diff --git a/ableos/Cargo.lock b/ableos/Cargo.lock
index 35cf6a0..9938dab 100644
--- a/ableos/Cargo.lock
+++ b/ableos/Cargo.lock
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ableos"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ab_glyph",
  "acpi",
diff --git a/ableos/Cargo.toml b/ableos/Cargo.toml
index 9802670..5f2383f 100644
--- a/ableos/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ableos/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 edition = "2021"
 name = "ableos"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/ableos/src/arch/x86_64/interrupts.rs b/ableos/src/arch/x86_64/interrupts.rs
index 1649093..2f6fd55 100644
--- a/ableos/src/arch/x86_64/interrupts.rs
+++ b/ableos/src/arch/x86_64/interrupts.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use crate::{
     rhai_shell::KEYBUFF,
 };
 
+use cpuio::outb;
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use pic8259::ChainedPics;
 use spin;
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ pub static PICS: spin::Mutex<ChainedPics> =
 pub enum InterruptIndex {
     Timer = PIC_1_OFFSET,
     Keyboard,
+    // SecondInterrupt = PIC_2_OFFSET,
+    Cmos = 0x70,
 }
 impl InterruptIndex {
     fn as_u8(self) -> u8 {
@@ -38,10 +41,18 @@ lazy_static! {
       idt.breakpoint.set_handler_fn(breakpoint_handler);
       unsafe {
           idt.double_fault.set_handler_fn(double_fault_handler)
-              .set_stack_index(gdt::DOUBLE_FAULT_IST_INDEX); // new
+              .set_stack_index(gdt::DOUBLE_FAULT_IST_INDEX);
       }
+
+      // This gives fast interrupts
+      set_pit_frequency(1000);
+
       idt[InterruptIndex::Timer.as_usize()].set_handler_fn(timer_interrupt_handler);
       idt[InterruptIndex::Keyboard.as_usize()] .set_handler_fn(keyboard_interrupt_handler);
+
+      idt[6].set_handler_fn(floppy_disk_interrupt_handler);
+
+
       idt
     };
 }
@@ -128,16 +139,17 @@ extern "x86-interrupt" fn keyboard_interrupt_handler(_stack_frame: InterruptStac
     }
 }
 
-/*
-extern "x86-interrupt" fn page_fault_handler(
-    stack_frame: InterruptStackFrame,
-    error_code: PageFaultErrorCode,
-) {
-    use x86_64::registers::control::Cr2;
-    println!["Exception: Page Fault"];
-    println!["Address: {:?}", Cr2::read()];
-    println!["Error Code: {:?}", error_code];
-    println!["{:#?}", stack_frame];
-    sloop();
+extern "x86-interrupt" fn floppy_disk_interrupt_handler(_stack_frame: InterruptStackFrame) {
+    println!("EXCEPTION: FLOPPY DISK");
+}
+
+fn set_pit_frequency(freq: u32) {
+    let divisor: u16 = (1193180 / freq).try_into().unwrap();
+
+    unsafe {
+        outb(0x36, 0x43);
+
+        outb((divisor & 0xFF) as u8, 0x40);
+        outb((divisor >> 8) as u8, 0x40);
+    }
 }
-*/
diff --git a/ableos/src/kmain.rs b/ableos/src/kmain.rs
index 64caa08..5e6ab8c 100644
--- a/ableos/src/kmain.rs
+++ b/ableos/src/kmain.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ pub fn kernel_main() -> ! {
 /// called by arch specific timers to tick up all kernel related functions
 pub fn tick() {
     let mut data = TICK.load(Relaxed);
-    data += 1;
+    data = data.wrapping_add(1);
 
