diff --git a/cmd/gosdn-tview/grpc/commands.go b/cmd/gosdn-tview/grpc/commands.go
index 74d2b09558e9e5a51a1ee3427623c96ca7006dfd..1ce55dd37b4b70e2cce9fa5aa0b4a1f24d42d9a8 100644
--- a/cmd/gosdn-tview/grpc/commands.go
+++ b/cmd/gosdn-tview/grpc/commands.go
@@ -22,17 +22,16 @@ type command struct {
 
 //CommandList contains the specific goSDN gRPC calls
 var CommandList = []command{
-	{"hello", "test connection to goSDN controller", goSDNSayHello},
-	{"shutdown", "request goSDN controller to shutdown", goSDNShutdown},
+	{"hello", "test connection to controller", goSDNSayHello},
 	{"testdb", "test all database connections", goSDNTestDB},
-	{"tapigetedge", "get list of edges", TAPIGetEdge},
-	{"tapigetedgenode", "get list of edgenodes", TAPIGetEdgeNode},
-	{"tapigetlink", "get list of links", TAPIGetLink},
+	{"tapiGetDevices", "creates devices", TAPIGetEdge},
+	{"tapiGetInterfaces", "creates interfaces", TAPIGetEdgeNode},
+	{"tapiGetLinks", "creates links between devices", TAPIGetLink},
+	{"shutdown", "request controller to shutdown", goSDNShutdown},
 }
 
 //Connect creates a new connection to the gRPC server
-func Connect() (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
-	address := "141.100.70.170:55066"
+func Connect(address string) (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
 	return grpc.Dial(address, grpc.WithInsecure(), grpc.WithTimeout(5*time.Second), grpc.WithBlock())
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ func GoSDNLogStream(conn *grpc.ClientConn, clv *tview.TextView) error {
 				streamError = err
 				break
 			}
-			response := []byte(msg.Log + "\n")
+			response := []byte(msg.Log)
 			clv.Write(response)
 		}
 	}(stream)
diff --git a/cmd/gosdn-tview/main.go b/cmd/gosdn-tview/main.go
index 7f7368547959d5f92ebb922528b79d4214a2420b..4191524b856526f9d6d13cd2fb3db654127a80f9 100644
--- a/cmd/gosdn-tview/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gosdn-tview/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"flag"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
 	"code.fbi.h-da.de/cocsn/gosdn/cmd/gosdn-tview/app"
 	grpc "code.fbi.h-da.de/cocsn/gosdn/cmd/gosdn-tview/grpc"
 	"code.fbi.h-da.de/cocsn/gosdn/cmd/gosdn-tview/views"
@@ -8,7 +12,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	conn, err := grpc.Connect()
+	addrIPv4 := flag.String("addr", "localhost", "IPv4 server adress to connect to")
+	port := flag.Int("port", 55055, "Port of gRPC")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	addr := strings.Join([]string{*addrIPv4, strconv.Itoa(*port)}, ":")
+	conn, err := grpc.Connect(addr)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/gosdn-tview/views/commandsListView.go b/cmd/gosdn-tview/views/commandsListView.go
index 761a171fa89346ea2c53a4334e55bfa2a3df6da6..b9e42b9049d960c097ec2a383d5df0f947641a66 100644
--- a/cmd/gosdn-tview/views/commandsListView.go
+++ b/cmd/gosdn-tview/views/commandsListView.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func (cv *CommandListView) GetContent() tview.Primitive {
 func (cv *CommandListView) GetCommands(app *app.App, rv *ResultAndInputView,
 	conn *grpc.ClientConn) {
 	//TODO: create own command in grpc -> commands
-	cv.commandsList.AddItem("AddPND", "closes the application", 'a', func() {
+	cv.commandsList.AddItem("addPND", "closes the application", 'a', func() {
 		rv.ChangeContentView("addPND")
 		app.SetFocus(rv.GetContent())
 	})
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (cv *CommandListView) GetCommands(app *app.App, rv *ResultAndInputView,
 			})
 	}
 
-	cv.commandsList.AddItem("Show Log", "shows the log of goSDN", 'l', func() {
+	cv.commandsList.AddItem("log", "shows the log of goSDN", 'l', func() {
 		rv.ChangeContentView("log")
 	})
 
diff --git a/cmd/gosdn-tview/views/datbaseStatusView.go b/cmd/gosdn-tview/views/datbaseStatusView.go
index 6c217b416779ecb7ea7232ee0b310298a27d8ce2..3c8e3c36689e893a3b812dce3386779340e34aa4 100644
--- a/cmd/gosdn-tview/views/datbaseStatusView.go
+++ b/cmd/gosdn-tview/views/datbaseStatusView.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package views
 import (
 	"code.fbi.h-da.de/cocsn/gosdn/cmd/gosdn-tview/app"
 	"github.com/rivo/tview"
-	"time"
+	//"time"
 )
 
