diff --git a/headers/baseconn.h b/headers/baseconn.h
index e3ead24..8c96b9e 100644
--- a/headers/baseconn.h
+++ b/headers/baseconn.h
@@ -96,8 +96,12 @@ public slots:
 
     void gotError(QAbstractSocket::SocketError err);
 
+    // --- socket communication handling ---
+
     Q_INVOKABLE QVariantMap sendCommand(int header, QJsonValue data = "");
 
+    // --- helper functions ---
+
     Q_INVOKABLE int writeRemoteSetting(QString key, QString value);
 
     Q_INVOKABLE bool refreshConnections();
@@ -116,6 +120,10 @@ public slots:
 private slots:
      void readyRead();
 
+     void processSocketMessage(QString message);
+
+     void socketReplyRecieved(QString reply);
+
      void socketStateChanged(QAbstractSocket::SocketState socketState);
 };
 extern BaseConn * pGlobalBaseConn;
diff --git a/qml/ProfilesDialog.qml b/qml/ProfilesDialog.qml
index fc675be..3dba153 100644
--- a/qml/ProfilesDialog.qml
+++ b/qml/ProfilesDialog.qml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Popup {
 
                     loadData: function () {
                         status = 905
-                        listData = {}
+                        //listData = {}
                         var retData = speedBackend.getAthletes()
 
                         if(retData === undefined){
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ Popup {
 
                         text: profileList.listData[index]["fullName"]
                         width: profileList.width - (swipeDelegate.x)
-
-
+                        height: profileList.height / 5
 
                         font.pixelSize: profiles_stack.text_pixelSize
 
@@ -164,8 +163,35 @@ Popup {
                             profiles_stack.openResults(profileList.listData[index]["userName"])
                         }
 
+                        contentItem: Text {
+                            visible: false
+                        }
+
+                        Text {
+
+                            anchors {
+                                verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
+                                left: parent.left
+                                leftMargin: swipeDelegate.width * 0.05
+                                right: parent.right
+                                rightMargin: swipeDelegate.rightPadding
+                            }
+
+                            text: swipeDelegate.text
+                            color: appTheme.style.textColor
+
+                            verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
+                            horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignLeft
+
+                            fontSizeMode: Text.Fit
+
+                            font.pixelSize: swipeDelegate.height * 0.4
+
+                            minimumPixelSize: 1
+                        }
+
                         background: Rectangle {
-                            color: Qt.darker( pressed ? Qt.darker("white", 1.1):"white", swipeDelegate.active ? 1.1:0 )
+                            color: pressed ? appTheme.style.delegatePressedColor : appTheme.style.delegateBackgroundColor
 
                             Behavior on color {
 
@@ -205,6 +231,7 @@ Popup {
 
                                 radius: width * 0.2
                                 border.color: control.down ? "#17a81a" : "#21be2b"
+                                color: control.down ? appTheme.style.delegatePressedColor : appTheme.style.delegateBackgroundColor
 
                                 Rectangle {
                                     width: parent.width * 0.65
@@ -273,7 +300,7 @@ Popup {
                             Label {
                                 id: deleteLabel
                                 text: qsTr("Delete")
-                                color: "white"
+                                color: appTheme.style.textColor
                                 verticalAlignment: Label.AlignVCenter
                                 padding: 12
                                 height: parent.height
@@ -353,6 +380,7 @@ Popup {
 
                 signal opened()
 
+
                 onOpened: {
                     loadData()
                 }
@@ -364,14 +392,18 @@ Popup {
                     status = listData.lenght !== false ? 200:0
                 }
 
-                delegate: ItemDelegate {
+                delegate: SmoothItemDelegate {
                     id: resultDel
 
                     width: parent.width
+                    height: resultView.height / 4
 
-                    font.pixelSize: profiles_stack.text_pixelSize
+                    backgroundRect.radius: 0
 
-                    text: "result: " + (listData[index]["result"] / 1000).toFixed(3) + " sec \nreaction time: " + listData[index]["reactionTime"].toFixed(0) + " ms"
+                    function getDateText(){
+                        var date = new Date(listData[index]["timestamp"]*1000).toLocaleString(Qt.locale(), "dddd, dd.MMM HH:mm")
+                        return date
+                    }
 
                     Rectangle {
                         color: "grey"
@@ -384,18 +416,47 @@ Popup {
                         }
                     }
 
-                    Label {
-                        anchors.top: parent.top
-                        anchors.left: parent.left
+                    Column {
+                        anchors.fill: parent
+                        anchors.leftMargin: parent.width * 0.05
 
-                        font.pixelSize: 10
+                        Label {
+                            id: dateLa
 
-                        text:  " " + getText()
+                            height: parent.height / parent.children.length
 
