first boot message improvements

server.py

@@ -46,20 +46,19 @@ CSV_FOLDER = 'csv/new/'
 ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS = {'csv', 'png'}
 
 ticker = pexpect.spawn("sudo -E python3 stockTicker.py")
-ticker.sendline('*') # run by default 
-time.sleep(8)
+time.sleep(2) # give the ticker time to initialise 
 
 system_info = json.load(open('csv/system_info.json'))
              
-                    
+ticker.sendline('*') # run startup gif by default 
+time.sleep(8)
 if system_info['first_boot']: # let startup message display 
     
-    time.sleep(10)
+    ticker.sendline('-')
     system_info['first_boot'] = False
     json.dump(system_info, open('csv/system_info.json', 'w'))
-    
-
-ticker.sendline('A') # run by default 
+else:
+    ticker.sendline('A') # run by default 
 
 def allowed_file(filename):
     return '.' in filename and filename.rsplit('.', 1)[1].lower() in ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS