diff --git a/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-installed-show/app-installed-show.page.html b/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-installed-show/app-installed-show.page.html
index 40d1b903a..860f1f4fe 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-installed-show/app-installed-show.page.html
+++ b/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-installed-show/app-installed-show.page.html
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@
             <p>
               <a (click)="copyLan()">{{ vars.lanAddress }} <ion-icon name="copy-outline" class="tiny-icon"></ion-icon></a>
             </p>
-            <p *ngIf="vars.testingLanConnection" style="display: flex; align-items: center; font-size: x-small">
-              <ion-text color="dark">Testing Connection</ion-text>
-              <ion-spinner style="height: 15px; margin-left: 5px;" name="dots" color="dark"></ion-spinner>
+            <p *ngIf="vars.testingLanConnection" style="display: flex; align-items: center; font-size: x-small; margin-top: 2px">
+              <ion-text color="warning">Testing Connection</ion-text>
+              <ion-spinner style="height: 15px; margin-left: 5px;" name="dots" color="warning"></ion-spinner>
             </p>
           </ion-label>
           <ion-toggle (ionChange)="$lanToggled$.next($event)" [checked]="vars.lanEnabled" slot="end" class="lan-toggle" [disabled]="vars.status !== 'RUNNING' || vars.testingLanConnection"></ion-toggle>          
diff --git a/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-installed-show/app-installed-show.page.scss b/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-installed-show/app-installed-show.page.scss
index 31b6fdbc6..9d1390694 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-installed-show/app-installed-show.page.scss
+++ b/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-installed-show/app-installed-show.page.scss
@@ -66,3 +66,9 @@
   --handle-width: 0.9em;
   --handle-height: 0.9em;
 }
+
+.item-interactive-disabled:not(.item-multiple-inputs) ion-label {
+  cursor: default;
+  opacity: 1 !important;
+  pointer-events: auto !important;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-installed-show/app-installed-show.page.ts b/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-installed-show/app-installed-show.page.ts
index bbf155dbe..f60ebf21c 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-installed-show/app-installed-show.page.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/pages/apps-routes/app-installed-show/app-installed-show.page.ts
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ import { LoaderService, markAsLoadingDuring$, markAsLoadingDuringP } from 'src/a
 import { BehaviorSubject, combineLatest, from, merge, Observable, of, Subject } from 'rxjs'
 import { wizardModal } from 'src/app/components/install-wizard/install-wizard.component'
 import { WizardBaker } from 'src/app/components/install-wizard/prebaked-wizards'
-import { catchError, concatMap, delay, distinctUntilChanged, filter, map, retryWhen, switchMap, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators'
+import { catchError, concatMap, delay, distinctUntilChanged, filter, map, mergeMap, retryWhen, switchMap, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators'
 import { Cleanup } from 'src/app/util/cleanup'
 import { InformationPopoverComponent } from 'src/app/components/information-popover/information-popover.component'
 import { Emver } from 'src/app/services/emver.service'
 import { displayEmver } from 'src/app/pipes/emver.pipe'
 import { ConfigService } from 'src/app/services/config.service'
-import { squash } from 'src/app/util/rxjs.util'
+import { concatObservableValues, squash } from 'src/app/util/rxjs.util'
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-installed-show',
   templateUrl: './app-installed-show.page.html',
@@ -79,36 +79,28 @@ export class AppInstalledShowPage extends Cleanup {
           concatMap(app =>
             merge(
               this.syncWhenDependencyInstalls(),
-              // new lan info from sync daemon
-              combineLatest([app.lanEnabled, this.$lanConnected$, app.status, this.$testingLanConnection$]).pipe(
-                filter(([_, __, s, alreadyConnecting]) => s === AppStatus.RUNNING && !alreadyConnecting),
-                concatMap(([enabled, connected]) => {
-                  // console.log('enabled', enabled)
-                  // console.log('connected', connected)
+              // new lan info or status info from sync daemon
+              combineLatest([app.lanEnabled, app.status]).pipe(
+                concatObservableValues<boolean, AppStatus, boolean, boolean>([this.$lanConnected$, this.$testingLanConnection$]),
+                concatMap(([enabled, status, connected, alreadyConnecting]) => {
+                  if (status !== AppStatus.RUNNING) return of(this.$lanConnected$.next(false))
+                  if (alreadyConnecting) return of()
                   if (enabled && !connected) return markAsLoadingDuring$(this.$testingLanConnection$, this.testLanConnection())
                   if (!enabled && connected) return of(this.$lanConnected$.next(false))
                   return of()
                 }),
               ),
               // toggle lan
-              combineLatest([this.$lanToggled$, app.lanEnabled, this.$testingLanConnection$]).pipe(
-                filter(([_, __, alreadyLoading]) => !alreadyLoading),
-                map(([e, _]) => [(e as any).detail.checked, _]),
-                distinctUntilChanged(([toggled1], [toggled2]) => toggled1 === toggled2),
-                // if the app is already in the desired state, we bail
-                // this can happen because ionChange triggers when the [checked] value changes
-                filter(([uiEnabled, appEnabled]) => (uiEnabled && !appEnabled) || (!uiEnabled && appEnabled)),
-                concatMap( ([enabled]) => {
-                  let o: Observable<void>
-                  if (enabled) {
-                    o = this.enableLan().pipe(concatMap(() => this.testLanConnection()))
-                  } else {
-                    o = this.disableLan()
-                  }
-                  return markAsLoadingDuring$(this.$testingLanConnection$, o).pipe(
-                    catchError(e => this.setError(e)),
-                  )
+              this.$lanToggled$.pipe(
+                map(toggleEvent => (toggleEvent as any).detail.checked),
+                concatObservableValues([app.lanEnabled, this.$testingLanConnection$]),
+                traceWheel('toggle'),
+                map( ([uiEnabled, appEnabled, alreadyConnecting]) => {
+                  if (!alreadyConnecting && uiEnabled && !appEnabled) return this.enableLan().pipe(concatMap(() => this.testLanConnection()))
+                  if (!alreadyConnecting && !uiEnabled) return this.disableLan()  //do this even if app already disabled because of appModel update timeout hack.
+                  return of()
                 }),
+                concatMap((o: Observable<void>) => this.testLanLoader(o)),
               ),
             ),
           ), //must be final in stack
@@ -117,6 +109,10 @@ export class AppInstalledShowPage extends Cleanup {
     )
   }
 
