diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a4deb84..dbe3486 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+this fork brings the addButton function from quickSettings and makes it available using this lib
+
 # p5.gui
 
 ![screenshot of p5.gui](p5_gui_screenshot.png)  
diff --git a/libraries/p5.gui.js b/libraries/p5.gui.js
index c758c2c..bfe73b9 100644
--- a/libraries/p5.gui.js
+++ b/libraries/p5.gui.js
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@
       qs.bindParams(object, params);
     };
 
+    this.addButton = function(title, callback){
+      qs.addButton(title, callback);
+    }
+
+    this.setValue = function(title, value) {
+      qs.setValue(title, value);
+    };
+
     // noLoop() to call draw every time the gui changes when we are not looping
     this.noLoop = function() {
       qs.setGlobalChangeHandler(sketch._draw);