diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index acf419c0f2923c8c74ad47d5eed7ac221caf55f2..902786805a865a3fb78caaa835d292050c671e28 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 Breakpoints_v2.xcbkptlist
+*.xcuserstate
diff --git a/dstatInterface/dstatInterface.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/mdryden.xcuserdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate b/dstatInterface/dstatInterface.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/mdryden.xcuserdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate
deleted file mode 100644
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Binary files a/dstatInterface/dstatInterface.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/mdryden.xcuserdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/dstatInterface/dstat_comm.py b/dstatInterface/dstat_comm.py
index fe562bf7fcf3be8022eacaf04c25835f6147b8ba..5908cfce19db3e176901205f441d53c707ef636c 100644
--- a/dstatInterface/dstat_comm.py
+++ b/dstatInterface/dstat_comm.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class Experiment:
         self.commands[1] += (gain)
         self.commands[1] += " "
 
-    def run(self, strPort, plotbox_instance):
+    def run(self, strPort, plotbox_instance, databuffer_instance):
         self.ser = delayedSerial(strPort, 1024000, timeout=3)
         self.ser.write("ck")
     
@@ -76,8 +76,11 @@ class Experiment:
         self.ser.flushInput()
         
         self.updatecounter = 0
+        databuffer_instance.set_text("")
+        databuffer_instance.place_cursor(databuffer_instance.get_start_iter())
         
         for i in self.commands:
+            databuffer_instance.insert_at_cursor(i)
             self.ser.flush()
             self.ser.write("!")
             while True:
@@ -92,8 +95,8 @@ class Experiment:
             self.ser.write(i)
             print i
             
-            self.data_handler(plotbox_instance) #Will be overridden by experiment classes to deal with more complicated data
-    
+            self.data_handler(plotbox_instance, databuffer_instance) #Will be overridden by experiment classes to deal with more complicated data
+
         self.data_postprocessing()
         
         plotbox_instance.update(self)
@@ -101,7 +104,7 @@ class Experiment:
 
         self.ser.close()
 
-    def data_handler(self, plotbox_instance):
+    def data_handler(self, plotbox_instance, databuffer_instance):
         while True:
             for line in self.ser:
                 print line
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ class Experiment:
                     break
                 
                 if not (line.isspace() or line.lstrip().startswith('#')):
-                
+                    databuffer_instance.insert_at_cursor(line)
                     self.inputdata = [float(val) for val in line.split()]
                     if(len(self.inputdata) == self.datalength):
                         self.data[0].append((self.inputdata[0]-32768)*3000./65536)
@@ -158,7 +161,7 @@ class chronoamp(Experiment):
             self.commands[2] += str(i)
             self.commands[2] += " "
             
-    def data_handler(self, plotbox_instance): #overrides inherited method to not convert x axis
+    def data_handler(self, plotbox_instance, databuffer_instance): #overrides inherited method to not convert x axis
         while True:
             for line in self.ser:
                 print line
@@ -167,7 +170,7 @@ class chronoamp(Experiment):
                     break
                 
                 if not (line.isspace() or line.lstrip().startswith('#')):
-                    
+                    databuffer_instance.insert_at_cursor(line)
                     self.inputdata = [float(val) for val in line.split()]
                     if(len(self.inputdata) == self.datalength):
                         self.data[0].append(self.inputdata[0])
diff --git a/dstatInterface/interface_test.py b/dstatInterface/interface_test.py
index 81666457da51ea4652f5d1e6816579e7599cda00..0fb8380ae3f83854b641581a03b61470a42cb0b8 100644
--- a/dstatInterface/interface_test.py
+++ b/dstatInterface/interface_test.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class main:
         self.statusbar = self.builder.get_object('statusbar')
         self.window = self.builder.get_object('window1')
         self.aboutdialog = self.builder.get_object('aboutdialog1')
+        self.databuffer = self.builder.get_object('databuffer1')
         self.adc_pot = adc_pot.adc_pot()
         self.chronoamp = chronoamp.chronoamp()
         self.lsv = lsv.lsv()
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ class main:
                     raise InputError(potential,"Step table is empty")
                 
                 self.current_exp = comm.chronoamp(adc_buffer, adc_rate, adc_pga, gain, potential, time, update, updatelimit)
-                self.current_exp.run(self.serial_liststore.get_value(self.serial_combobox.get_active_iter(), 0), self.plotbox)
+                self.current_exp.run(self.serial_liststore.get_value(self.serial_combobox.get_active_iter(), 0), self.plotbox, self.databuffer)
             elif selection == 1: #LSV
                 self.statusbar.remove_all(self.error_context_id)
                 start = int(self.lsv.start_entry.get_text())
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ class main:
                     raise InputError(start,"Start cannot equal Stop.")
             
                 self.current_exp = comm.lsv_exp(adc_buffer, adc_rate, adc_pga, gain, start, stop, slope, update, updatelimit)
-                self.current_exp.run(self.serial_liststore.get_value(self.serial_combobox.get_active_iter(), 0), self.plotbox)
+                self.current_exp.run(self.serial_liststore.get_value(self.serial_combobox.get_active_iter(), 0), self.plotbox, self.databuffer)
             
             elif selection == 2: #CV
                 self.statusbar.remove_all(self.error_context_id) #clear statusbar