Index: dashboard.scm
==================================================================
--- dashboard.scm
+++ dashboard.scm
@@ -895,10 +895,11 @@
 (define (dashboard:set-db-update-time)
   (set! *last-db-update-time* (file-modification-time (conc *toppath* "/megatest.db"))))
 
 (define (dashboard:run-update x)
   (case *current-tab-number* 
+    ((0) (dashboard:update-summary-tab))
     ((1) ;; The runs table is active
      (update-buttons uidat *num-runs* *num-tests*)
      (update-rundat (hash-table-ref/default *searchpatts* "runname" "%") *num-runs*
 		    (hash-table-ref/default *searchpatts* "test-name" "%/%")
 		    ;; (hash-table-ref/default *searchpatts* "item-name" "%")

Index: dcommon.scm
==================================================================
--- dcommon.scm
+++ dcommon.scm
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@
 
 (include "common_records.scm")
 (include "db_records.scm")
 (include "key_records.scm")
 
+;; yes, this is non-ideal 
+(define dashboard:update-summary-tab #f)
+
 ;;======================================================================
 ;; D A T A   T A B L E S
 ;;======================================================================
 
 ;; Table of keys
@@ -164,10 +167,11 @@
 					      (row-num  (cadr (assoc row-name row-indices)))
 					      (col-num  (cadr (assoc col-name col-indices))))
 					 (iup:attribute-set! stats-matrix (conc row-num ":" col-num) value)))
 				     run-stats)))))
     (updater)
+    (set! dashboard:update-summary-tab updater)
     (iup:attribute-set! stats-matrix "WIDTHDEF" "40")
     (iup:vbox
      (iup:label "Run statistics"  #:expand "HORIZONTAL")
      stats-matrix)))