diff --git a/.idea/jsLibraryMappings.xml b/.idea/jsLibraryMappings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ab233f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/jsLibraryMappings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="JavaScriptLibraryMappings">
+    <file url="PROJECT" libraries="{Node.js v0.8.17 Core Modules}" />
+  </component>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index a712a20..f65e00c 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -55,21 +55,5 @@
       <option name="VERSION" />
     </GetOptions>
   </component>
-  <component name="masterDetails">
-    <states>
-      <state key="ProjectJDKs.UI">
-        <settings>
-          <last-edited>1.6</last-edited>
-          <splitter-proportions>
-            <option name="proportions">
-              <list>
-                <option value="0.20000003" />
-              </list>
-            </option>
-          </splitter-proportions>
-        </settings>
-      </state>
-    </states>
-  </component>
 </project>
 
diff --git a/cosmfetcher.js b/cosmfetcher.js
index 6db581e..120357a 100644
--- a/cosmfetcher.js
+++ b/cosmfetcher.js
@@ -1,53 +1,56 @@
-var assert = require('assert'),
-		restify = require('restify'),
-		osc = require('node-osc');
+// this is a json fetcher for streams from cosm.com
+// to use, simply start "node cosmfetcher.js <hubAddress> <hubPort>"
+// configuration
+var streams = [ 91755, 70632, 53146, 45582, 64590 ];    // configure which cosm streams to fetch
+var pollingInterval = 1000;                             // in ms
+var sendAlways = false;                                 // if set to true, fetcher will always send osc messages
+                                                        // regardless if value changed
+// end configuration
 
-var hubAddress = '192.168.23.43', hubPort = 7110;
+var restify = require('restify'), osc = require('node-osc');
+var hubAddress = process.argv.length > 2 ? process.argv[2] : '192.168.23.43';
+var hubPort = process.argv.length > 3 ? process.argv[3] : 7110;
+
+console.log("using " + hubAddress + ":" + hubPort + " as hub");
 var oscClient = new osc.Client(hubAddress, hubPort);
-
-var streams = [ 91755, 70632, 53146, 45582, 64590 ];
-
-var client = restify.createJsonClient({
-	url: 'http://api.cosm.com',	headers: {'X-ApiKey':'orKBBdLAKuKJU-RxqmZpZB6q0baSAKxBTVhKdjhUNkdyVT0g'},version:'*'
+var cosmClient = restify.createJsonClient({
+	url: 'http://api.cosm.com',
+    headers: { 'X-ApiKey':'orKBBdLAKuKJU-RxqmZpZB6q0baSAKxBTVhKdjhUNkdyVT0g' },
+    version:'*'
 });
 
 var recentvalues = {};
 
-var getstream = function(streamId) {
-	client.get('/v2/feeds/' + streamId + ".json", function(err, req, res, obj) {
-
-		if(err == null && obj.datastreams != null) {
-			for(var i=0;i<obj.datastreams.length;i++) {
-				var dataStream = obj.datastreams[i];
-				if(dataStream.id != null) {
-                    var streamName = dataStream.id;
-                    if(streamName.length < 2 && dataStream.tags != null) streamName = dataStream.tags[0] + streamName;
-
-                    var address = '/cosm/' + obj.id + "/" + streamName;
-                    var currentValue = dataStream.current_value;
-
-
-                    if(isNumber(currentValue)) currentValue = parseFloat(currentValue);
-
-					if(recentvalues[address] != currentValue) {
-                        oscClient.send(address, currentValue);
-												console.log(address + ": " + currentValue);
-					}
-
-					recentvalues[address] = currentValue;
-				}
-			}
-		} else {
-			console.error("receive failure %s", err);
-		}
-	});
-}
-
 setInterval(function() {
-    for(var i=0;i<streams.length;i++) {
-        getstream(streams[i]);
+    for(var i=0; i<streams.length; i++) {
+        cosmClient.get('/v2/feeds/' + streams[i] + ".json", function(err, req, res, obj) {
+            if(err || obj.datastreams == null) return;
+
+            for(var i=0; i<obj.datastreams.length; i++) {
+                var dataStream = obj.datastreams[i];
+                if(dataStream.id == null) continue;
+
+                var streamName = dataStream.id;
+                if(streamName.length < 2 && dataStream.tags != null) {
+                    streamName = dataStream.tags[0] + streamName;
+                }
+
+                var address = '/cosm/' + obj.id + "/" + streamName;
+                var currentValue = dataStream.current_value;
+
+                if(isNumber(currentValue)) currentValue = parseFloat(currentValue);
+
+                if(sendAlways || recentvalues[address] != currentValue) {
+                    oscClient.send(address, currentValue);
+                    console.log(address + "," + currentValue);
+                }
+
+                recentvalues[address] = currentValue;
+            }
+        });
     }
-}, 1000);
+
+}, pollingInterval);
 
 
 function isNumber(value) {
diff --git a/fetcher.iml b/fetcher.iml
index 284429d..f0cbbb6 100644
--- a/fetcher.iml
+++ b/fetcher.iml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" />
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Node.js v0.8.17 Core Modules" level="application" />
   </component>
 </module>