diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 93f761f..31a1fa1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dnl                 changes are made
 dnl ---
 JACK_MAJOR_VERSION=0
 JACK_MINOR_VERSION=109
-JACK_MICRO_VERSION=0
+JACK_MICRO_VERSION=1
 
 dnl ---
 dnl HOWTO: updating the jack protocol version
diff --git a/drivers/alsa/usx2y.c b/drivers/alsa/usx2y.c
index ff6ca93..f90e10b 100644
--- a/drivers/alsa/usx2y.c
+++ b/drivers/alsa/usx2y.c
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ usx2y_driver_start (alsa_driver_t *driver)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	if (driver->midi && !driver->xrun_recovery)
+		(driver->midi->start)(driver->midi);
+
 	if (driver->playback_handle) {
 /* 		int i, j; */
 /* 		char buffer[2000]; */
@@ -379,6 +382,9 @@ usx2y_driver_stop (alsa_driver_t *driver)
 
 	munmap(h->hwdep_pcm_shm, sizeof(snd_usX2Y_hwdep_pcm_shm_t));
 
+	if (driver->midi && !driver->xrun_recovery)
+		(driver->midi->stop)(driver->midi);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -481,6 +487,9 @@ usx2y_driver_read (alsa_driver_t *driver, jack_nframes_t nframes)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+    if (driver->midi)
+        (driver->midi->read)(driver->midi, nframes);
+
 	nread = 0;
 
 	if (snd_pcm_mmap_begin (driver->capture_handle,
@@ -555,6 +564,9 @@ usx2y_driver_write (alsa_driver_t* driver, jack_nframes_t nframes)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+    if (driver->midi)
+        (driver->midi->write)(driver->midi, nframes);
+
 	nwritten = 0;
 
 	/* check current input monitor request status */