diff --git a/scripts/DAMARIS b/scripts/DAMARIS
index 48e4ec7..3cc0fa6 100755
--- a/scripts/DAMARIS
+++ b/scripts/DAMARIS
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ import damaris.gui.DamarisGUI
 lockfile = os.path.expanduser('~/.damaris.lockdb')
 if args.clean:
     if os.path.exists(lockfile):
+        print "Removing lockfile: %s"%lockfile
         os.remove(lockfile)
+    else:
+        print "Lockfile does not exists: %s"%lockfile
 lockdb = sqlite3.connect(lockfile)
 
 c = lockdb.cursor()
 c.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS damaris (uuid text, status text)")
-print "Make sure experiment table exists"
 lockdb.commit()
 
 if args.debug:
@@ -54,7 +56,6 @@ if args.debug:
     matplotlib.rcParams["verbose.level"] = "debug"
 print args
 d = damaris.gui.DamarisGUI.DamarisGUI(args.exp_script, args.res_script, start_immediately=args.run)
-print "run"
 d.run()
 
 #for exp_script, res_script in args.exp_res_script:
diff --git a/src/gui/DamarisGUI.py b/src/gui/DamarisGUI.py
index f0353ea..0188ec4 100644
--- a/src/gui/DamarisGUI.py
+++ b/src/gui/DamarisGUI.py
@@ -211,11 +211,12 @@ class DamarisGUI:
 
         if start_immediately:
             if exp_script and res_script:
-                self.start_immediatly = start_immediately
+                self.start_immediately = start_immediately
             else:
                 raise ("RuntimeError", "experiment and result scripts not given,\
                                 aborting immediate start of experiment")
-
+        else:
+            self.start_immediately = False
         self.statusbar_init( )
 
         self.main_window.maximize()
@@ -271,9 +272,9 @@ class DamarisGUI:
         # prolong lifetime of clipboard till the very end (avoid error message)
         self.main_clipboard = self.sw.main_clipboard
         gtk.gdk.threads_enter( )
-        if self.start_immediatly:
-            self.toolbar_run_button.emit("clicked")
 
+        if self.start_immediately:
+            self.toolbar_run_button.emit("clicked")
         gtk.main( )
         gtk.gdk.threads_leave( )
         self.si = None
@@ -3206,7 +3207,6 @@ class ScriptInterface:
         self.data = DataPool( )
 
     def runScripts( self ):
-
         try:
             # get script engines
             self.exp_handling = self.res_handling = None