+  testLanLoader (o: Observable<void>): Observable<void> {
+    return markAsLoadingDuring$(this.$testingLanConnection$, o).pipe(catchError(e => this.setError(e)))
+  }
+
   testLanConnection () : Observable<void> {
     if (!this.app.lanAddress) return of()
 
diff --git a/ui/src/app/services/api/mock-api.service.ts b/ui/src/app/services/api/mock-api.service.ts
index 15deb8c9d..63c8c613d 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/services/api/mock-api.service.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/services/api/mock-api.service.ts
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ export class MockApiService extends ApiService {
   async testConnection (): Promise<true> {
     console.log('testing connection')
     this.testCounter ++
-    await pauseFor(10000000)
-    if (this.testCounter > 3) {
+    await pauseFor(500)
+    if (this.testCounter > 2) {
       return true
     } else {
       throw new Error('Not Connected')
diff --git a/ui/src/app/services/sync.service.ts b/ui/src/app/services/sync.service.ts
index 46f2377ba..af2bd051d 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/services/sync.service.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/services/sync.service.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ export class SyncDaemon {
   private readonly syncInterval = 5000
   private readonly $sync$  = new BehaviorSubject(false)
 
-  // emits on every successful sync
-  private readonly $synced$ = new Subject<void>()
-
   constructor (
     private readonly apiService: ApiService,
     private readonly serverModel: ServerModel,
@@ -39,15 +36,10 @@ export class SyncDaemon {
     return from(this.getServerAndApps()).pipe(
       concatMap(() => this.syncNotifier.handleSpecial(this.serverModel.peek())),
       concatMap(() => this.startupAlertsNotifier.runChecks(this.serverModel.peek())),
-      tap(() => this.$synced$.next()),
       catchError(e => of(console.error(`Exception in sync service`, e))),
     )
   }
 
-  watchSynced (): Observable<void> {
-    return this.$synced$.asObservable()
-  }
-
   private async getServerAndApps (): Promise<void> {
     const now = new Date()
     const [serverRes, appsRes] = await tryAll([
diff --git a/ui/src/app/util/rxjs.util.ts b/ui/src/app/util/rxjs.util.ts
index 5179fa5be..020144d5a 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/util/rxjs.util.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/util/rxjs.util.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { Observable, from, interval, race, OperatorFunction, Observer, BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs'
-import { take, map, switchMap, delay, tap, concatMap } from 'rxjs/operators'
+import { Observable, from, interval, race, OperatorFunction, Observer, combineLatest } from 'rxjs'
+import { take, map, concatMap } from 'rxjs/operators'
 
 export function fromAsync$<S, T> (async: (s: S) => Promise<T>, s: S): Observable<T>
 export function fromAsync$<T> (async: () => Promise<T>): Observable<T>
@@ -17,14 +17,48 @@ export function emitAfter$ (ms: number): Observable<number> {
   return interval(ms).pipe(take(1))
 }
 
+// throws unless source observable emits withing timeout
 export function throwIn<T> (timeout: number): OperatorFunction<T, T> {
   return o => race(
     o,
     emitAfter$(timeout).pipe(map(() => { throw new Error('timeout') } )))
 }
 
+// o.pipe(squash) : Observable<void> regardless of o emission type.
 export const squash = map(() => { })
 
