diff --git a/src/input/encoder.cpp b/src/input/encoder.cpp
index 93c187f..bb1dabb 100644
--- a/src/input/encoder.cpp
+++ b/src/input/encoder.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace Encoder
 
     void handlePress()
     {
-        Serial.println("Encoder pressed");
+        //Serial.println("Encoder pressed");
         for (OnButtonPressCallback callback : onButtonPressCallbacks) {
             callback();
         }
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace Encoder
 
     void handleRelease()
     {
-        Serial.println("Encoder released");
+        //Serial.println("Encoder released");
         for (OnButtonReleaseCallback callback : onButtonReleaseCallbacks) {
             callback();
         }
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ namespace Encoder
 
     void handleRotate(int8_t rotation)
     {
-        Serial.print("Encoder rotated by ");
-        Serial.println(rotation);
+        //Serial.print("Encoder rotated by ");
+        //Serial.println(rotation);
         for (OnRotateCallback callback : onRotateCallbacks) {
             callback(rotation);
         }
diff --git a/src/input/user_input_manager.cpp b/src/input/user_input_manager.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afc93e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/input/user_input_manager.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#include <Arduino.h>
+#include <input/encoder.hpp>
+#include <input/user_input_manager.hpp>
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <queue>
+#include <map>
+
+namespace UserInputManager
+{
+    using std::map;
+    using std::vector;
+    using std::queue;
+
+    void handleEncoderButtonRelease();
+    void handleEncoderButtonPress();
+    void handleEncoderRotate(int);
+
+    void pushEvent(InputEvent event);
+
+    map<String, queue<InputEvent>> input_event_queues;
+
+    void init()
+    {
+        Encoder::onButtonRelease(handleEncoderButtonRelease);
+        Encoder::onButtonPress(handleEncoderButtonPress);
+        Encoder::onRotate(handleEncoderRotate);
+    }
+
+    void handleEncoderButtonPress()
+    {
+        pushEvent(EncoderButtonPress);
+    }
+
+    void handleEncoderButtonRelease()
+    {
+        pushEvent(EncoderButtonRelease);
+    }
+
+    void handleEncoderRotate(int rotation)
+    {
+        if (rotation > 0)
+        {
+            pushEvent(EncoderRotateRight);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            pushEvent(EncoderRotateLeft);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void pushEvent(InputEvent event)
+    {
+        Serial.println("pushing new event " + String(event));
+        for (auto &queue : input_event_queues)
+        {
+            Serial.println("pushing event to queue " + queue.first + " (" + String(queue.second.size()) + ")");
+            queue.second.push(event);
+        }
+    }
+
+    InputEvent getNextEvent(String name)
+    {
+        queue<InputEvent> events = input_event_queues.at(name);
+        if (events.empty())
+        {
+            return InputEvent::None;
+        }
+        Serial.print("getting next event (" + String(events.size()) + "->");
+        InputEvent event = events.front();
+        events.pop();
+        Serial.println(String(events.size()) + ")");
+        return event;
+    }
+
+    void registerForEvents(String name)
+    {
+        queue<InputEvent> events = {};
+        input_event_queues[name] = events;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/input/user_input_manager.hpp b/src/input/user_input_manager.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1472cc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/input/user_input_manager.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#ifndef DRUMZ_USER_INPUT_MANAGER_HPP
+#define DRUMZ_USER_INPUT_MANAGER_HPP
+
+#include <Arduino.h>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace UserInputManager
+{
+    using std::vector;
+    
+    enum InputEvent
+    {
+        None,
+        EncoderButtonPress,
+        EncoderButtonRelease,
+        EncoderRotateLeft,
+        EncoderRotateRight,
+    };
+    void init();
+    InputEvent getNextEvent(String name);
+    void registerForEvents(String name);
+}
+
+#endif // DRUMZ_USER_INPUT_MANAGER_HPP
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index cf3bf23..0e0d7fb 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <ui/display.hpp>
 #include <input/encoder.hpp>
 #include <input/pad_reader.hpp>
+#include <input/user_input_manager.hpp>
 #include <audio/tone_generator.hpp>
 
 const int ONBOARD_LED_PIN = 2;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ void setup()
   Encoder::init();
   Display::init();
   ToneGenerator::init();
+  UserInputManager::init();
 
   Serial.println("setup complete");
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/display.cpp b/src/ui/display.cpp
index 0c677d6..8726451 100644
--- a/src/ui/display.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/display.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 #include <input/encoder.hpp>
 #include <ui/views/main_view.hpp>
+#include <input/user_input_manager.hpp>
+
+#include <vector>
 
