diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index e9a14ab9af..8ec65249b3 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ var (
 		utils.StatethDashboardsFolderFlag,
 		utils.StatethGrafanaPortFlag,
 		utils.StatethInfluxdbPortFlag,
-		utils.StatethRmFlag,
 		utils.EthashCacheDirFlag,
 		utils.EthashCachesInMemoryFlag,
 		utils.EthashCachesOnDiskFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/geth/usage.go b/cmd/geth/usage.go
index 47f8c8b0a5..acd6be4f54 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/usage.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/usage.go
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ var AppHelpFlagGroups = []flagGroup{
 	//		utils.StatethDashboardsFolderFlag,
 	//		utils.StatethGrafanaPortFlag,
 	//		utils.StatethInfluxdbPortFlag,
-	//		utils.StatethRmFlag,
 	//	},
 	//},
 	{
diff --git a/cmd/stateth/stateth.go b/cmd/stateth/stateth.go
index 74502eadf5..de6ec1fe99 100644
--- a/cmd/stateth/stateth.go
+++ b/cmd/stateth/stateth.go
@@ -66,17 +66,13 @@ func main() {
 	app.Action = func(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		log.Root().SetHandler(log.LvlFilterHandler(log.Lvl(ctx.Int("loglevel")), log.StreamHandler(os.Stdout, log.TerminalFormat(true))))
 
-		se, err := stateth.New(ctx, &stateth.Config{
+		se := stateth.New(ctx, &stateth.Config{
 			DockerPrefix:     ctx.String("docker-prefix"),
 			GrafanaPort:      ctx.Int("grafana-http-port"),
 			InfluxDBPort:     ctx.Int("influxdb-http-port"),
 			DashboardsFolder: ctx.String("grafana-dashboards-folder"),
-			Rm:               ctx.Bool("rm"),
 		})
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if err = se.StartExternal(); err != nil {
+		if err := se.StartExternal(ctx.Bool("rm")); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 8a8a955739..24f182243e 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -230,13 +230,9 @@ var (
 	}
 	StatethInfluxdbPortFlag = cli.IntFlag{
 		Name:  "stateth.influxdbport",
-		Usage: "Influxdb http port",
+		Usage: "InfluxDB http port",
 		Value: stateth.DefaultConfig.InfluxDBPort,
 	}
-	StatethRmFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:  "stateth.rm",
-		Usage: "Remove existing stateth network and stateth containers upon startup. Make sure that the start up works every time, even if the service wasn't shut down gracefully.",
-	}
 	// Ethash settings
 	EthashCacheDirFlag = DirectoryFlag{
 		Name:  "ethash.cachedir",
@@ -1188,7 +1184,6 @@ func SetStatethConfig(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *stateth.Config) {
 	cfg.DashboardsFolder = ctx.GlobalString(StatethDashboardsFolderFlag.Name)
 	cfg.GrafanaPort = ctx.GlobalInt(StatethGrafanaPortFlag.Name)
 	cfg.InfluxDBPort = ctx.GlobalInt(StatethInfluxdbPortFlag.Name)
-	cfg.Rm = ctx.GlobalBool(StatethRmFlag.Name)
 }
 
 // RegisterEthService adds an Ethereum client to the stack.
@@ -1223,13 +1218,13 @@ func RegisterDashboardService(stack *node.Node, cfg *dashboard.Config, commit st
 		var lesServ *les.LightEthereum
 		ctx.Service(&lesServ)
 
-		return dashboard.New(cfg, commit, ethServ, lesServ, ctx.ResolvePath("logs"))
+		return dashboard.New(cfg, commit, ethServ, lesServ, ctx.ResolvePath("logs")), nil
 	})
 }
 
 func RegisterStatethService(stack *node.Node, cfg *stateth.Config, cliCtx *cli.Context) {
 	stack.Register(func(ctx *node.ServiceContext) (node.Service, error) {
-		return stateth.New(cliCtx, cfg)
+		return stateth.New(cliCtx, cfg), nil
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/dashboard/dashboard.go b/dashboard/dashboard.go
index c2ed40514f..ad1898d367 100644
--- a/dashboard/dashboard.go
+++ b/dashboard/dashboard.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ type client struct {
 }
 
 // New creates a new dashboard instance with the given configuration.
-func New(config *Config, commit string, ethServ *eth.Ethereum, lesServ *les.LightEthereum, logdir string) (*Dashboard, error) {
+func New(config *Config, commit string, ethServ *eth.Ethereum, lesServ *les.LightEthereum, logdir string) *Dashboard {
 	now := time.Now()
 	versionMeta := ""
 	if len(params.VersionMeta) > 0 {
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func New(config *Config, commit string, ethServ *eth.Ethereum, lesServ *les.Ligh
 		ethServ: ethServ,
 		lesServ: lesServ,
 		logdir:  logdir,
-	}, nil
+	}
 }
 
