diff --git a/things.ino b/things.ino
index 69aa5b1..5d1e856 100644
--- a/things.ino
+++ b/things.ino
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define CONFIGPIN D3    // config-button is connected to this pin
 
+#define RGBRED D8       // red led channel on witty module
+#define RGBGRN D6       // green led channel on witty module
+#define RGBBLU D7       // blue led channel on witty module
+
+#define LDRPIN A0       // analog LDR input on witty module
+
 // define default values here, overwritten by values from config.json
 char mqtt_server[40];
 char mqtt_port[6] = "1883";
@@ -129,22 +135,21 @@ void read_sensor() {
 
 // callback for MQTT, gets called if we receive a message
 void mqtt_callback(char* topic, byte* payload, unsigned int length) {
+  char inData[length+1];
+  for(int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+    inData[i] = (char)payload[i];
+  }
+  inData[length] = 0;
   Serial.print("Message arrived [");
   Serial.print(topic);
   Serial.print("] ");
-  for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-    Serial.print((char)payload[i]);
-  }
-  Serial.println();
+  Serial.println(inData);
 
-  // switch on the LED if an 1 was received as first character
-  if ((char)payload[0] == '1') {
-    Serial.println("setting LED to low");
-    digitalWrite(BUILTIN_LED, LOW);   // turn the LED on
-  } else {
-    Serial.println("setting LED to high");
-    digitalWrite(BUILTIN_LED, HIGH);  // turn the LED off
-  }
+  StaticJsonBuffer<200> jsonBuffer;
+  JsonObject& json = jsonBuffer.parseObject(inData);
+  analogWrite(RGBRED, json["red"]);
+  analogWrite(RGBGRN, json["green"]);
+  analogWrite(RGBBLU, json["blue"]);
 }
 
 // make sure we're connected to MQTT broker
@@ -158,7 +163,7 @@ void mqtt_reconnect() {
       // once connected, publish an announcement...
       mqtt_client.publish(topic("online"), "1", true);
       // ... and resubscribe:
-      mqtt_client.subscribe("inTopic");
+      mqtt_client.subscribe("setrgb");
     } else {
       Serial.print("failed, rc=");
       Serial.print(mqtt_client.state());
@@ -188,7 +193,12 @@ void setup() {
   pinMode(BUILTIN_LED, OUTPUT);   // set led pin as output
   ticker.attach(0.5, toggle_led); // toggle led slowly during initialization
 
+  pinMode(RGBRED, OUTPUT);
+  pinMode(RGBGRN, OUTPUT);
+  pinMode(RGBBLU, OUTPUT);
+
   pinMode(CONFIGPIN, INPUT);             // flash-button on nodemcu
+  pinMode(LDRPIN, INPUT);
 
   // clean FS, for testing
   //SPIFFS.format();