-                        function getText(){
-                            var date = new Date(listData[index]["timestamp"]*1000).toLocaleDateString(Qt.locale("de_DE"))
-                            return date
-                            console.log(date)
+                            font.pixelSize: height * 0.8
+                            fontSizeMode: Text.Fit
+
+                            color: appTheme.style.textColor
+
+                            text: resultDel.getDateText()
+                        }
+
+                        Label {
+                            id: resultLa
+
+                            height: parent.height / parent.children.length
+
+                            font.pixelSize: height * 0.8
+                            fontSizeMode: Text.Fit
+
+                            color: appTheme.style.textColor
+
+                            text: qsTr("result: ") + (listData[index]["result"] / 1000).toFixed(3) + " s"
+                        }
+
+                        Label {
+                            id: reactionTimeLa
+
+                            height: parent.height / parent.children.length
+
+                            font.pixelSize: height * 0.8
+                            fontSizeMode: Text.Fit
+
+                            color: appTheme.style.textColor
+
+                            text: qsTr("reaction time: ") + listData[index]["reactionTime"].toFixed(0) + " ms"
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -548,6 +609,8 @@ Popup {
             verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
             horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
 
+            color: appTheme.style.textColor
+
             text: profiles_stack.currentItem.title
 
         }
@@ -611,6 +674,9 @@ Popup {
                 leftMargin: parent.width/2 - width/2
             }
             opacity:  profiles_stack.currentItem.secondButt === "add" ? 1:0
+
+            color: appTheme.style.textColor
+
             text: "+"
             font.pixelSize: parent.height
         }
diff --git a/qml/SettingsDialog.qml b/qml/SettingsDialog.qml
index 4487de4..b71938f 100644
--- a/qml/SettingsDialog.qml
+++ b/qml/SettingsDialog.qml
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ Popup {
 
             glowOpacity: Math.pow( root.opacity, 100 )
 
-            backgroundColor: appTheme.style.buttonColor
             image: appTheme.style.backIcon
 
             onClicked: {
diff --git a/qml/components/FancyButton.qml b/qml/components/FancyButton.qml
index c5f5f7b..28dd8a3 100644
--- a/qml/components/FancyButton.qml
+++ b/qml/components/FancyButton.qml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Button {
     id: control
 
     property string image
-    property color backgroundColor: "white"
+    property color backgroundColor: appTheme.style.buttonColor
     property real imageScale: 1
     property double glowRadius: 0.001
     property double glowSpread: 0.2
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Button {
 
 
 
-    scale: control.pressed ? 0.8:1
+    //scale: control.pressed ? 0.8:1
 
     Behavior on scale {
         PropertyAnimation {
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ Button {
         }
     }
 
-    Behavior on backgroundColor {
-        ColorAnimation {
-            duration: 200
-        }
-    }
-
     background: Item {
         id: controlBackgroundContainer
 
@@ -48,13 +42,19 @@ Button {
         }
 
         Rectangle {
-            id: controlBackground
+            id:  controlBackground
 
             anchors.fill: parent
 
             radius: height * 0.5
 
-            color: control.backgroundColor
+            color: control.down ? Qt.darker(control.backgroundColor, 1.2) : control.backgroundColor
+
+            Behavior on color {
+                ColorAnimation {
+                    duration: 200
+                }
+            }
 
             Image {
                 id: buttonIcon
diff --git a/qml/components/RemoteDataListView.qml b/qml/components/RemoteDataListView.qml
index e8bc730..e184bab 100644
--- a/qml/components/RemoteDataListView.qml
+++ b/qml/components/RemoteDataListView.qml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import QtQuick 2.9
+import QtQuick 2.10
 import QtQuick.Controls 2.4
 
 Item {
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Item {
     property var loadData
     property var listData: ({})
     property Component delegate
+    property alias view: listView
 
     property int status: -1
 
@@ -23,11 +24,12 @@ Item {
 
         anchors.fill: parent
 
+        boundsBehavior: Flickable.DragOverBounds
+        boundsMovement: Flickable.StopAtBounds
+
         //enabled: status === 200 || status === 902
         //opacity: enabled ? 1:0
 
-        boundsBehavior: ListView.StopAtBounds
-
         ScrollBar.vertical: ScrollBar {
             parent: listView.parent
 
diff --git a/qml/components/SmoothItemDelegate.qml b/qml/components/SmoothItemDelegate.qml
index a1547de..c3627d0 100644
--- a/qml/components/SmoothItemDelegate.qml
+++ b/qml/components/SmoothItemDelegate.qml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import QtQuick.Controls 2.2
 ItemDelegate {
     id: control
     text: ""
-    font.pixelSize: options_stack.text_pixelSize
     property color textColor: appTheme.style.textColor
+    property alias backgroundRect: backgroundRect
 
     opacity: enabled ? 1 : 0.2
 
@@ -26,16 +26,20 @@ ItemDelegate {
         text: control.text
         color: appTheme.style.textColor
 
