diff --git a/repl/src/App.tsx b/repl/src/App.tsx
index 18d9e797..0ad4653e 100644
--- a/repl/src/App.tsx
+++ b/repl/src/App.tsx
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ import cx from './cx';
 import * as Tone from 'tone';
 import useCycle from './useCycle';
 import type { Hap, Pattern } from './types';
-import { tetris } from './tunes';
+import * as tunes from './tunes';
 import _mini from './mini';
 
+const { tetris, tetrisMini } = tunes;
+
 const { sequence, pure, reify, slowcat, fastcat, cat, stack, silence } = strudel; // make available to eval
 const mini = _mini; // for eval (direct import wont work somehow)
 const parse = (code: string): Pattern => eval(code);
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ synth.set({
 });
 
 function App() {
-  const [code, setCode] = useState<string>(tetris);
+  const [code, setCode] = useState<string>(tetrisMini);
   const [log, setLog] = useState('');
   const logBox = useRef<any>();
   const [error, setError] = useState<Error>();
diff --git a/repl/src/mini.ts b/repl/src/mini.ts
index 1dbeacd6..40e31b8a 100644
--- a/repl/src/mini.ts
+++ b/repl/src/mini.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import * as krill from '../krill-parser';
 import * as strudel from '../../strudel.mjs';
 
-const { sequence, silence } = strudel;
+const { sequence, stack, silence } = strudel;
 
 export function patternifyAST(ast: any): any {
   switch (ast.type_) {
     case 'pattern':
+      if (ast.arguments_.alignment === 'v') {
+        return stack(...ast.source_.map(patternifyAST));
+      }
       return sequence(...ast.source_.map(patternifyAST));
     case 'element':
       if (ast.source_ === '~') {
@@ -16,11 +19,20 @@ export function patternifyAST(ast: any): any {
       }
       return patternifyAST(ast.source_);
   }
+  // *3 => options_.operator.arguments_.amount = 1/3
 }
 /* export default (str: string) => patternifyAST(krill.parse(`"${str}"`)); */
 
 export default (...strings: string[]) => {
-  return sequence(...strings.map((str) => patternifyAST(krill.parse(`"${str}"`))));
+  const pattern = sequence(
+    ...strings.map((str) => {
+      const ast = krill.parse(`"${str}"`);
+      // console.log('ast', ast);
+      return patternifyAST(ast);
+    })
+  );
+  // console.log('mini pattern', pattern);
+  return pattern;
 };
 
 /* 
diff --git a/repl/src/tunes.ts b/repl/src/tunes.ts
index f2b75380..5685d190 100644
--- a/repl/src/tunes.ts
+++ b/repl/src/tunes.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ export const tetris = `stack(
   )
 )._slow(16);`;
 
+export const tetrisMini = `mini('[[e5 [b4 c5] d5 [c5 b4]] [a4 [a4 c5] e5 [d5 c5]] [b4 [~ c5] d5 e5] [c5 a4 a4 ~] [[~ d5] [~ f5] a5 [g5 f5]] [e5 [~ c5] e5 [d5 c5]] [b4 [b4 c5] d5 e5] [c5 a4 a4 ~]],[[e2 e3 e2 e3 e2 e3 e2 e3] [a2 a3 a2 a3 a2 a3 a2 a3] [g#2 g#3 g#2 g#3 e2 e3 e2 e3] [a2 a3 a2 a3 a2 a3 b1 c2] [d2 d3 d2 d3 d2 d3 d2 d3] [c2 c3 c2 c3 c2 c3 c2 c3] [b1 b2 b1 b2 e2 e3 e2 e3] [a1 a2 a1 a2 a1 a2 a1 a2]]')._slow(16);`;
+
 // "sequence('c3', 'eb3', sequence('g3', 'f3'))" //
 /* `sequence(
       stack('c4','eb4','g4'),