diff --git a/multi-channel-bash-scripts/channeldown.sh b/multi-channel-bash-scripts/channeldown.sh
index e88aa45..eb852d9 100755
--- a/multi-channel-bash-scripts/channeldown.sh
+++ b/multi-channel-bash-scripts/channeldown.sh
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ done < "$filename"
 for i in "${!CHANNEL_DIR_ARR[@]}"
 do
 	CHANNEL_DIR_NUMBERS[i]=$(echo ${CHANNEL_DIR_SORTED[i]} | sed "s/^pseudo-channel${CHANNEL_DIR_INCREMENT_SYMBOL}0*//")
+	if [ -z ${CHANNEL_DIR_NUMBERS[i]} ]; then
+		CHANNEL_DIR_NUMBERS[i]=0
+	fi
 done
 
 
@@ -93,7 +96,11 @@ if [ "${#CHANNEL_DIR_ARR[@]}" -gt 1 ]; then
 
 	# We are now going to do the same thing here, just with previous channel
 	PREV_CHANNEL=$(echo $(<$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_PATH/$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_FILE) | sed "s/^0*//")	
+	if [ -z $PREV_CHANNEL ]; then
+	PREV_CHANNEL=0
+	fi
 
+	
 	echo "+++++ It looks like the previous channel was: $PREV_CHANNEL"
 
 
diff --git a/multi-channel-bash-scripts/channelup.sh b/multi-channel-bash-scripts/channelup.sh
index 62903e5..7329f28 100755
--- a/multi-channel-bash-scripts/channelup.sh
+++ b/multi-channel-bash-scripts/channelup.sh
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ done < "$filename"
 for i in "${!CHANNEL_DIR_ARR[@]}"
 do
 	CHANNEL_DIR_NUMBERS[i]=$(echo ${CHANNEL_DIR_SORTED[i]} | sed "s/^pseudo-channel${CHANNEL_DIR_INCREMENT_SYMBOL}0*//")
+	if [ -z ${CHANNEL_DIR_NUMBERS[i]} ]; then
+		CHANNEL_DIR_NUMBERS[i]=0
+	fi
 done
 
 # If this script see's there are multiple channels, 
@@ -89,7 +92,10 @@ if [ "${#CHANNEL_DIR_ARR[@]}" -gt 1 ]; then
 
 	# We are now going to do the same thing here, just with previous channel
 	PREV_CHANNEL=$(echo $(<$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_PATH/$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_FILE) | sed "s/^0*//")	
-
+	if [ -z $PREV_CHANNEL ]; then
+	PREV_CHANNEL=0
+	fi
+	
 	echo "+++++ It looks like the previous channel was: $PREV_CHANNEL"
 
