diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e3339f8..aeb40c7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ming-wm"
-version = "1.2.2"
+version = "1.2.3"
 repository = "https://github.com/stjet/ming-wm"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4e1b35c..4299d93 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,6 +67,20 @@ ming touch rotate
 
 <image alt="mobile example" src="/docs/images/mobile.png" width="50%">
 
+### Troubleshooting
+
+If key presses do nothing, that is, if on the lockscreen, despite key presses (physical or of the OSK), nothing happens (no asterisk characters show up), try adding the `force-stdout` arg. For example:
+
+```
+ming force-stdout
+```
+
+Or:
+
+```
+ming touch force-stdout
+```
+
 ## Philosophy
 
 See [/docs/philosophy.md](/docs/philosophy.md) for some hopefully interesting ramblings.
diff --git a/src/bin/wm.rs b/src/bin/wm.rs
index 88f0a92..5d313f5 100644
--- a/src/bin/wm.rs
+++ b/src/bin/wm.rs
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ fn init(framebuffer: Framebuffer, framebuffer_info: FramebufferInfo) {
   });
 
   let touch = args.contains(&"touch".to_string());
+  let force_stdout = args.contains(&"force-stdout".to_string()); //write to stdout to force framebuffer redraw
 
   //read touchscreen presses (hopefully)
   thread::spawn(move || {
@@ -152,10 +153,17 @@ fn init(framebuffer: Framebuffer, framebuffer_info: FramebufferInfo) {
   
   for message in rx {
     match message {
-      ThreadMessage::KeyChar(kc) => wm.handle_message(WindowManagerMessage::KeyChar(kc.clone())),
+      ThreadMessage::KeyChar(kc) => {
+        wm.handle_message(WindowManagerMessage::KeyChar(kc.clone()));
+        if force_stdout {
+           println!(" "); //without any stdout, on some user's devices, for some reason the framebuffer doesn't get redrawn to the screen
+        }
+      },
       ThreadMessage::Touch(x, y) => {
         wm.handle_message(WindowManagerMessage::Touch(x, y));
-        println!(" "); //without any stdout, on my phone, for some reason the framebuffer doesn't get redrawn to the screen
+        if force_stdout {
+          println!(" "); //without any stdout, on my phone, for some reason the framebuffer doesn't get redrawn to the screen
+        }
       },
       ThreadMessage::Clear => {
         write!(stdout.stdout, "{}", CLEAR_ALL).unwrap();