diff --git a/src/API.ts b/src/API.ts
index aedb6d4..35ec512 100644
--- a/src/API.ts
+++ b/src/API.ts
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ export class UserAPI {
   // Ziffers related functions
   // =============================================================
 
-
   public zn(input: string, 
       options: {[key: string]: string|number} = {}): Event {
       let event = cachedEvent(input, options);
@@ -455,8 +454,9 @@ export class UserAPI {
       return sequence.options.currentIteration === 0;
 
     } else {
+
       let pattern_options = { 
-        index: 0, nextTarget: input[0], 
+        index: -1, nextTarget: this.app.clock.ticks_before_new_bar, 
         currentIteration: 0 
       };
       if (typeof input[input.length - 1] === "object") {
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ export class UserAPI {
       } 
 
       pattern_options.currentIteration++;
+      // TEST
+      pattern_options.nextTarget = this.app.clock.ticks_before_new_bar
 
       if (pattern_options.currentIteration === pattern_options.nextTarget) {
         pattern_options.index++;
diff --git a/src/Clock.ts b/src/Clock.ts
index 82827d4..29bad01 100644
--- a/src/Clock.ts
+++ b/src/Clock.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,19 @@ export class Clock {
         })
     }
 
+    get ticks_before_new_bar(): number {
+        /**
+         * This function returns the number of ticks sepaating the current moment
+         * from the beginning of the next bar. 
+         * 
+         * @returns number of ticks until next bar
+         */
+        const currentBeatInTicks = ((this.app.clock.beats_since_origin - 1) * 48) + this.time_position.pulse + 1
+        const nextBarinTicks =  (this.beats_per_bar * this.ppqn) * this.time_position.bar + 1
+        return nextBarinTicks - currentBeatInTicks
+    }
+
+
     get beats_per_bar(): number { 
         /**
          * Returns the number of beats per bar.