoi()", err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		instance.backgroundTask = utils.CreateBackgroundTask(durration, instance.update)
 		instance.initialize()
 
 		idleStatusPanelInstance = instance
diff --git a/ui/NetworkPanel.go b/ui/NetworkPanel.go
index 1feab9a5..12d865bb 100755
--- a/ui/NetworkPanel.go
+++ b/ui/NetworkPanel.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package ui
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"pifke.org/wpasupplicant"
@@ -33,7 +35,23 @@ func NetworkPanel(
 			CommonPanel: NewCommonPanel("NetworkPanel", ui),
 		}
 		instance.initialize()
-		instance.backgroundTask = utils.CreateBackgroundTask(time.Second * 3, instance.update)
+
+		// Default timeout of 30 seconds.
+		durration := time.Second * 30
+
+		// Experimental, set the timeout based on config setting, but only if the config is pressent.
+		updateFrequency := os.Getenv("EXPERIMENTAL_NETWORK_UPDATE_FREQUENCY")
+		if updateFrequency != "" {
+			logger.Infof("Ui.New() - EXPERIMENTAL_NETWORK_UPDATE_FREQUENCY is present, frequency is %s", updateFrequency)
+			val, err := strconv.Atoi(updateFrequency)
+			if err == nil {
+				durration = time.Second * time.Duration(val)
+			} else {
+				logger.LogError("Ui.New()", "strconv.Atoi()", err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		instance.backgroundTask = utils.CreateBackgroundTask(durration, instance.update)
 		networkPanelInstance = instance
 	}
 
diff --git a/ui/PrintStatusPanel.go b/ui/PrintStatusPanel.go
index cb39cc34..b049c41e 100755
--- a/ui/PrintStatusPanel.go
+++ b/ui/PrintStatusPanel.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package ui
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -43,9 +45,24 @@ func PrintStatusPanel(ui *UI) *printStatusPanel {
 			CommonPanel: NewTopLevelCommonPanel("PrintStatusPanel", ui),
 		}
 
+		// Default timeout of 20 seconds.
+		durration := time.Second * 20
+
+		// Experimental, set the timeout based on config setting, but only if the config is pressent.
+		updateFrequency := os.Getenv("EXPERIMENTAL_PRINT_UPDATE_FREQUENCY")
+		if updateFrequency != "" {
+			logger.Infof("Ui.New() - EXPERIMENTAL_PRINT_UPDATE_FREQUENCY is present, frequency is %s", updateFrequency)
+			val, err := strconv.Atoi(updateFrequency)
+			if err == nil {
+				durration = time.Second * time.Duration(val)
+			} else {
+				logger.LogError("Ui.New()", "strconv.Atoi()", err)
+			}
+		}
+
 		// TODO: revisit... some set the background task and then initialize
 		// and others initialize and then set the background task
-		instance.backgroundTask = utils.CreateBackgroundTask(time.Second * 2, instance.update)
+		instance.backgroundTask = utils.CreateBackgroundTask(durration, instance.update)
 		instance.initialize()
 		printStatusPanelInstance = instance
 	}
diff --git a/ui/ui.go b/ui/ui.go
index e5e5aadc..f9310144 100755
--- a/ui/ui.go
+++ b/ui/ui.go
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ func New(endpoint, key string, width, height int) *UI {
 	durration := time.Second * 20
 
 	// Experimental, set the timeout based on config setting, but only if the config is pressent.
-	updateFrequency := os.Getenv("EXPERIMENTAL_UPDATE_FREQUENCY")
+	updateFrequency := os.Getenv("EXPERIMENTAL_UI_UPDATE_FREQUENCY")
 	if updateFrequency != "" {
-		logger.Infof("Ui.New() - EXPERIMENTAL_UPDATE_FREQUENCY is present, frequency is %s", updateFrequency)
+		logger.Infof("Ui.New() - EXPERIMENTAL_UI_UPDATE_FREQUENCY is present, frequency is %s", updateFrequency)
 		val, err := strconv.Atoi(updateFrequency)
 		if err == nil {
 			durration = time.Second * time.Duration(val)
diff --git a/utils/environment.go b/utils/environment.go
index 476dcfd0..b35d9a92 100755
--- a/utils/environment.go
+++ b/utils/environment.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 
 // OctoScreenVersion is set during compilation.
-var OctoScreenVersion = "2.7.3"
+var OctoScreenVersion = "2.7.4"
 
 const MISSING_ENV_TOKEN = ">>MISSING<<"
 const INVALID_ENV_TOKEN = "!!!INVALID!!!"
diff --git a/utils/gtk.go b/utils/gtk.go
index 67d041e7..feb9167f 100755
--- a/utils/gtk.go
+++ b/utils/gtk.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -261,14 +263,18 @@ func ImageFromUrl(imageUrl string) (*gtk.Image, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New("imageUrl is empty")
 	}
 
-	response, getErr:= http.Get(imageUrl)
+	httpResponse, getErr:= http.Get(imageUrl)
 	if getErr != nil {
 		return nil, getErr
 	}
-	defer response.Body.Close()
 
-	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	readLength, readErr := buf.ReadFrom(response.Body)
+	defer func() {
+		io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, httpResponse.Body)
+		httpResponse.Body.Close()
+	}()
+
+	buffer := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	readLength, readErr := buffer.ReadFrom(httpResponse.Body)
 	if readErr != nil {
 		return nil, readErr
 	} else if readLength < 1 {
@@ -281,7 +287,7 @@ func ImageFromUrl(imageUrl string) (*gtk.Image, error) {
 	}
 	defer pixbufLoader.Close()
 
-	writeLength, writeErr := pixbufLoader.Write(buf.Bytes())
+	writeLength, writeErr := pixbufLoader.Write(buffer.Bytes())
 	if writeErr != nil {
 		return nil, writeErr
 	} else if writeLength < 1 {