diff --git a/examples/node-example/package.json b/examples/node-example/package.json
index bed9bf7..bf5e6d1 100644
--- a/examples/node-example/package.json
+++ b/examples/node-example/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 	"main": "server.js",
 	"dependencies": {
 		"express": "~4.0.0",
-		"body-parser": "~1.0.1"
+		"body-parser": "~1.0.1",
+		"pruss": "../../node-bindings"
 	}
 	
 
diff --git a/examples/node-example/server.js b/examples/node-example/server.js
index be1eaf2..d16c5df 100644
--- a/examples/node-example/server.js
+++ b/examples/node-example/server.js
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ var express = require('express'),
  	parser = require('body-parser'),
 	fs = require('fs'),
 	path = require('path'),
- 	pruss = require('./node_modules/pruss');
+ 	pruss = require('pruss');
 
-var p = pruss.PRUSS.get();
-var pru = [p.pru0, p.pru1];
+var pru = pruss.pru;
 var port = process.env.PORT || 8088;
 var router = express.Router();
 var prussrouter = express.Router();
@@ -16,79 +15,79 @@ app.use(parser.json({ type: 'application/json' }));
 app.use(parser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
 app.use(express.static('app'))
 
-var states = ["NONE", "STOPPED", "RUNNING", "HALTED"];
-
-
 router.get('/:no([0-1])', function(req, res){
-	res.json({ "status": states[pru[req.params.no].getState()] });	
+	res.json({ "status": pru[req.params.no].getState() });	
 });
 
 router.get('/:no([0-1])/stop', function(req, res){
-	res.json({ "return": pru[req.params.no].disable() });
+	pru[req.params.no].disable((ret) => {
+		res.json({ "return": ret });
+	});
 });
 
 router.get('/:no([0-1])/start', function(req, res){
-	res.json({ "return": pru[req.params.no].enable() });
+	pru[req.params.no].enable((ret) => {
+		res.json({ "return": ret });
+	});
 });
 
 router.get('/:no([0-1])/pause', function(req, res){
-	res.json({ "return": pru[req.params.no].pause() });
+	pru[req.params.no].pause((ret) => {
+		res.json({ "return": ret });
+	});
 });
 
 router.get('/:no([0-1])/resume', function(req, res){
-	res.json({ "return": pru[req.params.no].resume() });
+	pru[req.params.no].resume((ret) => {
+		res.json({ "return": ret });
+	});
 });
 
 router.post('/:no([0-1])/load', function(req, res){
 	var filepath = req.body.file;
-	res.json( { "return": pru[req.params.no].load(filepath) } )
+	pru[req.params.no].load(filepath, (ret) => {
+		res.json({ "return": ret });
+	});
 });
 
 router.get('/:no([0-1])/message', function(req, res){
-	res.json({ "message": pru[req.params.no].getMsg() });
+	pru[req.params.no].getMsg((ret) => {
+		res.json({ "message": ret });
+	});
 });
 
 
-router.get('/:no([0-1])/event/:time([0-9]{2,})?', function(req, res){
-	
-	function eventwait(number, tout, cb){
-		var retr = pru[number].waitForEvent(tout)
-		console.log("wait over")
-		cb(retr)
-	}
-	function async_eventwait(no, timeout){
-		return new Promise(function(resolve){
-			eventwait(no, timeout, function(data){
-				resolve(data)
-			})
-		})
-	}
-
-	var timeout = (req.params.time==undefined)?-1:req.params.time;
-	async_eventwait(req.params.no, parseInt(timeout)).then(function(data){
-		res.json({ "return": data })
-	})
-	console.log("exited");
+router.get('/:no([0-1])/event/:time([0-9])?', function(req, res){
+	pru[req.params.no].waitForEvent(req.params.time, (ret) => {
+		res.json({ "return": ret });
+	});
+
 });
 
 router.post('/:no([0-1])/message', function(req, res){
 	var msg = req.body.message;
-	res.json({ "return": pru[req.params.no].sendMsg(msg) });
+	pru[req.params.no].sendMsg(msg, (ret) => {
+		res.json({ "return": ret });
+	});
 });
 
 prussrouter.get('/', function(req, res){
 	var state = "off";
-	if(p.isOn())
+	if(pruss.isOn())
 		state = "on";
 	res.json({ "status": state });
 });
 
 prussrouter.get('/on', function(req, res){
-	res.json({ "return": p.bootUp() });
+	pruss.bootUp((ret) => {
+		res.json({ "return": ret });
+	});
 });
 
 prussrouter.get('/off', function(req, res){
-	res.json({ "return": p.shutDown() });
+	pruss.shutDown((ret) => {
+		res.json({ "return": ret });
+	});
 });
 
 app.use('/pru', router);
diff --git a/node-bindings/pru.js b/node-bindings/pru.js
index f1bf643..34e6409 100644
--- a/node-bindings/pru.js
+++ b/node-bindings/pru.js
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ class PRU {
 			return cb? cb(errno.ENODEV): errno.ENODEV;
 		if(this._state == 'RUNNING')
 			return cb? cb(errno.EALREADY): errno.EALREADY;
-		send('DISABLE_'+this._no, (data) => {
+		send('RESUME_'+this._no, (ret) => {
 			ret = parseInt(ret);
 			if(!ret)
 				this._state = 'RUNNING';
-			return cb? cb(data): data;
+			return cb? cb(ret): ret;
 		});
 	}
 	getRegs(cb) {
diff --git a/prussd/prussd.py b/prussd/prussd.py
index 2eb22f5..bb04efa 100755
--- a/prussd/prussd.py
+++ b/prussd/prussd.py
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ def get_msg(cmd):
             #timeout 0 in select => non-blocking read
             while fd in select.select([fd], [], [], 0)[0]:
                 reply += fd.readline()
+        if reply == '':
+            return '\n'
         return reply
     except OSError as err:
         return -err.errno