 //DatabaseStatusView is an application view to display the current status of
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ func NewDatabaseStatusView(app *app.App) *DatabaseStatusView {
 		SetBorder(true).
 		SetTitle("Database")
 
-	// run the periodical refresh in a new go routine
-	go databaseTicker(dv)
+	//TODO: dummy text at the moment. database status check has to be initilized
+	//here
+	dv.databaseStatusView.SetText("[green]" + "connected")
 
 	return dv
 }
@@ -40,11 +41,3 @@ func (dv *DatabaseStatusView) SetContent(s string) {
 	dv.databaseStatusView.Clear()
 	dv.databaseStatusView.SetText(s)
 }
-
-func databaseTicker(dv *DatabaseStatusView) {
-	//TODO see gRPCStatusView!
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Second)
-	for t := range ticker.C {
-		dv.SetContent(t.String())
-	}
-}
diff --git a/cmd/gosdn-tview/views/gRPCStatusView.go b/cmd/gosdn-tview/views/gRPCStatusView.go
index ef024aecc34363bc3a8edf67ff51ac574dab4e65..836c06a167173fe23f283a6dcfc04edfb7dd47b0 100644
--- a/cmd/gosdn-tview/views/gRPCStatusView.go
+++ b/cmd/gosdn-tview/views/gRPCStatusView.go
@@ -49,13 +49,17 @@ func (sv *GRPCStatusView) SetContent(s string) {
 }
 
 func gRPCTicker(sv *GRPCStatusView, conn *grpc.ClientConn) {
+	sv.SetContent(checkStatus(conn))
 	//TODO: refactor -> get rid of hardcoded values
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Second)
 	for range ticker.C {
-		if str := conn.GetState().String(); str == "READY" || str == "IDLE" {
-			sv.SetContent("[green]" + "connected")
-		} else {
-			sv.SetContent("[red]" + "disconnected")
-		}
+		sv.SetContent(checkStatus(conn))
 	}
 }
+
+func checkStatus(conn *grpc.ClientConn) string {
+	if str := conn.GetState().String(); str == "READY" || str == "IDLE" {
+		return "[green]" + "connected"
+	}
+	return "[red]" + "disconnected"
+}
diff --git a/cmd/gosdn-tview/views/headerView.go b/cmd/gosdn-tview/views/headerView.go
index 7c68ef2b74442cd30e21ba7fc71bdcbc0a4203b0..8f7198383324722f84e80ccb0cb81dcc15b100fc 100644
--- a/cmd/gosdn-tview/views/headerView.go
+++ b/cmd/gosdn-tview/views/headerView.go
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ package views
 
 import "github.com/rivo/tview"
 
-var goSDNAscii = `		 ____  ____  _   _           _   _            _              _           _        ____                           _            _ _
-  __ _  ___/ ___||  _ \| \ | |         | | | | ___   ___| |__  ___  ___| |__  _   _| | ___  |  _ \  __ _ _ __ _ __ ___  ___| |_ __ _  __| | |_
- / _  |/ _ \___ \| | | |  \| |  _____  | |_| |/ _ \ / __| '_ \/ __|/ __| '_ \| | | | |/ _ \ | | | |/ _  | '__| '_   _ \/ __| __/ _  |/ _  | __|
-| (_| | (_) |__) | |_| | |\  | |_____| |  _  | (_) | (__| | | \__ \ (__| | | | |_| | |  __/ | |_| | (_| | |  | | | | | \__ \ || (_| | (_| | |_
- \__  |\___/____/|____/|_| \_|         |_| |_|\___/ \___|_| |_|___/\___|_| |_|\__,_|_|\___| |____/ \__,_|_|  |_| |_| |_|___/\__\__,_|\__,_|\__|
- |___/																																	    `
+var goSDNAscii = `     ____  ____  _   _               _          __          _             _            _
+  __ _  ___/ ___||  _ \| \ | |           __| | __ _   / / __   ___| |_          | |__      __| | __ _
+ / _  |/ _ \___ \| | | |  \| |  _____   / _  |/ _  | / /  _ \ / _ \ __|  _____  |  _ \    / _  |/ _  |
+| (_| | (_) |__) | |_| | |\  | |_____| | (_| | (_| |/ /| | | |  __/ |_  |_____| | | | |  | (_| | (_| |
+ \__, |\___/____/|____/|_| \_|          \__,_|\__,_/_/ |_| |_|\___|\__|         |_| |_|___\__,_|\__,_|
+ |___/                                                                               |_____|          `
 
 //HeaderView is an application view to display the header of the application
 type HeaderView struct {