diff --git a/light9/fade/Light9EffectFader.ts b/light9/fade/Light9EffectFader.ts
--- a/light9/fade/Light9EffectFader.ts
+++ b/light9/fade/Light9EffectFader.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { NamedNode } from "n3";
 import { getTopGraph } from "../web/RdfdbSyncedGraph";
 import { showRoot } from "../web/show_specific";
 import { SyncedGraph } from "../web/SyncedGraph";
-import { meter } from "./Light9FadeUi";
 export { Light9Fader } from "./Light9Fader";
 
 
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ export class Light9EffectFader extends L
     if (this.value == prev) {
       return;
     }
-    meter.tick();
     if (!this.setting) {
       throw new Error("can't make new settings yet");
     }
diff --git a/light9/fade/Light9FadeUi.ts b/light9/fade/Light9FadeUi.ts
--- a/light9/fade/Light9FadeUi.ts
+++ b/light9/fade/Light9FadeUi.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ export { Light9EffectFader } from "./Lig
 
 debug.enable("*");
 const log = debug("fade");
-export let meter: FPSMeter;
 
 @customElement("light9-fade-ui")
 export class Light9FadeUi extends LitElement {
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ export class Light9FadeUi extends LitEle
 
       <h1>Fade</h1>
 
-      <div id="fps"></div>
 
       ${this.faders.map((fd) => html` <light9-effect-fader .uri=${fd}></light9-effect-fader> `)}
     `;
@@ -57,8 +55,6 @@ export class Light9FadeUi extends LitEle
   }
   connectedCallback(): void {
     super.connectedCallback();
-    meter = new FPSMeter(this.shadowRoot?.querySelector("#fps")!, { graph: 1, left: "auto", right: "0" });
-    meter.tick();
   }
 }