diff --git a/walkers.js b/walkers.js
index 253db93..79c7494 100644
--- a/walkers.js
+++ b/walkers.js
@@ -1,42 +1,9 @@
-/****************************************************************************
- * GUI Setup                                                                *
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-window.onload = function() {
-  var gui = new dat.GUI({
-    closed: false,
-    remembered: {
-      undefined: {
-        "0": {},
-      },
-    },
-    folders: {},
-    load: JSON,
-    width: 400,
-    autoPlace: false,
-  });
-
-  gui.add(controls, "step_time", 50, 1000).name("step time ms").step(50);
-  gui.add(controls, "fadeout", 0, 20).name("trail fadeout length (0 to disable)").step(1);
-  //gui.add(controls, "cell_size", 10, 100).name("cell size").step(1);
-  gui.addColor(controls, "color").name("guy color");
-  gui.add(controls, "restart_button").name("start again");
-
-  var customContainer = document.getElementById("controls-container");
-  customContainer.append(gui.domElement);
+var constants = {
+  step_time: 200,
+  cell_size: 22,
+  color: "#FFB000",
 };
 
-var controls = new(function() {
-  this.step_time = 200;
-  this.fadeout = 10;
-  this.cell_size = 22;
-  this.color = "#FFB000";
-
-  this.restart_button = function() {
-    ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height)
-    init_walk();
-  }
-})()
 
 /****************************************************************************
  * TODO: CATEOGORIZE THESE BULLSHITS                                        *
@@ -64,7 +31,7 @@ function init_walk() {
   // Draw a grid of boxes on the canvas
   setInterval(draw, 20);
   // TODO: it would be cool to have this changable, but I may just ... not
-  setInterval(move_walker, controls.step_time);
+  setInterval(move_walker, constants.step_time);
 }
 
 // check if the trails array has a position.
@@ -161,10 +128,10 @@ function draw() {
   if (old_width !== canvas.width || old_height != canvas.height) {
     var old_n_rows = n_rows;
     var old_n_cols = n_cols;
-    n_rows = canvas.height.div(controls.cell_size);
-    n_cols = canvas.width.div(controls.cell_size);
-    offset_h = (canvas.width - (controls.cell_size * n_cols)).div(2);
-    offset_v = (canvas.height - (controls.cell_size * n_rows)).div(2);
+    n_rows = canvas.height.div(constants.cell_size);
+    n_cols = canvas.width.div(constants.cell_size);
+    offset_h = (canvas.width - (constants.cell_size * n_cols)).div(2);
+    offset_v = (canvas.height - (constants.cell_size * n_rows)).div(2);
     offset = {h: offset_h, v: offset_v};
     // TODO: for every walker and every trail, adjust their position to the new canvas size
     // we wanna just mod it, probably. that way if you shrink it you don't
@@ -190,10 +157,10 @@ function draw_grid_square(row, col, color) {
   var margin = 2;
 
   ctx.fillStyle = color;
-  var pos_h = offset.h + (controls.cell_size * col) + margin;
-  var pos_v = offset.v + (controls.cell_size * row) + margin;
+  var pos_h = offset.h + (constants.cell_size * col) + margin;
+  var pos_v = offset.v + (constants.cell_size * row) + margin;
 
-  ctx.fillRect(pos_h, pos_v, controls.cell_size - (2*margin), controls.cell_size - (2*margin));
+  ctx.fillRect(pos_h, pos_v, constants.cell_size - (2*margin), constants.cell_size - (2*margin));
 }
 
 /****************************************************************************
@@ -207,13 +174,13 @@ canvas.width  = window.innerWidth;
 canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
 
 // compute the initial rows and columns
-var n_rows = canvas.height.div(controls.cell_size);
-var n_cols = canvas.width.div(controls.cell_size);
-var offset_h = (canvas.width - (controls.cell_size * n_cols)).div(2);
-var offset_v = (canvas.height - (controls.cell_size * n_rows)).div(2);
+var n_rows = canvas.height.div(constants.cell_size);
+var n_cols = canvas.width.div(constants.cell_size);
+var offset_h = (canvas.width - (constants.cell_size * n_cols)).div(2);
+var offset_v = (canvas.height - (constants.cell_size * n_rows)).div(2);
 var offset = {h: offset_h, v: offset_v};
 
 // set start position of walker and start the random walk
-var walker = {row: n_rows.div(2), col: n_cols.div(2), color: controls.color};
+var walker = {row: n_rows.div(2), col: n_cols.div(2), color: constants.color};
 trails = []
 init_walk();