+        verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
+        horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignLeft
+
         fontSizeMode: Text.Fit
 
         font.pixelSize: control.height * 0.4
 
-        minimumPixelSize: 0
+        minimumPixelSize: 1
     }
 
     width: parent.width
 
     background: Rectangle {
+        id: backgroundRect
         color: control.down ? appTheme.style.delegatePressedColor : appTheme.style.delegateBackgroundColor
 
         radius: height * 0.3
diff --git a/sources/baseconn.cpp b/sources/baseconn.cpp
index effe924..7dd55d2 100644
--- a/sources/baseconn.cpp
+++ b/sources/baseconn.cpp
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ void BaseConn::gotError(QAbstractSocket::SocketError err)
     qDebug() << "got socket error: " << strError;
 }
 
+// -------------------------------------
+// --- socket communication handling ---
+// -------------------------------------
+
 QVariantMap BaseConn::sendCommand(int header, QJsonValue data){
     if(this->state != "connected"){
         return {{"status", 910}, {"data", "not connected"}};
@@ -178,8 +182,6 @@ QVariantMap BaseConn::sendCommand(int header, QJsonValue data){
     // stop the timer as the connection has been established
     timer.stop();
 
-    timer.deleteLater();
-
     return {{"status", reply.value("header").toInt()}, {"data", reply.value("data").toVariant()}};
 
 }
@@ -189,17 +191,64 @@ void BaseConn::readyRead() {
     //qDebug() << "ready to ready " << socket->bytesAvailable() << " bytes" ;
     QString reply = socket->readAll();
 
-    if(!reply.endsWith("</message>")){
-        this->readBuffer += reply;
+    //qWarning() << "socket read: " << reply;
+
+    processSocketMessage(reply);
+}
+
+void BaseConn::processSocketMessage(QString message){
+    QString startKey = "<message>";
+    QString endKey = "</message>";
+
+    //qWarning() << "... processing message now ... : " << message;
+
+    if(message == ""){
         return;
     }
-    else {
+
+    if((message.startsWith(startKey) && message.endsWith(endKey)) && (message.count(startKey) == 1 && message.count(endKey) == 1)){
+        // non-split message ( e.g.: <message>123456789</message>
+    }
+    else if(!message.contains(endKey) && (!this->readBuffer.isEmpty() || message.startsWith(startKey))){
+        // begin of a split message ( e.g.: <message>123 )
+        // or middle of a split message ( e.g.: 456 )
+        //qWarning() << "this is a begin or middle of split a message";
+        this->readBuffer += message;
+        return;
+    }
+    else if(!message.contains(startKey) && message.endsWith(endKey)) {
+        // end of a split message ( e.g.: 789</message> )
+
         if(!this->readBuffer.isEmpty()){
-            reply = readBuffer + reply;
+            message = readBuffer + message;
             readBuffer.clear();
         }
     }
+    else if((message.count(startKey) > 1 || message.count(endKey) > 1) || (message.contains(endKey) && !message.endsWith(endKey) && message.contains(startKey) && !message.startsWith(startKey))) {
+        // multiple messages in one packet ( e.g.: <message>123456789</message><message>987654321</message> )
+        // or multiple message fragments in one message ( e.g.: 56789</message><message>987654321</message> or 56789</message><message>98765 )
+        //qDebug() << "detected multiple messages";
 
+        int startOfSecondMessage = message.lastIndexOf(startKey);
+        // process first part of message
+        QString firstMessage = message.left(startOfSecondMessage);
+        this->processSocketMessage(firstMessage);
+        // process second part of message
+        QString secondMessage = message.right(message.length() - startOfSecondMessage);
+        this->processSocketMessage(secondMessage);
+
+        return;
+    }
+    else {
+        // invalid message
+        return;
+    }
+
+    //qWarning() << "... done processing, message: " << message;
+    this->socketReplyRecieved(message);
+}
+
+void BaseConn::socketReplyRecieved(QString reply) {
     reply.replace("<message>", "");
     reply.replace("</message>", "");
 
@@ -216,7 +265,9 @@ void BaseConn::readyRead() {
         for(int i = 0; i < this->waitingRequests.length(); i++){
             if(this->waitingRequests[i].id == id){
                 this->waitingRequests[i].reply = replyObj;
-                this->waitingRequests[i].loop->quit();
+                if(this->waitingRequests[i].loop != nullptr){
+                    this->waitingRequests[i].loop->quit();
+                }
                 return;
             }
         }
@@ -224,9 +275,12 @@ void BaseConn::readyRead() {
 
     latestReadReply = reply;
     emit gotUnexpectedReply(reply);
-
 }
 
+// ------------------------
+// --- helper functions ---
+// ------------------------
+
 int BaseConn::writeRemoteSetting(QString key, QString value) {
     QJsonArray requestData;
     requestData.append(key);
@@ -257,6 +311,7 @@ void BaseConn::socketStateChanged(QAbstractSocket::SocketState socketState) {
     switch (socketState) {
     case QAbstractSocket::UnconnectedState:
     {
+        this->deInit();
         this->setState("disconnected");
         break;
     }