 // emptyChartEntries returns a ChartEntry array containing limit number of empty samples.
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ func (db *Dashboard) apiHandler(conn *websocket.Conn) {
 	}
 }
 
-// metricCollector returns a function, which retrieves a specific metric.
-func metricCollector(name string) func() int64 {
+// meterCollector returns a function, which retrieves a specific meter.
+func meterCollector(name string) func() int64 {
 	if metric := metrics.DefaultRegistry.Get(name); metric != nil {
 		m := metric.(metrics.Meter)
 		return func() int64 {
@@ -285,10 +285,10 @@ func (db *Dashboard) collectData() {
 	var (
 		mem runtime.MemStats
 
-		collectNetworkIngress = metricCollector("p2p/InboundTraffic")
-		collectNetworkEgress  = metricCollector("p2p/OutboundTraffic")
-		collectDiskRead       = metricCollector("eth/db/chaindata/disk/read")
-		collectDiskWrite      = metricCollector("eth/db/chaindata/disk/write")
+		collectNetworkIngress = meterCollector("p2p/InboundTraffic")
+		collectNetworkEgress  = meterCollector("p2p/OutboundTraffic")
+		collectDiskRead       = meterCollector("eth/db/chaindata/disk/read")
+		collectDiskWrite      = meterCollector("eth/db/chaindata/disk/write")
 
 		prevNetworkIngress = collectNetworkIngress()
 		prevNetworkEgress  = collectNetworkEgress()
diff --git a/stateth/config.go b/stateth/config.go
index 6f1cb7c81c..7a271cd1d7 100644
--- a/stateth/config.go
+++ b/stateth/config.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ var DefaultConfig = Config{
 	DashboardsFolder: os.Getenv("GOPATH") + "/src/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/stateth/grafana_dashboards",
 	GrafanaPort:      3000,
 	InfluxDBPort:     8086,
-	Rm:               false,
 }
 
 // Config contains the configuration parameters of the dashboard.
@@ -42,8 +41,4 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// InfluxDBPort is the expose port for the InfluxDB HTTP interface.
 	InfluxDBPort int `toml:",omitempty"`
-
-	// Rm removes existing stateth network and stateth containers upon startup if true.
-	// Makes sure that the start up works every time, even if the service wasn't shut down gracefully.
-	Rm bool `toml:",omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/stateth/stateth.go b/stateth/stateth.go
index 935f15bc38..a5b3f9c897 100644
--- a/stateth/stateth.go
+++ b/stateth/stateth.go
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ type Stateth struct {
 }
 
 // New creates a new stateth instance with the given configuration.
-func New(ctx *cli.Context, config *Config) (*Stateth, error) {
+func New(ctx *cli.Context, config *Config) *Stateth {
 	return &Stateth{
 		ctx:    ctx,
 		config: config,
-	}, nil
+	}
 }
 
 // Protocols implements the node.Service interface.
@@ -62,19 +62,19 @@ func (se *Stateth) APIs() []rpc.API { return nil }
 // Start starts InfluxDB and Grafana.
 // Implements the node.Service interface.
 func (se *Stateth) Start(server *p2p.Server) error {
-	return se.StartExternal()
+	return se.StartExternal(true)
 }
 
 // Stop cleans up the containers.
 // Implements the node.Service interface.
-func (se *Stateth) Stop() error { return se.StopExternal() }
+func (se *Stateth) Stop() error {
+	return se.StopExternal()
+}
 
-func (se *Stateth) StartExternal() error {
+func (se *Stateth) StartExternal(rm bool) error {
 	var err error
-	if se.config.Rm {
-		if err = se.cleanupContainers(); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	if rm {
+		se.cleanupContainers()
 	}
 	if err = se.runNetwork(); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func (se *Stateth) StartExternal() error {
 	if err = se.runGrafana(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	log.Info("waiting for grafana to boot up...")
+	log.Info("Waiting for Grafana to boot up...")
 	time.Sleep(7 * time.Second) // give time to Grafana to boot up
 
 	se.gclient, err = gapi.New(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", grafanaUser, grafanaPass), fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%d", se.config.GrafanaPort))
@@ -99,18 +99,21 @@ func (se *Stateth) StartExternal() error {
 	if err = se.importGrafanaDashboards(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf("grafana listening on http://localhost:%d", se.config.GrafanaPort))
-	fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf("username: %s", grafanaUser))
-	fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf("password: %s", grafanaPass))
+	fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf("Grafana listening on http://localhost:%d", se.config.GrafanaPort))
+	fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf("Username: %s", grafanaUser))
+	fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf("Password: %s", grafanaPass))
 	fmt.Println()
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (se *Stateth) StopExternal() error { return se.cleanupContainers() }
+func (se *Stateth) StopExternal() error {
+	se.cleanupContainers()
+	return nil
+}
 
 func (se *Stateth) runNetwork() error {
-	log.Info("creating docker network", "network", se.config.DockerPrefix)
+	log.Info("Creating docker network", "network", se.config.DockerPrefix)
 	command := strings.Split(fmt.Sprintf("docker network create %s", se.config.DockerPrefix), " ")
 	r, err := exec.Command(command[0], command[1:]...).CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ func (se *Stateth) runNetwork() error {
 }
 
