diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a9a0b1c..e933d89 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "superdough": "^0.9.3",
     "tailwindcss": "^3.3.3",
     "tone": "^14.8.49",
-    "zifferjs": "file:../zifferjs",
+    "zifferjs": "https://github.com/amiika/zifferjs.git",
     "zzfx": "^1.2.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/API.ts b/src/API.ts
index 3510cb6..3cca2e1 100644
--- a/src/API.ts
+++ b/src/API.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { scale } from './Scales';
 import { tryEvaluate } from "./Evaluator";
 import { MidiConnection } from "./IO/MidiConnection";
 import { DrunkWalk } from './Utils/Drunk';
-import { next, Pitch, Chord, Rest } from "zifferjs";
+import { Pitch, Chord, Rest, Event, Start, cachedStart } from "zifferjs";
 import { 
     superdough, samples, 
     initAudioOnFirstClick, 
@@ -176,25 +176,32 @@ export class UserAPI {
         this.MidiConnection.sendMidiNote(note, channel, velocity, duration)
     }
 
-    public zn(input: string, options: {[key: string]: string|number} = {}): Pitch|Chord|Rest {
-        const node = next(input, options) as any;
-        const channel = (options.channel ? options.channel : 0) as number;
-        const velocity = (options.velocity ? options.velocity : 100) as number;
-        const sustain = (options.sustain ? options.sustain : 0.5) as number;
-        if(node instanceof Pitch) {
-            if(node.bend) this.MidiConnection.sendPitchBend(node.bend, channel);
-            this.MidiConnection.sendMidiNote(node.note!, channel, velocity, sustain);
-            if(node.bend) this.MidiConnection.sendPitchBend(8192, channel);
-        } else if(node instanceof Chord) {
-            node.pitches.forEach(pitch => {
-                if(pitch.bend) this.MidiConnection.sendPitchBend(pitch.bend, channel);
-                this.MidiConnection.sendMidiNote(pitch.note!, channel, velocity, sustain);
-                if(pitch.bend) this.MidiConnection.sendPitchBend(8192, channel);
-            });
-        } else if(node instanceof Rest) {
+    public zn(input: string, options: {[key: string]: string|number} = {}): Event {
+        let event = cachedStart(input, options);
+        if(event instanceof Start) {
             // do nothing for now ...
+        } else {
+            let node = event;
+            if(node.modifiedEvent) node = node.modifiedEvent;
+            const channel = (options.channel ? options.channel : 0) as number;
+            const velocity = (options.velocity ? options.velocity : 100) as number;
+            const sustain = (options.sustain ? options.sustain : 0.5) as number;
+            if(node instanceof Pitch) {
+                if(node.bend) this.MidiConnection.sendPitchBend(node.bend, channel);
+                this.MidiConnection.sendMidiNote(node.note!, channel, velocity, sustain);
+                if(node.bend) this.MidiConnection.sendPitchBend(8192, channel);
+            } else if(node instanceof Chord) {
+                node.pitches.forEach((pitch: Pitch) => {
+                    if(pitch.bend) this.MidiConnection.sendPitchBend(pitch.bend, channel);
+                    this.MidiConnection.sendMidiNote(pitch.note!, channel, velocity, sustain);
+                    if(pitch.bend) this.MidiConnection.sendPitchBend(8192, channel);
+                });
+            } else if(node instanceof Rest) {
+                // do nothing for now ...
+            }
+            if(node.modifiedEvent) node.modifiedEvent = undefined;
         }
-        return node;
+        return event.next();
     }
 
     public sysex(data: Array<number>): void {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2a03731..993b371 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1158,8 +1158,9 @@ yaml@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/yaml/-/yaml-2.3.1.tgz"
   integrity sha512-2eHWfjaoXgTBC2jNM1LRef62VQa0umtvRiDSk6HSzW7RvS5YtkabJrwYLLEKWBc8a5U2PTSCs+dJjUTJdlHsWQ==
 
-"zifferjs@file:../zifferjs":
+"zifferjs@https://github.com/amiika/zifferjs.git":
   version "0.0.0"
+  resolved "https://github.com/amiika/zifferjs.git#374ee4edb0b07d9968b635f899f9f88d79ddaa07"
   dependencies:
     "@types/seedrandom" "^3.0.5"
     lru-cache "^10.0.0"