diff --git a/react/src/Jack.tsx b/react/src/Jack.tsx
index ebca391a..1f84d126 100644
--- a/react/src/Jack.tsx
+++ b/react/src/Jack.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 import {PiPedalArgumentError} from './PiPedalError';
 import {AlsaMidiDeviceInfo} from './AlsaMidiDeviceInfo';
 
+function getChannelNumber(channelId: string): number {
+    let pos = channelId.indexOf("_");
+    let i = Number(channelId.substring(pos+1));
+    return i;
+}
+
 export class JackChannelSelection {
     deserialize(input: any): JackChannelSelection
     {
@@ -57,7 +63,8 @@ export class JackChannelSelection {
                 return "Stereo";
             } 
             if (selectedChannels.length === 1) return "Mono";
-            return "Invalid selection";
+
+            return "\u00A0"; // nbsp
 
         }
         if (selectedChannels.length === 0) return "Invalid selection";
@@ -69,12 +76,22 @@ export class JackChannelSelection {
             } else if (selectedChannels[0] === availableChannels[1]) {
                 return "Mono (right channel only)";
             } else {
+                return "\u00A0"; // nbsp
                 throw new PiPedalArgumentError("Invalid channel selection."); // should be subset of jackConfiguration.
             }
         } else {
-            if (selectedChannels.length === 2) return "Stereo (custom selection)";
-            if (selectedChannels.length === 1) return "Mono (custom selection)";
-            throw new PiPedalArgumentError("Invalid channel selection."); // should be subset of jackConfiguration.        
+            if (selectedChannels.length === 2) 
+            {
+                let result: string = "Stereo (" + (getChannelNumber(selectedChannels[0])+1) + "," + (getChannelNumber(selectedChannels[1])+1) + ")";
+                return result;
+            }
+            if (selectedChannels.length === 1) 
+            {
+                let result: string = "Mono (" + (getChannelNumber(selectedChannels[0])+1) +")";
+                return result;
+
+            }
+            return "\u00A0"; // nbsp
         }
     }
     getAudioInputDisplayValue(jackConfiguration: JackConfiguration): string
diff --git a/react/src/SelectChannelsDialog.tsx b/react/src/SelectChannelsDialog.tsx
index 59672dd9..c79f7e48 100644
--- a/react/src/SelectChannelsDialog.tsx
+++ b/react/src/SelectChannelsDialog.tsx
@@ -65,12 +65,22 @@ function removePort(selectedChannels: string[], channel: string) {
     return result;
 }
 
+function makeChannelName(id: string)
+{
+    let pos = id.lastIndexOf("_");
+    if (pos === -1) 
+    {
+        return id;
+    }
+    let i = Number(id.substring(pos+1));
+    return "Channel " + (i+1);
+}
 function SelectChannelsDialog(props: SelectChannelsDialogProps) {
     //const classes = useStyles();
     const { onClose, selectedChannels, availableChannels, open } = props;
     const [currentSelection, setCurrentSelection] = useState(selectedChannels);
 
-    let showCheckboxes = availableChannels.length > 2;
+    let showCheckboxes = availableChannels.length !== 2;
     if (showCheckboxes) {
 
         let toggleSelect = (value: string) => {
@@ -85,23 +95,25 @@ function SelectChannelsDialog(props: SelectChannelsDialogProps) {
             onClose(null);
         };
         const handleOk = (): void => {
-            onClose(currentSelection);
+            if (currentSelection.length >= 1 && currentSelection.length <= 2)
+            {
+                onClose(currentSelection);
+            }
         };
 
-
         return (
-            <DialogEx tag="audioChannels" onClose={handleClose} aria-labelledby="select-channels-title" open={open}
+            <DialogEx tag="audioChannels" onClose={handleClose} aria-labelledby="select-channels-title" open={open} fullWidth maxWidth="xs"
                 onEnterKey={handleOk}
             >
                 <DialogTitle id="simple-dialog-title">Select Channels</DialogTitle>
                 <List>
                     {availableChannels.map((channel) => (
-                        <ListItem button >
+                        <ListItem button key={channel}>
                             <FormControlLabel
                                 control={
-                                    <Checkbox checked={isChecked(currentSelection, channel)} onClick={() => toggleSelect(channel)} key={channel} />
+                                    <Checkbox checked={isChecked(currentSelection, channel)} onClick={() => toggleSelect(channel)} style={{marginLeft: 24}} />
                                 }
-                                label={channel}
+                                label={makeChannelName(channel)}
                             />
                         </ListItem>
                     )
diff --git a/react/src/SettingsDialog.tsx b/react/src/SettingsDialog.tsx
index 5e0389e1..0009618f 100644
--- a/react/src/SettingsDialog.tsx
+++ b/react/src/SettingsDialog.tsx
@@ -651,7 +651,8 @@ const SettingsDialog = withStyles(styles, { withTheme: true })(
 