 #ifndef SCREEN_WIDTH
 #define SCREEN_WIDTH 320
@@ -17,16 +20,24 @@
 #define DRAW_BUF_SIZE (SCREEN_WIDTH * SCREEN_HEIGHT / 10 * (LV_COLOR_DEPTH / 8))
 namespace Display
 {
+  using std::vector;
+  using UserInputManager::InputEvent;
+
   const uint8_t MAIN_VIEW = 1;
+  const String USER_INPUT_HANDLE = "display";
 
   uint32_t draw_buf[DRAW_BUF_SIZE / 4];
 
   uint32_t getTime();
   void handleLvglLogs(lv_log_level_t level, const char *buf);
   void handleUpdateValues(lv_timer_t *timer);
+  void handleReadUserInput(lv_indev_t *indev, lv_indev_data_t *data);
   void setCurrentView(uint8_t view);
 
   lv_timer_t *update_values_timer;
+  lv_indev_t *indev;
+  InputEvent last_input_event;
+
   uint8_t current_view = 0;
 
   void init()
@@ -41,8 +52,16 @@ namespace Display
     lv_display_t *display;
     display = lv_tft_espi_create(SCREEN_HEIGHT, SCREEN_WIDTH, draw_buf, sizeof(draw_buf));
     lv_display_set_rotation(display, LV_DISPLAY_ROTATION_90);
-    
+
+    UserInputManager::registerForEvents(USER_INPUT_HANDLE);
+    indev = lv_indev_create();
+    lv_indev_set_type(indev, LV_INDEV_TYPE_KEYPAD);
+    lv_indev_set_read_cb(indev, handleReadUserInput);
+
     setCurrentView(MAIN_VIEW);
+    lv_group_t *group = lv_group_create();
+    lv_group_add_obj(group, lv_screen_active());
+    lv_indev_set_group(indev, group);
   }
 
   void update()
@@ -59,15 +78,17 @@ namespace Display
   {
     return esp_timer_get_time() / 1000;
   }
-  
-  void setCurrentView(uint8_t view) {
+
+  void setCurrentView(uint8_t view)
+  {
     current_view = view;
     lv_obj_t *parent = lv_screen_active();
     lv_obj_clean(parent);
-    switch(view) {
-      case MAIN_VIEW:
-        MainView::render(parent);
-        break;
+    switch (view)
+    {
+    case MAIN_VIEW:
+      MainView::render(parent);
+      break;
     }
   }
 
@@ -80,4 +101,48 @@ namespace Display
       break;
     }
   }
+
+  void handleReadUserInput(lv_indev_t *indev, lv_indev_data_t *data)
+  {
+    //switch(last_input_event) {
+    //  case InputEvent::EncoderRotateLeft:
+    //  data->key = LV_KEY_PREV;
+    //  data->state = LV_INDEV_STATE_RELEASED;
+    //  last_input_event = InputEvent::None;
+    //  return;
+    //  case InputEvent::EncoderRotateRight:
+    //  data->key = LV_KEY_NEXT;
+    //  data->state = LV_INDEV_STATE_RELEASED;
+    //  last_input_event = InputEvent::None;
+    //  return;
+    //}
+    InputEvent event = UserInputManager::getNextEvent(USER_INPUT_HANDLE);
+    if (event != InputEvent::None) {
+      Serial.println("processing input event " + String(event));
+    }
+    //switch (event)
+    //{
+    //case InputEvent::EncoderButtonRelease:
+    //  data->key = LV_KEY_ENTER;
+    //  data->state = LV_INDEV_STATE_RELEASED;
+    //  Serial.println("indev event EncoderButtonRelease");
+    //  break;
+    //case InputEvent::EncoderButtonPress:
+    //  data->key = LV_KEY_ENTER;
+    //  data->state = LV_INDEV_STATE_PR;
+    //  Serial.println("indev event EncoderButtonPress");
+    //  break;
+    //case InputEvent::EncoderRotateLeft:
+    //  data->key = LV_KEY_PREV;
+    //  data->state = LV_INDEV_STATE_PRESSED;
+    //  Serial.println("indev event EncoderRotateLeft");
+    //  break;
+    //case InputEvent::EncoderRotateRight:
+    //  data->key = LV_KEY_NEXT;
+    //  data->state = LV_INDEV_STATE_PRESSED;
+    //  Serial.println("indev event EncoderRotateRight");
+    //  break;
+    //}
+    //last_input_event = event;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/views/main_view.cpp b/src/ui/views/main_view.cpp
index 60bcd70..647089a 100644
--- a/src/ui/views/main_view.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/views/main_view.cpp
@@ -4,18 +4,47 @@
 #include <input/encoder.hpp>
 #include <audio/tone_generator.hpp>
 
+#include <vector>
+
 namespace MainView
 {
+  using std::vector;
+  
   void handleEnterButton();
 
   lv_obj_t *label;
+  lv_obj_t *list;
   String label_text;
   int frequency = ToneGenerator::getFrequency();
 
   void render(lv_obj_t *parent)
   {
-    label = lv_label_create(lv_screen_active());
-    lv_obj_align(label, LV_ALIGN_CENTER, 0, 0);
+    list = lv_list_create(parent);
+    lv_obj_set_width(list, lv_pct(100));
+    lv_obj_set_height(list, lv_pct(100));
+    lv_obj_center(list);
+    
+    vector<String> items = {
+      "Michael Jackson",
+      "The Beatles",
+      "Rolling Stones",
+      "Led Zeppelin",
+      "Queen",
+      "Prince",
+      "The Who",
+      "Nirvana",
+      "Pink Floyd",
+      "The Clash"
+    };
+
+    lv_obj_t *btn;
+    for (String item : items)
+    {
+      btn = lv_list_add_btn(list, NULL, item.c_str());
+    }
+
+    //label = lv_label_create(lv_screen_active());
+    //lv_obj_align(label, LV_ALIGN_CENTER, 0, 0);
     label_text = "Main view initialized.";
 
     Encoder::onButtonPress(handleEnterButton);