diff --git a/display-extern.sh b/display-extern.sh
index 7d8f408..841b255 100755
--- a/display-extern.sh
+++ b/display-extern.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
+echo $id
+#id="asdfsadf HDMI-1.1 asdfsdfas sfdsa"
+id=$(xrandr)
+id="HDMI${id#*HDMI}" #remove prefix to "HDMI" this does the # the * signifies what to remove  
+id="${id%%[[:space:]]*}"
+echo $id
+
+
 xrandr --output eDP-1-1 --off 
-xrandr --output HDMI-1-1 --auto
+xrandr --output $id --auto