diff --git a/MicroDexed.ino b/MicroDexed.ino
index 956893c..7eccab3 100644
--- a/MicroDexed.ino
+++ b/MicroDexed.ino
@@ -289,13 +289,15 @@ char g_voice_name[NUM_DEXED][VOICE_NAME_LEN];
 char g_bank_name[NUM_DEXED][BANK_NAME_LEN];
 char receive_bank_filename[FILENAME_LEN];
 uint8_t selected_instance_id = 0;
-uint8_t seqsteptimer=0;
-uint32_t seqtimer_old=5000;
+uint8_t seqsteptimer = 0;
+uint32_t seqtimer_old = 0;
+bool seq_running = false;
 //uint8_t seqdata[1][16]={48,48,54,48,49,54,54,48,54,54,48,54,49,54,54,54};
 //uint8_t seqdata[1][16]={72,72,78,72,75,78,78,72,78,78,72,78,75,78,78,78};
-uint8_t seqdata[3][16]={72,72, 0,72,75, 0, 0,72, 0, 0,72, 0,75, 0, 0, 0,
-                        73,73, 0,73, 0, 0,73,73, 0, 0,73,73, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-                        78, 0, 0,78, 0, 0,78, 0,78,78, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
+uint8_t seqdata[3][16] = {72, 72, 0, 72, 75, 0, 0, 72, 0, 0, 72, 0, 75, 0, 0, 0,
+                          73, 73, 0, 73, 0, 0, 73, 73, 0, 0, 73, 73, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                          78, 0, 0, 78, 0, 0, 78, 0, 78, 78, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
+                         };
 #ifdef TEENSY4
 #if NUM_DEXED>1
 int8_t midi_decay[NUM_DEXED] = { -1, -1};
@@ -606,22 +608,28 @@ void loop()
   ENCODER[ENC_L].update();
   ENCODER[ENC_R].update();
 
-  //sequencer
-  if (sequencer_timer  > seqtimer_old +125)
-  
-  {
+  if (seq_running) {
+    
+    if (sequencer_timer  > seqtimer_old + 125)
 
-seqtimer_old=sequencer_timer;
-if (seqdata[0][seqsteptimer]>0)  {handleNoteOn(DRUM_MIDI_CHANNEL, seqdata[0][seqsteptimer] , 99);}
-if (seqdata[1][seqsteptimer]>0)  {handleNoteOn(DRUM_MIDI_CHANNEL, seqdata[1][seqsteptimer] , 99);}
-if (seqdata[2][seqsteptimer]>0)  {handleNoteOn(DRUM_MIDI_CHANNEL, seqdata[2][seqsteptimer] , 99);}
-seqsteptimer++;
+    {
 
-}
-if (seqsteptimer>15)seqsteptimer=0;
+      seqtimer_old = sequencer_timer;
+      if (seqdata[0][seqsteptimer] > 0)  {
+        handleNoteOn(DRUM_MIDI_CHANNEL, seqdata[0][seqsteptimer] , 99);
+      }
+      if (seqdata[1][seqsteptimer] > 0)  {
+        handleNoteOn(DRUM_MIDI_CHANNEL, seqdata[1][seqsteptimer] , 99);
+      }
+      if (seqdata[2][seqsteptimer] > 0)  {
+        handleNoteOn(DRUM_MIDI_CHANNEL, seqdata[2][seqsteptimer] , 99);
+      }
+      seqsteptimer++;
+
+    }
+    if (seqsteptimer > 15)seqsteptimer = 0;
 
-//Serial.print(seqsteptimer);
-//Serial.println("");
+  }
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_LCD_UI
   LCDML.loop();