diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ee29c00..2618460 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -89,6 +89,132 @@ dependencies = [
  "libloading",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-channel"
+version = "1.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cf46fee83e5ccffc220104713af3292ff9bc7c64c7de289f66dae8e38d826833"
+dependencies = [
+ "concurrent-queue",
+ "event-listener",
+ "futures-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-executor"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "17adb73da160dfb475c183343c8cccd80721ea5a605d3eb57125f0a7b7a92d0b"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-lock",
+ "async-task",
+ "concurrent-queue",
+ "fastrand",
+ "futures-lite",
+ "slab",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-global-executor"
+version = "2.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f1b6f5d7df27bd294849f8eec66ecfc63d11814df7a4f5d74168a2394467b776"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-channel",
+ "async-executor",
+ "async-io",
+ "async-lock",
+ "blocking",
+ "futures-lite",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-io"
+version = "1.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0fc5b45d93ef0529756f812ca52e44c221b35341892d3dcc34132ac02f3dd2af"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-lock",
+ "autocfg",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "concurrent-queue",
+ "futures-lite",
+ "log",
+ "parking",
+ "polling",
+ "rustix",
+ "slab",
+ "socket2",
+ "waker-fn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-lock"
+version = "2.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fa24f727524730b077666307f2734b4a1a1c57acb79193127dcc8914d5242dd7"
+dependencies = [
+ "event-listener",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-process"
+version = "1.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6381ead98388605d0d9ff86371043b5aa922a3905824244de40dc263a14fcba4"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-io",
+ "async-lock",
+ "autocfg",
+ "blocking",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "event-listener",
+ "futures-lite",
+ "libc",
+ "signal-hook",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-std"
+version = "1.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62565bb4402e926b29953c785397c6dc0391b7b446e45008b0049eb43cec6f5d"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-channel",
+ "async-global-executor",
+ "async-io",
+ "async-lock",
+ "async-process",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-lite",
+ "gloo-timers",
+ "kv-log-macro",
+ "log",
+ "memchr",
+ "once_cell",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "pin-utils",
+ "slab",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-task"
+version = "4.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a40729d2133846d9ed0ea60a8b9541bccddab49cd30f0715a1da672fe9a2524"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "atomic-waker"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "debc29dde2e69f9e47506b525f639ed42300fc014a3e007832592448fa8e4599"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -146,6 +272,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "blocking"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3c67b173a56acffd6d2326fb7ab938ba0b00a71480e14902b2591c87bc5741e8"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-channel",
+ "async-lock",
+ "async-task",
+ "atomic-waker",
+ "fastrand",
+ "futures-lite",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.12.0"
@@ -300,6 +440,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "concurrent-queue"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c278839b831783b70278b14df4d45e1beb1aad306c07bb796637de9a0e323e8e"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "const_panic"
 version = "0.2.7"
@@ -453,6 +602,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "typenum",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ctor"
+version = "0.1.26"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6d2301688392eb071b0bf1a37be05c469d3cc4dbbd95df672fe28ab021e6a096"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cty"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -588,6 +747,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "errno"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "50d6a0976c999d473fe89ad888d5a284e55366d9dc9038b1ba2aa15128c4afa0"
+dependencies = [
+ "errno-dragonfly",
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.45.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "errno-dragonfly"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aa68f1b12764fab894d2755d2518754e71b4fd80ecfb822714a1206c2aab39bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "error-code"
 version = "2.3.1"
@@ -607,6 +787,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "event-listener"
+version = "2.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0206175f82b8d6bf6652ff7d71a1e27fd2e4efde587fd368662814d6ec1d9ce0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "expat-sys"
 version = "2.1.6"
@@ -639,6 +825,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "synstructure",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fastrand"
+version = "1.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e51093e27b0797c359783294ca4f0a911c270184cb10f85783b118614a1501be"
+dependencies = [
+ "instant",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "find-crate"
 version = "0.6.3"
@@ -777,6 +972,21 @@ version = "0.3.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "89d422fa3cbe3b40dca574ab087abb5bc98258ea57eea3fd6f1fa7162c778b91"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-lite"
+version = "1.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7694489acd39452c77daa48516b894c153f192c3578d5a839b62c58099fcbf48"
+dependencies = [
+ "fastrand",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "memchr",
+ "parking",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "waker-fn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-macro"
 version = "0.3.27"
@@ -903,6 +1113,18 @@ version = "0.21.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "518faa5064866338b013ff9b2350dc318e14cc4fcd6cb8206d7e7c9886c98815"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gloo-timers"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9b995a66bb87bebce9a0f4a95aed01daca4872c050bfcb21653361c03bc35e5c"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "glow"
 version = "0.11.2"
@@ -1034,6 +1256,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fed44880c466736ef9a5c5b5facefb5ed0785676d0c02d612db14e54f0d84286"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hexf-parse"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -1085,6 +1313,7 @@ version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "215d51fa4f70dbb63775d7141243c4d98d4d525d8949695601f8fbac7dcbc04e"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-std",
  "futures",
  "log",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
@@ -1208,6 +1437,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "mach",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "io-lifetimes"
+version = "1.0.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09270fd4fa1111bc614ed2246c7ef56239a3063d5be0d1ec3b589c505d400aeb"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi 0.3.1",
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.45.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -1240,6 +1480,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "kv-log-macro"
+version = "1.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0de8b303297635ad57c9f5059fd9cee7a47f8e8daa09df0fcd07dd39fb22977f"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -1302,6 +1551,12 @@ version = "0.5.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0717cef1bc8b636c6e1c1bbdefc09e6322da8a9321966e8928ef80d20f7f770f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cd550e73688e6d578f0ac2119e32b797a327631a42f9433e59d02e139c8df60d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -1319,6 +1574,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "abb12e687cfb44aa40f41fc3978ef76448f9b6038cad6aef4259d3c095a2382e"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
+ "value-bag",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1554,7 +1810,7 @@ version = "1.15.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0fac9e2da13b5eb447a6ce3d392f23a29d8694bff781bf03a16cd9ac8697593b"
 dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi",
+ "hermit-abi 0.2.6",
  "libc",
 ]
 