 
 
-                                <ButtonBase className={classes.setting} onClick={() => this.handleInputSelection()} disabled={!isConfigValid}
+                                <ButtonBase className={classes.setting} onClick={() => this.handleInputSelection()} 
+                                    disabled={!isConfigValid || this.state.jackConfiguration.outputAudioPorts.length <= 1}
                                     style={{ opacity: !isConfigValid ? 0.6 : 1.0 }}
 
                                 >
@@ -661,7 +662,8 @@ const SettingsDialog = withStyles(styles, { withTheme: true })(
                                         <Typography display="block" variant="caption" color="textSecondary" noWrap>{this.state.jackSettings.getAudioInputDisplayValue(this.state.jackConfiguration)}</Typography>
                                     </div>
                                 </ButtonBase>
-                                <ButtonBase className={classes.setting} onClick={() => this.handleOutputSelection()} disabled={!isConfigValid}
+                                <ButtonBase className={classes.setting} onClick={() => this.handleOutputSelection()} 
+                                    disabled={!isConfigValid || this.state.jackConfiguration.outputAudioPorts.length <= 1}
                                     style={{ opacity: !isConfigValid ? 0.6 : 1.0 }}
                                 >
                                     <SelectHoverBackground selected={false} showHover={true} />
diff --git a/src/AlsaDriver.cpp b/src/AlsaDriver.cpp
index 8696b9ca..11b28898 100644
--- a/src/AlsaDriver.cpp
+++ b/src/AlsaDriver.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <thread>
 #include "RtInversionGuard.hpp"
 #include "PiPedalException.hpp"
+#include "DummyAudioDriver.hpp"
 
 #include "CpuUse.hpp"
 
@@ -2022,13 +2023,15 @@ namespace pipedal
     {
         if (jackServerSettings.IsDummyAudioDevice())
         {
+            auto nChannels = GetDummyAudioChannels(jackServerSettings.GetAlsaInputDevice());
+            
             inputAudioPorts.clear();
-            inputAudioPorts.push_back(std::string("system::capture_0"));
-            inputAudioPorts.push_back(std::string("system::capture_1"));
             outputAudioPorts.clear();
-            outputAudioPorts.push_back(std::string("system::playback_0"));
-            outputAudioPorts.push_back(std::string("system::playback_1"));
-
+            for (uint32_t i = 0; i < nChannels; ++i)
+            {
+                inputAudioPorts.push_back(std::string(SS("system::capture_" << i)));
+                outputAudioPorts.push_back(std::string(SS("system::playback_" << i)));
+            }
             return true;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/AlsaDriverTest.cpp b/src/AlsaDriverTest.cpp
index 1d39ad54..827b6b62 100644
--- a/src/AlsaDriverTest.cpp
+++ b/src/AlsaDriverTest.cpp
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ class AlsaTester: private AudioDriverHost {
         }
 
         JackChannelSelection channelSelection(
-            jackConfiguration.GetInputAudioPorts(),
-            jackConfiguration.GetOutputAudioPorts(),
-            jackConfiguration.GetInputMidiDevices());
+            jackConfiguration.inputAudioPorts(),
+            jackConfiguration.outputAudioPorts(),
+            jackConfiguration.inputMidiDevices());
 
