diff --git a/src/.main.c.swp b/src/.main.c.swp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b30b8a7
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/.main.c.swp differ
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index a3ef6e5..a197af9 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ void my_sleep(int microseconds) {
 // Compact threshold: if a client has more than this many messages in a single
 // outgoing buffer that all arrived within COMPACT_WINDOW_US, pack them into
 // a single CompactedMessage frame to reduce ws_sendframe_bin syscall overhead.
-#define COMPACT_THRESHOLD 4
+#define COMPACT_THRESHOLD 10
 #define COMPACT_WINDOW_US 100000ULL   // 100 ms
 
 static void compact_outgoing_buffer(SizedPtr* buf)
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         }
 
 
-        if (clients_try_timer == 0) 
+        if (clients_try_timer == 0 || emulState != EMUL_STATE_EXEC) 
         {
 
             if(getCurrentUsec() - lastTickCountWindowAt > 1000000)
diff --git a/src/proto/handlers/config.c b/src/proto/handlers/config.c
index ae2267a..3d1121d 100644
--- a/src/proto/handlers/config.c
+++ b/src/proto/handlers/config.c
@@ -601,6 +601,7 @@ void handleConfigCtrlMessage(
         return;
     }
 
+
     printf("[CTRL/CONFIG] loaded %zu devices\n", st.count);
 
     // Apply projections
@@ -733,6 +734,7 @@ void handleConfigCtrlMessage(
             st.seg_names[i][j] = strdup(handl->ctx->deviceMem->memsegNames[j]);
         }
     }
+    *emulContext->resetRequest = 1;
     uint8_t* out = fb_build_config_device_id_mapping(
         nonce, st.paths, st.path_lens, st.seg_names, st.seg_counts, dc, &msg_len);