diff --git a/data.go b/data.go
index 60771b1..4afc248 100644
--- a/data.go
+++ b/data.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ type UIData struct {
 	LastTimestamp time.Time
 
 	SparklineData []*SparklineData
+	HasBarchart   bool
 }
 
 // SparklineData holds additional data needed for sparklines.
@@ -37,9 +38,21 @@ func NewUIData(vars []VarName, services []*Service) *UIData {
 	for i, _ := range services {
 		sp[i] = NewSparklineData(vars)
 	}
+
+	hasGCPauses := func(vars []VarName) bool {
+		for _, v := range vars {
+			if v.Kind() == KindGCPauses {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+		return false
+	}
+
 	return &UIData{
 		Services:      services,
 		Vars:          vars,
 		SparklineData: sp,
+
+		HasBarchart: hasGCPauses(vars),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/service.go b/service.go
index 1d48ded..9294085 100644
--- a/service.go
+++ b/service.go
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ func (s *Service) Update(wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 		value, err := expvar.GetValue(name.ToSlice()...)
 		if err != nil {
 			v.Set(nil)
-			continue
 		}
 		v.Set(value)
 	}
diff --git a/ui_single.go b/ui_single.go
index e267cda..2dcedf3 100644
--- a/ui_single.go
+++ b/ui_single.go
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/divan/gcpauses"
-	"runtime"
 	"time"
 
 	"gopkg.in/gizak/termui.v1"
@@ -113,7 +111,7 @@ func (t *TermUISingle) Update(data UIData) {
 
 		spl := &t.Sparkline.Lines[i]
 
-		max := data.SparklineData[i].Stats[name].Max().String()
+		max := data.SparklineData[0].Stats[name].Max().String()
 		spl.Title = fmt.Sprintf("%s: %v (max: %v)", name.Long(), service.Value(name), max)
 		spl.TitleColor = colorByKind(name.Kind())
 		spl.LineColor = colorByKind(name.Kind())
@@ -122,25 +120,36 @@ func (t *TermUISingle) Update(data UIData) {
 	}
 
 	// BarChart
-	var m runtime.MemStats
-	runtime.ReadMemStats(&m)
-	p := gcpauses.NewGCPauses(&m)
-	values, counts := p.Histogram(25)
-	vals := make([]int, 0, len(counts))
-	labels := make([]string, 0, len(counts))
-	for i := 0; i < len(counts); i++ {
-		vals = append(vals, int(counts[i]))
-		d := time.Duration(values[i])
-		labels = append(labels, d.String())
+	if data.HasBarchart {
+		var gcpauses *GCPauses
+		for _, v := range service.Vars {
+			if v.Kind() == KindGCPauses {
+				gcpauses = v.(*GCPauses)
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		hist := gcpauses.Histogram(20)
+		values, counts := hist.BarchartData()
+		vals := make([]int, 0, len(counts))
+		labels := make([]string, 0, len(counts))
+		for i := 0; i < len(counts); i++ {
+			vals = append(vals, int(counts[i]))
+			d := roundDuration(time.Duration(values[i]))
+			labels = append(labels, d.String())
+		}
+		t.BarChart.Data = vals
+		t.BarChart.DataLabels = labels
+		t.BarChart.Border.Label = "GC Pauses (last 256)"
+		t.BarChart.BarWidth = 7
 	}
-	t.BarChart.Data = vals
-	t.BarChart.DataLabels = labels
-	t.BarChart.Border.Label = fmt.Sprintf("%v", len(counts))
 
 	t.Relayout()
 
 	var widgets []termui.Bufferer
-	widgets = append(widgets, t.Title, t.Status, t.Sparkline, t.BarChart)
+	widgets = append(widgets, t.Title, t.Status, t.Sparkline)
+	if data.HasBarchart {
+		widgets = append(widgets, t.BarChart)
+	}
 	for _, par := range t.Pars {
 		widgets = append(widgets, par)
 	}
@@ -185,15 +194,19 @@ func (t *TermUISingle) Relayout() {
 	h -= secondRowH
 
 	// Third row: Sparklines
+	calcHeight := len(t.Sparkline.Lines) * 2
+	if calcHeight > (h / 2) {
+		calcHeight = h / 2
+	}
+
 	t.Sparkline.Width = tw
-	t.Sparkline.Height = h / 2
+	t.Sparkline.Height = calcHeight
 	t.Sparkline.Y = th - h
 
 	// Fourth row: Barchart
 	t.BarChart.Width = tw
-	t.BarChart.Height = h / 2
-	t.BarChart.Y = th - h/2
-	t.BarChart.BarWidth = 10
+	t.BarChart.Height = h - calcHeight
+	t.BarChart.Y = th - t.BarChart.Height
 }
 
 func formatMax(max interface{}) string {
diff --git a/var.go b/var.go
index 0a396c3..cf2e0b4 100644
--- a/var.go
+++ b/var.go
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ func (v *Number) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%.02f", v.val)
 }
 func (v *Number) Set(j *jason.Value) {
+	if j == nil {
+		v.val = 0
+		return
+	}
 	if n, err := j.Float64(); err == nil {
 		v.val = n
 	} else if n, err := j.Int64(); err == nil {
@@ -98,6 +102,10 @@ func (v *Memory) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s", byten.Size(v.bytes))
 }
 func (v *Memory) Set(j *jason.Value) {
+	if j == nil {
+		v.bytes = 0
+		return
+	}
 	if n, err := j.Int64(); err == nil {
 		v.bytes = n
 	} else {
@@ -122,6 +130,10 @@ func (v *Duration) String() string {
 }
 
 func (v *Duration) Set(j *jason.Value) {
+	if j == nil {
+		v.dur = 0
+		return
+	}
 	if n, err := j.Int64(); err == nil {
 		v.dur = time.Duration(n)
 	} else if n, err := j.Float64(); err == nil {
@@ -145,6 +157,10 @@ type String struct {
 func (v *String) Kind() VarKind  { return KindString }
 func (v *String) String() string { return v.str }
 func (v *String) Set(j *jason.Value) {
+	if j == nil {
+		v.str = "N/A"
+		return
+	}
 	if n, err := j.String(); err == nil {
 		v.str = n
 	} else {
@@ -165,6 +181,9 @@ func (v *GCPauses) Kind() VarKind  { return KindGCPauses }
 func (v *GCPauses) String() string { return "" }
 func (v *GCPauses) Set(j *jason.Value) {
 	v.pauses = [256]uint64{}
+	if j == nil {
+		return
+	}
 	if arr, err := j.Array(); err == nil {
 		for i := 0; i < len(arr); i++ {
 			p, _ := arr[i].Int64()
@@ -175,7 +194,12 @@ func (v *GCPauses) Set(j *jason.Value) {
 func (v *GCPauses) Histogram(bins int) *Histogram {
 	hist := NewHistogram(bins)
 	for i := 0; i < 256; i++ {
-		hist.Add(v.pauses[i])
+		// we ignore zeros, since
+		// its never the case, but
+		// we have zeros on the very beginning
+		if v.pauses[i] > 0 {
+			hist.Add(v.pauses[i])
+		}
 	}
 	return hist
 }