 func (se *Stateth) runInfluxDB() error {
-	log.Info("pulling influxdb:1.5.2 docker image")
+	log.Info("Pulling influxdb:1.5.2 docker image")
 	command := strings.Split("docker pull influxdb:1.5.2", " ")
 	r, err := exec.Command(command[0], command[1:]...).CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ func (se *Stateth) runInfluxDB() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	log.Info("running influxdb docker container", "container", fmt.Sprintf("%s_influxdb", se.config.DockerPrefix))
+	log.Info("Running InfluxDB docker container", "container", fmt.Sprintf("%s_influxdb", se.config.DockerPrefix))
 	command = strings.Split(fmt.Sprintf("docker run --network %s --name %s_influxdb -e INFLUXDB_DB=metrics -e INFLUXDB_ADMIN_USER=%s -e INFLUXDB_ADMIN_PASSWORD=%s -p %d:8086 -d influxdb:1.5.2", se.config.DockerPrefix, se.config.DockerPrefix, influxDBAdminUser, influxDBAdminPass, se.config.InfluxDBPort), " ")
 	r, err = exec.Command(command[0], command[1:]...).CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ func (se *Stateth) runInfluxDB() error {
 }
 
 func (se *Stateth) runGrafana() error {
-	log.Info("pulling grafana/grafana:5.1.3 docker image")
+	log.Info("Pulling grafana/grafana:5.1.3 docker image")
 	command := strings.Split("docker pull grafana/grafana:5.1.3", " ")
 	r, err := exec.Command(command[0], command[1:]...).CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -148,8 +151,7 @@ func (se *Stateth) runGrafana() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	log.Info("running grafana docker container", "container", fmt.Sprintf("%s_grafana", se.config.DockerPrefix))
-	//command = strings.Split(fmt.Sprintf("docker run --network %s --name=%s_grafana -p %d:3000 -d grafana/grafana:5.1.3", se.config.DockerPrefix, se.config.DockerPrefix, se.config.GrafanaPort), " ")
+	log.Info("Running Grafana docker container", "container", fmt.Sprintf("%s_grafana", se.config.DockerPrefix))
 	command = strings.Split(fmt.Sprintf("docker run --network %s --name=%s_grafana -e GF_AUTH_ANONYMOUS_ENABLED=true -p %d:3000 -d grafana/grafana:5.1.3", se.config.DockerPrefix, se.config.DockerPrefix, se.config.GrafanaPort), " ")
 	r, err = exec.Command(command[0], command[1:]...).CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -159,33 +161,31 @@ func (se *Stateth) runGrafana() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (se *Stateth) cleanupContainers() error {
-	log.Info("removing influxdb container")
+func (se *Stateth) cleanupContainers() {
+	log.Info("Removing InfluxDB container")
 	command := strings.Split(fmt.Sprintf("docker rm -f %s_influxdb", se.config.DockerPrefix), " ")
 	r, err := exec.Command(command[0], command[1:]...).CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warn(string(r))
 	}
 
-	log.Info("removing grafana container")
+	log.Info("Removing Grafana container")
 	command = strings.Split(fmt.Sprintf("docker rm -f %s_grafana", se.config.DockerPrefix), " ")
 	r, err = exec.Command(command[0], command[1:]...).CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warn(string(r))
 	}
 
-	log.Info("removing network")
+	log.Info("Removing network")
 	command = strings.Split(fmt.Sprintf("docker network rm %s", se.config.DockerPrefix), " ")
 	r, err = exec.Command(command[0], command[1:]...).CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warn(string(r))
 	}
-
-	return nil
 }
 
 func (se *Stateth) importGrafanaDatasource() error {
-	log.Info("importing grafana datasource")
+	log.Info("Importing Grafana datasource")
 
 	dataSource := &gapi.DataSource{
 		Name:      "metrics",
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func (se *Stateth) importGrafanaDatasource() error {
 }
 
 func (se *Stateth) importGrafanaDashboards() error {
-	log.Info("importing grafana dashboards")
+	log.Info("Importing Grafana dashboards")
 
 	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(se.config.DashboardsFolder)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func (se *Stateth) importGrafanaDashboards() error {
 	for _, f := range files {
 		name := f.Name()
 		if strings.Contains(name, "json") {
-			log.Info("importing dashboard", "dashboard", name)
+			log.Info("Importing dashboard", "dashboard", name)
 
 			blob, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(se.config.DashboardsFolder, name))
 			if err != nil {
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func (se *Stateth) prepareDashboardModel(configJSON string) map[string]interface
 	configMap := map[string]interface{}{}
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(configJSON), &configMap)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic("invalid JSON got into prepare func")
+		panic("Invalid JSON got into prepare func")
 	}
 
 	delete(configMap, "id")