diff --git a/js/speccy.js b/js/speccy.js
index ce292811b375c030a0d8f976e64c0a46979c6491..1decb9f7351aaa30f48a0ec134bd439e4a8d757b 100644
--- a/js/speccy.js
+++ b/js/speccy.js
@@ -512,6 +512,10 @@ function plotData() {
     var xsize = canvas.width;
     var ysize = canvas.height; 
 
+    ctx.fillStyle = "white";
+    ctx.rect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+    ctx.fill();
+
     ctx.stroke();
     ctx.font = "14px Arial";
     ctx.textAlign="center"; 
@@ -521,9 +525,6 @@ function plotData() {
     var dx2_inv = (xsize-padx)*(1.+znow)/(x1-x0);
 //    ctx.clearRect (0 ,0,canvas.width, canvas.height);
 
-    ctx.fillStyle = "white";
-    ctx.rect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
-    ctx.fill();
 
     ctx.fillStyle = "black";
     ctx.strokeStyle = "#000000";
@@ -1111,7 +1112,11 @@ function writePipeInfo(){
     {
 	switch (keynames[i]) {
 	    case "PLATE":         document.getElementById("pipeParams_PLATE"        ).innerHTML = keyvals[i]; break;
-	    case "MJD":           document.getElementById("pipeParams_MJD"          ).innerHTML = keyvals[i]; break;
+	    case "MJD":
+                var el = document.getElementById("pipeParams_MJD");
+                el.innerHTML = keyvals[i];
+                el.title = convertMJDtoDate(keyvals[i]).toISOString().split('T')[0];
+                break;
 	    case "FIBERID":       document.getElementById("pipeParams_FIBERID"      ).innerHTML = keyvals[i]; break;
 	    case "RUN2D":         document.getElementById("pipeParams_RUN2D"        ).innerHTML = keyvals[i]; break;
 	    case "PLUG_RA":       document.getElementById("pipeParams_PLUG_RA"      ).innerHTML = keyvals[i]; ra  = Number(keyvals[i]); break;
@@ -1245,7 +1250,10 @@ document.body.addEventListener('mousedown', function (evt){
 				   String.fromCharCode(955,8338), String.fromCharCode(955,7523), String.fromCharCode(955),
 				   lobs,String.fromCharCode(8491),lrest,String.fromCharCode(8491),flux, 
 				   String.fromCharCode(215)+"10"+String.fromCharCode(8315,185,8311)+" erg cm"+String.fromCharCode(8315,178) +" s"+ String.fromCharCode(8315,185) + " " + String.fromCharCode(8491,8315,185), AB);
-		 ctx.clearRect (xsize-47.*padx2, ysize-0.6*pady, xsize, ysize);
+//	         ctx.clearRect (xsize-47.*padx2, ysize-0.6*pady, xsize, ysize);
+                 ctx.fillStyle = "white";
+	         ctx.fillRect (xsize-47.*padx2, ysize-0.6*pady, xsize, ysize);
+                 ctx.fillStyle = "black";
 		 ctx.fillText(str,  xsize-23.*padx2, ysize-0.2*pady);
 	}
     }
@@ -1324,3 +1332,19 @@ function downloadPng(){
     
     document.getElementById("downloader").href = document.getElementById("myCanvas").toDataURL("image/png").replace(/^data:image\/[^;]/, 'data:application/octet-stream');
 }
+
+// from https://github.com/stevebest/julian
+function convertJDtoDate(jd) {
+    const DAY_IN_MS = 86400000;
+    const UNIX_EPOCH_JULIAN_DATE = 2440587.5;
+    return new Date((Number(jd) - UNIX_EPOCH_JULIAN_DATE) * DAY_IN_MS);
+};
+
+function convertMJDtoDate(mjd) {
+    const DAY_IN_MS = 86400000;
+    const UNIX_EPOCH_JULIAN_DATE = 2440587.5;
+    const MJD_TO_JD = 2400000.5;
+    return new Date((Number(mjd) + MJD_TO_JD - UNIX_EPOCH_JULIAN_DATE) * DAY_IN_MS);
+};
+
+
diff --git a/speccy.html b/speccy.html
index 0171099ab480c41ad6951693e6e98a49f0ebf6cf..e02e75ce115f409cd71b044604f33823a3021f2c 100644
--- a/speccy.html
+++ b/speccy.html
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
 	    <label title="High level of certainty for both redshift and classification"><input type="radio" name="z_conf_person" onchange="writeVIinfo()" value="3" checked>3</label>
 	    <label title="Uncertain redshift, certain classification"                  ><input type="radio" name="z_conf_person" onchange="writeVIinfo()" value="2"  >2</label>
 	    <label title="Uncertain redshift and classification"                       ><input type="radio" name="z_conf_person" onchange="writeVIinfo()" value="1" >1</label>
-	    <label title="No inspection, Bad, Unplugged etc"                           ><input type="radio" name="z_conf_person" onchange="writeVIinfo()" value="0" >0 (No Vote)</label>
+	    <label title="No vote" ><input type="radio" name="z_conf_person" onchange="writeVIinfo()" value="0" >0</label>
 	</td>
 