@@ -1675,6 +1931,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "parking"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "427c3892f9e783d91cc128285287e70a59e206ca452770ece88a76f7a3eddd72"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.11.2"
@@ -1845,6 +2107,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "miniz_oxide",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "polling"
+version = "2.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7e1f879b2998099c2d69ab9605d145d5b661195627eccc680002c4918a7fb6fa"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "bitflags",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "concurrent-queue",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "windows-sys 0.45.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ppv-lite86"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -2035,6 +2313,20 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "0.37.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62b24138615de35e32031d041a09032ef3487a616d901ca4db224e7d557efae2"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "errno",
+ "io-lifetimes",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.45.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rusty-pipe"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -2043,6 +2335,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "handlebars",
  "hidapi",
  "iced",
+ "iced_futures",
  "iced_native",
  "rdkafka",
  "rusb",
@@ -2166,6 +2459,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook"
+version = "0.3.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "732768f1176d21d09e076c23a93123d40bba92d50c4058da34d45c8de8e682b9"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "signal-hook-registry",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook-registry"
+version = "1.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d8229b473baa5980ac72ef434c4415e70c4b5e71b423043adb4ba059f89c99a1"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "siphasher"
 version = "0.3.10"
@@ -2225,6 +2537,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "wayland-client",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "socket2"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "64a4a911eed85daf18834cfaa86a79b7d266ff93ff5ba14005426219480ed662"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "spirv"
 version = "0.2.0+1.5.4"
@@ -2449,6 +2771,16 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1674845326ee10d37ca60470760d4288a6f80f304007d92e5c53bab78c9cfd79"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "value-bag"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2209b78d1249f7e6f3293657c9779fe31ced465df091bbd433a1cf88e916ec55"
+dependencies = [
+ "ctor",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -2467,6 +2799,12 @@ version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "waker-fn"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9d5b2c62b4012a3e1eca5a7e077d13b3bf498c4073e33ccd58626607748ceeca"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -2825,6 +3163,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.36.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.42.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a3e1820f08b8513f676f7ab6c1f99ff312fb97b553d30ff4dd86f9f15728aa7"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.42.2",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.42.2",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.42.2",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.42.2",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.42.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.45.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 49cadb7..ce0e90e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ gilrs = "0.10.1"
 iced = "0.8.0"
 iced_native = "0.9.1"
 handlebars = "4"
+iced_futures = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["async-std"] }
diff --git a/src/gui.rs b/src/gui.rs
index 8c2e7be..0ac6599 100644
--- a/src/gui.rs
+++ b/src/gui.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use iced::executor;
 use iced::keyboard;
 use iced::subscription;
 use iced::{Alignment, Element, Application, Settings, Subscription, Theme, Command};
+use iced_futures::backend::native::async_std::time::every;
 