 #if JACK_HOST
         if (useJack)
diff --git a/src/AudioHost.cpp b/src/AudioHost.cpp
index f9093802..fef5e8ce 100644
--- a/src/AudioHost.cpp
+++ b/src/AudioHost.cpp
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ class AudioHostImpl : public AudioHost, private AudioDriverHost, private IPatchW
         if (jackServerSettings.IsDummyAudioDevice())
         {
             this->isDummyAudioDriver = true;
-            this->audioDriver = std::unique_ptr<AudioDriver>(CreateDummyAudioDriver(this));
+            this->audioDriver = std::unique_ptr<AudioDriver>(CreateDummyAudioDriver(this,jackServerSettings.GetAlsaInputDevice()));
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index d35728af..9d7f1a13 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -637,6 +637,7 @@ add_executable(pipedal_latency_test
     PiPedalAlsa.hpp PiPedalAlsa.cpp
     asan_options.cpp
     AlsaDriver.cpp AlsaDriver.hpp
+    DummyAudioDriver.cpp DummyAudioDriver.hpp
     JackConfiguration.hpp JackConfiguration.cpp
     JackServerSettings.hpp JackServerSettings.cpp
     CpuUse.hpp
diff --git a/src/DummyAudioDriver.cpp b/src/DummyAudioDriver.cpp
index 6194394a..8353c8b5 100644
--- a/src/DummyAudioDriver.cpp
+++ b/src/DummyAudioDriver.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #include <atomic>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <thread>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include "ss.hpp"
 
 #include "CpuUse.hpp"
 
@@ -91,11 +93,16 @@ namespace pipedal
         uint8_t *rawPlaybackBuffer = nullptr;
 
         AudioDriverHost *driverHost = nullptr;
+        uint32_t channels = 2;
 
     public:
-        DummyDriverImpl(AudioDriverHost *driverHost)
+        DummyDriverImpl(AudioDriverHost *driverHost,const std::string&deviceName)
             : driverHost(driverHost)
+            , channels(GetDummyAudioChannels(deviceName))
         {
+            captureChannels = channels;
+            playbackChannels = channels;
+
         }
         virtual ~DummyDriverImpl()
         {
@@ -201,8 +208,8 @@ namespace pipedal
 
             this->numberOfBuffers = jackServerSettings.GetNumberOfBuffers();
             this->bufferSize = jackServerSettings.GetBufferSize();
-            AllocateBuffers(captureBuffers, 2);
-            AllocateBuffers(playbackBuffers, 2);
+            AllocateBuffers(captureBuffers, channels);
+            AllocateBuffers(playbackBuffers, channels);
      
         }
 
@@ -299,7 +306,7 @@ namespace pipedal
 
             this->activeCaptureBuffers.resize(channelSelection.GetInputAudioPorts().size());
 
-            playbackBuffers.resize(2);
+            playbackBuffers.resize(channels);
 
             int ix = 0;
             for (auto &x : channelSelection.GetInputAudioPorts())
@@ -419,14 +426,15 @@ namespace pipedal
         }
     };
 
-    AudioDriver *CreateDummyAudioDriver(AudioDriverHost *driverHost)
+    AudioDriver *CreateDummyAudioDriver(AudioDriverHost *driverHost,const std::string&deviceName)
     {
-        return new DummyDriverImpl(driverHost);
+        return new DummyDriverImpl(driverHost,deviceName);
     }
 
     bool GetDummyChannels(const JackServerSettings &jackServerSettings,
                          std::vector<std::string> &inputAudioPorts,
-                         std::vector<std::string> &outputAudioPorts)
+                         std::vector<std::string> &outputAudioPorts,
+                         uint32_t channels)
     {
 
         bool result = false;
@@ -434,7 +442,7 @@ namespace pipedal
         try
         {
 
-            unsigned int playbackChannels = 2, captureChannels = 2;
+            uint32_t playbackChannels = channels, captureChannels = channels;
 
             inputAudioPorts.clear();
             for (unsigned int i = 0; i < captureChannels; ++i)
@@ -457,4 +465,36 @@ namespace pipedal
         return result;
     }
 
+
+
+    AlsaDeviceInfo MakeDummyDeviceInfo(uint32_t channels)
+    {
+        AlsaDeviceInfo result;
+        constexpr int DUMMY_DEVICE_ID_OFFSET = 100974;
+        result.cardId_ = DUMMY_DEVICE_ID_OFFSET+channels;
+        result.id_ = SS("dummy:channels_" << channels);
+        result.name_ = SS("Dummy Device (" << channels << " channels)");
+        result.longName_ = result.name_;
+        result.sampleRates_.push_back(44100);
+        result.sampleRates_.push_back(48000);
+        result.minBufferSize_ = 16;
+        result.maxBufferSize_ = 1024;
+        return result;
+    }
+    
 } // namespace
+
+uint32_t pipedal::GetDummyAudioChannels(const std::string &deviceName)
+{
+    uint32_t channels;
+    int pos = deviceName.find_last_of('_');
+    if (pos == std::string::npos)
+    {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Invalid dummy device name");
+    }
+    std::istringstream ss(deviceName.substr(pos+1));
+    ss >> channels;
+    return channels;
+
+}
+
diff --git a/src/DummyAudioDriver.hpp b/src/DummyAudioDriver.hpp
index edfcb228..35f2d31d 100644
--- a/src/DummyAudioDriver.hpp
+++ b/src/DummyAudioDriver.hpp
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@
 
