diff --git a/imswitch/__main__.py b/imswitch/__main__.py
index 8f67d2cba..7e184db4c 100644
--- a/imswitch/__main__.py
+++ b/imswitch/__main__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def main():
         
         enabledModuleIds.append(enabledModuleIds.pop(enabledModuleIds.index('imscripting')))
 
-    # use only if available
+    # use only if available 
     #if "imblockly" in enabledModuleIds:
     #    try:
     #        from imswitch import imblockly
diff --git a/imswitch/imcontrol/controller/controllers/MCTController.py b/imswitch/imcontrol/controller/controllers/MCTController.py
index 7920b1c3c..a8b8f85a8 100644
--- a/imswitch/imcontrol/controller/controllers/MCTController.py
+++ b/imswitch/imcontrol/controller/controllers/MCTController.py
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ def takeTimelapse(self):
 
             # this should decouple the hardware-related actions from the GUI - but it doesn't
             self.isMCTrunning = True
-            self.MCTThread = threading.Thread(target=self.takeTimelapseThread, daemon=True)
+            self.MCTThread = threading.Thread(target=self.takeTimelapseThread, args=(), daemon=True)
             self.MCTThread.start()
 
 
diff --git a/imswitch/imcontrol/model/managers/LEDMatrixs/__init__.py b/imswitch/imcontrol/model/managers/LEDMatrixs/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb