diff --git a/src/AppFrame.cpp b/src/AppFrame.cpp
index 2062eea..ab04eab 100644
--- a/src/AppFrame.cpp
+++ b/src/AppFrame.cpp
@@ -1478,6 +1478,9 @@ void AppFrame::OnIdle(wxIdleEvent& event) {
     int peakHoldMode = peakHoldButton->getSelection();
     if (peakHoldButton->modeChanged()) {
         wxGetApp().getSpectrumProcessor()->setPeakHold(peakHoldMode == 1);
+
+        //make the peak hold act on the current dmod also, like a zoomed-in version.
+        wxGetApp().getDemodSpectrumProcessor()->setPeakHold(peakHoldMode == 1);
         peakHoldButton->clearModeChanged();
     }
     
diff --git a/src/CubicSDR.cpp b/src/CubicSDR.cpp
index db3035b..ba55084 100644
--- a/src/CubicSDR.cpp
+++ b/src/CubicSDR.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 IMPLEMENT_APP(CubicSDR)
 
+#include <fstream>
+
 //#ifdef ENABLE_DIGITAL_LAB
 //// console output buffer for windows
 //#ifdef _WINDOWS
@@ -156,18 +158,21 @@ bool CubicSDR::OnInit() {
         return false;
     }
 
-//#ifdef ENABLE_DIGITAL_LAB
-//	// console output for windows
-//	#ifdef _WINDOWS
-//	if (AllocConsole()) {
-//		freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stdout);
-//		SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), FOREGROUND_GREEN | FOREGROUND_BLUE | FOREGROUND_RED);
-//	}
-//	outbuf ob;
-//	std::streambuf *sb = std::cout.rdbuf(&ob);
-//	std::cout.rdbuf(sb);
-//	#endif
-//#endif
+    //	// console output for Windows: available in DEBUG or in case of ENABLE_DIGITAL_LAB
+#if (defined(WIN32) && (defined(ENABLE_DIGITAL_LAB) || defined(_DEBUG)))
+    	if (AllocConsole()) {
+    		freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stdout);
+    		SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), FOREGROUND_GREEN | FOREGROUND_BLUE | FOREGROUND_RED);
+            SetConsoleTitle(L"CubicSDR: stdout");
+          
+    	}
+
+        //refresh
+        ofstream ob;
+        std::streambuf *sb = std::cout.rdbuf();
+        std::cout.rdbuf(sb);
+#endif
+
     
     wxApp::SetAppName("CubicSDR");
 
@@ -448,6 +453,9 @@ void CubicSDR::setFrequency(long long freq) {
     frequency = freq;
     sdrThread->setFrequency(freq);
     getSpectrumProcessor()->setPeakHold(getSpectrumProcessor()->getPeakHold());
+
+    //make the peak hold act on the current dmod also, like a zoomed-in version.
+    getDemodSpectrumProcessor()->setPeakHold(getSpectrumProcessor()->getPeakHold());
 }
 
 long long CubicSDR::getOffset() {
diff --git a/src/IOThread.h b/src/IOThread.h
index 0197894..f4645a8 100644
--- a/src/IOThread.h
+++ b/src/IOThread.h
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ struct map_string_less : public std::binary_function<std::string,std::string,boo
 class ReferenceCounter {
 
 public:
+
+    //default constructor, initialized with refcont 1, sounds very natural
+    ReferenceCounter() {
+        refCount = 1;
+    }
     
 //    void setIndex(int idx) {
 //        std::lock_guard < std::recursive_mutex > lock(m_mutex);
@@ -139,8 +144,8 @@ public:
             std::cout << "Warning: ReBuffer '" << bufferId << "' count '" << outputBuffers.size() << "' exceeds threshold of '" << REBUFFER_WARNING_THRESHOLD << "'" << std::endl;
         }
 
+        //by default created with refcount = 1
         buf = new BufferType();
-        buf->setRefCount(1);
 //        buf->setIndex(indexCounter++);
         outputBuffers.push_back(buf);
         
diff --git a/src/demod/DemodulatorPreThread.cpp b/src/demod/DemodulatorPreThread.cpp
index e1a438c..554b221 100644
--- a/src/demod/DemodulatorPreThread.cpp
+++ b/src/demod/DemodulatorPreThread.cpp
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ void DemodulatorPreThread::run() {
             unsigned int numWritten;
             msresamp_crcf_execute(iqResampler, in_buf, bufSize, &resampledData[0], &numWritten);
 
-            resamp->setRefCount(1);
             resamp->data.assign(resampledData.begin(), resampledData.begin() + numWritten);
 
             resamp->modemType = cModem->getType();
diff --git a/src/demod/DemodulatorThread.cpp b/src/demod/DemodulatorThread.cpp
index 9ec0cab..c9b8a96 100644
--- a/src/demod/DemodulatorThread.cpp
+++ b/src/demod/DemodulatorThread.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ void DemodulatorThread::run() {
         
         modemData.sampleRate = inp->sampleRate;
         modemData.data.assign(inputData->begin(), inputData->end());
-        modemData.setRefCount(1);
         
         AudioThreadInput *ati = nullptr;
         
@@ -186,7 +185,6 @@ void DemodulatorThread::run() {
         if (ati && localAudioVisOutputQueue != nullptr && localAudioVisOutputQueue->empty()) {
             AudioThreadInput *ati_vis = new AudioThreadInput;
 
-            ati_vis->setRefCount(1);
             ati_vis->sampleRate = inp->sampleRate;
             ati_vis->inputRate = inp->sampleRate;
             
diff --git a/src/sdr/SoapySDRThread.cpp b/src/sdr/SoapySDRThread.cpp
index d3a1620..f283b53 100644
--- a/src/sdr/SoapySDRThread.cpp
+++ b/src/sdr/SoapySDRThread.cpp
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ void SDRThread::readStream(SDRThreadIQDataQueue* iqDataOutQueue) {
             dataOut->data.assign(inpBuffer.data.begin(), inpBuffer.data.begin()+n_read);
         }
         
-        dataOut->setRefCount(1);
         dataOut->frequency = frequency.load();
         dataOut->sampleRate = sampleRate.load();
         dataOut->dcCorrected = hasHardwareDC.load();
diff --git a/src/visual/SpectrumCanvas.cpp b/src/visual/SpectrumCanvas.cpp
index faad1cb..678b0c1 100644
--- a/src/visual/SpectrumCanvas.cpp
+++ b/src/visual/SpectrumCanvas.cpp
@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@ void SpectrumCanvas::OnMouseRightReleased(wxMouseEvent& event) {
     if (!mouseTracker.getOriginDeltaMouseY()) {
         resetScaleFactor = true;
         wxGetApp().getSpectrumProcessor()->setPeakHold(wxGetApp().getSpectrumProcessor()->getPeakHold());
+
+        //make the peak hold act on the current dmod also, like a zoomed-in version.
+        wxGetApp().getDemodSpectrumProcessor()->setPeakHold(wxGetApp().getSpectrumProcessor()->getPeakHold());
     }
     mouseTracker.OnMouseRightReleased(event);
 }