diff --git a/script/Diagnostics/WireScan.py b/script/Diagnostics/WireScan.py
index f8d2451..3430c0c 100644
--- a/script/Diagnostics/WireScan.py
+++ b/script/Diagnostics/WireScan.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ cycles     = args[3] if is_panel else 5
 velocity   = args[4] if is_panel else 200
 bpms       = args[5] if is_panel else get_wire_scanners_bpms(prefix)
 blms       = args[6] if is_panel else get_wire_scanners_blms(prefix)
-bkgrd      = args[7] if is_panel else 0
+bkgrd      = args[7] if is_panel else 10
 plt        = args[8] if is_panel else plot(None, title = "Wire Scan")[0]
 do_elog    = True    if is_panel else False
 print "WireScan parameters: ", prefix, scan_type, scan_range, cycles, cycles, bpms
@@ -89,18 +89,13 @@ def check_end_scan(record, scan):
             #for s in plt.getAllSeries():
             #    s.clear()
         for i in range (len(blms)):
-            plt.getSeries(i).appendData(position, record[5 + i])            
-
-def wait_scanner_ready():
-    time.sleep(0.5)
-    scanner.waitValue("At start", 60000)        
+            plt.getSeries(i).appendData(position, record[5 + i])                
 
 #Process background
 def do_background():
     #Store Background
     if bkgrd>0:
-        #scanner.park()
-        #wait_scanner_ready()
+        scanner.park(wait=True)
         set_exec_pars(group = "background")
         r = mscan (st, st.getReadables()[4:], bkgrd)    
         for i in range(len(r.getReadables())):
@@ -123,7 +118,7 @@ def do_scan(index):
     else:
         plt.getAxis(plt.AxisId.X).setRange(scan_range[2], scan_range[3])
     
-    scanner.init()
+    scanner.init(wait=True)
     wait_scanner_ready()
     
     scanner.curr_cycl.write(0)