diff --git a/bin/frappy-gui b/bin/frappy-gui
index 276c8ea..5bec16a 100755
--- a/bin/frappy-gui
+++ b/bin/frappy-gui
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def parseArgv(argv):
                           action='store_true', default=False)
     parser.add_argument('node',
                         help='Nodes the Gui should connect to.\n', metavar='host[:port]',
-                        nargs='*', type=str, default=['localhost:10767'])
+                        nargs='*', type=str, default=[])
     return parser.parse_args(argv)
 
 
diff --git a/frappy/gui/mainwindow.py b/frappy/gui/mainwindow.py
index 53362ce..640cb6f 100644
--- a/frappy/gui/mainwindow.py
+++ b/frappy/gui/mainwindow.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ from frappy.gui.qt import QInputDialog, QMainWindow, QMessageBox, QObject, \
         QTreeWidgetItem, pyqtSignal, pyqtSlot, QWidget, QSettings, QAction, \
         QShortcut, QKeySequence
 from frappy.gui.util import Value, Colors, loadUi
-from frappy.lib import formatExtendedTraceback
 from frappy.gui.logwindow import LogWindow
 from frappy.gui.tabwidget import TearOffTabWidget
 from frappy.gui.nodewidget import NodeWidget
@@ -180,7 +179,6 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
                 self._addNode(host)
             except Exception as e:
                 # TODO: make this nicer than dumping to console
-                print(formatExtendedTraceback())
                 self.log.error('error in addNode: %r', e)
 
         if not self._nodes: