diff --git a/src/userland/hlib/stdio.c b/src/userland/hlib/stdio.c
index eaab2b4..196bbe4 100644
--- a/src/userland/hlib/stdio.c
+++ b/src/userland/hlib/stdio.c
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
         return;
     case 'c':
         **write = x;
+        (*write)++;
         return;
     case 'i':
         putInt(write, x);

diff --git a/src/userland/hlib/stdio.c b/src/userland/hlib/stdio.c
index eaab2b4..196bbe4 100644
--- a/src/userland/hlib/stdio.c
+++ b/src/userland/hlib/stdio.c
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
         return;
     case 'c':
         **write = x;
+        (*write)++;
         return;
     case 'i':
         putInt(write, x);
diff --git a/src/userland/keyboard/main.c b/src/userland/keyboard/main.c
index d1e6609..8289163 100644
--- a/src/userland/keyboard/main.c
+++ b/src/userland/keyboard/main.c
@@ -1,9 +1,90 @@
+#define ALLOC_MAIN
 #include <hlib.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-void onKey(void *data, uint32_t dataSize) {
-    uint32_t keyCode = ioIn(0x60, 1);
-    log("key press detected");
+enum {
+    MODIFIER_LEFT_SHIFT = 0x01 << 0,
+    MODIFIER_RIGHT_SHIFT = 0x01 << 1,
+    MODIFIER_LEFT_CONTROL = 0x01 << 2,
+    MODIFIER_RIGHT_CONTROL = 0x01 << 3
+};
+
+const char modifierScancodes[] = {0x2A, 0x36, 0x1D, 0x9D};
+
+unsigned char keycodes[128] = {
+    0,   27,   '1',  '2', '3',  '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '0', '-',
+    '=', '\b', '\t', 'q', 'w',  'e', 'r', 't', 'y', 'u', 'i', 'o', 'p',
+    '[', ']',  '\n', 0,   'a',  's', 'd', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'j', 'k', 'l',
+    ';', '\'', '`',  0,   '\\', 'z', 'x', 'c', 'v', 'b', 'n', 'm', ',',
+    '.', '/',  0,    '*', 0,    ' ', 0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,
+    0,   0,    0,    0,   0,    0,   0,   0,   0,   '-', 0,   0,   0,
+    '+', 0,    0,    0,   0,    0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0};
+
+const char *altKeycodes[128] = {
+    0,      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,      0,      0, 0, 0,      0, 0,      0, 0,
+    0,      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,      0,      0, 0, 0,      0, 0,      0, 0,
+    0,      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,      0,      0, 0, 0,      0, 0,      0, 0,
+    0,      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,      0,      0, 0, 0,      0, 0,      0, 0,
+    0,      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, "\e[H", "\e[A", 0, 0, "\e[D", 0, "\e[C", 0, 0,
+    "\e[B", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,      0,      0, 0, 0,      0, 0,      0, 0,
+    0,      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,      0,      0, 0, 0,      0, 0,      0, 0,
+    0,      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,      0,      0, 0, 0,      0, 0,      0, 0};
+
+const char capitalKeycodes[128] = {
+    0,   27,   '!',  '@', '#', '$', '%', '^', '&', '*', '(', ')', '_',
+    '+', '\b', '\t', 'Q', 'W', 'E', 'R', 'T', 'Y', 'U', 'I', 'O', 'P',
+    '{', '}',  '\n', 0,   'A', 'S', 'D', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'J', 'K', 'L',
+    ':', '\"', '~',  0,   '|', 'Z', 'X', 'C', 'V', 'B', 'N', 'M', '<',
+    '>', '?',  0,    '*', 0,   ' ', 0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,
+    0,   0,    0,    0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   '-', 0,   0,   0,
+    '+', 0,    0,    0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0};
+
+uint8_t modifiers = 0;
+
+uint8_t getScancode() {
+    int_fast16_t scancode = -1;
+    for (uint16_t i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+        if ((ioIn(0x64, 1) & 1) == 0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        scancode = ioIn(0x60, 1);
+        break;
+    }
+    return scancode;
+}
+
+void onKey() {
+    uint8_t scancode = getScancode();
+    if (scancode == 0xE0) {
+        scancode = getScancode();
+        if (scancode & 0x80) {
+            return;
+        }
+        printf("key press %s detected", altKeycodes[scancode]);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (scancode & 0x80) {
+        scancode = scancode & 0x7F;
+        for (uint8_t i = 0; i < sizeof(modifierScancodes); i++) {
+            if (scancode == modifierScancodes[i]) {
+                modifiers = modifiers & (0xFF ^ 0x01 << i);
+            }
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+    for (uint8_t i = 0; i < sizeof(modifierScancodes); i++) {
+        if (scancode == modifierScancodes[i]) {
+            modifiers = modifiers | 0x01 << i;
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    char data = 0;
+    if (modifiers & MODIFIER_LEFT_SHIFT || modifiers & MODIFIER_RIGHT_SHIFT) {
+        data = capitalKeycodes[scancode];
+    } else {
+        data = keycodes[scancode];
+    }
+    printf("key press %c detected", data);
 }
 
 int32_t main() {