diff --git a/src/controller/ctlrscript.cxx b/src/controller/ctlrscript.cxx
index 13fc9c7..36792e4 100644
--- a/src/controller/ctlrscript.cxx
+++ b/src/controller/ctlrscript.cxx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static void error(const char *msg)
 }
 
 #warning TODO: Externalize this to a header which the controllers should\
-	include to understand the event types, and functions for sending
+include to understand the event types, and functions for sending
 struct event_t {
 	uint32_t type;
 	uint32_t size;
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ struct event_t {
 
 
 CtlrScript::CtlrScript(std::string filename) :
-	Controller()
+	Controller(),
+	MidiIO()
 {
 	printf("%s, attempting to compile %s\n", __func__, filename.c_str());
 	TCCState *s;
@@ -95,9 +96,47 @@ CtlrScript::CtlrScript(std::string filename) :
 
 #warning FIXME: Free program when needed
 	//free(program);
+
+	// If the controller requests it, register MIDI ports for doing
+	// I/O. How to request this is curently unknown, but we could add
+	// a specific function, a generic function for querying what it
+	// would like, or some other sane extensible method :)
+
+	stat = CONTROLLER_OK;
+}
+
+int CtlrScript::registerComponents()
+{
+	// makes JACK add this controller to the midiObservers list:
+	// note the static_cast<>() is *needed* here for multiple-inheritance
+	MidiIO* m = static_cast<MidiIO*>(this);
+
+	registerMidiPorts( "testScripted" );
+
+	jack->registerMidiIO( m );
+
+	return LUPPP_RETURN_OK;
+}
+
+
+Controller::STATUS CtlrScript::status()
+{
+	return stat;
+}
+
+void CtlrScript::midi(unsigned char* midi)
+{
+	int status  = midi[0];
+	int data    = midi[1];
+	float value = midi[2] / 127.f;
+
+	printf("%s : got %2x %2x %0.2f\n", __func__, status, data, value);
 }
 
 void CtlrScript::bpm(int bpm)
 {
 	printf("%s : %d\n", __func__, bpm);
+
+	struct event_t ev = { 2, 1 };
+	handle(&ev);
 }
diff --git a/src/controller/ctlrscript.hxx b/src/controller/ctlrscript.hxx
index 4a96629..1f43abd 100644
--- a/src/controller/ctlrscript.hxx
+++ b/src/controller/ctlrscript.hxx
@@ -45,11 +45,14 @@
 typedef int (*ctlr_poll)(int);
 typedef void (*ctlr_handle)(void *);
 
-class CtlrScript : public Controller
+class CtlrScript : public Controller, public MidiIO
 {
 public:
 	CtlrScript(std::string filename);
 
+	/* called to register this instance with JACK */
+	int registerComponents();
+
 	std::string getName()
 	{
 		return "CtlrScript";
@@ -57,11 +60,17 @@ public:
 
 	void bpm(int bpm);
 
+	void midi(unsigned char* midi);
+
+	Controller::STATUS status();
+
 private:
 	void *program;
 	ctlr_poll poll;
 	ctlr_handle handle;
 
+	Controller::STATUS stat;
+
 
 };
 
diff --git a/src/gui.cxx b/src/gui.cxx
index b652880..b6a7752 100644
--- a/src/gui.cxx
+++ b/src/gui.cxx
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ extern Jack* jack;
 #include "../planning/luppp.c"
 #include "../planning/bg.c"
 
+#include "controller/ctlrscript.hxx"
+
 using namespace std;
 
 extern Gui* gui;
@@ -532,6 +534,13 @@ void Gui::setupMidiControllers()
       writeToDspRingbuffer( &e );
     }
   }
+
+  Controller* cs = new CtlrScript("test.c");
+  if(!cs) {
+    LUPPP_ERROR("Error creating CtlrScript instance\n");
+  }
+  EventControllerInstance e(cs);
+  writeToDspRingbuffer( &e );
 }
 
 void Gui::reset()
diff --git a/src/jack.cxx b/src/jack.cxx
index 547280f..a221de4 100644
--- a/src/jack.cxx
+++ b/src/jack.cxx
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 
 #include "audiobuffer.hxx"
 #include "eventhandler.hxx"
-#include "controller/ctlrscript.hxx"
 #include "controller/genericmidi.hxx"
 #include "controller/guicontroller.hxx"
 
@@ -269,14 +268,8 @@ Jack::Jack( std::string name ) :
     LUPPP_ERROR("%s","Error creating LupppGUI Controller instance");
   }
   
-  Controller* cs = new CtlrScript("test.c");
-  if(!cs) {
-    LUPPP_ERROR("Error creating CtlrScript instance\n");
-  }
-  
   // call into the GUI, telling it to register default controllers
   gui->setupMidiControllers();
-  
 }
 
 Jack::~Jack()