diff --git a/examples/stats.html b/examples/stats.html
index e6e53e67..3f61233b 100644
--- a/examples/stats.html
+++ b/examples/stats.html
@@ -83,12 +83,13 @@
   	}
 		// create a new Series for this key
 		// add it into the map
-		chart = Stats[key] = new SmoothieChart({responsive: true, minValue: 0, grid:{strokeStyle:'rgba(100%,100%,100%,0.2)'},labels:{fontSize:20}});
+		chart = Stats[key] = new SmoothieChart({millisPerPixel:500, limitFPS: 16, responsive: true, minValue: 0, grid:{strokeStyle:'rgba(100%,100%,100%,0.2)'},labels:{fontSize:20}, grid: {verticalSections: 0, millisPerLine: 15000 * 4 /*, strokeStyle:'rgb(125, 0, 0)'*/}});
 		chart.line = new TimeSeries();
 		chart.addTimeSeries(chart.line,{ strokeStyle:'rgb('+Math.random()*255+', '+Math.random()*255+','+Math.random()*255+')', lineWidth:5 });
 		chart.canvas = $('.model').find('.chart').clone(true).appendTo('.charts');
 		chart.canvas.find('span').text(key);
 		chart.streamTo(chart.canvas.find('canvas').get(0), 15 * 1000);
+    chart.line.append(0, 0);
 		// check first two characters of key to determine other charts to add this in
 		// tbd later
 		return chart;
diff --git a/lib/evict.js b/lib/evict.js
index 8e0023bf..48e69437 100644
--- a/lib/evict.js
+++ b/lib/evict.js
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 		function check(){
 			var used = util().rss / 1024 / 1024;
 			var hused = heap().used_heap_size / 1024 / 1024;
-			//if(hused < ev.max && used < ev.max){ return }
-			if(used < ev.max){ return }
+			if(hused < ev.max && used < ev.max){ return }
+			//if(used < ev.max){ return }
 			console.LOG && Gun.log('evict memory:', hused.toFixed(), used.toFixed(), ev.max.toFixed());
 			GC();//setTimeout(GC, 1);
 		}
diff --git a/lib/radisk.js b/lib/radisk.js
index 8c873546..cc3539b3 100644
--- a/lib/radisk.js
+++ b/lib/radisk.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 		function atomic(v){ return u !== v && (!v || 'object' != typeof v) }
 		var map = Gun.obj.map;
 		var LOG = console.LOG;
+		var ST = 0;
 
 		if(!opt.store){
 			return opt.log("ERROR: Radisk needs `opt.store` interface with `{get: fn, put: fn (, list: fn)}`!");
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@
 					LOG && opt.log(S, +new Date - S, 'rad read in, ack', disk.length); S = +new Date;
 					var STMP = disk.length; // TMP STATS! DELETE!
 					map(disk, g.ack);
-					LOG && opt.log(S, +new Date - S, 'rad read acked', STMP, JSON.stringify(g.file));
+					LOG && opt.log(S, +new Date - S, 'rad read acked', STMP, JSON.stringify(g.file)); // this grows before spike?
 				}
 				g.ack = function(as){
 					if(!as.ack){ return }
@@ -431,8 +432,9 @@
 						try{
 							var json = JSON.parse(data); // TODO: this caused a out-of-memory crash!
 							p.disk.$ = json;
-							LOG && opt.log(S, +new Date - S, 'rad parsed JSON');
+							LOG && opt.log(S, ST = +new Date - S, 'rad parsed JSON');
 							map(q, p.ack);
+							LOG && (ST > 500) && require('./email').send({text: ""+ST+"ms "+file, from: "mark@gun.eco", to: "mark@gun.eco", subject: "RAD JSON parse"}, noop); // this is ONLY turned on if ENV CONFIGS have email/password to send out from.
 							return;
 						}catch(e){ tmp = e }
 						if('{' === data[0]){
diff --git a/lib/radix.js b/lib/radix.js
index 441f9540..a3523f3e 100644
--- a/lib/radix.js
+++ b/lib/radix.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 		return radix;
 	};
 
-	Radix.map = function map(radix, cb, opt, pre){ pre = pre || [];
+	Radix.map = function map(radix, cb, opt, pre){ pre = pre || []; // TODO: BUG: most out-of-memory crashes come from here.
 		var t = ('function' == typeof radix)? radix.$ || {} : radix;
 		if(!t){ return }
 		var keys = (t[_]||no).sort || (t[_] = function $(){ $.sort = Object.keys(t).sort(); return $ }()).sort, rev;