 
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 	    CLASS_PERSON:
 	</td>
         <td colspan="1">
-	  <input type="radio" name="class_person" onchange="writeVIinfo()" value="NONE"                            >NONE
+	  <input type="radio" name="class_person" onchange="writeVIinfo()" value="NONE"  title="No vote (0), Bad spectrum (1), No signal (2), Continuum only (3)" >NONE
 	  <input type="radio" name="class_person" onchange="writeVIinfo()" value="STAR"    id="class_person_star"  >STAR
 	  <input type="radio" name="class_person" onchange="writeVIinfo()" value="GALAXY"  id="class_person_galaxy">GALAXY
 	  <input type="radio" name="class_person" onchange="writeVIinfo()" value="QSO"     id="class_person_qso"   >QSO
@@ -296,35 +296,36 @@
 
 <p id="inspectInBrowser"></p>
 
-<a href="#" id="downloader" onclick="downloadPng()" download="spectrum.png"><button type="button">Download as png</button></a>
+<a href="#" id="downloader" onclick="downloadPng()" download="spectrum.png"><button type="button">Save current view as as .png</button></a>
 
 <hr>
 <h4>Usage:</h4> 
 <p><blockquote><samp>http://erosita-bhm.mpe.mpg.de/speccy/speccy.html?specfile={URL}</samp></blockquote>&nbsp; (substitute URL of a valid speccy file)<br>
-    * The cursor (arrow) keys move the template in redshift and normalisation<br>
-    * To zoom into a region: click and hold the right mouse button at one corner of the region of interest, 
-    then drag the pointer to the opposite corner of the region where you then release the right button 
-    (visual feedback is not yet available). <br>
-    * Left-clicking the button displayes the coordinates of the pointer position at the time of the click. <br>
-    * Please send comments, complaints and suggestions to <a href="mailto:dwelly@mpe.mpg.de">dwelly@mpe.mpg.de</a>.
+
+    <ul>
+        <li>The cursor (arrow) keys move the template in redshift and normalisation</li>
+        <li>To zoom into a region: click and hold the right mouse button at one corner of the region of interest, 
+            then drag the pointer to the opposite corner of the region where you then release the right button 
+            (visual feedback is not yet available). </li>
+        <li> Left-clicking the button displays the coordinates of the pointer position at the time of the click in the bottom right hand of the spectrum plot. </li>
+        <li> Plots of the current spectral view can be saved directly as .png files using the 'Save current view as as .png' button. </li>
+        <li> Please send comments, complaints and suggestions to <a href="mailto:dwelly@mpe.mpg.de">dwelly@mpe.mpg.de</a></li>
 </p>
 
 <h4>Speccy File format:</h4> 
 <p>
-    These are plain ASCII text files.<br>
-    Header entries are prefixed by a hash and contain "key = value" pairs.<br>
-    Main body should contain five comma-separated columns
+    Speccy expects plain ASCII text files as input.<br>
+    Header entries are prefixed by a hash and contain "key = value" pairs. e.g. '# PLATE = 1234'<br>
+    The main body of the speccy file should contain five comma-separated columns
     (with all fluxes in units 10<sup>-17</sup> erg cm<sup>-2</sup> s<sup>-1</sup> &Aring;<sup>-1</sup>):
 </p>
 <blockquote><samp>Observed Vacuum Wavelength (&Aring;), Flux, FluxError, SkyFlux, ModelFlux</samp></blockquote>
 <p>
-    Template files should contain just two comma-separated columns:
+    Template files must contain two comma-separated columns:
 </p>
 <blockquote><samp>Rest-frame Vacuum Wavelength (&Aring;), ModelFlux (F<sub>&lambda;</sub>)</samp></blockquote>
-<p>
-    Here is a script that can be used to convert a plateful of eBOSS spectra from "spPlate*"+"spZbest*"+"spZall*" format into speccy format:<br>
-    <a href="http://www.mpe.mpg.de/~tdwelly/speccy/convert_sdss_plate_to_speccy.csh"> convert_sdss_plate_to_speccy.csh</a>
-</p>
+
+<p> Note. Therefore a normal Speccy spectrum file can be used as a template</p>
 <hr>
 
 
@@ -386,6 +387,7 @@
 
 <hr>
 <h4>Emission/absorption line list:</h4> 
+These are the lines that are plotted over the spectra.
 <table id="tableLinelist">
     <tr>
 	<th>Line Name</th>