diff --git a/src/app/button-page/button-page.component.ts b/src/app/button-page/button-page.component.ts
index d9552ef..ddce78a 100644
--- a/src/app/button-page/button-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/button-page/button-page.component.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { OBFBoard, Button, LoadBoardAction } from '../obfboard';
 import { Subscription, Subscriber } from 'rxjs';
 import { ScanningService, ScanningModel, ScannableCollectionProvider, ScannableCollection, Scannable } from '../scanning.service';
 import { ConfigService } from '../config.service';
+import { CustomActionService } from '../custom-action.service';
 
 class ScannableButton extends Scannable {
   static TYPE = 'OBFButton';
@@ -131,8 +132,13 @@ export class ButtonPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     ':space': this.speechbarService.space.bind(this.speechbarService)
   };
 
-  constructor(private boardService: BoardService, private speechbarService: SpeechbarService,
-    private scanningService: ScanningService, private configService: ConfigService) { }
+  constructor(
+    private boardService: BoardService,
+    private speechbarService: SpeechbarService,
+    private scanningService: ScanningService,
+    private configService: ConfigService,
+    private customActionService: CustomActionService
+  ) { }
 
   ngOnInit() {
     this.loadBoard();
@@ -221,6 +227,8 @@ export class ButtonPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
     if (action.startsWith('+')) {
       this.speechbarService.appendButton(button, action);
+    } else if (action.startsWith(':ext')) {
+      this.customActionService.handle(button, action);
     } else {
       const actionPerformer = this.actionPerformers[action];
 
diff --git a/src/app/custom-action.service.spec.ts b/src/app/custom-action.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc97787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/custom-action.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { TestBed, inject } from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+import { CustomActionService } from './custom-action.service';
+
+describe('CustomActionService', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      providers: [CustomActionService]
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should be created', inject([CustomActionService], (service: CustomActionService) => {
+    expect(service).toBeTruthy();
+  }));
+});
diff --git a/src/app/custom-action.service.ts b/src/app/custom-action.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ad7a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/custom-action.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Button } from './obfboard';
+import { LocalStorage } from 'ngx-store';
+
+interface Scripts {
+  name: string;
+  src: string;
+}
+export const ScriptStore: Scripts[] = [
+  {
+    name: 'lib1',
+    src: 'https://dl.dropbox.com/s/yf06gz438yz9ftb/helloLib.js?dl=1'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'iftttLib',
+    src: '/assets/libraries/iftttLib.js'
+  }
+];
+
+declare var document: any;
+
+@Injectable({
+  providedIn: 'root'
+})
+export class CustomActionService {
+
+  private scripts: any = {};
+
+  @LocalStorage()
+  private _iftttLibConfig;
+
+  constructor() {
+    ScriptStore.forEach((script: any) => {
+      this.scripts[script.name] = {
+        loaded: false,
+        src: script.src
+      };
+    });
+  }
+
+  load(...scripts: string[]) {
+    const promises: any[] = [];
+    scripts.forEach((script) => promises.push(this.loadScript(script)));
+    return Promise.all(promises);
+  }
+
+  // TODO: tidy this up and get config involved
+  loadScript(name: string) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      // resolve if already loaded
+      if (this.scripts[name].loaded) {
+        resolve({ script: name, loaded: true, status: 'Already Loaded' });
+      } else {
+        // load script
+        const script = document.createElement('script');
+        script.type = 'text/javascript';
+        script.src = this.scripts[name].src;
+        if (script.readyState) {  // IE
+          script.onreadystatechange = () => {
+            if (script.readyState === 'loaded' || script.readyState === 'complete') {
+              script.onreadystatechange = null;
+              this.scripts[name].loaded = true;
+              resolve({ script: name, loaded: true, status: 'Loaded' });
+            }
+          };
+        } else {  // Others
+          script.onload = () => {
+            this.scripts[name].loaded = true;
+            resolve({ script: name, loaded: true, status: 'Loaded' });
+          };
+        }
+        script.onerror = (error: any) => resolve({ script: name, loaded: false, status: 'Loaded' });
+        document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  handle(button: Button, action: string) {
+
+    if (action.startsWith(':ext_ovf_js:')) {
+      console.log(action);
+      const jsCall = action.slice(12);
+      // TODO: this doesn't make sense now!  Load everything up front?
+      // Or interogate for namespace...(would still require loading!)
+      this.load('iftttLib').then(data => {
+        console.log('script loaded ', data);
+        let func = window;
+        for (const ns of jsCall.split('.')) {
+          // TODO: sometimes this will fail!
+          func = func[ns];
+        }
+        if (typeof func === 'function') {
+          const context = {
+            'button': button
+          };
+          const config = this._iftttLibConfig;
+          (<any>func)(context, config);
+        }
+      }).catch(error => console.log(error));
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/assets/libraries/iftttLib.js b/src/assets/libraries/iftttLib.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1feee32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/assets/libraries/iftttLib.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+var iftttLib = (function () {
+  var self = {};
+
+  var sendRequest = function(trigger, key) {
+    var url = "https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/" + trigger + "/with/key/" + key
+    var http = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    http.open("GET", url);
+    http.send();
+  }
+
+  self.trigger = function(context, config) {
+    sendRequest(context.button.id, config['key']);
+  }
+
+  return self;
+}());