diff --git a/lib/interrupt.js b/lib/interrupt.js
index e8dd28a..f2b3d2c 100644
--- a/lib/interrupt.js
+++ b/lib/interrupt.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
 const fs = require('mz/fs'),
+  exec = require('mz/child_process').exec,
   EventEmitter = require('events'),
   Epoll = require('epoll').Epoll,
   _ = require('uci-utils')
@@ -18,8 +19,10 @@ class Interrupt extends EventEmitter {
     this.num = pin_number;
     this.hook = opts.hook // will be passed back with the emit
     this.path = GPIO_ROOT_PATH + 'gpio' + this.num + '/'
-    this.edge = opts.edge
-    this.delay = opts.delay
+    this.edge = opts.edge // default 'falling'
+    this.delay = opts.delay // default = 50
+    this.pullup = opts.pullup ? opts.pullup : (num, state) => { return `raspi-gpio set ${num} ${state}` } // default rpi using raspi-gpio
+      // this.pullup = (num, state) => { return `raspi-gpio set ${num} ${state}` }
     this.dbt = opts.debounce ? opts.debounce : 300
     this.poller = new Epoll(
       debounce((err, fd, events) => {
@@ -31,11 +34,12 @@ class Interrupt extends EventEmitter {
   init() {
 
     process.on('SIGINT', () => {
-      this.exit().then(() => console.log('\nunexported and closed')) // unexport on cntrl-c
+      this.exit().then((resp) => console.log("\n", resp)) // unexport on cntrl-c
     })
 
     return _.pSeries([
       this.exit(),
+      this._pull(this.num),
       this._export(this.num),
       this._direction('in', this.delay),
       () => this._edge(this.edge),
@@ -48,9 +52,9 @@ class Interrupt extends EventEmitter {
 
   }
 
-  _test(num) {
-    return Promise.resolve(num)
-  }
+  // _test(num) {
+  //   return Promise.resolve(num)
+  // }
 
   fire(name = 'fired') {
     this.emit(name, this.hook)
@@ -62,21 +66,25 @@ class Interrupt extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   exit() {
-    return pathExists(this.path)
-      .then((exists) => {
-        // console.log('exists', exists)
-        if (exists) {
-          return fs.writeFile(GPIO_ROOT_PATH + 'unexport', this.num)
-            .then(() => {
-              if (this.valuefd) {
-                this.stop()
-                return fs.close(this.valuefd)
-              }
-              return Promise.resolve('unexported - exited')
-            })
-        }
-        return Promise.resolve('already unexported')
-      })
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      pathExists(this.path)
+        .then((exists) => {
+          if (exists) {
+            fs.writeFile(GPIO_ROOT_PATH + 'unexport', this.num)
+              .then(() => {
+                if (this.valuefd) {
+                  this.stop()
+                  fs.close(this.valuefd)
+                }
+                this._pull(this.num, 'pn')
+              })
+              .then(resolve('unexported and exited'))
+          } else {
+            resolve('already unexported')
+          }
+        })
+        .catch(err => resolve(err))
+    })
   }
 
   start() {
@@ -87,6 +95,15 @@ class Interrupt extends EventEmitter {
     this.poller.remove(this.valuefd).close();
   }
 
+  /**************/
+
+  _pull(num, state = 'pu') {
+    if (this.pullup === 'external') { return Promise.resolve('pull must be set externally') } else {
+      return exec(this.pullup(num, state))
+        .then(() => { return Promise.resolve('pull set') })
+    }
+  }
+
   _fd() {
     return fs.open(this.path + 'value', 'r+')
       .then(fd => {
diff --git a/test/interrupt.test.js b/test/interrupt.test.js
index 7259b37..05ade38 100644
--- a/test/interrupt.test.js
+++ b/test/interrupt.test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ const Interrupt = require('../').Interrupt
 let date = new Date(Date.now())
 console.log(date.getMinutes(), "\:", date.getSeconds())
 
-let inter17 = new Interrupt(17, { hook: 'a hook to something to do' })
+let inter17 = new Interrupt(17, {
+  hook: 'a hook to something to do'
+    //  pullup: (num, state) => { return `someccommand using num and state` }   // if rpi then specify a function that returns a command line line pullup tool using num and state
+    // pullup: 'external'  // pullup not set with a command line utility - use alternative method such as device tree overlays
+})
 
 // inter17.on('fired', hook => {
 //   console.log('Listener fired and returned:', hook)
@@ -21,9 +25,9 @@ inter17.init()
     console.log('initialzed, waiting for interrupt to fire')
 
   })
-  .catch(err => console.log("returned error:", err))
-  //
-  // inter17.on('fired', hook => { counter(hook) })
+  .catch(err => console.log("returned error:\n", err))
+
+inter17.on('fired', hook => { counter(hook) })
 
 let count = 0
 
@@ -32,5 +36,4 @@ function counter(hook) {
   console.log(`******${count}********`)
   console.log(hook)
   console.log(`----------------------`)
-
 }