diff --git a/packages/core/index.mjs b/packages/core/index.mjs
index 49b7de19..bb45275b 100644
--- a/packages/core/index.mjs
+++ b/packages/core/index.mjs
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ Copyright (C) 2022 Strudel contributors - see <https://github.com/tidalcycles/st
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
-export * from './controls.mjs';
+import controls from './controls.mjs';
 export * from './euclid.mjs';
 import Fraction from './fraction.mjs';
-export { Fraction };
+export { Fraction, controls };
 export * from './hap.mjs';
 export * from './pattern.mjs';
 export * from './signal.mjs';
diff --git a/repl/src/App.jsx b/repl/src/App.jsx
index a89c7a8f..54510857 100644
--- a/repl/src/App.jsx
+++ b/repl/src/App.jsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Copyright (C) 2022 Strudel contributors - see <https://github.com/tidalcycles/st
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
-import controls from '@strudel.cycles/core/controls.mjs';
 import { evalScope, evaluate } from '@strudel.cycles/eval';
 import { CodeMirror, cx, flash, useHighlighting, useRepl, useWebMidi } from '@strudel.cycles/react';
 import { cleanupDraw, cleanupUi, Tone } from '@strudel.cycles/tone';
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ import * as tunes from './tunes.mjs';
 import { prebake } from './prebake.mjs';
 import * as WebDirt from 'WebDirt';
 import { resetLoadedSamples, getAudioContext } from '@strudel.cycles/webaudio';
+import { controls } from '@strudel.cycles/core';
 import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js';
 import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const supabase = createClient(
 
 evalScope(
   Tone,
-  controls,
+  controls, // sadly, this cannot be exported from core direclty
   { WebDirt },
   import('@strudel.cycles/core'),
   import('@strudel.cycles/tone'),