diff --git a/.idea/workspace.xml b/.idea/workspace.xml
index 35c1df2..92a4e98 100644
--- a/.idea/workspace.xml
+++ b/.idea/workspace.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <select />
   </component>
   <component name="ChangeListManager">
-    <list default="true" id="991a2459-6152-47ff-ac53-e228bf684060" name="Default" comment="Switched map drawing to altair for performance reasons.&#10;&#10;Added panel with simulation metadata.">
+    <list default="true" id="991a2459-6152-47ff-ac53-e228bf684060" name="Default" comment="Further improvements on Altair visualizations">
       <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/workspace.xml" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/workspace.xml" afterDir="false" />
       <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/Epigrass/epipanel.py" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/Epigrass/epipanel.py" afterDir="false" />
     </list>
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
       <workItem from="1607611111178" duration="11301000" />
       <workItem from="1607627278690" duration="2891000" />
       <workItem from="1607631596807" duration="2061000" />
-      <workItem from="1607696556875" duration="8764000" />
+      <workItem from="1607696556875" duration="9606000" />
     </task>
     <task id="LOCAL-00001" summary="Fixed bug in startup of neteditor;&#10;fixed bug with import of sql soup;&#10;bumped up minor version number;">
       <created>1369673229297</created>
@@ -717,7 +717,14 @@
       <option name="project" value="LOCAL" />
       <updated>1607632442500</updated>
     </task>
-    <option name="localTasksCounter" value="39" />
+    <task id="LOCAL-00039" summary="Further improvements on Altair visualizations">
+      <created>1607709087111</created>
+      <option name="number" value="00039" />
+      <option name="presentableId" value="LOCAL-00039" />
+      <option name="project" value="LOCAL" />
+      <updated>1607709087111</updated>
+    </task>
+    <option name="localTasksCounter" value="40" />
     <servers />
   </component>
   <component name="TypeScriptGeneratedFilesManager">
@@ -744,7 +751,6 @@
     </option>
   </component>
   <component name="VcsManagerConfiguration">
-    <MESSAGE value="Functioning dashboard for simulations&#10;fixed bug in committing transactions to sqlite" />
     <MESSAGE value="Updated epigdal to use geopandas&#10;fixed bug in json output" />
     <MESSAGE value="Choropleth map still broken" />
     <MESSAGE value="Cleanup of old files&#10;&#10;converted documentation to markdown as per issue #1" />
@@ -769,7 +775,8 @@
     <MESSAGE value="Minor bug-fix&#10;minor version bump-up" />
     <MESSAGE value="Optimization of the call sequence of epipanel" />
     <MESSAGE value="Switched map drawing to altair for performance reasons.&#10;&#10;Added panel with simulation metadata." />
-    <option name="LAST_COMMIT_MESSAGE" value="Switched map drawing to altair for performance reasons.&#10;&#10;Added panel with simulation metadata." />
+    <MESSAGE value="Further improvements on Altair visualizations" />
+    <option name="LAST_COMMIT_MESSAGE" value="Further improvements on Altair visualizations" />
   </component>
   <component name="XDebuggerManager">
     <breakpoint-manager>
@@ -786,7 +793,7 @@
         </line-breakpoint>
         <line-breakpoint enabled="true" suspend="THREAD" type="python-line">
           <url>file://$PROJECT_DIR$/Epigrass/epipanel.py</url>
-          <line>199</line>
+          <line>203</line>
           <option name="timeStamp" value="4" />
         </line-breakpoint>
         <line-breakpoint enabled="true" suspend="THREAD" type="python-line">
diff --git a/Epigrass/epipanel.py b/Epigrass/epipanel.py
index 3ad8014..cd0c3b0 100644
--- a/Epigrass/epipanel.py
+++ b/Epigrass/epipanel.py
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@
 import panel.widgets as pnw
 import hvplot.pandas
 import param
+import base64
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 import glob
 # import gpdvega
 from functools import lru_cache
 
-material = pn.template.MaterialTemplate(title='Epigrass Dashboard', favicon='../egicon.png', logo='../egicon.png')
+enc_icon = b'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACAAAAAgCAYAAABzenr0AAAA3ElEQVRYhe2WWQ7DIAxEH1XvVR+dmzkfVSJngWIW0VYZKV8EZgzDmABARFkhBDxomQs8z+tFvfoxBUG8nHkBgnircAlOwlt5LzxmkN4CbgFfJeB950vSrDHxUihOwtbEKxaQScKxQTUrCU87YJE5jnEeOJJfkdkxNUcTaDCnrbb0OCJRFbavmtySer3QVcAMI/5GEmaN1utNqAIhpjwghm8/Lsg2twbTd8CsU2/AlrnTTbhDbSX/swPgr2ZIeHl6QStX8tqsi79MBqxXMNcpu+LY7Ub0i48VdOv3CSxJ9X3LgJP02QAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='
+with open('egicon.png', 'wb') as f:
+    f.write(base64.b64decode(enc_icon))
+material = pn.template.MaterialTemplate(title='Epigrass Dashboard', favicon='egicon.png', logo='egicon.png')
 
 pn.config.sizing_mode = 'stretch_width'
 alt.renderers.set_embed_options(actions=True)
@@ -89,7 +93,7 @@ def read_map(fname):
 
 # pipeline = pn.pipeline.Pipeline()
 class SeriesViewer(param.Parameterized):
-    model_path = param.String()#default='../demos/outdata-rio')
+    model_path = param.String()  # default='../demos/outdata-rio')
     map_selector = param.ObjectSelector()
     simulation_run = param.ObjectSelector()
     localities = param.ObjectSelector(default='Pick a Locality', objects=[])
@@ -260,7 +264,7 @@ def altair_series(self):
             row = alt.hconcat()
             row |= base.encode(x='time', y=y_enc)
             if i < len(variables):
-                row |= base.encode(x='time', y=variables[i+1])
+                row |= base.encode(x='time', y=variables[i + 1])
 
             chart &= row
         return chart