diff --git a/slsDetectorGui/src/qDetectorMain.cpp b/slsDetectorGui/src/qDetectorMain.cpp
index 3123f457f..369f1e473 100644
--- a/slsDetectorGui/src/qDetectorMain.cpp
+++ b/slsDetectorGui/src/qDetectorMain.cpp
@@ -295,6 +295,11 @@ void qDetectorMain::SetUpDetector(const string fName){
 	cout << endl << "Type : " << slsDetectorBase::getDetectorType(detType) << "\nDetector : " << host << endl;
 //#endif
 	myDet->setOnline(slsDetectorDefs::ONLINE_FLAG);
+	if(detType != slsDetectorDefs::MYTHEN) {
+		if(myDet->setReceiverOnline(slsDetectorDefs::GET_ONLINE_FLAG) == slsDetectorDefs::ONLINE_FLAG) {cprintf(GREEN,"is online!\n");
+			myDet->setReceiverOnline(slsDetectorDefs::ONLINE_FLAG);
+		}else cprintf(RED,"is not online!\n");
+	}
 	qDefs::checkErrorMessage(myDet,"qDetectorMain::SetUpDetector");
 }
 
diff --git a/slsDetectorGui/src/qDrawPlot.cpp b/slsDetectorGui/src/qDrawPlot.cpp
index bffc2d123..624073cbb 100644
--- a/slsDetectorGui/src/qDrawPlot.cpp
+++ b/slsDetectorGui/src/qDrawPlot.cpp
@@ -333,8 +333,9 @@ void qDrawPlot::SetupWidgetWindow(){
 	//Setting the callback function to get progress from detector class(using receivers)
 	myDet->registerProgressCallback(&(GetProgressCallBack),this);
 	//stream data from receiver to the gui
-	if(detType != slsDetectorDefs::MYTHEN)
+	if(detType != slsDetectorDefs::MYTHEN && myDet->setReceiverOnline(slsDetectorDefs::GET_ONLINE_FLAG) == slsDetectorDefs::ONLINE_FLAG) {
 		myDet->enableDataStreamingFromReceiver(1);
+	}
 
 
 	qDefs::checkErrorMessage(myDet,"qDrawPlot::SetupWidgetWindow");