diff --git a/classes/utils/configs.py b/classes/utils/configs.py
index f2764bf..56ce785 100644
--- a/classes/utils/configs.py
+++ b/classes/utils/configs.py
@@ -16,19 +16,20 @@ class ConfigurationFile():
     (base, ext) = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(app_path))
     self.app_name = base
     self.cfg_file = self.app_name + ".yaml"    
-    self.use_path = ""
+    self.use_path = self.cfg_file
     self.config = []
+    self.paths = []
+    self.paths.append(".")             # local first
+    # grab from env
+    self.paths.append(self.cfg_path)  # program location
 
   def find_config(self):
-    # local first
-    if os.path.isfile(self.cfg_file):
-      self.use_path = self.cfg_file
-      return 1
-    elif os.path.isfile(self.cfg_path + "/" + self.cfg_file):
-      self.use_path = self.cfg_path + "/" + self.cfg_file
-      return 1
-    else:
-      print("Config file not found:", self.cfg_file)
+    for path in self.paths:
+      cfg = path + "/" + self.cfg_file
+      if os.path.isfile(cfg):
+        self.use_path = cfg
+        return 1
+    print("Config file not found:", self.cfg_file)
     return 0
 
   def read_config(self):
@@ -42,7 +43,15 @@ class ConfigurationFile():
     return self.config
 
   def write_config(self, config):
+    self.config = config
     with open(self.use_path, 'w') as f:
       f.write(yaml.dump(config))
       f.close()
-  
\ No newline at end of file
+  
+  def get_config(self, name):
+    if name in self.config:
+      return self.config[name]
+    return ""
+
+  def set_config(self, name, val):
+    self.config[name] = val
diff --git a/gps_tool/MainWindow.py b/gps_tool/MainWindow.py
index e65ae7f..b3d01bf 100644
--- a/gps_tool/MainWindow.py
+++ b/gps_tool/MainWindow.py
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ class Ui_MainWindow(object):
         font1.setBold(True)
         font1.setWeight(75)
         self.label_14.setFont(font1)
+        self.txtCount = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
+        self.txtCount.setObjectName(u"txtCount")
+        self.txtCount.setGeometry(QRect(150, 10, 61, 16))
+        self.txtCount.setFrameShape(QFrame.Panel)
+        self.txtCount.setFrameShadow(QFrame.Sunken)
         MainWindow.setCentralWidget(self.centralwidget)
         self.menubar = QMenuBar(MainWindow)
         self.menubar.setObjectName(u"menubar")
@@ -186,5 +191,6 @@ class Ui_MainWindow(object):
         self.toggleLogging.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Start", None))
         self.label_12.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"GPX Data Logging:", None))
         self.label_14.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"GPS Tool (gpsd client)", None))
+        self.txtCount.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"0", None))
     # retranslateUi
 
diff --git a/gps_tool/gps_tool.py b/gps_tool/gps_tool.py
index 1a18577..6c6bd55 100755
--- a/gps_tool/gps_tool.py
+++ b/gps_tool/gps_tool.py
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ class QtGPSWindow(MainWindow):
 
     self.log_enabled = 0
     self.dirname = "."
+    self.num_count = 0
     self.num_points = 0
 
     self.my_thread = DataThread()
@@ -150,6 +151,8 @@ class QtGPSWindow(MainWindow):
         point.time = datetime.now()
         self.gpx_segment.points.append(point)
         self.num_points += 1
+      self.num_count += 1
+      self.txtCount.setText(str(self.num_count))
         
     elif report['class'] == 'SKY':
       self.txtHDOP.setText(str(getattr(report, 'hdop', 0.0)))
diff --git a/gps_tool/mainwindow.ui b/gps_tool/mainwindow.ui
index c1742fb..3a6110d 100644
--- a/gps_tool/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/gps_tool/mainwindow.ui
@@ -481,6 +481,28 @@
      <string>GPS Tool (gpsd client)</string>
     </property>
    </widget>
+   <widget class="QLabel" name="txtCount">
+    <property name="geometry">
+     <rect>
+      <x>150</x>
+      <y>10</y>
+      <width>61</width>
+      <height>16</height>
+     </rect>
+    </property>
+    <property name="frameShape">
+     <enum>QFrame::Panel</enum>
+    </property>
+    <property name="frameShadow">
+     <enum>QFrame::Sunken</enum>
+    </property>
+    <property name="text">
+     <string>0</string>
+    </property>
+    <property name="alignment">
+     <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+    </property>
+   </widget>
   </widget>
   <widget class="QMenuBar" name="menubar">
    <property name="geometry">