diff --git a/src/chat_gui4.cpp b/src/chat_gui4.cpp
index f36a07b..89f1765 100644
--- a/src/chat_gui4.cpp
+++ b/src/chat_gui4.cpp
@@ -154,11 +154,11 @@ void ChatGui4::render(void) {
 
 				if (ImGui::BeginChild("message_log", {0, -100}, false, ImGuiWindowFlags_MenuBar)) {
 					if (ImGui::BeginMenuBar()) {
-						ImGui::Checkbox("show extra info", &_show_chat_extra_info);
-						if (ImGui::SmallButton("test")) {
-							_cr.emplace_or_replace<Contact::Components::AvatarFile>(*_selected_contact, "tomato_v1_256.png");
-							_cr.emplace_or_replace<Contact::Components::TagAvatarInvalidate>(*_selected_contact);
-							std::cout << "DEBUG: added AvatarFile comp to contact\n";
+						if (ImGui::BeginMenu("debug")) {
+							ImGui::Checkbox("show extra info", &_show_chat_extra_info);
+							ImGui::Checkbox("show avatar transfers", &_show_chat_avatar_tf);
+
+							ImGui::EndMenu();
 						}
 						ImGui::EndMenuBar();
 					}
@@ -466,7 +466,13 @@ void ChatGui4::renderMessageBodyText(Message3Registry& reg, const Message3 e) {
 }
 
 void ChatGui4::renderMessageBodyFile(Message3Registry& reg, const Message3 e) {
-	if (reg.all_of<Message::Components::Transfer::FileKind>(e) && reg.get<Message::Components::Transfer::FileKind>(e).kind == 1) {
+	if (
+		!_show_chat_avatar_tf
+		&& (
+			reg.all_of<Message::Components::Transfer::FileKind>(e)
+			&& reg.get<Message::Components::Transfer::FileKind>(e).kind == 1
+		)
+	) {
 		// TODO: this looks ugly
 		ImGui::TextDisabled("set avatar");
 		return;
diff --git a/src/chat_gui4.hpp b/src/chat_gui4.hpp
index 73b5739..df7d375 100644
--- a/src/chat_gui4.hpp
+++ b/src/chat_gui4.hpp
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ class ChatGui4 {
 	// TODO: per contact
 	std::string _text_input_buffer;
 
-	bool _show_chat_extra_info {true};
+	bool _show_chat_extra_info {false};
+	bool _show_chat_avatar_tf {false};
 
 	float TEXT_BASE_WIDTH {1};
 	float TEXT_BASE_HEIGHT {1};
diff --git a/src/settings_window.cpp b/src/settings_window.cpp
index 4468120..e67e261 100644
--- a/src/settings_window.cpp
+++ b/src/settings_window.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ void SettingsWindow::render(void) {
 			if (ImGui::BeginMenuBar()) {
 				ImGui::Separator();
 				if (ImGui::BeginMenu("Settings")) {
-					if (ImGui::MenuItem("show settings window")) {
+					if (ImGui::MenuItem("settings window")) {
 						_show_window = true;
 					}
 					ImGui::EndMenu();
diff --git a/src/tox_avatar_manager.cpp b/src/tox_avatar_manager.cpp
index 8efa480..cd98ed5 100644
--- a/src/tox_avatar_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/tox_avatar_manager.cpp
@@ -140,14 +140,14 @@ void ToxAvatarManager::checkMsg(Message3Handle h) {
 
 	const auto& file_info = h.get<Message::Components::Transfer::FileInfo>();
 
+	const auto contact = h.get<Message::Components::ContactFrom>().c;
+
 	// TCS-2.2.4
 	if (file_info.total_size > 65536ul) {
 		// TODO: mark handled?
 		return; // too large
 	}
 
-	const auto contact = h.get<Message::Components::ContactFrom>().c;
-
 	// TCS-2.2.10
 	if (file_info.file_list.empty() || file_info.file_list.front().file_name.empty() || file_info.total_size == 0) {
 		// reset
@@ -186,16 +186,18 @@ void ToxAvatarManager::checkMsg(Message3Handle h) {
 
 		h.emplace_or_replace<Components::TagAvatarImageHandled>();
 	} else {
-		const auto& supposed_file_hash = h.get<Message::Components::Transfer::FileID>().id;
-
 		// check file id for existing hash
 		if (std::filesystem::is_regular_file(file_path)) {
+			//const auto& supposed_file_hash = h.get<Message::Components::Transfer::FileID>().id;
 			// load file
 			// hash file
 			//_t.toxHash();
 
+			std::filesystem::remove(file_path); // hack, hard replace existing file
 		}
 
+		std::cout << "TAM: accepted avatar ft\n";
+
 		// if not already on disk
 		_accept_queue.push_back(AcceptEntry{h, file_path});
 	}