diff --git a/web/ons-demo/RELEASE_NOTES.txt b/web/ons-demo/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
index c0e729f..725dd23 100644
--- a/web/ons-demo/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
+++ b/web/ons-demo/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ** April 8, 2013 **
+- add explicit timeout logic so that the GUI doesn't have to be refreshed if the API misbehaves
+
+** April 8, 2013 **
 - merge from master
 - fix gradually increasing latency of iperf data display