+/*
+  The main purpose of fromSync$ is to normalize error handling during a sequence
+  of actions beginning with a standard synchronous action and followed by a pipe.
+  For example, imagine we have `f(s: S): T` which might throw, and we wish to define the following:
+  ```
+  function observableF(t: T): Observable<any> {
+    const s = f(t)
+    return someFunctionReturningAnObservable(s)
+  }
+  ```
+
+  For the caller, `observableF(t).pipe(...).subscribe({ error: e => console.error('observable errored!') })`
+  might throw an error from `f` which does not result in 'observable errored!' being logged.
+  We could fix this with...
+  ```
+  function observableF(t: T): Observable<any> {
+    try {
+      const s = f(t)
+      return someFunctionReturningAnObservable(s)
+    } catch(e) {
+      return throwError(e)
+    }
+  }
+  ```
+
+  or we could use fromSync as below
+  ```
+  function observableF(t: T): Observable<any> {
+    return fromSync$(f, t).concatMap(someFunctionReturningAnObservable)
+  }
+  ```
+*/
 export function fromSync$<S, T> (sync: (s: S) => T, s: S): Observable<T>
 export function fromSync$<T> (sync: () => T): Observable<T>
 export function fromSync$<S, T> (sync: (s: S) => T, s?: S): Observable<T> {
@@ -38,28 +72,23 @@ export function fromSync$<S, T> (sync: (s: S) => T, s?: S): Observable<T> {
   })
 }
 
-export function onCooldown<T> (cooldown: number, o: () => Observable<T>): Observable<T> {
-
-  const $trigger$ = new BehaviorSubject(true)
-  $trigger$.subscribe(t => console.log('triggering', t))
-  return $trigger$.pipe(
-    switchMap(_ =>
-      o().pipe(
-        delay(cooldown),
-        tap(() => $trigger$.next(true)),
-      ),
+/*
+  this function concats the current values (e.g in behavior subjects) or next values (in traditional observables) to a collection of values in a pipe.
+  e.g. if t: Observable<T>, and o1: Observable<O1> o2: Observable<O2> then t.pipe(concatObservableValues([o1, o2])): Observable<[T1, O1, O2]> and emits iff t emits.
+  Note that the standard combineLatest([t, o1, o2]) is also of type Observable<[T, O2, O2]>, but this observable triggers when any of t, o1, o2 emits.
+*/
+export function concatObservableValues<T, O> (observables: [Observable<O>]): OperatorFunction<T, [T, O]>
+export function concatObservableValues<T, O> (observables: [Observable<O>]): OperatorFunction<[T], [T, O]>
+export function concatObservableValues<T1, T2, O> (observables: [Observable<O>]): OperatorFunction<[T1, T2], [T1, T2, O]>
+export function concatObservableValues<T, O1, O2> (observables: [Observable<O1>, Observable<O2>]): OperatorFunction<[T], [T, O1, O2]>
+export function concatObservableValues<T1, T2, O1, O2> (observables: [Observable<O1>, Observable<O2>]): OperatorFunction<[T1, T2], [T1, T2, O1, O2]>
+export function concatObservableValues (observables: Observable<any>[]): OperatorFunction<any[], any[]> {
+  return o => o.pipe(concatMap(args => combineLatest(observables).pipe(
+      map(obs => {
+        if (!(args instanceof Array)) return [args, ...obs]
+        return [...args, ...obs]
+      }),
+      take(1),
     ),
-  )
-}
-
-
-export function bindPipe<T, S1> (o: Observable<T>, then: (t: T) => Observable<S1>): Observable<S1>
-export function bindPipe<T, S1, S2> (o: Observable<T>, then1: (t: T) => Observable<S1>, then2: (s: S1) => Observable<S2>): Observable<S2>
-export function bindPipe<T, S1, S2, S3> (o: Observable<T>, then1: (t: T) => Observable<S1>, then2: (s: S1) => Observable<S2>, then3: (s: S2) => Observable<S3>): Observable<S3>
-export function bindPipe<T, S1, S2, S3, S4> (o: Observable<T>, then1: (t: T) => Observable<S1>, then2: (s: S1) => Observable<S2>, then3: (s: S2) => Observable<S3>, then4: (s: S3) => Observable<S4>): Observable<S4>
-export function bindPipe<T> (o: Observable<T>, ...thens: ((t: any) => Observable<any>)[]): Observable<any> {
-  const concatted = thens.map(m => concatMap(m))
-  return concatted.reduce( (acc, next) => {
-    return acc.pipe(next)
-  }, o)
+  ))
 }
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diff --git a/ui/use-mocks.json b/ui/use-mocks.json
index dc204ef37..81031f548 100644
--- a/ui/use-mocks.json
+++ b/ui/use-mocks.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "useMocks": true,
+  "useMocks": false,
   "mockOver": "lan",
-  "skipStartupAlerts": true
+  "skipStartupAlerts": false
 }