diff --git a/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/gui/utils/DialogUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/gui/utils/DialogUtils.java
index 01ba48d..98d1667 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/gui/utils/DialogUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/gui/utils/DialogUtils.java
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 import javax.swing.JTextArea;
 
+// TODO: is errorLog the best way to send errors to JTextArea? reconsider impl for AcquisitionTable
+
 /**
- * This is primarily used in the acquisition playlist ui.
+ * A utility class for making dialog boxes.
+ *
  */
 public class DialogUtils {
 
@@ -15,9 +18,6 @@ public class DialogUtils {
     /**The component to display the errors. */
     private static JTextArea errorLog = null;
 
-    public DialogUtils() {
-    }
-
     /**
      * Sets the JTextArea to log errors.
      *
@@ -27,11 +27,27 @@ public static void setErrorLog(final JTextArea textArea) {
         errorLog = textArea;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the user's input or null if the action is canceled.
+     *
+     * @param frame the parent frame
+     * @param title the title string
+     * @param message the message to display
+     * @return the user's input or {@code null} meaning the user canceled the input
+     */
     public static String showTextEntryDialog(final JFrame frame, final String title, final String message) {
         return (String) JOptionPane.showInputDialog(frame, message, title,
                 JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE, null, null, "");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return 0 if "Yes" is selected or 1 if "No" is selected.
+     *
+     * @param frame the parent frame
+     * @param title the title string
+     * @param message the message to display
+     * @return an int indicating the option selected by the user.
+     */
     public static int showYesNoDialog(final JFrame frame, final String title, final String message) {
         return JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(frame, message, title, JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION);
     }
@@ -40,8 +56,8 @@ public static int showYesNoDialog(final JFrame frame, final String title, final
      * Shows a customized message dialog box, this method does not log the error.<P>
      * This is used for reporting errors in the AcquisitionTable.
      *
-     * @param frame the frame in which the dialog is displayed
-     * @param title the title string for the dialog
+     * @param frame the parent frame
+     * @param title the title string
      * @param message the message to display
      */
     public static void showErrorMessage(final JFrame frame, final String title, final String message) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/acquisitions/AcquisitionEngineSCAPE.java b/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/acquisitions/AcquisitionEngineSCAPE.java
index db85270..4b95d09 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/acquisitions/AcquisitionEngineSCAPE.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/acquisitions/AcquisitionEngineSCAPE.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.micromanager.lightsheetmanager.api.data.MultiChannelMode;
 import org.micromanager.lightsheetmanager.api.internal.DefaultAcquisitionSettingsSCAPE;
 import org.micromanager.lightsheetmanager.api.internal.DefaultTimingSettings;
+import org.micromanager.lightsheetmanager.gui.utils.DialogUtils;
 import org.micromanager.lightsheetmanager.model.DataStorage;
 import org.micromanager.lightsheetmanager.model.LightSheetManagerModel;
 import org.micromanager.lightsheetmanager.model.PLogicSCAPE;
@@ -132,8 +133,16 @@ boolean run() {
                 origSpeedX_ = xyStage.getSpeedX();
                 origAccelX_ = xyStage.getAccelerationX();
 
-                // TODO: add more checks from original plugin here...
-                //  if (origXSpeed < 0.2 && resetXaxisSpeed_) { etc...
+                // if X speed is less than 0.2 mm/s then it probably wasn't restored to correct speed some other time
+                if (origSpeedX_ < 0.2) {
+                    final int result = DialogUtils.showYesNoDialog(frame_, "Change Speed",
+                            "Max speed of X axis is small, perhaps it was not correctly restored after " +
+                                    "stage scanning previously. Do you want to set it to 1 mm/s now?");
+                    if (result == 0) {
+                        xyStage.setSpeedX(1.0);
+                    }
+                }
+                // TODO: add more checks from original plugin here... Z speed?
             }
         }