diff --git a/ctl b/ctl
index 4c05511..805595c 100755
--- a/ctl
+++ b/ctl
@@ -162,14 +162,12 @@ if [ "$1" == "open" ]; then
                     xdg-open "file://${BASE}/openmedialibrary/static/html/load.html"
                 fi
             else
-                #$PYTHON "${NAME}/oml/gtkstatus.py" $@
-                #exit $?
-                "$0" start &
+                $PYTHON "${NAME}/oml/gtkstatus.py" $@
+                exit $?
             fi
         else
-            #$PYTHON "$NAME/oml/gtkstatus.py" $@
-            #exit $?
-            "$0" start &
+            $PYTHON "$NAME/oml/gtkstatus.py" $@
+            exit $?
         fi
     fi
     exit 0
@@ -189,7 +187,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$1" == "ui" ]; then
     shift
-    $PYTHON "$NAME/oml/ui.py" "$@"
+    $PYTHON "$NAME/oml/ui.py" $@
     exit $?
 fi
 if [ "$1" == "init" ]; then
diff --git a/oml/gtkstatus.py b/oml/gtkstatus.py
index d9abb0d..726afc5 100644
--- a/oml/gtkstatus.py
+++ b/oml/gtkstatus.py
@@ -22,18 +22,6 @@ title = "Open Media Library"
 ctl = base + '/ctl'
 
 
-def check_pid(pid):
-    if not os.path.exists(pid):
-        return False
-    try:
-        with open(pid, 'r') as fd:
-            pid = int(fd.read().strip())
-        os.kill(pid, 0)
-    except OSError:
-        return False
-    else:
-        return True
-
 class OMLIcon:
     menu = None
     icon = None
@@ -93,7 +81,7 @@ class OMLIcon:
     @classmethod
     def is_running(cls):
         pid = cls.get_pid()
-        if pid and check_pid(pid):
+        if pid and os.path.exists(pid):
             return True
         else:
             return False
diff --git a/oml/ui.py b/oml/ui.py
index 5b9dc26..ba4630a 100644
--- a/oml/ui.py
+++ b/oml/ui.py
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if len(sys.argv) >= 3:
         base = sys.argv[2]
     base = os.path.expanduser(base)
-    if os.path.exists(base):
-        os.chdir(base)
+    os.chdir(base)
     if len(sys.argv) >= 2 and sys.argv[1] == 'folder':
         print(ui.selectFolder({}))
     else:
diff --git a/static/reader/pdf.js b/static/reader/pdf.js
index 15b4487..6e095f1 100644
--- a/static/reader/pdf.js
+++ b/static/reader/pdf.js
@@ -11,21 +11,14 @@ Ox.load({
         console.log('got', event, 'data', data)
         if (event == 'selectAnnotation') {
             var annotation = annotations.filter(function(a) { return a.id == data.id })[0]
-            var delay = 0
             if (
                 annotation &&
                 annotation.page &&
                 PDFViewerApplication.pdfViewer.currentPageNumber != annotation.page
             ) {
+                //FIXME: scroll into view
                 PDFViewerApplication.pdfViewer.currentPageNumber = annotation.page;
-                delay = 250
             }
-            setTimeout(function() {
-                var el = document.querySelector('.a' + annotation.id);
-                if (el) {
-                    document.querySelector('#viewerContainer').scrollTop = el.offsetTop + el.parentElement.offsetTop - 64;
-                }
-            }, delay)
             selectAnnotation(data.id)
         } else if (event == 'addAnnotations') {
             data.annotations.forEach(function(annotation) {