diff --git a/PrivacyWire.module b/PrivacyWire.module
index aa9a69c..ca4034b 100644
--- a/PrivacyWire.module
+++ b/PrivacyWire.module
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ class PrivacyWire extends WireData implements Module, ConfigurableModule
         }
 
         // 1. - 5. within initiatePrivacyWire method
-        $this->wire('page')->addHookBefore('render', $this, 'initiatePrivacyWire');
 
         // 6. Render everything!
         /*
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ class PrivacyWire extends WireData implements Module, ConfigurableModule
          * The banner markup and consent window blueprint can be loaded anywhere, for example at the end of the body tag.
          */
         if (!$this->render_manually) {
+            $this->wire('page')->addHookBefore('render', $this, 'initiatePrivacyWire'); // also disabled : allows full manual execution, more reliable as fully executed exactly once
             $this->wire('page')->addHookAfter('render', $this, 'render', ['priority' => 101]);
         }
     }
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class PrivacyWire extends WireData implements Module, ConfigurableModule
         $privacyWireSettings->dnt = ($this->respectDNT) ? "1" : "0";
         $privacyWireSettings->bots = ($this->checkForBots) ? "1" : "0";
         $privacyWireSettings->customFunction = ($this->wire('sanitizer')->text($this->trigger_custom_js_function)) ?? "";
-        $privacyWireSettings->messageTimeout = ($this->messageTimeout && intval($this->messageTimeout) > 1) ? intval($this->messageTimeout) : 1500;
+        $privacyWireSettings->messageTimeout = (isset($this->messageTimeout) && intval($this->messageTimeout) >= 0) ? intval($this->messageTimeout) : 1500;
         $privacyWireSettings->consentByClass = ($this->detect_consents_by_class) ? "1" : "0";
         $privacyWireSettings->cookieGroups = [
             'necessary' => $this->get("cookies_necessary_label{$this->lang}|cookies_necessary_label"),
diff --git a/PrivacyWireBanner.php b/PrivacyWireBanner.php
index 1462ae7..ba39563 100644
--- a/PrivacyWireBanner.php
+++ b/PrivacyWireBanner.php
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@
 $showMarketingButton = (in_array("marketing", $module->cookie_groups));
 $showExternalMediaButton = (in_array("external_media", $module->cookie_groups));
 
+// show the "choose" button if there is MORE than 1 optional cookie types to choose from
+// (if there's only 1 optional cookie type, then the button "necessary yes/no" is enough to cover all possible choices)
 $showChooseButton = (
-    $showFunctionalButton ||
-    $showStatisticsButton ||
-    $showMarketingButton ||
-    $showExternalMediaButton
-);
+    (int)$showFunctionalButton +
+    (int)$showStatisticsButton +
+    (int)$showMarketingButton +
+    (int)$showExternalMediaButton
+) > 1;
 
 
 // Detailed Text for options banner 
diff --git a/src/js/PrivacyWire.js b/src/js/PrivacyWire.js
index 60f00f8..5f6f278 100644
--- a/src/js/PrivacyWire.js
+++ b/src/js/PrivacyWire.js
@@ -308,10 +308,12 @@ class PrivacyWire {
     }
 
     showMessage() {
-        this.elements.banner.wrapper.classList.add("show-message")
-        setTimeout(() => {
-            this.elements.banner.wrapper.classList.remove("show-message")
-        }, this.settings.messageTimeout)
+        if (this.settings.messageTimeout > 0) {
+            this.elements.banner.wrapper.classList.add("show-message")
+            setTimeout(() => {
+                this.elements.banner.wrapper.classList.remove("show-message")
+            }, this.settings.messageTimeout)
+        }
     }
 
     checkElementsWithRequiredConsent() {