diff --git a/analyzers/Cross.h b/analyzers/Cross.h
index 10790e9..288cb17 100644
--- a/analyzers/Cross.h
+++ b/analyzers/Cross.h
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ public:
     evtbder = GetEventBuilder();
     evtbder->SetTimeWindow(500);
  
-    //========== use the influx from the Analyzer
-    influx = new InfluxDB("http://localhost:8086");
-    dataBaseName = "testing"; 
+    SetDatabase("http://localhost:8086/", "testing", "zKhzKk4Yhf1l9QU-yE2GsIZ1RazqUgoW3NlF8LJqq_xDMwatOJwg1sKrjgq36uLEsQf8Fmn4sJALP7Kkilk14A==");
+
+    printf(" %p \n", influx);
 
     SetUpCanvas(); // see below
 
@@ -220,9 +220,11 @@ inline void Cross::UpdateHistograms(){
     //printf("%llu %llu, %f %d\n", tMin1[p], tMax1[p], dT, count1[p]);
     printf("%10s | %d | %f Hz \n", cutNameList1[p].toStdString().c_str(), count1[p], rate);  
     
-    influx->AddDataPoint("Cut,name=" + cutNameList1[p].toStdString()+ " value=" + std::to_string(rate));
-    influx->WriteData("testing");
-    influx->ClearDataPointsBuffer();
+    if( influx ){
+      influx->AddDataPoint("Cut,name=" + cutNameList1[p].toStdString()+ " value=" + std::to_string(rate));
+      influx->WriteData("testing");
+      influx->ClearDataPointsBuffer();
+    }
   }
   
 }
diff --git a/analyzers/MCP.h b/analyzers/MCP.h
index 4050960..569dcbc 100644
--- a/analyzers/MCP.h
+++ b/analyzers/MCP.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public:
     evtbder = GetEventBuilder();
     evtbder->SetTimeWindow(500); //ns
  
+    influx = new InfluxDB();
     SetDatabase("https://localhost:8086", "testing", "zKhzKk4Yhf1l9QU-yE2GsIZ1RazqUgoW3NlF8LJqq_xDMwatOJwg1sKrjgq36uLEsQf8Fmn4sJALP7Kkilk14A==");
 
     SetUpCanvas(); // see below
diff --git a/analyzers/MCPandPSD.h b/analyzers/MCPandPSD.h
index 8c1a5dc..cd82b96 100644
--- a/analyzers/MCPandPSD.h
+++ b/analyzers/MCPandPSD.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public:
     evtbder = GetEventBuilder();
     evtbder->SetTimeWindow(500);
  
+    influx = new InfluxDB();
     SetDatabase("https://localhost:8086", "testing", "zKhzKk4Yhf1l9QU-yE2GsIZ1RazqUgoW3NlF8LJqq_xDMwatOJwg1sKrjgq36uLEsQf8Fmn4sJALP7Kkilk14A==");
 
     SetUpCanvas(); // see below
diff --git a/analyzers/RAISOR1.h b/analyzers/RAISOR1.h
index 7263117..7303860 100644
--- a/analyzers/RAISOR1.h
+++ b/analyzers/RAISOR1.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public:
     evtbder = GetEventBuilder();
     evtbder->SetTimeWindow(500);
  
+    influx = new InfluxDB();
     SetDatabase("https://localhost:8086", "testing", "zKhzKk4Yhf1l9QU-yE2GsIZ1RazqUgoW3NlF8LJqq_xDMwatOJwg1sKrjgq36uLEsQf8Fmn4sJALP7Kkilk14A==");
 
     SetUpCanvas(); // see below
diff --git a/analyzers/RAISOR2.h b/analyzers/RAISOR2.h
index 99bfb84..966fd04 100644
--- a/analyzers/RAISOR2.h
+++ b/analyzers/RAISOR2.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public:
     evtbder->SetTimeWindow(500);
  
     //========== use the influx from the Analyzer
+    influx = new InfluxDB();
     SetDatabase("https://localhost:8086", "testing", "zKhzKk4Yhf1l9QU-yE2GsIZ1RazqUgoW3NlF8LJqq_xDMwatOJwg1sKrjgq36uLEsQf8Fmn4sJALP7Kkilk14A==");
 
     SetUpCanvas(); // see below
diff --git a/analyzers/Target.h b/analyzers/Target.h
index 9372b46..47ccf26 100644
--- a/analyzers/Target.h
+++ b/analyzers/Target.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public:
     evtbder = GetEventBuilder();
     evtbder->SetTimeWindow(500);
  
+    influx = new InfluxDB();
     SetDatabase("https://localhost:8086", "testing", "zKhzKk4Yhf1l9QU-yE2GsIZ1RazqUgoW3NlF8LJqq_xDMwatOJwg1sKrjgq36uLEsQf8Fmn4sJALP7Kkilk14A==");
 
     SetUpCanvas(); // see below