diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7233211..3f07c1f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /cache/
+/Cache/
 /description.json
 preview.png
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Objects/Textures/maths.png b/Objects/Textures/maths.png
index 8d85dfc..ec82fc2 100644
Binary files a/Objects/Textures/maths.png and b/Objects/Textures/maths.png differ
diff --git a/Scripts/interactable/NumberLogic/CounterBlock.lua b/Scripts/interactable/NumberLogic/CounterBlock.lua
index a7beb64..98701f3 100644
--- a/Scripts/interactable/NumberLogic/CounterBlock.lua
+++ b/Scripts/interactable/NumberLogic/CounterBlock.lua
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ function CounterBlock.client_onInteract(self, character, lookAt)
 end
 
 function CounterBlock.client_onTextChangedCallback(self, widget, text)
-	local converted_text = tonumber(text) --will be nill if the input is invalid
+	local converted_text = mp_parseNumber(text) --will be nill if the input is invalid
 	local is_valid = (converted_text ~= nil)
 
 	self.counter_gui_input = text
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ end
 function CounterBlock.client_gui_changeSavedValue(self, widget)
 	local is_decrement = (widget:sub(0, 1) == "D")
 
-	local cur_changer = tonumber(self.counter_gui_input)
+	local cur_changer = mp_parseNumber(self.counter_gui_input)
 	if cur_changer ~= nil then
 		if is_decrement then
 			cur_changer = -cur_changer
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ function CounterBlock.client_gui_changeSavedValue(self, widget)
 end
 
 function CounterBlock.client_gui_saveWrittenValue(self)
-	local cur_value = tonumber(self.counter_gui_input)
+	local cur_value = mp_parseNumber(self.counter_gui_input)
 	if cur_value ~= nil then
 		self.network:sendToServer("server_setNewValue", cur_value)
 	end
diff --git a/Scripts/interactable/NumberLogic/MathBlock.lua b/Scripts/interactable/NumberLogic/MathBlock.lua
index ef39fb1..efbc4e0 100644
--- a/Scripts/interactable/NumberLogic/MathBlock.lua
+++ b/Scripts/interactable/NumberLogic/MathBlock.lua
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ MathBlock.modetable = {--"value" aka "savevalue", gets saved, gets loaded.
 	{value = 29, icon = "seated",  name = "Seated"                ,description = "Becomes active and outputs the value of input seats occupied"},
 	{value = 30, icon = "A/D",     name = "A/D"                   ,description = "Outputs the A/D value, range: -1 to 1\nMultiple driverseat inputs: average of A/D output of inputs,\nExcellent for teamwork!"},
 	{value = 31, icon = "W/S",     name = "W/S"                   ,description = "Outputs the W/S value, range: -1 to 1\nMultiple driverseat inputs: average of W/S output of inputs,\nExcellent for teamwork!"},
+	{value = 39, icon = "OR",      name = "Bitwise OR"            ,description = "Outputs a number where each bit is 1 if the corresponding bit of ANY input is 1\n\nNegative inputs are treated as 0, non-integer inputs are rounded"},
+	{value = 40, icon = "AND",     name = "Bitwise AND"           ,description = "Outputs a number where each bit is 1 if the corresponding bit of ALL inputs is 1\n\nNegative inputs are treated as 0, non-integer inputs are rounded"},
+	{value = 41, icon = "XOR",     name = "Bitwise XOR"           ,description = "Outputs a number where each bit is 1 if the corresponding bit of AN ODD NUMBER of inputs is 1\n\nNegative inputs are treated as 0, non-integer inputs are rounded"},
 }
 MathBlock.savemodes = {}
 for k,v in pairs(MathBlock.modetable) do
@@ -823,7 +826,43 @@ MathBlock.modeFunctions = {
 				end
 			end
 			self:sv_setValue(power)
+		end,
+
+	[39] = function(self, parents)  -- bitiwise or
+			local result = 0
+
+			for k, parent in pairs(parents) do
+				local value = math.round(sm.interactable.getValue(parent) or parent.power)
+				result = bit.bor(result, value)
+			end
+
+			self:sv_setValue(result)
+		end,
+
+	[40] = function(self, parents)  -- bitiwise and
+			local result = 0
+
+			if #parents >1 then
+				result = bit.bnot(0)
+				for k, parent in pairs(parents) do
+					local value = math.round(sm.interactable.getValue(parent) or parent.power)
+					result = bit.band(result, value)
+				end
+			end
+
+			self:sv_setValue(result)
+		end,
+
+	[41] = function(self, parents)  -- bitiwise xor
+			local result = 0
+
+			for k, parent in pairs(parents) do
+				local value = math.round(sm.interactable.getValue(parent) or parent.power)
+				result = bit.bxor(result, value)
 		end
+
+			self:sv_setValue(result)
+		end,
 }
 
 
diff --git a/Scripts/libs/input.lua b/Scripts/libs/input.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e952d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Scripts/libs/input.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+if __Input_Loaded then return end
+__Input_Loaded = true
+
+-- parses user-provided number strings
+-- - removes all spaces
+-- - parses binary numbers with the "0b", "0B" prefixes or "b" suffix
+-- - parses hexadecimal numbers with the "0x", "0X" prefixes
+-- returns nil for incorrectly formatted strings
+--
+-- Examples:
+-- mp_parseNumber(" 1 000    000 ") == 1000000
+-- mp_parseNumber("0xFF") == 255
+-- mp_parseNumber("0b1000") == 8
+-- mp_parseNumber("1000b") == 8
+-- mp_parseNumber("test") == nil
+function mp_parseNumber(input)
+	normalized = string.gsub(input, "%s+", "") -- remove spaces
+
+	prefix = string.sub(normalized, 1, 2)
+	suffix = string.sub(normalized, -1, -1)
+	if suffix == "b" or suffix == "B" then
+		return tonumber(string.sub(normalized, 1, -2), 2)
+	elseif prefix == "0b" or prefix == "0B" then
+		return tonumber(string.sub(normalized, 3, -1), 2)
+	elseif prefix == "0x" or prefix == "0X" then
+		return tonumber(string.sub(normalized, 3, -1), 16)
+	else
+		return tonumber(normalized, 10)
+	end
+end
diff --git a/Scripts/libs/load_libs.lua b/Scripts/libs/load_libs.lua
index 3c6d409..735e02b 100644
--- a/Scripts/libs/load_libs.lua
+++ b/Scripts/libs/load_libs.lua
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ end
 
 dofile "debugger.lua"
 dofile "color.lua"
+dofile "input.lua"
 dofile "math.lua"
 dofile "other.lua"
 dofile "virtual_buttons.lua"