diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fe516ac..7e4ff5d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to the `Serial Monitor` crate will be documented in this fil
 
 # Unreleased 0.3.x
 
+* Fixed sample rate issue
 * ...
 
-# Unreleased 0.3.4
+# 0.3.4
 
 * implement option to self-update the application
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index edbf87f..3a001ab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ simultaneously.
 
 [Binary bundles](https://github.com/hacknus/serial-monitor-rust/releases) are available for Linux, macOS and Windows.
 
-Running the apple silicon binary may result to the message "Serial Monitor is damaged and cannot be opened.", to get
+Running the apple silicon binary (serial-monitor-aarch64-apple-darwin.app) may result to the message "Serial Monitor is
+damaged and cannot be opened.", to get
 around this you first need to run:  
 `xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine Serial\ Monitor.app`
 
diff --git a/src/gui.rs b/src/gui.rs
index ef36b84..651b7ff 100644
--- a/src/gui.rs
+++ b/src/gui.rs
@@ -332,9 +332,7 @@ impl MyApp {
                     }
 
                     if self.data.loaded_from_file && self.file_opened {
-                        if let Ok(labels) =
-                            self.load_names_rx.recv_timeout(Duration::from_millis(10))
-                        {
+                        if let Ok(labels) = self.load_names_rx.try_recv() {
                             self.labels = labels;
                             self.colors = (0..max(self.labels.len(), 1))
                                 .map(|i| COLORS[i % COLORS.len()])
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ce1bd0f..6c4fac8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use std::cmp::max;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::mpsc::{Receiver, Sender};
 use std::sync::{mpsc, Arc, RwLock};
-use std::time::Duration;
 use std::{env, thread};
 
 use crate::data::{DataContainer, Packet};
@@ -65,14 +64,14 @@ fn main_thread(
     let mut file_opened = false;
 
     loop {
-        if let Ok(cl) = clear_rx.recv_timeout(Duration::from_millis(1)) {
+        if let Ok(cl) = clear_rx.try_recv() {
             if cl {
                 data = DataContainer::default();
                 failed_format_counter = 0;
             }
         }
         if !file_opened {
-            if let Ok(packet) = raw_data_rx.recv_timeout(Duration::from_millis(1)) {
+            if let Ok(packet) = raw_data_rx.try_recv() {
                 data.loaded_from_file = false;
                 if !packet.payload.is_empty() {
                     sync_tx.send(true).expect("unable to send sync tx");
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ fn main_thread(
                 }
             }
         }
-        if let Ok(fp) = load_rx.recv_timeout(Duration::from_millis(10)) {
+        if let Ok(fp) = load_rx.try_recv() {
             if let Some(file_ending) = fp.extension() {
                 match file_ending.to_str().unwrap() {
                     "csv" => {
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ fn main_thread(
             *write_guard = data.clone();
         }
 
-        if let Ok(csv_options) = save_rx.recv_timeout(Duration::from_millis(1)) {
+        if let Ok(csv_options) = save_rx.try_recv() {
             match save_to_csv(&data, &csv_options) {
                 Ok(_) => {
                     log::info!("saved data file to {:?} ", csv_options.file_path);