 namespace pipedal {
 
-    AudioDriver* CreateDummyAudioDriver(AudioDriverHost*driverHost);
+    AlsaDeviceInfo MakeDummyDeviceInfo(uint32_t channels);
+
+    uint32_t GetDummyAudioChannels(const std::string &deviceName);
+    AudioDriver* CreateDummyAudioDriver(AudioDriverHost*driverHost,const std::string&deviceId);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/src/JackConfiguration.cpp b/src/JackConfiguration.cpp
index 11c4129d..6ea39494 100644
--- a/src/JackConfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/JackConfiguration.cpp
@@ -199,14 +199,14 @@ void JackConfiguration::JackInitialize()
 
 JackChannelSelection JackChannelSelection::MakeDefault(const JackConfiguration&config){
     JackChannelSelection result;
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < std::min((size_t)2,config.GetInputAudioPorts().size()); ++i)
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < std::min((size_t)2,config.inputAudioPorts().size()); ++i)
     {
-        result.inputAudioPorts_.push_back(config.GetInputAudioPorts()[i]);
+        result.inputAudioPorts_.push_back(config.inputAudioPorts()[i]);
 
     }
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < std::min((size_t)2,config.GetOutputAudioPorts().size()); ++i)
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < std::min((size_t)2,config.outputAudioPorts().size()); ++i)
     {
-        result.outputAudioPorts_.push_back(config.GetOutputAudioPorts()[i]);
+        result.outputAudioPorts_.push_back(config.outputAudioPorts()[i]);
     }
     return result;
 
@@ -232,6 +232,16 @@ static std::vector<std::string> makeValid(const std::vector<std::string> & selec
             result.push_back(t);
         }
     }
+
+    // if the result is empty, generate a default selection.
+    if (result.size() == 0)
+    {
+        size_t n = std::min(available.size(),(size_t)2);
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++i)
+        {
+            result.push_back(available[i]);
+        }
+    }
     return result;
 }
 static std::vector<AlsaMidiDeviceInfo> makeValid(const std::vector<AlsaMidiDeviceInfo> & selected, const std::vector<AlsaMidiDeviceInfo> &available)
@@ -284,9 +294,9 @@ static std::vector<AlsaMidiDeviceInfo> makeValid(const std::vector<AlsaMidiDevic
 JackChannelSelection JackChannelSelection::RemoveInvalidChannels(const JackConfiguration&config) const
 {
     JackChannelSelection result;
-    result.inputAudioPorts_ = makeValid(this->inputAudioPorts_,config.GetInputAudioPorts());
-    result.outputAudioPorts_ = makeValid(this->outputAudioPorts_,config.GetOutputAudioPorts());
-    result.inputMidiDevices_ = makeValid(this->inputMidiDevices_, config.GetInputMidiDevices());
+    result.inputAudioPorts_ = makeValid(this->inputAudioPorts_,config.inputAudioPorts());
+    result.outputAudioPorts_ = makeValid(this->outputAudioPorts_,config.outputAudioPorts());
+    result.inputMidiDevices_ = makeValid(this->inputMidiDevices_, config.inputMidiDevices());
     if (!result.isValid())
     {
         return this->MakeDefault(config);
diff --git a/src/JackConfiguration.hpp b/src/JackConfiguration.hpp
index f6325a83..59a2ec8d 100644
--- a/src/JackConfiguration.hpp
+++ b/src/JackConfiguration.hpp
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ namespace pipedal
     public:
         JackConfiguration();
 
-        void AlsaInitialize(const JackServerSettings &jackServerSettings); // from also config settings.
-
+        void AlsaInitialize(const JackServerSettings &jackServerSettings); // from alsa config settings.
+        
         void JackInitialize(); // from jack server instance.
         ~JackConfiguration();
         bool isValid() const { return isValid_;}
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ namespace pipedal
         double maxAllowedMidiDelta() const { return maxAllowedMidiDelta_; }
         void setErrorStatus(const std::string&message) { this->errorStatus_ = message; }
 
