diff --git a/qcross/ccrossfieldwidget.cpp b/qcross/ccrossfieldwidget.cpp
index 23493be..3b72020 100644
--- a/qcross/ccrossfieldwidget.cpp
+++ b/qcross/ccrossfieldwidget.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ namespace qcross {
 		updateTimeDisplay();
 		emit timeChanged(m_Time);
 		
+		// paused
+		stream >> m_Paused; qDebug("m_Paused = %i", int(m_Paused));
+		setDisabled(m_Paused);
+		
 		// messages
 		int messageCount;
 		stream >> messageCount; qDebug("messageCount = %i", messageCount);
@@ -193,6 +197,9 @@ namespace qcross {
 		// time(out)
 		stream << m_Time;
 		
+		// paused state
+		stream << m_Paused;
+		
 		// messages
 		// actually we should dump the message queue
 		// for now only dump last displayed
@@ -469,14 +476,12 @@ namespace qcross {
 	}
 	
 	void CCrossFieldWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *) {
-		QPainter painter(this);
-		
 		if (!m_Picture) {
-/*			painter.drawText(originX, originY, m_BoxSize, m_BoxSize,
-				Qt::AlignVCenter | Qt::AlignCenter, QString::number(m_Picture->rowNumbers(i)[m_Picture->rowNumbers(i).size() - j]));*/
 			return;
 		}
 		
+		QPainter painter(this);
+		
 		int originX = m_OffsetX + m_HeaderWidth;
 		int originY = m_OffsetY + m_HeaderHeight;