diff --git a/packages/codemirror/codemirror.mjs b/packages/codemirror/codemirror.mjs
index 4b64692c..7cac0888 100644
--- a/packages/codemirror/codemirror.mjs
+++ b/packages/codemirror/codemirror.mjs
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ export class StrudelMirror {
       this.onDraw?.(haps, time, currentFrame, this.painters);
     }, drawTime);
 
-    // this approach might not work with multiple repls on screen..
+    // this approach does not work with multiple repls on screen
+    // TODO: refactor onPaint usages + find fix, maybe remove painters here?
     Pattern.prototype.onPaint = function (onPaint) {
       self.painters.push(onPaint);
       return this;
diff --git a/packages/core/pianoroll.mjs b/packages/core/pianoroll.mjs
index 254dd94a..4a8fd8db 100644
--- a/packages/core/pianoroll.mjs
+++ b/packages/core/pianoroll.mjs
@@ -256,10 +256,13 @@ export function getDrawOptions(drawTime, options = {}) {
   return { fold: 1, ...options, cycles, playhead };
 }
 
+export const getPunchcardPainter =
+  (options = {}) =>
+  (ctx, time, haps, drawTime, paintOptions = {}) =>
+    pianoroll({ ctx, time, haps, ...getDrawOptions(drawTime, { ...paintOptions, ...options }) });
+
 Pattern.prototype.punchcard = function (options) {
-  return this.onPaint((ctx, time, haps, drawTime, paintOptions = {}) =>
-    pianoroll({ ctx, time, haps, ...getDrawOptions(drawTime, { ...paintOptions, ...options }) }),
-  );
+  return this.onPaint(getPunchcardPainter(options));
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/website/src/docs/MicroRepl.jsx b/website/src/docs/MicroRepl.jsx
index cc401cd6..54b5e27e 100644
--- a/website/src/docs/MicroRepl.jsx
+++ b/website/src/docs/MicroRepl.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { useState, useRef, useCallback, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useState, useRef, useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { Icon } from './Icon';
-import { getDrawContext, silence } from '@strudel.cycles/core';
+import { silence, getPunchcardPainter } from '@strudel.cycles/core';
 import { transpiler } from '@strudel.cycles/transpiler';
 import { getAudioContext, webaudioOutput } from '@strudel.cycles/webaudio';
 import { StrudelMirror } from '@strudel/codemirror';
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import { useInView } from 'react-hook-inview';
 
 const initialSettings = {
   keybindings: 'strudelTheme',
-  isLineNumbersDisplayed: false,
-  isActiveLineHighlighted: true,
+  isLineNumbersDisplayed: true,
+  isActiveLineHighlighted: false,
   isAutoCompletionEnabled: false,
   isPatternHighlightingEnabled: true,
   isFlashEnabled: true,
@@ -21,10 +21,33 @@ const initialSettings = {
   fontSize: 18,
 };
 
-export function MicroRepl({ code, hideHeader = false, canvasHeight = 200, punchcard, punchcardLabels }) {
-  const init = useCallback(({ code }) => {
-    const drawContext = getDrawContext();
+export function MicroRepl({
+  code,
+  hideHeader = false,
+  canvasHeight = 200,
+  onTrigger,
+  onPaint,
+  punchcard,
+  punchcardLabels = true,
+}) {
+  const id = useMemo(() => s4(), []);
+  const canvasId = useMemo(() => `canvas-${id}`, [id]);
+  const shouldDraw = !!punchcard;
+
+  const init = useCallback(({ code, shouldDraw }) => {
     const drawTime = [-2, 2];
+    const drawContext = shouldDraw ? document.querySelector('#' + canvasId)?.getContext('2d') : null;
+    let onDraw;
+    if (shouldDraw) {
+      onDraw = (haps, time, frame, painters) => {
+        painters.length && drawContext.clearRect(0, 0, drawContext.canvas.width * 2, drawContext.canvas.height * 2);
+        painters?.forEach((painter) => {
+          // ctx time haps drawTime paintOptions
+          painter(drawContext, time, haps, drawTime, { clear: false });
+        });
+      };
+    }
+
     const editor = new StrudelMirror({
       defaultOutput: webaudioOutput,
       getTime: () => getAudioContext().currentTime,
@@ -34,12 +57,17 @@ export function MicroRepl({ code, hideHeader = false, canvasHeight = 200, punchc
       pattern: silence,
       settings: initialSettings,
       drawTime,
-      onDraw: (haps, time, frame, painters) => {
-        painters.length && drawContext.clearRect(0, 0, drawContext.canvas.width * 2, drawContext.canvas.height * 2);
-        painters?.forEach((painter) => {
-          // ctx time haps drawTime paintOptions
-          painter(drawContext, time, haps, drawTime, { clear: false });
-        });
+      onDraw,
+      editPattern: (pat, id) => {
+        if (onTrigger) {
+          pat = pat.onTrigger(onTrigger, false);
+        }
+        if (onPaint) {
+          editor.painters.push(onPaint);
+        } else if (punchcard) {
+          editor.painters.push(getPunchcardPainter({ labels: !!punchcardLabels }));
+        }
+        return pat;
       },
       prebake,
       onUpdateState: (state) => {
@@ -56,7 +84,7 @@ export function MicroRepl({ code, hideHeader = false, canvasHeight = 200, punchc
     threshold: 0.01,
     onEnter: () => {
       if (!editorRef.current) {
-        init({ code });
+        init({ code, shouldDraw });
       }
     },
   });
@@ -65,12 +93,6 @@ export function MicroRepl({ code, hideHeader = false, canvasHeight = 200, punchc
   const editorRef = useRef();
   const containerRef = useRef();
 
-  const [canvasId] = useState(Date.now());
-  const drawContext = useCallback(
-    punchcard ? (canvasId) => document.querySelector('#' + canvasId)?.getContext('2d') : null,
-    [punchcard],
-  );
-
   return (
     <div className="overflow-hidden rounded-t-md bg-background border border-lineHighlight" ref={ref}>
       {!hideHeader && (
@@ -101,7 +123,7 @@ export function MicroRepl({ code, hideHeader = false, canvasHeight = 200, punchc
         <div ref={containerRef}></div>
         {error && <div className="text-right p-1 text-md text-red-200">{error.message}</div>}
       </div>
-      {/* punchcard && (
+      {shouldDraw && (
         <canvas
           id={canvasId}
           className="w-full pointer-events-none border-t border-lineHighlight"
@@ -117,7 +139,7 @@ export function MicroRepl({ code, hideHeader = false, canvasHeight = 200, punchc
             //}
           }}
         ></canvas>
-      ) */}
+      )}
       {/* !!log.length && (
       <div className="bg-gray-800 rounded-md p-2">
         {log.map(({ message }, i) => (
@@ -133,3 +155,9 @@ function cx(...classes) {
   // : Array<string | undefined>
   return classes.filter(Boolean).join(' ');
 }
+
+function s4() {
+  return Math.floor((1 + Math.random()) * 0x10000)
+    .toString(16)
+    .substring(1);
+}