diff --git a/software/platformio.ini b/software/platformio.ini
index 390992e..02e4b78 100644
--- a/software/platformio.ini
+++ b/software/platformio.ini
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ lib_deps =
 ;    AsyncTCP
     FS
 ;    FastLED
-;    https://github.com/samguyer/FastLED.git
-    https://github.com/h3ndrik/FastLED.git
+    https://github.com/samguyer/FastLED.git
+;    https://github.com/h3ndrik/FastLED.git
 ;    AsyncMqttClient
     https://github.com/marvinroger/async-mqtt-client.git
     ArduinoJson
diff --git a/software/src/led.cpp b/software/src/led.cpp
index 13ab8cc..756a644 100644
--- a/software/src/led.cpp
+++ b/software/src/led.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void Led::setup(void) {
   xTaskCreate(
                     &cTaskWrapper,          /* Task function. */
                     "ledAnimationTask",        /* String with name of task. */
-                    2048,            /* Stack size in words. */
+                    1024,            /* Stack size in words. */
                     this,             /* Parameter passed as input of the task */
                     tskIDLE_PRIORITY+3,                /* Priority of the task. */
                     &ledTaskHandle);            /* Task handle. */
diff --git a/software/src/pusher.cpp b/software/src/pusher.cpp
index b2231ee..74ce296 100644
--- a/software/src/pusher.cpp
+++ b/software/src/pusher.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Pusher::Pusher(void) {
 }
 
 void Pusher::setup(void) {
-  int channel = LEDC_TIMER_0;
+  int channel = 13; // LEDC_CHANNEL_3 // beware: some channels interfere with the rmt peripheral used by FastLED
   ledcSetup(channel, 50, TIMER_WIDTH);
   for(int pin : SERVO_PINS) {
     if (xSemaphoreTake(xSemaphore, TIMEOUT) == pdTRUE) {