 use crate::stream::OutputStream;
 use crate::config::GUI;
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ struct Stick {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 enum Message {
    EventOccurred(iced_native::Event),
+   Tick,
    Up,
    Down,
    Left,
@@ -110,6 +112,33 @@ impl Application for Main {
 
    fn update(&mut self, msg: Message) -> Command<Message> {
       match msg.clone() {
+         Message::Tick => {
+            let mut s = vec![];
+            for key_code in self.keys_down.iter() {
+               let nope = String::from("");
+               let s2 = match key_code {
+                  _ if key_code == &self.inputs.stick.up => &self.flags.cfg.up,
+                  _ if key_code == &self.inputs.stick.down => &self.flags.cfg.down,
+                  _ if key_code == &self.inputs.stick.left => &self.flags.cfg.left,
+                  _ if key_code == &self.inputs.stick.right => &self.flags.cfg.right,
+                  _ if key_code == &self.inputs.a => &self.flags.cfg.a,
+                  _ if key_code == &self.inputs.b => &self.flags.cfg.b,
+                  _ if key_code == &self.inputs.x => &self.flags.cfg.x,
+                  _ if key_code == &self.inputs.y => &self.flags.cfg.y,
+                  _ if key_code == &self.inputs.l => &self.flags.cfg.l,
+                  _ if key_code == &self.inputs.r => &self.flags.cfg.r,
+                  _ => &nope,
+               };
+               if s2.len() > 0 {
+                  for c in s2.chars() {
+                     s.push(c);
+                  }
+               }
+            }
+            if s.len() > 0 {
+               self.flags.output_stream.put(s);
+            }
+         },
          Message::EventOccurred(event) if self.configuring.is_some() => {
             match event {
                iced::event::Event::Keyboard(keyboard::Event::KeyPressed{
@@ -163,39 +192,17 @@ impl Application for Main {
             self.ntfy = format!("push a key to bind to {:?}", msg.clone());
          },
       }
-      let mut s = vec![];
-      for key_code in self.keys_down.iter() {
-         let nope = String::from("");
-         let s2 = match key_code {
-            _ if key_code == &self.inputs.stick.up => &self.flags.cfg.up,
-            _ if key_code == &self.inputs.stick.down => &self.flags.cfg.down,
-            _ if key_code == &self.inputs.stick.left => &self.flags.cfg.left,
-            _ if key_code == &self.inputs.stick.right => &self.flags.cfg.right,
-            _ if key_code == &self.inputs.a => &self.flags.cfg.a,
-            _ if key_code == &self.inputs.b => &self.flags.cfg.b,
-            _ if key_code == &self.inputs.x => &self.flags.cfg.x,
-            _ if key_code == &self.inputs.y => &self.flags.cfg.y,
-            _ if key_code == &self.inputs.l => &self.flags.cfg.l,
-            _ if key_code == &self.inputs.r => &self.flags.cfg.r,
-            _ => &nope,
-         };
-         if s2.len() > 0 {
-            for c in s2.chars() {
-               s.push(c);
-            }
-         }
-      }
-      if s.len() > 0 {
-         self.flags.output_stream.put(s);
-      }
       return Command::none();
    }
 
    fn subscription(&self) -> Subscription<Message> {
-      return subscription::events_with(|event, _| match event {
-         iced::Event::Keyboard(_) => Some(Message::EventOccurred(event)),
-         _ => None,
-      });
+      return subscription::Subscription::batch(vec![
+         subscription::events_with(|event, _| match event {
+            iced::Event::Keyboard(_) => Some(Message::EventOccurred(event)),
+            _ => None,
+         }),
+         every(std::time::Duration::from_millis(25)).map(|_| Message::Tick),
+      ]);
    }
 
    fn view(&self) -> Element<Message> {