diff --git a/daq/src/aaredaq/daq.py b/daq/src/aaredaq/daq.py
index 4b0a4d42..bf083128 100644
--- a/daq/src/aaredaq/daq.py
+++ b/daq/src/aaredaq/daq.py
@@ -307,14 +307,29 @@ class AareDAQ:
 
             if target is not None or not curr_sample_is_manual:
                 self.__mount(target)
-
+            if target is not None and target.db_id is not None:
+                #self.__aare.sample_mounted(self.__cfg.current_sample)
+                self.save_screenshot_db(target.db_id , f"post_mount_{target.db_id }_{self.__devs.zoom}")
             self.__cfg.state_busy = False
         except Exception as e:
             self.__cfg.state_busy = False
             # If unmount succeeded, but mount failed
-            if self.__devs.tell.get_mounted_sample() is None:
+            mounted_sample = self.__devs.tell.get_mounted_sample()
+            if target is not None:
+                print(f"TELL: Error mounting, TELL believes current sample is {mounted_sample}, while expected {target.location}")
+            if mounted_sample is None:
+                print("TELL: After mounting there is no sample on gonio according to TELL")
                 self.__cfg.current_sample = None
-            raise e
+                if target is not None:
+                    raise e
+            elif (target.location is not None
+                  and mounted_sample.puck.pos == target.location.pos
+                  and mounted_sample.puck.segment == target.location.segment
+                  and mounted_sample.pin == target.pin):
+                print("TELL: Actually mounting was correct according to TELL, so setting current sample to target")
+                self.__cfg.current_sample = target
+            else:
+                raise e
 
         self.__set_state(BeamlineStateEnum.SampleAlignment)
 
@@ -484,7 +499,7 @@ class AareDAQ:
     def __rotation(self, request: RotationScanRequest) -> CompletedRotationScan:
         if request.dtz is not None:
             self.__cfg.dtz = request.dtz
-
+        self.save_screenshot_db(self.sample.db_id, f"pre_rotation{self.sample.db_id}_{self.__devs.zoom}")
         self.__set_state(BeamlineStateEnum.DataCollection)
 
         if request.transmission is not None:
@@ -919,7 +934,7 @@ class AareDAQ:
 
             hex_string = secrets.token_hex(3)  # 3 bytes = 6 hex characters
             print(hex_string.upper())
-            self.__ml_bounding_box(sample.db_id, f"ml_{geom.omega_deg:.2f}deg")
+            # self.__ml_bounding_box(sample.db_id, f"ml_{geom.omega_deg:.2f}deg")
             if self.__auto_center(RasterGridRequest(
                 exp_time_s=0.01,
                 file_prefix=sample_prefix + f"_{hex_string}",