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+#
+# Project created by QtCreator 2017-02-23T15:03:45
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------
+
+QT       += core gui
+
+greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets
+
+TARGET = MicroCART
+TEMPLATE = app
+
+
+SOURCES += main.cpp\
+        mainwindow.cpp
+
+HEADERS  += mainwindow.h
+
+FORMS    += mainwindow.ui
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+
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+    w.show();
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+
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+#define MAINWINDOW_H
+
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+
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+class MainWindow;
+}
+
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+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
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+    explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
+    ~MainWindow();
+
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+
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+         </property>
+        </spacer>
+       </item>
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QTextEdit" name="textEdit">
+         <property name="enabled">
+          <bool>true</bool>
+         </property>
+         <property name="readOnly">
+          <bool>true</bool>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+      </layout>
+     </widget>
+    </widget>
+    <widget class="QWidget" name="tab_2">
+     <attribute name="title">
+      <string>Tab 2</string>
+     </attribute>
+    </widget>
+   </widget>
+  </widget>
+  <widget class="QMenuBar" name="menuBar">
+   <property name="geometry">
+    <rect>
+     <x>0</x>
+     <y>0</y>
+     <width>481</width>
+     <height>30</height>
+    </rect>
+   </property>
+  </widget>
+  <widget class="QToolBar" name="mainToolBar">
+   <attribute name="toolBarArea">
+    <enum>TopToolBarArea</enum>
+   </attribute>
+   <attribute name="toolBarBreak">
+    <bool>false</bool>
+   </attribute>
+  </widget>
+  <widget class="QStatusBar" name="statusBar"/>
+ </widget>
+ <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
+ <resources/>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>
diff --git a/groundStation/src/backend/config.h b/groundStation/src/backend/config.h
index 9bb8e09831faeabe25abc39e676a4c07452cb800..1ff4092641264a02aedcab0fd76080ee2e59af83 100644
--- a/groundStation/src/backend/config.h
+++ b/groundStation/src/backend/config.h
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 #define __CONFIG_H
 
 
+#ifndef DEFAULT_SOCKET
 #define DEFAULT_SOCKET "/var/run/ucart.socket"
+#endif 
+
 #define SOCKET_ENV "UCART_SOCKET"
 #define NOQUAD_ENV "UCART_NO_QUAD"
 #define NOVRPN_ENV "UCART_NO_VRPN"