diff --git a/src/computervision/HandDetectRegion.cpp b/src/computervision/HandDetectRegion.cpp
index 9c451a9..3ef6c28 100644
--- a/src/computervision/HandDetectRegion.cpp
+++ b/src/computervision/HandDetectRegion.cpp
@@ -38,10 +38,15 @@ namespace computervision
 		/*imshow("handDetection", fingerCountDebug);*/
 
 		hand_present = hand_calibrator.CheckIfHandPresent(handMask,handcalibration::HandDetectionType::GAME);
-		std::string text = (hand_present ? "hand" : "no");
-		cv::putText(camera_frame, text, cv::Point(start_x_pos, start_y_pos), cv::FONT_HERSHEY_COMPLEX, 2.0, cv::Scalar(0, 255, 255), 2);
+		//std::string text = (hand_present ? "hand" : "no");
+		//cv::putText(camera_frame, text, cv::Point(start_x_pos, start_y_pos), cv::FONT_HERSHEY_COMPLEX, 2.0, cv::Scalar(0, 255, 255), 2);
 		hand_calibrator.SetHandPresent(hand_present);
 
+		//draw black rectangle behind calibration information text
+		cv::rectangle(camera_frame, cv::Rect(0, camera_frame.rows - 55, 450, camera_frame.cols), cv::Scalar(0, 0, 0), -1);
+
+		hand_calibrator.DrawBackgroundSkinCalibrated(camera_frame);
+
 	}
 
 	cv::Mat HandDetectRegion::GenerateHandMaskSquare(cv::Mat img)
@@ -60,7 +65,7 @@ namespace computervision
 	bool HandDetectRegion::DrawHandMask(cv::Mat* input)
 	{
 		if (!hand_mask_generated) return false;
-		rectangle(*input, Rect(start_x_pos, start_y_pos, region_width, region_height), Scalar(255, 255, 255));
+		rectangle(*input, Rect(start_x_pos, start_y_pos, region_width, region_height), (hand_present ? Scalar(0, 255, 0) : Scalar(0,0,255)),2);
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -84,6 +89,7 @@ namespace computervision
 	std::vector<int> HandDetectRegion::CalculateSkinTresholds()
 	{
 		std::cout << "calibrating skin " << region_id << std::endl;
+		hand_calibrator.SetSkinCalibration(true);
 		return skin_detector.calibrateAndReturn(frame_out);
 	}
 
@@ -91,6 +97,7 @@ namespace computervision
 	{
 		std::cout << "setting skin " << region_id << std::endl;
 		skin_detector.setTresholds(tresholds);
+		hand_calibrator.SetSkinCalibration(true);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/computervision/calibration/HandCalibrator.cpp b/src/computervision/calibration/HandCalibrator.cpp
index caa4d03..dcf2911 100644
--- a/src/computervision/calibration/HandCalibrator.cpp
+++ b/src/computervision/calibration/HandCalibrator.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 
 #define MIN_MENU_HAND_SIZE 10000
-#define MIN_GAME_HAND_SIZE 4000 // todo change
+#define MIN_GAME_HAND_SIZE 3000 // todo change
 namespace computervision
 {
 	namespace handcalibration
@@ -25,11 +25,7 @@ namespace computervision
 			cv::putText(output_frame, "hand in frame:", cv::Point(5, output_frame.rows - 50), cv::FONT_HERSHEY_PLAIN, 2.0, cv::Scalar(255, 255, 0), 1);
 			cv::rectangle(output_frame, cv::Rect(420, output_frame.rows - 67, 15, 15), hand_present ? cv::Scalar(0, 255, 0) : cv::Scalar(0, 0, 255), -1);
 
-			cv::putText(output_frame, "background calibrated:", cv::Point(5, output_frame.rows - 30), cv::FONT_HERSHEY_PLAIN, 2.0, cv::Scalar(255, 255, 0), 1);
-			cv::rectangle(output_frame, cv::Rect(420, output_frame.rows - 47, 15, 15), background_calibrated ? cv::Scalar(0, 255, 0) : cv::Scalar(0, 0, 255), -1);
-
-			cv::putText(output_frame, "skin color calibrated:", cv::Point(5, output_frame.rows - 10), cv::FONT_HERSHEY_PLAIN, 2.0, cv::Scalar(255, 255, 0), 1);
-			cv::rectangle(output_frame, cv::Rect(420, output_frame.rows - 27, 15, 15), skintone_calibrated ? cv::Scalar(0, 255, 0) : cv::Scalar(0, 0, 255), -1);
+			DrawBackgroundSkinCalibrated(output_frame);
 
 			if (hand_present)
 			{
@@ -38,6 +34,16 @@ namespace computervision
 			}
 		}
 
+		void HandCalibrator::DrawBackgroundSkinCalibrated(cv::Mat& output_frame)
+		{
+
+			cv::putText(output_frame, "background calibrated:", cv::Point(5, output_frame.rows - 30), cv::FONT_HERSHEY_PLAIN, 2.0, cv::Scalar(255, 255, 0), 1);
+			cv::rectangle(output_frame, cv::Rect(420, output_frame.rows - 47, 15, 15), background_calibrated ? cv::Scalar(0, 255, 0) : cv::Scalar(0, 0, 255), -1);
+
+			cv::putText(output_frame, "skin color calibrated:", cv::Point(5, output_frame.rows - 10), cv::FONT_HERSHEY_PLAIN, 2.0, cv::Scalar(255, 255, 0), 1);
+			cv::rectangle(output_frame, cv::Rect(420, output_frame.rows - 27, 15, 15), skintone_calibrated ? cv::Scalar(0, 255, 0) : cv::Scalar(0, 0, 255), -1);
+		}
+
 		void HandCalibrator::SetSkinCalibration(bool val)
 		{
 			skintone_calibrated = val;
@@ -65,11 +71,10 @@ namespace computervision
 
 			if (points.size() == 0) return false;
 
-			std::cout << std::endl;
 			for (int p = 0; p < points.size(); p++)
 			{
 				int area = cv::contourArea(points[p]);
-				std::cout << area << std::endl;
+
 				if (type == handcalibration::HandDetectionType::MENU)
 					if (area > MIN_MENU_HAND_SIZE) return true;
 
diff --git a/src/computervision/calibration/HandCalibrator.h b/src/computervision/calibration/HandCalibrator.h
index fadc66d..ca71fde 100644
--- a/src/computervision/calibration/HandCalibrator.h
+++ b/src/computervision/calibration/HandCalibrator.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ namespace computervision
 			 */
 			void SetAmountOfFingers(int amount);
 
+			void DrawBackgroundSkinCalibrated(cv::Mat& output_frame);
+
 		private:
 
 			bool background_calibrated;
diff --git a/src/scenes/in_Game_Scene.cpp b/src/scenes/in_Game_Scene.cpp
index 0eede19..44db2e9 100644
--- a/src/scenes/in_Game_Scene.cpp
+++ b/src/scenes/in_Game_Scene.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ namespace scene
 
 	scene::Scenes scene::In_Game_Scene::start(GLFWwindow* window)
 	{
+		// set up squares according to size of camera input
 		cv::Mat camera_frame = objDetect.ReadCamera(); // get camera frame to know the width and heigth
 		reg_left.SetXPos(10);
 		reg_left.SetYPos(camera_frame.rows / 2 - reg_left.GetHeight()/2);