diff --git a/applications/ese/app.go b/applications/ese/app.go
index 0ef9817cdf84a7df4d51620fc6910907b67ad7c5..7f05a15e82bc495f734ba4ddbeb9f3008c2dcf72 100644
--- a/applications/ese/app.go
+++ b/applications/ese/app.go
@@ -23,13 +23,8 @@ type Application struct {
 
 // Run runs the application.
 func (a *Application) Run(controllerAddress string) {
-	//init status map
 	statusMap = make(map[string]map[string]*InterfaceStatus)
 
-	//load audio files
-	//initializeSoundFiles(soundFileOperStatusUP)
-	//initializeSoundFiles(soundFileOperStatusDOWN)
-
 	signal.Notify(a.stopChannel, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
 
 	a.eventServiceDevices.SubscribeToEventType([]event.TypeToCallbackTuple{
@@ -75,13 +70,7 @@ func (a *Application) DeviceCallback(event *event.Event) {
 
 	if changedInterfaces != nil {
 		for _, changedInterface := range changedInterfaces {
-			playTTS(fmt.Sprintf("%s has changed the status to %s", changedInterface.Name, changedInterface.Status))
-			//if changedInterface.Status == "UP" {
-			//	PlaySound(true)
-			//} else {
-			//	PlaySound(false)
-			//}
-			fmt.Printf(`Change for device "%s" : Operational-State changed for interface "%s" to %s`, changedInterface.NetworkElementName, changedInterface.Name, changedInterface.Status)
+			fmt.Printf("Change on %s: status of interface %s has changed to %s", changedInterface.NetworkElementName, changedInterface.Name, changedInterface.Status)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/applications/ese/audio.go b/applications/ese/audio.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 09b0dc9bf365cc67e991a8de732540bc03fbe848..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/applications/ese/audio.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"log"
-	"os"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/faiface/beep"
-	"github.com/faiface/beep/mp3"
-	"github.com/faiface/beep/speaker"
-	htgotts "github.com/hegedustibor/htgo-tts"
-	"github.com/hegedustibor/htgo-tts/voices"
-)
-
-const (
-	soundFileOperStatusUP   = "audio-files/up.mp3"
-	soundFileOperStatusDOWN = "audio-files/down.mp3"
-)
-
-var soundBuffers map[string]*beep.Buffer
-
-func initializeSoundFiles(filename string) {
-	if soundBuffers == nil {
-		// init streamer
-		sampleRate := beep.SampleRate(48000)
-		speaker.Init(sampleRate, sampleRate.N(time.Second/10))
-
-		soundBuffers = make(map[string]*beep.Buffer)
-	}
-
-	f, err := os.Open(filename)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	streamer, format, err := mp3.Decode(f)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	buffer := beep.NewBuffer(format)
-	buffer.Append(streamer)
-	streamer.Close()
-
-	soundBuffers[filename] = buffer
-}
-
-func PlaySound(up bool) {
-	if up {
-		buffer := soundBuffers[soundFileOperStatusUP]
-		cableUP := buffer.Streamer(0, buffer.Len())
-		speaker.Play(cableUP)
-	} else {
-		buffer := soundBuffers[soundFileOperStatusDOWN]
-		cableUP := buffer.Streamer(0, buffer.Len())
-		speaker.Play(cableUP)
-	}
-}
-
-func playTTS(text string) {
-	speech := htgotts.Speech{Folder: "audio-files", Language: voices.German}
-	speech.Speak(text)
-}
diff --git a/applications/ese/main.go b/applications/ese/main.go
index 0fd31fd1e4567bf0554a4d8236c54e79764e0c98..0361abfe2517e281cdaf268067ce94fbee5b828b 100644
--- a/applications/ese/main.go
+++ b/applications/ese/main.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	// TODO: add defer?
 	queueCredentials, err := registration.Register("localhost:55055", "ese-Application", "SecurePresharedToken")
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Errorf("failed to register application on control plane. %v", err)
diff --git a/applications/ese/network-element.go b/applications/ese/network-element.go
index d1330fb2d69a1ad64abbea1e8cfad8f0cf04ecbd..559c968ee7d9750e4b1c6708e542e00d870c2f45 100644
--- a/applications/ese/network-element.go
+++ b/applications/ese/network-element.go
@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ func checkIfOperationStateHasChanged(deviceServer device.DeviceServiceClient, ne
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	statusList := walkThroughInterfaces(*&networkElement.Model.Interfaces.Interface, storedInterfaces)
-
-	return statusList, nil
+	return walkThroughInterfaces(*&networkElement.Model.Interfaces.Interface, storedInterfaces)
 }
 
 func addDeviceToStatusMap(networkElementName string, interfaces map[string]*arista.OpenconfigInterfaces_Interfaces_Interface) {
@@ -101,13 +99,13 @@ func addDeviceToStatusMap(networkElementName string, interfaces map[string]*aris
 	statusMap[networkElementName] = statusList
 }
 
-func walkThroughInterfaces(interfaces map[string]*arista.OpenconfigInterfaces_Interfaces_Interface, storedInterfaces map[string]*InterfaceStatus) []InterfaceStatus {
+func walkThroughInterfaces(interfaces map[string]*arista.OpenconfigInterfaces_Interfaces_Interface, storedInterfaces map[string]*InterfaceStatus) ([]InterfaceStatus, error) {
 	statusList := make([]InterfaceStatus, 0)
 
 	for _, receivedInterface := range interfaces {
 		storedInterface, ok := storedInterfaces[*receivedInterface.Name]
 		if !ok {
-			//TODO: add  error
+			return statusList, fmt.Errorf("could not find %s in stored interfaces", *receivedInterface.Name)
 		}
 
 		if storedInterface.Status != receivedInterface.State.OperStatus.String() {
@@ -124,7 +122,7 @@ func walkThroughInterfaces(interfaces map[string]*arista.OpenconfigInterfaces_In
 			go func() {
 				b, err := json.Marshal(statusMapCopy)
 				if err != nil {
-					fmt.Println(err)
+					fmt.Println("error: ", err)
 					return
 				}
 				for clientChannel := range clientChannels {
@@ -134,5 +132,5 @@ func walkThroughInterfaces(interfaces map[string]*arista.OpenconfigInterfaces_In
 		}
 	}
 
-	return statusList
+	return statusList, nil
 }
diff --git a/applications/ese/webpage/index.html b/applications/ese/webpage/index.html
index 35a0035a3ed0e20610b94bdc01fd67b5635f6652..d5d09482097d37ba662ce2031f349ec298ff5830 100644
--- a/applications/ese/webpage/index.html
+++ b/applications/ese/webpage/index.html
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 
 .changed {
     outline:10px dashed transparent;
-    animation: changed 1s step-end 8;
+    animation: changed 1s step-end 12;
 }
 
 @keyframes changed {