diff --git a/rpi/roy-test.py b/rpi/roy-test.py
index 613d61c..bd3577a 100644
--- a/rpi/roy-test.py
+++ b/rpi/roy-test.py
@@ -1,42 +1,39 @@
-from samplebase import SampleBase
 from rgbmatrix import RGBMatrix, RGBMatrixOptions
 import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
+import time
 
-class PulsingColors(SampleBase):
-    color = 0
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super(PulsingColors, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def run(self):
-        self.offscreen_canvas = self.matrix.CreateFrameCanvas()
-        continuum = 0
+# Configuration for the matrix
+options = RGBMatrixOptions()
+options.rows = 32
+options.chain_length = 1
+options.parallel = 1
+options.hardware_mapping = 'regular'  # If you have an Adafruit HAT: 'adafruit-hat'
+matrix = RGBMatrix(options = options)
 
-        while True:
-            self.usleep(5 * 1000)
+# offscreen canvas that can be written to which can then be set to the matrix async
+offscreen_canvas = matrix.CreateFrameCanvas()
 
-            if(self.color == 1):
-                self.offscreen_canvas.Fill(255,255,255)
-            else:
-                self.offscreen_canvas_Fill(255,0,0)
-            self.offscreen_canvas.brightness = 100
-            self.offscreen_canvas = self.matrix.SwapOnVSync(self.offscreen_canvas)
 
-    def toggleColor(self):
-        if(self.color == 1):
-            self.color = 0
-        else:
-            self.color = 1
+color = 0
+def toggleColor(self):
+    global color
+    if(color == 1):
+        color = 0
+    else:
+        color = 1
+
 
 def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
     print("Connected to MQTT broker with result code " + str(rc))
     client.subscribe("test")
 
-def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
-    print("Received message: " + str(msg.payload.decode("utf-8")))
-    pulsing_colors.toggleColor()
-    pulsing_colors.run()
+def on_message(client, userdata, message):
+    print("Received message '" + str(message.payload) + "' on topic '"
+        + message.topic + "' with QoS " + str(message.qos))
+    toggleColor()
+
 
-pulsing_colors = PulsingColors()
 
 client = mqtt.Client()
 client.on_connect = on_connect
@@ -44,9 +41,15 @@ client.on_message = on_message
 
 client.connect("10.1.13.173", 1883, 60)  # Replace with your MQTT broker's address
 
-client.loop_forever()
+client.loop_start()
 
-# Main function
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    if (not pulsing_colors.process()):
-        pulsing_colors.print_help()
+while True:
+    time.sleep(0.005)
+    
+    if(color == 1):
+        offscreen_canvas.Fill(255,255,255)
+    else:
+        offscreen_canvas.Fill(255,0,0)
+        
+    offscreen_canvas.brightness = 50
+    offscreen_canvas = matrix.SwapOnVSync(offscreen_canvas)
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