diff --git a/ui (gen4)/Makefile b/ui (gen4)/Makefile
index ef609d1d..8dcf60e0 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/Makefile	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/Makefile	
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ electron-unpacked: $(BUILD_DIR)/$(APP_NAME)-$$(VERSION)-$(TARGET_OS)-$(ARCH)/
 .PHONY: electron-run
 electron-run: ## Run app in electron
 electron-run: dev
-	electron .
+	electron e.js
 
 
 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/sharp.js b/ui (gen4)/features/sharp.js
index 1b9a983e..e12a14c1 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/sharp.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/sharp.js	
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ var SharpActions = actions.Actions({
 	config: {
 		'preview-normalized': true,
 
+		// can be:
+		// 	'gids'
+		// 	'files'
+		'preview-progress-mode': 'gids',
+
 		// NOTE: this uses 'preview-sizes' and 'preview-path-template' 
 		// 		from filesystem.IndexFormat...
 	},
@@ -139,14 +144,10 @@ var SharpActions = actions.Actions({
 		`,
 		function(images, sizes, base_path, logger){
 			var that = this
+			var logger_mode = this.config['preview-progress-mode'] || 'gids'
 			logger = logger || this.logger
 			logger = logger && logger.push('Previews')
 
-			// XXX
-			var logger_mode = 'report-gids'
-			//var logger_mode = 'report-previews'
-
-
 			// get/normalize images...
 			//images = images || this.current
 			images = images || 'all'
@@ -232,10 +233,10 @@ var SharpActions = actions.Actions({
 
 				// NOTE: this will handle both 'queue' and 'resolved' statuses...
 				logger && 
-					( logger_mode == 'report-gids' ?
+					( logger_mode == 'gids' ?
 						// report gid-level progress...
 						(data.res == 'all' 
-							&& logger.emit(data.status, data.path))
+							&& logger.emit(data.status, data.gid))
 						// report preview-level progress...
 						: (data.res != 'all' 
 							&& logger.emit(data.status, data.path)) ) }
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-progress.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-progress.js
index 5ab4dcd0..6e8a1a2c 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-progress.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-progress.js	
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ var ProgressActions = actions.Actions({
 	// 	.showProgress('text', '+0', '+1')
 	//
 	//
+	// XXX add message to be shown...
 	// XXX should we report errors and stoppages??? (error state??)
 	// XXX multiple containers...
 	// XXX shorten the nested css class names...