diff --git a/lib/interrupt.js b/lib/interrupt.js
index 7629333..0858e67 100644
--- a/lib/interrupt.js
+++ b/lib/interrupt.js
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ class Interrupt extends EventEmitter {
     this.path = GPIO_ROOT_PATH + 'gpio' + this.num + '/'
     this.edge = opts.edge // default 'both'
     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.pull = opts.pull // default = pu
+    this.puller = opts.puller ? opts.puller : (num, state) => { return `raspi-gpio set ${num} ${state}` } // default rpi using raspi-gpio
+      // this.puller = (num, state) => { return `raspi-gpio set ${num} ${state}` }
     this.dbt = opts.debounce ? opts.debounce : 200
     this.poller = new Epoll(
       debounce((err, fd, events) => {
@@ -39,30 +40,22 @@ class Interrupt extends EventEmitter {
 
     return _.pSeries([
       this.exit(),
-      this._pull(this.num),
+      this._pull(this.num, this.pull),
       this._export(this.num),
       this._direction('in', this.delay),
       () => this._edge(this.edge), // TODO determine why these need additional function
-      () => this._fd(),
-      () => this.clear().then(() => {
-        this.start()
-        return Promise.resolve('cleared and started')
-      })
+      () => this._fd()
     ])
 
   }
 
-  // _test(num) {
-  //   return Promise.resolve(num)
-  // }
-
   fire(name = 'fired') {
     this.emit(name, this.hook)
   }
 
   clear() {
     let buffer = Buffer.from([0x00])
-    return fs.read(this.valuefd, buffer, 0, 1, 0);
+    return fs.read(this.valuefd, buffer, 0, 1, 0).then(() => { return Promise.resolve('interrupt cleared') })
   }
 
   exit() {
@@ -88,7 +81,7 @@ class Interrupt extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   start() {
-    this.poller.add(this.valuefd, Epoll.EPOLLPRI);
+    this.clear().then(() => this.poller.add(this.valuefd, Epoll.EPOLLPRI));
   }
 
   stop() {
@@ -98,9 +91,9 @@ class Interrupt extends EventEmitter {
   /*******private methods*********/
 
   _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') })
+    if (this.puller === 'external') { return Promise.resolve('pull must be set externally') } else {
+      return exec(this.puller(num, state))
+        .then(() => { return Promise.resolve(`pull set ${state}`) })
     }
   }
 
@@ -108,7 +101,7 @@ class Interrupt extends EventEmitter {
     return fs.open(this.path + 'value', 'r+')
       .then(fd => {
         this.valuefd = fd
-        return Promise.resolve('value fd set')
+        return Promise.resolve(`value fd set ${fd}`)
       })
   }
 
@@ -126,7 +119,7 @@ class Interrupt extends EventEmitter {
       .then(() => {
         return fs.writeFile(dir + 'direction', dir)
           .then(() => {
-            return Promise.resolve('direction set')
+            return Promise.resolve(`direction set ${dir}`)
           })
       })
   }
@@ -134,7 +127,7 @@ class Interrupt extends EventEmitter {
   _edge(edge = 'both') {
     return fs.writeFile(this.path + 'edge', edge)
       .then(() => {
-        return Promise.resolve('edge set')
+        return Promise.resolve(`edge set ${edge}`)
       })
   }