diff --git a/frontend/ui/gesturedetector.lua b/frontend/ui/gesturedetector.lua
index c9fad7cc1..ba12ce18a 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/gesturedetector.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/gesturedetector.lua
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ function GestureDetector:feedEvent(tevs)
 	repeat
 		local tev = table.remove(tevs)
 		if tev then
-			DEBUG("tev fed to GestureDetector|",tev.x.."|"..tev.y.."|"..tev.id.."|"..tev.slot.."|"..tev.timev.sec.."|"..tev.timev.usec)
+			DEBUG("tev fed to GestureDetector|",tev.x,"|",tev.y,"|",tev.id,"|",tev.slot,"|",tev.timev.sec,"|",tev.timev.usec)
 			local slot = tev.slot
 			if not self.states[slot] then
 				self:clearState(slot) -- initiate state
diff --git a/koreader_kobo.sh b/koreader_kobo.sh
index cbd137d06..171a1e1c8 100644
--- a/koreader_kobo.sh
+++ b/koreader_kobo.sh
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ export TESSDATA_PREFIX="data"
 # export dict directory
 export STARDICT_DATA_DIR="data/dict"
 
+# stop Nickel
+killall -STOP nickel
+
 # finally call reader
 ./reader.lua /mnt/onboard 2> crash.log
 
 # continue with nickel
-
-reboot
+killall -CONT nickel