diff --git a/src/display.cpp b/src/display.cpp
index d6790ed..b4b9773 100644
--- a/src/display.cpp
+++ b/src/display.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Display::Display() {
   setClockWeekday("Mon");
   setClockHalted(true);
   setNumberKnownClients(0);
-  for (int i=0; i<MAX_NUMBER_CLIENTS_DISPLAYED; ++i) setClientName(i, "---");
+  for (int i=0; i<MAX_NUMBER_CLIENTS_DISPLAYED; ++i) setClientName(i, "");
 }
 
 void Display::begin(void) {
@@ -183,20 +183,22 @@ void Display::showDashboard(void) {
   // ***** # of clients *****
   setSmallTextSize();
   u8g2.setCursor(55, getTextHeight());
-  u8g2.print(numberKnownClients); u8g2.print(" -->");
+  u8g2.print(numberKnownClients); u8g2.print(" Clks");
 
   // ***** client list *****
   u8g2.drawVLine(79, 0, u8g2.getDisplayHeight());
   for (int i=0; i<5; ++i) {
-    u8g2.setDrawColor(1);
-    u8g2.drawBox(81, i * getTextHeight(), 3*3+1, getTextHeight());
-    u8g2.setCursor(82, (i+1) * getTextHeight());
-    u8g2.setDrawColor(0);
-    if (i < 10) u8g2.print(0);
-    u8g2.print(i);
-    u8g2.setDrawColor(1);
-    u8g2.setCursor(82+3*3+1+1, (i+1) * getTextHeight());
-    u8g2.print(clientName[i]);
+    if (clientName[i][0] != 0) {
+      u8g2.setDrawColor(1);
+      u8g2.drawBox(81, i * getTextHeight(), 3*3+1, getTextHeight());
+      u8g2.setCursor(82, (i+1) * getTextHeight());
+      u8g2.setDrawColor(0);
+      if (i < 10) u8g2.print(0);
+      u8g2.print(i);
+      u8g2.setDrawColor(1);
+      u8g2.setCursor(82+3*3+1+1, (i+1) * getTextHeight());
+      u8g2.print(clientName[i]);
+    }
   }
   u8g2.sendBuffer();
 }
diff --git a/src/display.h b/src/display.h
index 4676ad9..d711a51 100644
--- a/src/display.h
+++ b/src/display.h
@@ -23,12 +23,20 @@ public:
   void showDashboard(void);
   void setClockName(const char *name) { strncpy(clockName, name, MAX_CLOCK_NAME_LEN); };
   void setClockSpeed(const char *speed) { strncpy(clockSpeed, speed, MAX_CLOCK_SPEED_LEN); };
-  void setTime(int hour, int minute) { clockHour = hour; clockMinute = minute; Serial.print("display: new time "); Serial.print(clockHour); Serial.print(":"); Serial.println(clockMinute); }
+  void setTime(int hour, int minute) {
+    clockHour = hour;
+    clockMinute = minute;
+    Serial.print("display: new time "); Serial.print(clockHour); Serial.print(":"); Serial.println(clockMinute);
+  }
   //void setClockSpeed(int _msPerModelSecond) { msPerModelSecond = _msPerModelSecond; setClockSpeed("x"); };
   void setClockWeekday(const char *weekday) { strncpy(clockWeekday, weekday, MAX_CLOCK_WEEKDAY_LEN); };
   void setClockHalted(bool halted) { clockHalted = halted; };
   void setNumberKnownClients(int _numberKnownClients) { numberKnownClients = _numberKnownClients; };
-  void setClientName(int clientNumber, const char *name) { if (clientNumber < MAX_NUMBER_CLIENTS_DISPLAYED) { strncpy(clientName[clientNumber], name, MAX_CLIENT_NAME_LEN); }};
+  void setClientName(int clientNumber, const char *name) {
+    if (clientNumber < MAX_NUMBER_CLIENTS_DISPLAYED) {
+      strncpy(clientName[clientNumber], name, MAX_CLIENT_NAME_LEN);
+    }
+  };
   void addLogMessage(const char *message);
   void showLog(void);
 private: