# Picade control issues

**URL:** <https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-control-issues/4939>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 1, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-control-issues/4939 "2017-06-01T13:35:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![scatpack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@scatpack](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/scatpack)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-control-issues/4939/1 "2017-06-01T13:35:39Z")

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Ok, I admit I’m new to picade/retropie…

Here is my issue: Correctly mapping the buttons in Retropie. Apon startup, my buttons are correctly identified as a keyboard. But after I enter a game (any), and exit out from a game… my controls no longer work. Nothing. No buttons, joystick. Nothing works.

So I have a two part question: Anyone know why my controls are being disabled on game exit  
2: What is the correct button mapping? The joystick is obvious, but what is the general button/mapping configuration? What do people normally default to?

Thanks!