diff --git a/v4/main.py b/v4/main.py
index e0bdfd2..88aa5de 100644
--- a/v4/main.py
+++ b/v4/main.py
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ ctrl.registerCallback(printOutput)
 #c = shell_launch(c)
 #print(c.output)
 #
+
+ctrl.set("didLaunch", True)
+
 #for line in sys.stdin:
 #  c.input = line.rstrip()
 #  c = shell_processInput(c)
@@ -50,4 +53,36 @@ ctrl.registerCallback(printOutput)
 #      break
 #  print(c.output)
 
-ctrl.set("didLaunch", True)
+
+
+
+
+
+import threading
+import time
+
+class KeyboardThread(threading.Thread):
+
+    def __init__(self, input_cbk = None, name='keyboard-input-thread'):
+        self.input_cbk = input_cbk
+        super(KeyboardThread, self).__init__(name=name, daemon=True)
+        self.start()
+
+    def run(self):
+        while True:
+            self.input_cbk(input()) #waits to get input + Return
+
+showcounter = 0 #something to demonstrate the change
+
+def my_callback(inp):
+    #evaluate the keyboard input
+    print('You Entered:', inp, ' Counter is at:', showcounter)
+
+#start the Keyboard thread
+kthread = KeyboardThread(my_callback)
+
+while True:
+    #the normal program executes without blocking. here just counting up
+    showcounter += 1
+    time.sleep(0.5)
+