 
diff --git a/multi-channel-bash-scripts/manual.sh b/multi-channel-bash-scripts/manual.sh
index da83cd3..dfaab22 100755
--- a/multi-channel-bash-scripts/manual.sh
+++ b/multi-channel-bash-scripts/manual.sh
@@ -1,103 +1,164 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Credits: irodimus 
-
-# file: manual.sh
-
-#----
-# Simple script to change to specific channel given - triggering start / stop. 
-#----
-
-#---- 
-# To Use:
-# Run script by including the channel you'd like to run as an argument: ex. ./manual.sh 2, ./manual.sh 9
-#
-# Configure something (a tv remote or alexa) to trigger this script. Make sure you move this script just 
-# outside of the pseudo-channel directories:
-# -------------------
-# -channels/
-# --pseudo-channel_1/
-# ---startstop.sh
-# --pseudo-channel_2/
-# ---startstop.sh
-# --pseudo-channel_3/
-# ---startstop.sh
-# --manual.sh <--- on the same level as the 3 channels. 
-#----
-
-# Make sure that each channel dir ends with a "_" + an incrementing number as seen above.
-
-#----BEGIN EDITABLE VARS----
-
-SCRIPT_TO_EXECUTE='startstop.sh'
-
-OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_PATH=.
-
-OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_FILE=".prevplaying"
-
-CHANNEL_DIR_INCREMENT_SYMBOL="_"
-
-#----END EDITABLE VARS-------
-
-FIRST_RUN=false
-
-# Scan the dir to see how many channels there are, store them in an arr.
-CHANNEL_DIR_ARR=( $(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*'"$CHANNEL_DIR_INCREMENT_SYMBOL"'[[:digit:]]*' -printf "%P\n" | sort -t"$CHANNEL_DIR_INCREMENT_SYMBOL" -n) )
-
-echo $CHANNEL_DIR_ARR
-
-# If the previous channel txt file doesn't exist already create it (first run?)
-if [ ! -e "$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_PATH/$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_FILE" ]; then
-
-	#FIRST_RUN_NUM=$((${#CHANNEL_DIR_ARR[@]}))
-	echo 1 > "$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_PATH/$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_FILE"
-
-	echo "First run: $FIRST_RUN_NUM"
-
-	FIRST_RUN=true
-
-fi
-
-# If this script see's there are multiple channels, 
-# then read file, get prevchannel and nextchannel, and trigger next channel:
-if [ "${#CHANNEL_DIR_ARR[@]}" -gt 1 ]; then
-
-	NEXT_CHANNEL=$1
-
-	NEXT_CHANNEL_DIR=( $(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*'"$CHANNEL_DIR_INCREMENT_SYMBOL""$NEXT_CHANNEL" -printf "%P\n") )
-
-	PREV_CHANNEL_FOUND=false
-
-	echo "+++++ There are ${#CHANNEL_DIR_ARR[@]} channels detected."
-
-	PREV_CHANNEL=$(<$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_PATH/$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_FILE)
-
-	PREV_CHANNEL_DIR=( $(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*'"$CHANNEL_DIR_INCREMENT_SYMBOL""$PREV_CHANNEL" -printf "%P\n") )
-
-	PREV_CHANNEL_DISP=$(echo $PREV_CHANNEL | sed 's/^0*//')
-	
-	echo "+++++ It looks like the previous channel was: $PREV_CHANNEL_DISP"
-
-	echo "+++++ The next channel is: $NEXT_CHANNEL"
-
-	# Write next channel to previous channel file to reference later
-	echo "$NEXT_CHANNEL"  > "$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_PATH/$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_FILE"
-
-	# Finally let's trigger the startstop script in both the previous channel and the next channel dirs.
-	# This will stop the previous channels playback & trigger the next channels playback
-
-	if [ "$FIRST_RUN" = false ]; then
-		cd "$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_PATH"/"$PREV_CHANNEL_DIR" && ./"$SCRIPT_TO_EXECUTE"
-		cd ../"$NEXT_CHANNEL_DIR" && ./"$SCRIPT_TO_EXECUTE"
-	else
-
-		cd "$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_PATH"/"$NEXT_CHANNEL_DIR" && ./"$SCRIPT_TO_EXECUTE"
-
-	fi
-
-	sleep 1
-	
-
-fi
-
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Credits: irodimus 
+
+# file: manual.sh
+
+#----
+# Simple script to change to specific channel given - triggering start / stop. 
+#----
+
+#---- 
+# To Use:
+# Run script by including the channel you'd like to run as an argument: ex. ./manual.sh 2, ./manual.sh 9
+#
+# Configure something (a tv remote or alexa) to trigger this script. Make sure you move this script just 
+# outside of the pseudo-channel directories:
+# -------------------
+# -channels/
+# --pseudo-channel_1/
+# ---startstop.sh
+# --pseudo-channel_2/
+# ---startstop.sh
+# --pseudo-channel_3/
+# ---startstop.sh
+# --manual.sh <--- on the same level as the 3 channels. 
+#----
+
+# Make sure that each channel dir ends with a "_" + an incrementing number as seen above.
+
+#----BEGIN EDITABLE VARS----
+
+SCRIPT_TO_EXECUTE='startstop.sh'
+
+OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_PATH=.
+
+OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_FILE=".prevplaying"