-        const std::vector<std::string> &GetInputAudioPorts() const { return inputAudioPorts_; }
-        const std::vector<std::string> &GetOutputAudioPorts() const { return outputAudioPorts_; }
-        const std::vector<AlsaMidiDeviceInfo> &GetInputMidiDevices() const { return inputMidiDevices_; }
+        const std::vector<std::string> &inputAudioPorts() const { return inputAudioPorts_; }
+        const std::vector<std::string> &outputAudioPorts() const { return outputAudioPorts_; }
+        const std::vector<AlsaMidiDeviceInfo> &inputMidiDevices() const { return inputMidiDevices_; }
 
         DECLARE_JSON_MAP(JackConfiguration);
 
diff --git a/src/JackServerSettings.hpp b/src/JackServerSettings.hpp
index 1477a7be..da1f511d 100644
--- a/src/JackServerSettings.hpp
+++ b/src/JackServerSettings.hpp
@@ -57,10 +57,12 @@ namespace pipedal
         void UseDummyAudioDevice() {
             this->valid_ = true;
             if (sampleRate_ == 0) sampleRate_ = 48000;
-            this->alsaDevice_  = "__DUMMY_AUDIO__";
+            this->alsaDevice_  = "dummy:channels_2";
         }
         bool IsDummyAudioDevice() const {
-            return this->alsaDevice_ == "__DUMMY_AUDIO__";
+            return 
+                this->alsaDevice_.starts_with("__DUMMY_AUDIO__")
+                || this->alsaDevice_.starts_with("dummy:");
         }
 
         void ReadJackDaemonConfiguration();
diff --git a/src/PiLatencyMain.cpp b/src/PiLatencyMain.cpp
index a678c238..75857c8c 100644
--- a/src/PiLatencyMain.cpp
+++ b/src/PiLatencyMain.cpp
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ class AlsaTester : private AudioDriverHost
             JackConfiguration jackConfiguration;
             jackConfiguration.AlsaInitialize(serverSettings);
 
-            auto & availableInputs = jackConfiguration.GetInputAudioPorts();
-            auto & availableOutputs = jackConfiguration.GetOutputAudioPorts();
+            auto & availableInputs = jackConfiguration.inputAudioPorts();
+            auto & availableOutputs = jackConfiguration.outputAudioPorts();
 
 
             std::vector<std::string> inputAudioPorts, outputAudioPorts;
diff --git a/src/PiPedalAlsa.hpp b/src/PiPedalAlsa.hpp
index 58eefec4..3bbf8edf 100644
--- a/src/PiPedalAlsa.hpp
+++ b/src/PiPedalAlsa.hpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "json.hpp"
 
 namespace pipedal {
+
     class AlsaDeviceInfo {
     public:
         int cardId_ = -1;
@@ -30,7 +31,11 @@ namespace pipedal {
         std::string longName_;
         std::vector<uint32_t> sampleRates_;
         uint32_t minBufferSize_ = 0,maxBufferSize_ = 0;
-    
+
+        bool isDummyDevice() const {
+            return id_.starts_with("dummy:");
+        }
+
         DECLARE_JSON_MAP(AlsaDeviceInfo);
 
     };
diff --git a/src/PiPedalModel.cpp b/src/PiPedalModel.cpp
index 65d0adb9..8f7f1a34 100644
--- a/src/PiPedalModel.cpp
+++ b/src/PiPedalModel.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "util.hpp"
 #include "DBusLog.hpp"
 #include "AvahiService.hpp"
+#include "DummyAudioDriver.hpp"
 
 #ifndef NO_MLOCK
 #include <sys/mman.h>
@@ -481,6 +482,8 @@ void PiPedalModel::SetControl(int64_t clientId, int64_t pedalItemId, const std::
 void PiPedalModel::FireJackConfigurationChanged(const JackConfiguration &jackConfiguration)
 {
     // noify subscribers.
+
+    
     std::vector<IPiPedalModelSubscriber::ptr> t{subscribers.begin(), subscribers.end()};
     for (auto &subscriber : t)
     {
@@ -1319,12 +1322,7 @@ void PiPedalModel::RestartAudio(bool useDummyAudioDriver)
 
         auto jackConfiguration = this->jackConfiguration;
         jackConfiguration.AlsaInitialize(jackServerSettings);
-        if (jackConfiguration.isValid())
-        {
-            JackChannelSelection selection = storage.GetJackChannelSelection(jackConfiguration);
-            selection = selection.RemoveInvalidChannels(jackConfiguration);
-        }
-        else
+        if (!jackConfiguration.isValid())
         {
             jackConfiguration.setErrorStatus("Error");
         }
@@ -1339,11 +1337,8 @@ void PiPedalModel::RestartAudio(bool useDummyAudioDriver)
             throw std::runtime_error("Audio configuration not valid.");
         }
 
