diff --git a/apps/electron-app/src/render/components/react-flow/nodes/Trigger.tsx b/apps/electron-app/src/render/components/react-flow/nodes/Trigger.tsx
index 83c64c7..cce1b4a 100644
--- a/apps/electron-app/src/render/components/react-flow/nodes/Trigger.tsx
+++ b/apps/electron-app/src/render/components/react-flow/nodes/Trigger.tsx
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ export function Trigger(props: Props) {
 		<NodeContainer {...props}>
 			<Value />
 			<Settings />
-			<Handle type="target" position={Position.Left} id="signal" offset={-0.5} />
-			<Handle type="source" position={Position.Bottom} id="change" />
+			<Handle type="target" position={Position.Left} id="signal" />
+			<Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="bang" />
 		</NodeContainer>
 	);
 }
diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/BaseComponent.ts b/packages/components/src/components/BaseComponent.ts
index ee950ba..5574f0a 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/BaseComponent.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/BaseComponent.ts
@@ -74,22 +74,4 @@ export class BaseComponent<T> {
 			value: error,
 		});
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @TODO apparently this doesn't work
-	 *
-	 * bang the output 'change' gate
-	 */
-	public bang() {
-		let value: number = 1.0;
-		this.eventEmitter.emit('change', JSON.stringify(value));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * "unbang"
-	 */
-	public quiet() {
-		let value: number = 0.0;
-		this.eventEmitter.emit('change', JSON.stringify(value));
-	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/Trigger.ts b/packages/components/src/components/Trigger.ts
index a9f5183..277053e 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/Trigger.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/Trigger.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ import { BaseComponent, BaseComponentOptions } from './BaseComponent';
 
 export type TriggerBehaviour = 'increasing' | 'exact' | 'decreasing';
 
-//export type WaveformType = 'sinus' | 'square' | 'sawtooth' | 'triangle' | 'random';
-
 export type TriggerData = {
 	behaviour: TriggerBehaviour;
 	threshold: number;
@@ -87,27 +85,26 @@ export class Trigger extends BaseComponent<TriggerValueType> {
 
 		switch (this.options.behaviour) {
 			case 'increasing': {
-				retval = this.checkIncreasing(value);
+				retval = this.checkIncreasing(Number(value));
 				//console.log(`[>] trigger ${this.value} < ${value}`);
 				break;
 			}
 			case 'exact': {
-				retval = this.value === value ? true : false;
+				retval = this.value === Number(value);
 				//console.log(`[=] trigger  ${this.value} = ${value}`);
 				break;
 			}
 			case 'decreasing': {
-				retval = this.checkDecreasing(value); //this.value > value ? true : false;
+				retval = this.checkDecreasing(Number(value)); //this.value > value ? true : false;
 				//console.log(`[<] trigger  ${this.value} > ${value}`);
 				break;
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (retval) {
-			this.value = 1.0; // not ideal, I don't really want to send a specific value here but rather a gate bang
-			setTimeout(() => {
-				this.value = 0.0;
-			}, this.options.duration);
-		}
+		this.value = Number(value);
+
+		if (!retval) return;
+
+		this.eventEmitter.emit('bang', this.value);
 	} // input()
 } // Trigger component