diff --git a/display-daemon/ser.c b/display-daemon/ser.c
index 7d3d911..f609d21 100644
--- a/display-daemon/ser.c
+++ b/display-daemon/ser.c
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@
 int fd;
 int screensaver;
 int brightness = 4;
+int offset = 0;
 char *fifo;
+char *pausemsg = NULL;
+
 pthread_mutex_t mutex1 = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 pthread_t thread1;
 
@@ -105,17 +108,17 @@ char display_set_timer[] = { 0x1F, 0x54 };
 #define TIME_BASE  	     200000
 #define TB_TO_SECS(x)        (x*1000000/TIME_BASE)
 
-#define TIME_CLOCK	     TB_TO_SECS(25)
+#define TIME_CLOCK	     TB_TO_SECS(5)
 #define TIME_DIM 	     TB_TO_SECS(90)
 #define TIME_OFF 	     TB_TO_SECS(320)
 
 #define DEVICE               "/dev/ttyUSB0"
 
-#define PAUSEMSG             "Hallo, bitte melde Dich am Barcodereader an, um das Kassensystem zu benutzen *** "
 
 // chars per line in our display:   
 #define LINELEN 20
 
+
 void
 display_write (const void *buf, size_t count)
 {
@@ -252,6 +255,36 @@ sighandler (int sig)
   //signal(sig, sighandler);
 }
 
+void scrolltext(){
+
+	if (pausemsg){
+	  char *message = calloc (LINELEN + 1, sizeof (char));
+
+	int spaces=0;
+
+	  if (offset<LINELEN){
+            spaces = LINELEN-offset; //anzahl spaces im ersten durchgang
+            memset(message , ' ', spaces);
+          }
+
+	  strncpy (message+spaces,  pausemsg + offset - LINELEN, LINELEN-spaces);
+
+	  offset=(offset + 1) % (strlen(pausemsg)+LINELEN);
+	  if (offset==0){
+	   offset=LINELEN;
+	  }
+
+	  int l = strlen (message);
+	  if (l < LINELEN)
+	    {
+	      message = strncat (message, pausemsg, LINELEN - l);
+	    }
+
+	  SEND_TEXT ("\x0b");
+	  SEND_TEXT (message);
+	  free (message);
+	}
+}
 
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
@@ -260,8 +293,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   //TODO: arg parser!
   fifo = strdup ("/tmp/display");
+  pausemsg = strdup("Bitte scanne Deine ID-Karte um Dich anzumelden *** "); 
 
-  if (argc != 2)
+ if (argc != 2)
     {
       devnode = strdup (DEVICE);
       printf ("no device specified, using default %s\n", devnode);
@@ -307,6 +341,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   sleep (3);
 
   screensaver = 0;
+  offset = 0; // offset for scrolltext in screensaver
 
   while (1)
     {
@@ -325,7 +360,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       if (screensaver <  (TIME_CLOCK + TIME_OFF + TIME_DIM + 10)){
 	screensaver++;
       }
-      //screensaver = (screensaver + 1) % (TIME_CLOCK + TIME_OFF + TIME_DIM + 10);
 
       if (screensaver == TIME_CLOCK)
 	{
@@ -340,19 +374,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       //show a scroll text while the screensaver is active...
       if ((screensaver > (TIME_CLOCK + 10)) && (screensaver < TIME_OFF))
 	{
-	  char *message = calloc (LINELEN + 1, sizeof (char));
-	  strncpy (message,
-		   PAUSEMSG +
-		   ((screensaver - TIME_CLOCK - 1) % strlen (PAUSEMSG)),
-		   LINELEN);
-	  int l = strlen (message);
-	  if (l < LINELEN)
-	    {
-	      message = strncat (message, PAUSEMSG, LINELEN - l);
-	    }
-	  SEND_TEXT ("\x0b");
-	  SEND_TEXT (message);
-	  free (message);
+		scrolltext();
 	}
 
       //after some more seconds of inactivity dim display and finally turn off