diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 00d95ac..a00a4f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,13 +25,14 @@ The touch events detected by the flow3r are published to the topic `flow3r-<maca
 Each event is a JSON string that looks like this:
 
 ```json
-{"petal":"2","event":"touch_tip","dx":8083,"dy":6960,"duration":150}
+{"mode":"Numbers","petal":"2","event":"touch_tip","dx":8083,"dy":6960,"duration":150}
 ```
 
 The keys and their values are defined as follows:
 
 | Key | Value |
 |:---|:---|
+| `mode` | The mode that has been set via the `ui_config` topic, see "UI Config" below. |
 | `petal` | The petal the event was detected on.  Uses the numbers printed on the PCB (1-10), rather than the `captouch` indexes (0-9). |
 | `event` | The type of gesture that was detected.  One of `touch_tip`, `touch_base`, `swipe_up`, `swipe_right`, `swipe_down`, `swipe_left`, whereas `swipe_up` always means a swipe towards the tip of the petal, and `swipe_down` towards its base. |
 | `dx` | The distance between start and end of the touch event in `x` (base-to-tip) direction.  Unitless number, as returned by [captouch's `position()` function][captouch]. |
@@ -44,10 +45,14 @@ The keys and their values are defined as follows:
 The app subscribes to the topic `flow3r-<macaddress>/ui_config`, at which it listens for JSON arrays such as below:
 
 ```json
-["I", "II", "III", "IV", "V", "VI", "VII", "VIII", "IX", "X"]
+{
+  "mode": "Numbers",
+  "labels": ["I", "II", "III", "IV", "V", "VI", "VII", "VIII", "IX", "X"]
+}
 ```
 
-Each position in the array corrensponds to one of the petals, and the text for each petal is shown on the display close to the corresponding petal.
+* `labels`: Each position in the array corrensponds to one of the petals, and the text for each petal is shown on the display close to the corresponding petal.
+* `mode`: The text is shown in big in the center of the display.  It is also sent with each event, so that subscribers can perform differnt actions depending on the active mode.
 
 
 ## Integration into OpenHAB
@@ -92,7 +97,7 @@ actions:
     id: "2"
     configuration:
       itemName: flow3r_ui_config  # item needs to be created and linked to the ui_config topic beforehand
-      command: '["I", "II", "III", "IV", "V", "VI", "VII", "VIII", "IX", "X"]'
+      command: '{"labels":["I", "II", "III", "IV", "V", "VI", "VII", "VIII", "IX", "X"]}'
     type: core.ItemCommandAction
 ```
 
@@ -115,7 +120,7 @@ actions:
       type: application/javascript
       script: >-
         var payload = JSON.parse(this.event.event);
-        if (payload.petal == "10" and payload.duration > 1000) {
+        if (payload.petal == "10" && payload.duration > 1000) {
           console.log("longpress!");
         }
 ```
diff --git a/flow3r_openhab/__init__.py b/flow3r_openhab/__init__.py
index 9211fa9..e3e772f 100644
--- a/flow3r_openhab/__init__.py
+++ b/flow3r_openhab/__init__.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Flow3rOpenhabMqtt(Application):
         self.touch_base = [False]*10
         self.touch_tip = [False]*10
         self.touch_log = [[]]*10
-        self.ui_config = [""]*10
+        self.ui_config = {}
 
     def mqtt_cb(self, topic, msg):
         print(topic, msg)
@@ -54,12 +54,16 @@ class Flow3rOpenhabMqtt(Application):
         ctx.text_align = ctx.CENTER
         ctx.text_baseline = ctx.MIDDLE
         ctx.font_size = 20
-        for i, text in enumerate(self.ui_config):
+        for i, text in enumerate(self.ui_config.get('labels', [])):
             phi = (2*math.pi/10)*(i+1)-(math.pi/2)
             radius = 50 if i%2 else 80
             x = radius*math.cos(phi)
             y = radius*math.sin(phi)
             ctx.rgb(1, 1, 1).move_to(x, y).text(text)
+        mode = self.ui_config.get('mode')
+        if mode:
+            ctx.font_size = 50
+            ctx.rgb(1, 1, 1).move_to(0, 0).text(mode)
         if CONFIG.get('debug_touch', False):
             ctx.line_width =1
             for i in range(10):
@@ -129,8 +133,8 @@ class Flow3rOpenhabMqtt(Application):
                                 event = 'swipe_left'
                         if event is not None:
                             human_petal = 10-(-i%10)
-                            msg = b'{{"petal":"{}","event":"{}","dx":{},"dy":{},"duration":{}}}'\
-                                .format(human_petal, event, d_x, d_y, duration)
+                            msg = b'{{"mode":"{}","petal":"{}","event":"{}","dx":{},"dy":{},"duration":{}}}'\
+                                .format(self.ui_config.get('mode'), human_petal, event, d_x, d_y, duration)
                             self.mqtt.publish(self.base_topic + 'event', msg)
                         self.touch_time[i] = None
                         self.touch_begin[i] = None