diff --git a/src/com/twobigears/circlesynth/SynthSettingsTwo.java b/src/com/twobigears/circlesynth/SynthSettingsTwo.java
index 5796fb0..cbc73aa 100644
--- a/src/com/twobigears/circlesynth/SynthSettingsTwo.java
+++ b/src/com/twobigears/circlesynth/SynthSettingsTwo.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import android.app.Dialog;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Environment;
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ public class SynthSettingsTwo extends PreferenceActivity {
 	public static final String PREF_DONATE = "donate";
 	public static final String PREF_DELREC = "deleterecordings";
 
+	private AboutDialog about;
+
+	private Dialog tutorial;
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	@Override
 	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
@@ -154,7 +159,7 @@ public void deleteFiles(String path, String msg) {
 	public void showTutorial() {
 		//pass the context as a parameter, as the tutorial could be called either from
 		//the main activity or from this
-		TutorialDialog.showTutorialDialog(SynthSettingsTwo.this);
+		tutorial = TutorialDialog.showTutorialDialog(SynthSettingsTwo.this);
 
 	}
 	
@@ -184,9 +189,8 @@ public void setupDonate() {
 
 	public void setupAbout() {
 
-		AboutDialog about = new AboutDialog(this);
+		about = new AboutDialog(this);
 		about.setTitle("Circle Synth");
-
 		about.show();
 	}
 	
@@ -196,7 +200,12 @@ public void setupAbout() {
 	//as processing and libPd as a service doesn't play too well with the activity stack.
 	@Override
 	protected void onUserLeaveHint() {
-
+		if (about != null) {
+			about.dismiss();
+		}
+		if (tutorial != null) {
+			tutorial.dismiss();
+		}
 		super.onUserLeaveHint();
 		finish();
 	}
diff --git a/src/com/twobigears/circlesynth/TutorialDialog.java b/src/com/twobigears/circlesynth/TutorialDialog.java
index f813ec0..50706fe 100644
--- a/src/com/twobigears/circlesynth/TutorialDialog.java
+++ b/src/com/twobigears/circlesynth/TutorialDialog.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package com.twobigears.circlesynth;
 
+import android.app.Activity;
 import android.app.Dialog;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.View;
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@
 import android.widget.Button;
 import android.widget.ImageButton;
 import android.widget.LinearLayout;
-import com.twobigears.circlesynth.R;
 
 /*
  * Class creating the tutorial dialog. References images and text and puts it in the layout,
@@ -35,17 +35,12 @@
  */
 
 public class TutorialDialog {
+
 	public static class Counter {
 		public int count = 0;
 	}
 
-	
-	//Two instances are mentioned here for two different contexts. Pretty sure this can be cleaned up
-	//later.
-	
-	
-	public static void showTutorialDialog(final SynthSettingsTwo context) {
-
+	public static Dialog showTutorialDialog(final Activity context) {
 		final Dialog alert = new Dialog(context);
 		alert.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
 		final LayoutInflater inflater = context.getLayoutInflater();
@@ -120,87 +115,10 @@ public void onClick(View v) {
 				}
 			}
 		});
-
-		alert.show();
-
-	}
-
-	public static void showTutorialDialog(final SynthCircle context) {
-
-		final Dialog alert = new Dialog(context);
-		alert.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
-		final LayoutInflater inflater = context.getLayoutInflater();
-		final LinearLayout tutorialFrame = (LinearLayout) inflater.inflate(
-				R.layout.demoframe, new LinearLayout(context), false);
-		final ViewGroup blanklayout = (ViewGroup) tutorialFrame
-				.findViewById(R.id.dynocontent);
-		final int[] slides = { R.layout.demoscreen0, R.layout.demoscreen1,
-				R.layout.demoscreen2, R.layout.demoscreen3,
-				R.layout.demoscreen4 };
-
-		final Counter c = new Counter();
-		c.count = 0;
-
-		inflater.inflate(slides[c.count], blanklayout);
-
-		alert.setContentView(tutorialFrame);
-
-		final ImageButton next = (ImageButton) tutorialFrame
-				.findViewById(R.id.next);
-		final ImageButton back = (ImageButton) tutorialFrame
-				.findViewById(R.id.back);
-		back.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() {
-			public void onClick(View v) {
-				c.count -= 1;
-				blanklayout.removeAllViews();
-				inflater.inflate(slides[c.count], blanklayout);
-				if (c.count == 0) {
-					back.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.prevoff);
-					back.setEnabled(false);
-				} else {
-					back.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.prevon);
-					back.setEnabled(true);
-					next.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.nexton);
-				}
-
-			}
-		});
-		back.setEnabled(false);
-
-		next.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() {
-			public void onClick(View v) {
-				c.count += 1;
-				if (c.count == slides.length) {
-					alert.dismiss();
-				} else {
-					WindowManager.LayoutParams lp = new WindowManager.LayoutParams();
-					lp.copyFrom(alert.getWindow().getAttributes());
-					lp.width = alert.getWindow().getDecorView().getWidth();
-					lp.height = LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT;
-					alert.getWindow().setAttributes(lp);
-
-					blanklayout.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
-					blanklayout.removeAllViews();
-					inflater.inflate(slides[c.count], blanklayout);
-					blanklayout.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
-					if (c.count == slides.length - 1) {
-						next.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.closeon);
-						back.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.prevon);
-						back.setEnabled(true);
-					} else if (c.count == 0) {
-						back.setEnabled(false);
-						back.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.prevoff);
-						next.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.nexton);
-					} else {
-						next.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.nexton);
-						back.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.prevon);
-						back.setEnabled(true);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		});
-
+		
 		alert.show();
+		
+		return alert;
 
 	}