diff --git a/backends/x/event.go b/backends/x/event.go
index e306795..45d7ebb 100644
--- a/backends/x/event.go
+++ b/backends/x/event.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import "image"
 import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil"
 import "github.com/jezek/xgb/xproto"
 import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil/xevent"
-import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil/keybind"
 
 import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/stone"
 
@@ -59,16 +58,16 @@ func (backend *Backend) handleKeyPress (
 	event xevent.KeyPressEvent,
 ) {
 	keyEvent := *event.KeyPressEvent
-	keysym   := keybind.KeysymGet(backend.connection, keyEvent.Detail, 0)
+	keysym   := backend.keycodeToKeysym(keyEvent.Detail)
 	backend.channel <- stone.EventPress(keysymToButtonCode(keysym))
 }
 
 func (backend *Backend) handleKeyRelease (
 	connection *xgbutil.XUtil,
-	event xevent.KeyPressEvent,
+	event xevent.KeyReleaseEvent,
 ) {
-	keyEvent := *event.KeyPressEvent
-	keysym   := keybind.KeysymGet(backend.connection, keyEvent.Detail, 0)
+	keyEvent := *event.KeyReleaseEvent
+	keysym   := backend.keycodeToKeysym(keyEvent.Detail)
 	backend.channel <- stone.EventRelease(keysymToButtonCode(keysym))
 }
 
diff --git a/backends/x/factory.go b/backends/x/factory.go
index 2ed9b3c..1885496 100644
--- a/backends/x/factory.go
+++ b/backends/x/factory.go
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ func factory (application *stone.Application) (output stone.Backend, err error)
 		Connect(backend.connection, backend.window.Id)
 	xevent.MotionNotifyFun(backend.handleMotionNotify).
 		Connect(backend.connection, backend.window.Id)
+	xevent.KeyPressFun(backend.handleKeyPress).
+		Connect(backend.connection, backend.window.Id)
+	xevent.KeyReleaseFun(backend.handleKeyRelease).
+		Connect(backend.connection, backend.window.Id)
 	
 	output = backend
 	return
diff --git a/backends/x/unicode.go b/backends/x/unicode.go
index 1c0445f..b1c2df3 100644
--- a/backends/x/unicode.go
+++ b/backends/x/unicode.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package x
 
 import "github.com/jezek/xgb/xproto"
+import "github.com/jezek/xgbutil/keybind"
 import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/stone"
 
 // when making changes to this file, look at keysymdef.h
@@ -54,6 +55,24 @@ var buttonCodeTable = map[xproto.Keysym] stone.Button {
 	0xFFC9: stone.KeyF12,
 }
 
+func (backend *Backend) keycodeToKeysym (
+	keycode xproto.Keycode,
+) (
+	keysym xproto.Keysym,
+) {
+	keysym = keybind.KeysymGet(backend.connection, keycode, 0)
+
+	// TODO: shift isnt working. follow
+	// https://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/input/keyboard-encoding.html
+	
+	println("--")
+	println(keycode)
+	println(keysym)
+	println(stone.EventPress(keysymToButtonCode(keysym)))
+	
+	return
+}
+
 func keysymToButtonCode (keysym xproto.Keysym) (button stone.Button) {
 	var isControl bool
 	button, isControl = buttonCodeTable[keysym]