+
+CHANNEL_DIR_INCREMENT_SYMBOL="_"
+
+#----END EDITABLE VARS-------
+
+FIRST_RUN=false
+
+# Scan the dir to see how many channels there are, store them in an arr.
+CHANNEL_DIR_ARR=( $(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*'"$CHANNEL_DIR_INCREMENT_SYMBOL"'[[:digit:]]*' -printf "%P\n" | sort -t"$CHANNEL_DIR_INCREMENT_SYMBOL" -n) )
+
+# Since leading zeros may be an issue, we need to correctly sort the channels.  The best way to do this seems to be in python
+# So a script will take in the channels as they are, then output them in the correct, sorted order in Channels_Sorted.txt.
+# We will run the script, then read in the results.
+sudo python ./Channel_Sorter.py ${CHANNEL_DIR_ARR[@]}
+
+filename="./Channels_Sorted.txt"
+i=0
+while read -r line
+do
+	name="$line"
+	CHANNEL_DIR_SORTED[i]=$name
+	i=$((i+1))
+done < "$filename"
+
+
+# We need to add on top of this a "buffer" where we remove all leading zeros to compare everything on the same level
+# This simply leaves us with the number at the end.  NOTE: We should have already sorted things, so this should not be a problem
+for i in "${!CHANNEL_DIR_ARR[@]}"
+do
+	CHANNEL_DIR_NUMBERS[i]=$(echo ${CHANNEL_DIR_SORTED[i]} | sed "s/^pseudo-channel${CHANNEL_DIR_INCREMENT_SYMBOL}0*//")
+	if [ -z ${CHANNEL_DIR_NUMBERS[i]} ]; then
+		CHANNEL_DIR_NUMBERS[i]=0
+	fi
+done
+
+
+
+
+
+# If the previous channel txt file doesn't exist already create it (first run?)
+if [ ! -e "$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_PATH/$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_FILE" ]; then
+
+	#FIRST_RUN_NUM=$((${#CHANNEL_DIR_ARR[@]}))
+	echo 1 > "$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_PATH/$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_FILE"
+
+	echo "First run being conducted"
+
+	FIRST_RUN=true
+
+fi
+
+# If this script see's there are multiple channels, 
+# then read file, get prevchannel and nextchannel, and trigger next channel:
+if [ "${#CHANNEL_DIR_ARR[@]}" -gt 1 ]; then
+	echo "+++++ There are ${#CHANNEL_DIR_ARR[@]} channels detected."
+
+	#NEXT_CHANNEL=$1
+
+	#NEXT_CHANNEL_DIR=( $(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*'"$CHANNEL_DIR_INCREMENT_SYMBOL""$NEXT_CHANNEL" -printf "%P\n") )
+	
+	# We now need to read in the next channel and ALSO strip it of any leading zeros for correct comparison
+	NEXT_CHANNEL=$(echo $1 | sed "s/^0*//")
+
+	if [ -z $NEXT_CHANNEL ]; then
+	NEXT_CHANNEL=0
+	fi
+	
+	PREV_CHANNEL_FOUND=false
+
+	#PREV_CHANNEL=$(<$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_PATH/$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_FILE)
+
+	# PREV_CHANNEL_DIR=( $(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*'"$CHANNEL_DIR_INCREMENT_SYMBOL""$PREV_CHANNEL" -printf "%P\n") )
+
+	# We are now going to do the same thing here, just with previous channel
+	PREV_CHANNEL=$(echo $(<$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_PATH/$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_FILE) | sed "s/^0*//")
+	if [ -z $PREV_CHANNEL ]; then
+	PREV_CHANNEL=0
+	fi
+
+	
+	echo "+++++ It looks like the previous channel was: $PREV_CHANNEL"
+
+	echo "+++++ The next channel is: $NEXT_CHANNEL"
+
+	# This is our modified way of searching for the correct directory for the next channel
+	for i in "${!CHANNEL_DIR_NUMBERS[@]}"
+	do
+		item_compare=${CHANNEL_DIR_NUMBERS[i]}
+		if [ $item_compare -eq $NEXT_CHANNEL ]; then
+			echo "NEXT CHANNEL MATCH: ${CHANNEL_DIR_SORTED[$i]}"
+			NEXT_CHANNEL_DIR=${CHANNEL_DIR_SORTED[$i]}
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+	
+	# This is our modified way of searching for the correct directory for the previous channel
+	for i in "${!CHANNEL_DIR_NUMBERS[@]}"
+	do
+		item_compare=${CHANNEL_DIR_NUMBERS[i]}
+		if [ $item_compare -eq $PREV_CHANNEL ]; then
+			echo "PREVIOUS CHANNEL MATCH: ${CHANNEL_DIR_SORTED[$i]}"
+			PREV_CHANNEL_DIR=${CHANNEL_DIR_SORTED[$i]}
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+
+	
+	# Write next channel to previous channel file to reference later
+	echo "$NEXT_CHANNEL"  > "$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_PATH/$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_FILE"
+
+	# Finally let's trigger the startstop script in both the previous channel and the next channel dirs.
+	# This will stop the previous channels playback & trigger the next channels playback
+
+	if [ "$FIRST_RUN" = false ]; then
+		cd "$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_PATH"/"$PREV_CHANNEL_DIR" && ./"$SCRIPT_TO_EXECUTE"
+		cd ../"$NEXT_CHANNEL_DIR" && ./"$SCRIPT_TO_EXECUTE"
+	else
+
+		cd "$OUTPUT_PREV_CHANNEL_PATH"/"$NEXT_CHANNEL_DIR" && ./"$SCRIPT_TO_EXECUTE"
+
+	fi
+
+	sleep 1
+	
+
+fi
+
 exit 0
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