diff --git a/src/emucore/FrameBuffer.cxx b/src/emucore/FrameBuffer.cxx
index 4145b2892..81d156be6 100644
--- a/src/emucore/FrameBuffer.cxx
+++ b/src/emucore/FrameBuffer.cxx
@@ -385,40 +385,36 @@ void FrameBuffer::drawFrameStats()
   const int XPOS = 2, YPOS = 0;
 
   myStatsMsg.surface->invalidate();
-  string bsinfo = info.BankSwitch +
-    (myOSystem.settings().getBool("dev.settings") ? "| Developer" : "| Player");
+
   // draw shadowed text
+  string bsinfo = info.BankSwitch +
+    (myOSystem.settings().getBool("dev.settings") ? "| Developer" : "");
   color = myOSystem.console().tia().scanlinesLastFrame() != myLastScanlines ? kDbgColorRed : myStatsMsg.color;
   std::snprintf(msg, 30, "%3u", myOSystem.console().tia().scanlinesLastFrame());
   myStatsMsg.surface->drawString(font(), msg, XPOS, YPOS,
                                  myStatsMsg.w, color, TextAlign::Left, 0, true, kBGColor);
-  // draw framerate
+
+  // draw the effective framerate
   float frameRate;
-  if(myOSystem.settings().getInt("framerate") == 0)
+  const TimingInfo& ti = myOSystem.timingInfo();
+  // update every ~1 second
+  if(ti.totalFrames - myTotalFrames >= myLastFrameRate)
   {
-    // if 'Auto' is selected, draw the calculated framerate
-    frameRate = myOSystem.console().getFramerate();
+    frameRate = 1000000.0 * (ti.totalFrames - myTotalFrames) / (ti.totalTime - myTotalTime);
+    if(frameRate > myOSystem.console().getFramerate() + 1)
+      frameRate = 1; // check soon again
+    myTotalFrames = ti.totalFrames;
+    myTotalTime = ti.totalTime;
   }
   else
-  {
-    // if 'Auto' is not selected, draw the effective framerate
-    const TimingInfo& ti = myOSystem.timingInfo();
-    if(ti.totalFrames - myTotalFrames >= myLastFrameRate)
-    {
-      frameRate = 1000000.0 * (ti.totalFrames - myTotalFrames) / (ti.totalTime - myTotalTime);
-      if(frameRate > myOSystem.console().getFramerate() + 1)
-        frameRate = 1;
-      myTotalFrames = ti.totalFrames;
-      myTotalTime = ti.totalTime;
-    }
-    else
-      frameRate = myLastFrameRate;
-  }
-  color = frameRate != myLastFrameRate ? kDbgColorRed : myStatsMsg.color;
+    frameRate = myLastFrameRate;
+
   myLastFrameRate = frameRate;
   std::snprintf(msg, 30, "@%6.2ffps", frameRate);
   myStatsMsg.surface->drawString(font(), msg, XPOS + font().getStringWidth("262 "), YPOS,
-                                 myStatsMsg.w, color, TextAlign::Left, 0, true, kBGColor);
+                                 myStatsMsg.w, myStatsMsg.color, TextAlign::Left, 0, true, kBGColor);
+
+  // draw bankswitching type
   std::snprintf(msg, 30, "=> %s", info.DisplayFormat.c_str());
   myStatsMsg.surface->drawString(font(), msg, XPOS + font().getStringWidth("262 @ 60.00fps "), YPOS,
                                  myStatsMsg.w, myStatsMsg.color, TextAlign::Left, 0, true, kBGColor);
diff --git a/src/gui/TimeMachineDialog.cxx b/src/gui/TimeMachineDialog.cxx
index de4b17fd9..ffa69262c 100644
--- a/src/gui/TimeMachineDialog.cxx
+++ b/src/gui/TimeMachineDialog.cxx
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ void TimeMachineDialog::loadConfig()
   if(!surface().attributes().blending)
   {
     surface().attributes().blending = true;
-    surface().attributes().blendalpha = 80;
+    surface().attributes().blendalpha = 92;
     surface().applyAttributes();
   }