diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 794de68c..c2f3b813 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ android {
         buildConfigField "boolean", "SIMULATE_METRICS", "false"
         resourceConfigurations += ['en', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'es', 'fr', 'fr-rCA', 'it', 'nl', 'pl', 'pt', 'pt-rBR', 'ru', 'sl', 'uk']
     }
-    applicationVariants.all {
+    applicationVariants.configureEach {
         buildConfigField "String", "RELEASE_URL", "\"https://api.github.com/repos/${ghOwner}/${ghPackage}/releases/latest\""
     }
     buildTypes {
@@ -72,15 +72,9 @@ android {
     kotlinOptions {
         jvmTarget = "19"
     }
-    packaging {
-        resources {
-            excludes += '/META-INF/{AL2.0,LGPL2.1}'
-        }
-    }
-    buildToolsVersion '34.0.0'
 }
 
-configurations.all {
+configurations.configureEach {
     exclude group: 'com.google.guava', module: 'guava-jdk5'
 }
 
@@ -118,8 +112,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':speedviewlib')
 
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
-    implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:1.9.21'
-    implementation 'com.ezylang:EvalEx:3.1.0'
+    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:$kotlin_version"
+    implementation 'com.ezylang:EvalEx:3.0.5'
 
     implementation 'androidx.annotation:annotation:1.7.1'
     implementation "androidx.datastore:datastore:1.0.0"
@@ -127,7 +121,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'rongi.rotate-layout:rotate-layout:3.0.0'
     implementation 'androidx.databinding:databinding-runtime:8.2.0'
     // implementation 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android:2.48'
-  //  kapt 'com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:2.48'
+    //  kapt 'com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:2.48'
     implementation "ch.acra:acra-mail:$acraVersion"
     implementation "ch.acra:acra-toast:$acraVersion"
     implementation 'com.github.martin-stone:hsv-alpha-color-picker-android:3.1.0'
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/aatorque/stats/DashboardFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/aatorque/stats/DashboardFragment.kt
index ccf554ab..d415ea4d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/aatorque/stats/DashboardFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/aatorque/stats/DashboardFragment.kt
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ open class DashboardFragment : AlbumArt() {
                 if (it.showChart) {
                     torqueChart.setupItems(
                         screens.gaugesList.mapIndexed { index, display ->
-                            torqueRefresher.populateQuery(index, screenIndex, display)
+                            torqueRefresher.updateIfNeeded(index, screenIndex, display)
                         }.toTypedArray()
                     )
                 } else {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/aatorque/stats/TorqueData.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/aatorque/stats/TorqueData.kt
index 4f2a6c97..6ea19ae2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/aatorque/stats/TorqueData.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/aatorque/stats/TorqueData.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import android.icu.text.NumberFormat
 import com.aatorque.datastore.Display
 import com.ezylang.evalex.BaseException
 import com.ezylang.evalex.Expression
+import com.ezylang.evalex.data.EvaluationValue
 import timber.log.Timber
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledFuture
 
@@ -77,14 +78,12 @@ class TorqueData(var display: Display) {
         }
         return try {
             val result = expression!!.with("a", value).evaluate()
-            val asNumber = result.numberValue
-            val asString = try {
-                result.stringValue.toDouble()
-                numberFormatter.format(result.numberValue)
-            } catch (e: NumberFormatException) {
+            val asString = if (result.dataType == EvaluationValue.DataType.STRING) {
                 result.stringValue
+            } else {
+                numberFormatter.format(result.numberValue)
             }
-            Pair(asNumber.toDouble(), asString)
+            Pair(result.numberValue.toDouble(), asString)
         } catch (ex: Exception) {
             when(ex) {
                 is BaseException, is NoSuchElementException, is NumberFormatException -> {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/aatorque/stats/TorqueRefresher.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/aatorque/stats/TorqueRefresher.kt
index 194fb704..6122f999 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/aatorque/stats/TorqueRefresher.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/aatorque/stats/TorqueRefresher.kt
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ class TorqueRefresher {
     fun populateQuery(pos: Int, screen: Int, query: Display): TorqueData {
         data[pos]?.stopRefreshing(true)
         val cacheItem = cache[screen]?.get(pos)
-        val torqueData = if (cacheItem != null && cacheItem.display.pid == query.pid) {
-            cache[screen]!![pos]!!.also {
-                it.display = query
-            }
+        val torqueData = if (cacheItem?.display?.equals(query) == true) {
+            cacheItem
         } else {
             TorqueData(query)
         }
@@ -102,6 +100,14 @@ class TorqueRefresher {
         return data[idx]?.display?.equals(otherScreen) != true
     }
 
+    fun updateIfNeeded(pos: Int, screen: Int, query: Display): TorqueData {
+        return if (hasChanged(pos, query)) {
+            populateQuery(pos, screen, query)
+        } else {
+            data[pos]!!
+        }
+    }
+
     fun watchConnection(service: TorqueService, notifyConState: ConStatusFn) {
         notifyConState(lastConnectStatus)
         service.addConnectCallback {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 964c5379..56047f70 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 
 buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = '1.9.10'
+    ext.kotlin_version = '1.9.21'
     ext.gradle_version = '8.1.4'
     ext.google_services_version = '4.3.15'
     repositories {