-        JackChannelSelection channelSelection = this->storage.GetJackChannelSelection(jackConfiguration);
-        if (this->jackConfiguration.isValid())
-        {
-            channelSelection.RemoveInvalidChannels(this->jackConfiguration);
-        }
+        auto channelSelection = this->storage.GetJackChannelSelection(jackConfiguration);
+
         if (!channelSelection.isValid())
         {
             throw std::runtime_error("Audio configuration not valid.");
@@ -1352,6 +1347,7 @@ void PiPedalModel::RestartAudio(bool useDummyAudioDriver)
 
         this->pluginHost.OnConfigurationChanged(jackConfiguration, channelSelection);
 
+        FireChannelSelectionChanged(-1);
         LoadCurrentPedalboard();
 
         this->UpdateRealtimeVuSubscriptions();
@@ -1408,10 +1404,7 @@ JackChannelSelection PiPedalModel::GetJackChannelSelection()
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(mutex);
     JackChannelSelection t = this->storage.GetJackChannelSelection(this->jackConfiguration);
-    if (this->jackConfiguration.isValid())
-    {
-        t = t.RemoveInvalidChannels(this->jackConfiguration);
-    }
+
     return t;
 }
 
@@ -2235,7 +2228,15 @@ void PiPedalModel::CancelMonitorPatchProperty(int64_t clientId, int64_t clientHa
 }
 std::vector<AlsaDeviceInfo> PiPedalModel::GetAlsaDevices()
 {
-    return this->alsaDevices.GetAlsaDevices();
+    std::vector<AlsaDeviceInfo> result = this->alsaDevices.GetAlsaDevices();
+#ifdef JUNK
+    // Useful for debugging non-stereo device configurations
+    result.push_back(MakeDummyDeviceInfo(1));
+    result.push_back(MakeDummyDeviceInfo(2));
+    result.push_back(MakeDummyDeviceInfo(8));
+#endif
+    return result;
+
 }
 
 const std::filesystem::path &PiPedalModel::GetWebRoot() const
diff --git a/src/Storage.cpp b/src/Storage.cpp
index da9ff061..49fabcba 100644
--- a/src/Storage.cpp
+++ b/src/Storage.cpp
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ void Storage::SetJackChannelSelection(const JackChannelSelection &channelSelecti
     this->isJackChannelSelectionValid = true;
     SaveChannelSelection();
 }
-const JackChannelSelection &Storage::GetJackChannelSelection(const JackConfiguration &jackConfiguration)
+JackChannelSelection Storage::GetJackChannelSelection(const JackConfiguration &jackConfiguration)
 {
     if (!this->isJackChannelSelectionValid)
     {
@@ -691,10 +691,9 @@ const JackChannelSelection &Storage::GetJackChannelSelection(const JackConfigura
         {
             auto defaultSelection = JackChannelSelection::MakeDefault(jackConfiguration);
             SetJackChannelSelection(defaultSelection);
-            return this->jackChannelSelection;
         }
     }
-    return jackChannelSelection;
+    return jackChannelSelection.RemoveInvalidChannels(jackConfiguration);
 }
 
 void Storage::LoadChannelSelection()
diff --git a/src/Storage.hpp b/src/Storage.hpp
index 913c04d3..b1298524 100644
--- a/src/Storage.hpp
+++ b/src/Storage.hpp
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class Storage {
 
 
     void SetJackChannelSelection(const JackChannelSelection&channelSelection);
-    const JackChannelSelection&GetJackChannelSelection(const JackConfiguration &jackConfiguration);
+    JackChannelSelection GetJackChannelSelection(const JackConfiguration &jackConfiguration);
 
     // returns true if services needs to be updated.
     bool SetWifiConfigSettings(const WifiConfigSettings & wifiConfigSettings);