diff --git a/src/ToDo.txt b/src/ToDo.txt
index 83bec8e7..a1b4dc8b 100644
--- a/src/ToDo.txt
+++ b/src/ToDo.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ short term:
 * something is strange with the coordinate system in TPaveText! **CHECK**
 
 * check problem with the mathmore implementation of 1F1(m;n;z)
+  2008-04-07 cannot reproduce Bastians problem!?!?!
 
 ---------------------
 intermediate term:
diff --git a/src/classes/PRunAsymmetry.cpp b/src/classes/PRunAsymmetry.cpp
index dfe33409..e2a474b3 100644
--- a/src/classes/PRunAsymmetry.cpp
+++ b/src/classes/PRunAsymmetry.cpp
@@ -609,7 +609,8 @@ bool PRunAsymmetry::PrepareFitData(PRawRunData* runData, unsigned int histoNo[2]
   double asym;
   double f, b, ef, eb;
   // fill data time start, and step
-  fData.fDataTimeStart = fTimeResolution*((double)fRunInfo->fPacking/2.0);
+  // data start at data_start-t0
+  fData.fDataTimeStart = fTimeResolution*(((double)start[0]-t0[0])+(double)fRunInfo->fPacking/2.0);
   fData.fDataTimeStep  = fTimeResolution*(double)fRunInfo->fPacking;
   for (unsigned int i=0; i<forwardPacked.fValue.size(); i++) {
     // to make the formulae more readable
diff --git a/src/classes/PRunSingleHisto.cpp b/src/classes/PRunSingleHisto.cpp
index a26922ea..d99b350f 100644
--- a/src/classes/PRunSingleHisto.cpp
+++ b/src/classes/PRunSingleHisto.cpp
@@ -397,8 +397,9 @@ bool PRunSingleHisto::PrepareFitData(unsigned int start, unsigned int end, doubl
                                      PRawRunData* runData, unsigned int histoNo)
 {
   double value = 0.0;
+  // data start at data_start-t0
   // time shifted so that packing is included correctly, i.e. t0 == t0 after packing
-  fData.fDataTimeStart = fTimeResolution*((double)fRunInfo->fPacking/2.0);
+  fData.fDataTimeStart = fTimeResolution*(((double)start-t0)+(double)fRunInfo->fPacking/2.0);
   fData.fDataTimeStep  = fTimeResolution*fRunInfo->fPacking;
   for (unsigned i=start; i<end; i++) {
     if (((i-start) % fRunInfo->fPacking == 0) && (i != start)) { // fill data
diff --git a/src/musrfit.cpp b/src/musrfit.cpp
index 8f859fde..473b3ab8 100644
--- a/src/musrfit.cpp
+++ b/src/musrfit.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
  *   59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.             *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
 using namespace std;
@@ -503,11 +507,24 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     return PMUSR_WRONG_STARTUP_SYNTAX;
   }
 
+  // get default path (for the moment only linux like)
+  char *pmusrpath;
+  char musrpath[128];
+  pmusrpath = getenv("MUSRFITPATH");
+  if (pmusrpath == 0) { // not set, will try default one
+    strcpy(musrpath, "/home/nemu/analysis/bin");
+    cout << endl << "**WARNING** MUSRFITPATH environment variable not set will try " << musrpath << endl;
+  } else {
+    strncpy(musrpath, pmusrpath, sizeof(musrpath));
+  }
+
   // read startup file
+  char startup_path_name[128];
+  sprintf(startup_path_name, "%s/musrfit_startup.xml", musrpath);
   TSAXParser *saxParser = new TSAXParser();
   PStartupHandler *startupHandler = new PStartupHandler();
   saxParser->ConnectToHandler("PStartupHandler", startupHandler);
-  status = saxParser->ParseFile("musrfit_startup.xml");
+  status = saxParser->ParseFile(startup_path_name);
   // check for parse errors
   if (status) { // error
     cout << endl << "**ERROR** reading/parsing musrfit_startup.xml. Fix it.";
diff --git a/src/musrview.cpp b/src/musrview.cpp
index c22c73f2..f2a84739 100644
--- a/src/musrview.cpp
+++ b/src/musrview.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
  *   59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.             *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
 #include <iostream>
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -93,11 +97,24 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     return PMUSR_WRONG_STARTUP_SYNTAX;
   }
 
+  // get default path (for the moment only linux like)
+  char *pmusrpath;
+  char musrpath[128];
+  pmusrpath = getenv("MUSRFITPATH");
+  if (pmusrpath == 0) { // not set, will try default one
+    strcpy(musrpath, "/home/nemu/analysis/bin");
+    cout << endl << "**WARNING** MUSRFITPATH environment variable not set will try " << musrpath << endl;
+  } else {
+    strncpy(musrpath, pmusrpath, sizeof(musrpath));
+  }
+
   // read startup file
+  char startup_path_name[128];
+  sprintf(startup_path_name, "%s/musrfit_startup.xml", musrpath);
   TSAXParser *saxParser = new TSAXParser();
   PStartupHandler *startupHandler = new PStartupHandler();
   saxParser->ConnectToHandler("PStartupHandler", startupHandler);
-  status = saxParser->ParseFile("musrfit_startup.xml");
+  status = saxParser->ParseFile(startup_path_name);
   // check for parse errors
   if (status) { // error
     cout << endl << "**ERROR** reading/parsing musrfit_startup.xml. Fix it.";
@@ -144,7 +161,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     // feed all the necessary histogramms for the view
     runListCollection = new PRunListCollection(msrHandler, dataHandler);
     for (unsigned int i=0; i < msrHandler->GetMsrRunList()->size(); i++) {
-      success = runListCollection->Add(i);
+      success = runListCollection->Add(i, kView);
       if (!success) {
         cout << endl << "**ERROR** Couldn't handle run no " << i << " ";
         cout << (*msrHandler->GetMsrRunList())[i].fRunName.Data();
@@ -174,13 +191,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         break;
       }
       // ugly but rootcint cannot handle the spirit-parser framework
-//       musrCanvas->SetParamInfo(*msrHandler->GetMsrParamList());
-//       musrCanvas->SetTheoryInfo(*msrHandler->GetMsrTheory());
-//       musrCanvas->SetFunctionsInfo(*msrHandler->GetMsrFunctions());
-//       musrCanvas->SetRunsInfo(*msrHandler->GetMsrRunList());
-//       musrCanvas->SetPlotInfo(msrHandler->GetMsrPlotList()->at(i));
-//       musrCanvas->SetStatisticsInfo(*msrHandler->GetMsrStatistic());
-
       musrCanvas->SetMsrHandler(msrHandler);
       musrCanvas->SetRunListCollection(runListCollection);