diff --git a/.jc_aliases b/.jc_aliases
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e94a504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jc_aliases
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+jc() {
+	screen -S joycontrol -X stuff "$1^M"
+}
+
+jcupdate() {
+	cd ~/joycontrol
+	git pull --ff-only
+	cd
+	cp -f ~/joycontrol/.jc_aliases ~
+}
+
+jcstart() {
+	jcupdate
+	screen -dmS ~/joycontrol sudo python3 ~/run_controller_cli.py PRO_CONTROLLER -r 98:E2:55:92:E8:81
+}
+
+jcstop() {
+	screen -S joycontrol -X quit
+}
+
+jcrestart() {
+        jcstop
+        jcstart
+}
+
+jcmacro() {
+	buttonDelay='0.01'
+	if [[ ! -z $2 ]]; then
+		buttonDelay=$2
+	fi
+
+	macro=$(~/joycontrol/expand_nested_loops.sh "~/joycontrol/macro/$1")
+	echo "$macro"
+
+	while read -r line; do
+		if [[ ${line:0:1} != "#" ]]; then
+				jc "$line"
+				jc "sleep $buttonDelay"
+		fi
+	done <<< $macro
+}
+
+jclist() {
+	ls ~/joycontrol/macro
+}
+
+if screen -ls | grep joycontrol; then 
+	echo "joycontrol already running, restart id needed"
+else
+	jcstart
+fi
diff --git a/expand_nested_loops.sh b/expand_nested_loops.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4aa4f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/expand_nested_loops.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Recursively read lines until EOF or a "loopend" is encountered.
+# Prints everything it reads, expanding any nested loops.
+expand() {
+  local line repeat body
+  # Read one line at a time
+  while IFS= read -r line; do
+    # If this is the start of a loop, grab the count
+    if [[ $line =~ ^[[:space:]]*loop[[:space:]]+([0-9]+)[[:space:]]*$ ]]; then
+      repeat=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+      # Recursively collect inner block into an array
+      mapfile -t body < <( expand )
+      # Print that block "repeat" times
+      for ((i=0; i<repeat; i++)); do
+        printf '%s\n' "${body[@]}"
+      done
+
+    # If this is the end of the current loop, return to caller
+    elif [[ $line =~ ^[[:space:]]*loopend[[:space:]]*$ ]]; then
+      return
+
+    # Otherwise, just print the line verbatim
+    else
+      printf '%s\n' "$line"
+    fi
+  done
+}
+
+# Kick it off: read from file if given, otherwise stdin
+expand < "${1:-/dev/stdin}"
diff --git a/macro/testButtons.txt b/macro/testButtons.txt
index 0084318..9ad844d 100644
--- a/macro/testButtons.txt
+++ b/macro/testButtons.txt
@@ -9,29 +9,15 @@ left
 a
 sleep 1.2
 #go to controller settings
-down
-down
-down
-down
-down
-down
-down
-down
+loop 8
+    down
+loopend
 a
 sleep 1.2
 # go to test inputs
-down
-down
-down
-down
-down
-down
-down
-down
-down
-down
-down
-down
+loop 12jc res
+    down
+loopend
 a
 sleep 1.2
 a