diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/configureTracksHelper.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/configureTracksHelper.js
index 3e42fb7c1..90a3fb510 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/configureTracksHelper.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/configureTracksHelper.js
@@ -71,13 +71,24 @@
 
         $channel.data('cloned', hoverChannel);
         hoverChannel
-          .hover(function(e) {}, function() { removeHoverer($(this)); })
+          .hover(function(e) {
+            var hoverCheckTimeout = hoverChannel.data('hoverCheckTimeout');
+            if(hoverCheckTimeout) {
+              clearTimeout(hoverCheckTimeout);
+              hoverChannel.data('hoverCheckTimeout', null);
+            }
+          }, function() { removeHoverer($(this)); })
           .mousedown(function(e) {
             // because we have obscured the element the user wants to drag,
             // we proxy a mousedown on the hover-element to the covered .ftue-input ($channel).
             // this causes jquery.drag to get going even though the user clicked a different element
             $channel.trigger(e)
           })
+        hoverChannel.data('hoverCheckTimeout', setTimeout(function() {
+          // check if element has already been left
+          hoverChannel.data('hoverCheckTimeout', null);
+          removeHoverer(hoverChannel);
+        }, 500));
         hoverChannel.prependTo($offsetParent);
       }
 
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/networkTest.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/networkTestHelper.js
similarity index 100%
rename from web/app/assets/javascripts/networkTest.js
rename to web/app/assets/javascripts/networkTestHelper.js
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/session.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/session.js
index 171a99639..70f3e9725 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/session.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/session.js
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@
             "PeerMediaTrackGroup": 10
         };
 
-
         function beforeShow(data) {
             sessionId = data.id;
             promptLeave = true;
@@ -817,6 +816,8 @@
                     ],
                     usedMixers);
                 if (mixer) {
+                    var participant = (sessionModel.getParticipant(clientId) || {name:'unknown'}).name;
+                    logger.debug("found mixer=" + mixer.id + ", participant=" + participant)
                     usedMixers[mixer.id] = true;
                     keysToDelete.push(key);
                     var gainPercent = percentFromMixerValue(
@@ -839,6 +840,8 @@
                     $('.disabled-track-overlay', $track).show();
                     $('.track-connection', $track).removeClass('red yellow green').addClass('red');
                   }
+                  var participant = (sessionModel.getParticipant(clientId) || {name:'unknown'}).name;
+                  logger.debug("still looking for mixer=" + mixer.id + ", participant=" + participant)
                 }
             }