diff --git a/pyfpdb/HUD_main.pyw b/pyfpdb/HUD_main.pyw
index 721644bb..04476dae 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/HUD_main.pyw
+++ b/pyfpdb/HUD_main.pyw
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class HUD_main(object):
                 self.main_window.set_icon_stock(gtk.STOCK_HOME)
             if not options.hidden:
                 self.main_window.show_all()
-            gobject.timeout_add(100, self.check_tables)
+            gobject.timeout_add(800, self.check_tables)
 
         except:
             log.exception("Error initializing main_window")
diff --git a/pyfpdb/TableWindow.py b/pyfpdb/TableWindow.py
index 05c6ce4e..4cab43ad 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/TableWindow.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/TableWindow.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ class Table_Window(object):
         self.site = site
         self.hud = None   # fill in later
         self.gdkhandle = None
+        self.number = None
         if tournament is not None and table_number is not None:
             self.tournament = int(tournament)
             self.table = int(table_number)
@@ -135,7 +136,14 @@ class Table_Window(object):
             return None
 
         self.search_string = getTableTitleRe(self.config, self.site, self.type, **table_kwargs)
-        self.find_table_parameters()
+        trys = 0
+        while True:
+            self.find_table_parameters()
+            if self.number is not None: break
+            trys += 1
+            if trys > 4:
+                log.error("Can't find table %s" % table_name)
+                return None
 
         geo = self.get_geometry()
         if geo is None:  return None
diff --git a/pyfpdb/XTables.py b/pyfpdb/XTables.py
index 703d9d39..fa39e044 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/XTables.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/XTables.py
@@ -35,11 +35,15 @@ import Xlib.display
 
 #    FPDB modules
 from TableWindow import Table_Window
+import Configuration
 
 #    We might as well do this once and make them globals
 disp = Xlib.display.Display()
 root = disp.screen().root
 
+c = Configuration.Config()
+log = Configuration.get_logger("logging.conf", "hud", log_dir=c.dir_log, log_file='HUD-log.txt')
+
 class Table(Table_Window):
 
     def find_table_parameters(self):
@@ -56,14 +60,18 @@ class Table(Table_Window):
         self.number = None
         for listing in os.popen('xwininfo -root -tree').readlines():
             if re.search(self.search_string, listing, re.I):
+                log.info(listing)
                 mo = re.match(reg, listing, re.VERBOSE)
                 title  = re.sub('\"', '', mo.groupdict()["TITLE"])
                 if self.check_bad_words(title): continue
                 self.number = int( mo.groupdict()["XID"], 0 )
                 self.title = title
+                if self.number is None:
+                    log.warning("Could not retrieve XID from table xwininfo. xwininfo is %s" % listing)
                 break
 
         if self.number is None:
+            log.warning("No match in XTables for table '%s'." % self.search_string)
             return None
         (self.window, self.parent) = self.get_window_from_xid(self.number)