     crate::kernel_state::KERNEL_STATE.lock().update_state();
     // let mut scheduler = SCHEDULER.lock();
diff --git a/ableos/src/lib.rs b/ableos/src/lib.rs
index c78ef88..c54c348 100644
--- a/ableos/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ableos/src/lib.rs
@@ -97,3 +97,5 @@ pub use syscalls::*;
 pub mod scratchpad;
 pub use scratchpad::*;
 pub mod filesystem;
+
+pub mod messaging;
diff --git a/ableos/src/messaging/NOTES.md b/ableos/src/messaging/NOTES.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/ableos/src/messaging/mod.rs b/ableos/src/messaging/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac47f22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ableos/src/messaging/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+use {
+    crate::{kmain::TICK, proc::PID},
+    alloc::string::String,
+    core::{
+        fmt::{Display, Formatter, Result as FmtResult},
+        result::Result,
+        sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed,
+    },
+    libwasm::syscalls::time_calls::SecondsTime,
+    x86_64::instructions::interrupts::{disable, enable},
+};
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum MessagingError {
+    MessageTooLarge,
+}
+
+impl Display for MessagingError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> FmtResult {
+        match self {
+            MessagingError::MessageTooLarge => write!(f, "Message too large"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Not properly implemented
+pub fn fetch_time() -> SecondsTime {
+    disable();
+    let time = TICK.load(Relaxed);
+    enable();
+
+    SecondsTime {
+        seconds: time,
+        milliseconds: 0,
+    }
+}
+
+pub type MessageSmall = [u8; 2048];
+pub type MessageLarge = [u8; 16384];
+
+pub enum Message {
+    Small(MessageSmall),
+    Large(MessageLarge),
+}
+
+pub struct ProcessMessage {
+    pub to_pid: PID,
+    pub from_pid: PID,
+    pub message: Message,
+    pub sender_time: SecondsTime,
+}
+
+impl ProcessMessage {
+    pub fn new(to_pid: PID, from_pid: PID, message: Message) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            to_pid,
+            from_pid,
+            message,
+            sender_time: fetch_time(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn new_from_string(
+        to_pid: PID,
+        from_pid: PID,
+        string: String,
+    ) -> Result<Self, MessagingError> {
+        let mut mssg = Message::Small([0u8; 2048]);
+        match string.len() {
+            0..=2047 => {
+                let mut message = [0u8; 2048];
+                for (i, c) in string.chars().enumerate() {
+                    message[i] = c as u8;
+                }
+                mssg = Message::Small(message);
+            }
+
+            2048..=16383 => {
+                let mut message = [0u8; 16384];
+                for (i, c) in string.chars().enumerate() {
+                    message[i] = c as u8;
+                }
+                mssg = Message::Large(message);
+            }
+            _ => return Err(MessagingError::MessageTooLarge),
+        }
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            to_pid,
+            from_pid,
+            message: mssg,
+            sender_time: fetch_time(),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn send_sync_message(message: ProcessMessage) {}
+pub fn send_async_message(message: ProcessMessage) {}
+
+pub fn recv_sync_message() {}
+pub fn recv_async_message() {}
diff --git a/ableos/src/rhai_shell/mod.rs b/ableos/src/rhai_shell/mod.rs
index 1fde8dc..b20fb02 100644
--- a/ableos/src/rhai_shell/mod.rs
+++ b/ableos/src/rhai_shell/mod.rs
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ pub fn afetch() {
 
     disable();
     let tick_time = TICK.load(Relaxed);
-    enable();
 
     println!("OS: AbleOS");
     println!("Host: {}", kstate.hostname);
     println!("Kernel: AKern-{}-v{}", RELEASE_TYPE, KERNEL_VERSION);
     println!("Uptime: {}", tick_time);
 
+    enable();
     drop(kstate);
 }
 pub fn set_hostname(name: String) {
diff --git a/ableos/src/scratchpad.rs b/ableos/src/scratchpad.rs
index e4645a9..85939ac 100644
--- a/ableos/src/scratchpad.rs
+++ b/ableos/src/scratchpad.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-use crate::{absi::colorify, rhai_shell::rhai_shell};
+use core::arch::asm;
+
+use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
+use cpuio::outb;
+
+use crate::{absi::colorify, messaging::ProcessMessage, rhai_shell::rhai_shell};
 
 use {
     crate::{
@@ -38,6 +43,12 @@ pub fn scratchpad() {
     */
     // interp();
     // crate::experiments::absi::colorify();
+
+    let message = "Hello, world!";
+
+    let xyz = ProcessMessage::new_from_string(PID(123), PID(0), message.to_string());
+
+    // print!("{:?}", xyz);
     rhai_shell();
 }
 
@@ -68,29 +79,3 @@ impl PortOps for PciIO {
         cpuio::outl(val, port as u16);
     }
 }
-/*
-/// An experimental process message format
-pub struct ProcessMessage {
-    pub to_pid: PID,
-    pub from_pid: PID,
-    pub message: [u8; 2048],
-
-    pub sender_time: SecondsTime,
-}
-//
-// use libwasm::syscalls::time_calls::SecondsTime;
-
-impl ProcessMessage {
-    pub fn new(to_pid: PID, from_pid: PID, message: [u8; 2048]) -> Self {
-        ProcessMessage {
-            to_pid,
-            from_pid,
-            message,
-            sender_time: SecondsTime {
-                seconds: 0,
-                milliseconds: 0,
-            },
-        }
-    }
-}
-*/
diff --git a/ableos/src/utils.rs b/ableos/src/utils.rs
index 5ec7612..d8de1fa 100644
--- a/ableos/src/utils.rs
+++ b/ableos/src/utils.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //!
 //!
 //!
-
+#[inline]
 pub fn type_of<T>(_: &T) -> &str {
     core::any::type_name::<T>()
 }