diff --git a/pycrocart/CrazyflieProtoConnection.py b/pycrocart/CrazyflieProtoConnection.py
index cdb8981456ae9f31a836e1191a0184663fd3e60d..f5a400773e4815cf49562526bad88454c2f91f76 100644
--- a/pycrocart/CrazyflieProtoConnection.py
+++ b/pycrocart/CrazyflieProtoConnection.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class CrazyflieProtoConnection:
         try:
             if self.scf.is_link_open():
                 return self.scf.cf.param.values[group][name]
+
         except AttributeError:
             pass
         return -1.234567890  # 1234567890 should be pretty obvious that
diff --git a/pycrocart/PyCroCart.py b/pycrocart/PyCroCart.py
index 49e40fd723d2822222b60089502efc1f7e95cb0b..442810f884225dd348343ab947f7dfdb41eeb1ad 100644
--- a/pycrocart/PyCroCart.py
+++ b/pycrocart/PyCroCart.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     app = QApplication(sys.argv)
 
     cf1 = CrazyflieProtoConnection()
-    uri = 'radio://0/20/2M/E7E7E7E7E7'
+    uri = 'radio://0/0/2M/E7E7E7E7E7'
     cf1.connect(uri)
     cf1.scf.cf.commander = uCartCommander.Commander(cf1.scf.cf)
 
diff --git a/pycrocart/ReadMe.md b/pycrocart/ReadMe.md
index b0d3e93afa77f3c1845e5fe63dd7a5fc13d8ce0c..96b6d14adcb7a59e64c9695a2f795d6293125998 100644
--- a/pycrocart/ReadMe.md
+++ b/pycrocart/ReadMe.md
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ the TCP connection example that bitcraze offers in order to connect to
 the FlyPi as well. This will be easier to implement than connecting to 
 the MicroCART backend, which should be the ultimate end goal.
 
+Furthermore, while the bitcraze vm is nice, this GUI runs 100 million times 
+faster and silky smooth when not on a VM. Whether this is a linux issue or a VM
+issue I'm not sure yet, but I'd highly recommend not running it on the VM.
+
 Requirements
 ------------
 Developed with Python 3.10 64-bit on Windows 10 in Pycharm 2022.