diff --git a/scripts/dhcp2presency.sh b/scripts/dhcp2presency.sh
index 04c6fe3..ad6f262 100755
--- a/scripts/dhcp2presency.sh
+++ b/scripts/dhcp2presency.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ p="$(
  awk '{print $2}')"
 if [ "$p" != "" ]
 then
-  echo "$p" > /run/presency
+  :
+  #  echo "$p" > /run/presency # handled now in realtime code
 else
   logger $0 cannot access people counter. fallback to dhcp value guessing
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/peoplecounter-realtime.sh b/scripts/peoplecounter-realtime.sh
index cc80e4a..6ebb1f6 100755
--- a/scripts/peoplecounter-realtime.sh
+++ b/scripts/peoplecounter-realtime.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ else
   DEV=""
 fi
 STATSFILE="/run/peoplecounter$DEV"
-SAMPLES=12 # how many records to keep in file
+SAMPLES=20 # how many records to keep in file
 INTERVAL=10 # how long to wait between polls
 MAXFILE="/run/peoplecountermax$DEV"
 PRESENCY="/run/presency$DEV"   # value shown on website
diff --git a/scripts/upd_status.sh.d/peoplecountercheck b/scripts/upd_status.sh.d/peoplecountercheck
index d5525e8..50f9e05 100755
--- a/scripts/upd_status.sh.d/peoplecountercheck
+++ b/scripts/upd_status.sh.d/peoplecountercheck
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 # this script only makes sense if there is a good people counter installed
 if [ "$1" = "closed" ] && [ "$2" = "open" ]
 then
-  p="$(cat /run/presency)"
+  p="$(tail -1 /run/peoplecounter)"
   if [ "$p" != "0" ]
   then
     logger $(basename $0) There are $p people, closed door from inside. Waiting 1 min. 
     sleep 60
-    p="$(cat /run/presency)"
+    p="$(tail -1 /run/peoplecounter)"
     if [ "$p" = "0" ]
     then
       logger $(basename $0) There are $p people, after 1 min wait. All OK.