diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index 10e1b1a44..f367567ac 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.0.9' 
+__version__ = '0.1.0' 
diff --git a/hnn_qt5.py b/hnn_qt5.py
index 8696c976f..7abcbc3e0 100644
--- a/hnn_qt5.py
+++ b/hnn_qt5.py
@@ -825,18 +825,87 @@ def removeAllInputs (self):
     for i in range(len(self.ltabs)): self.removeCurrentInput()
     self.nprox = self.ndist = 0
 
+  def IsProx (self,idx):
+    # is this evoked input proximal (True) or distal (False) ?
+    try:
+      d = self.ld[idx]
+      for k in d.keys():
+        if k.count('evprox'):
+          return True
+    except:
+      pass
+    return False
+
+  def getInputID (self,idx):
+    # get evoked input number of the evoked input associated with idx
+    try:
+      d = self.ld[idx]
+      for k in d.keys():
+        lk = k.split('_')
+        if len(lk) >= 3:
+          return int(lk[2])
+    except:
+      pass
+    return -1
+
+  def downShift (self,idx):
+    # downshift the evoked input ID, keys, values
+    d = self.ld[idx]
+    dnew = {} # new dictionary
+    newidx = 0 # new evoked input ID
+    for k,v in d.items():
+      lk = k.split('_')
+      if len(lk) >= 3:
+        if lk[0]=='sigma':
+          newidx = int(lk[3])-1
+          lk[3] = str(newidx)
+        else:
+          newidx = int(lk[2])-1
+          lk[2] = str(newidx)
+      newkey = '_'.join(lk)
+      dnew[newkey] = v
+      if k in self.dqline:
+        self.dqline[newkey] = self.dqline[k]
+        del self.dqline[k]
+    self.ld[idx] = dnew
+    currtxt = self.tabs.tabText(idx)
+    newtxt = currtxt.split(' ')[0] + ' ' + str(newidx)
+    self.tabs.setTabText(idx,newtxt)
+    # print('d original:',d, 'd new:',dnew)
+
   def removeInput (self,idx):
+    # remove the evoked input specified by idx
     if idx < 0 or idx > len(self.ltabs): return
     # print('removing input at index', idx)
     self.tabs.removeTab(idx)
     tab = self.ltabs[idx]
     self.ltabs.remove(tab)
     d = self.ld[idx]
+
+    isprox = self.IsProx(idx) # is it a proximal input?
+    isdist = not isprox # is it a distal input?
+    inputID = self.getInputID(idx) # wht's the proximal/distal input number?
+
+    # print('isprox,isdist,inputid',isprox,isdist,inputID)
+
     for k in d.keys(): 
       if k in self.dqline:
         del self.dqline[k]
     self.ld.remove(d)
     tab.setParent(None)
+
+    # now downshift the evoked inputs (only proximal or only distal) that came after this one
+    #  first get the IDs of the evoked inputs to downshift
+    lds = [] # list of inputs to downshift
+    for jdx in range(len(self.ltabs)):
+      if isprox and self.IsProx(jdx) and self.getInputID(jdx) > inputID:
+        #print('downshift prox',self.getInputID(jdx))
+        lds.append(jdx)
+      elif isdist and not self.IsProx(jdx) and self.getInputID(jdx) > inputID:
+        #print('downshift dist',self.getInputID(jdx))
+        lds.append(jdx)
+    for jdx in lds: self.downShift(jdx) # then do the downshifting
+
     # print(self) # for testing
 
   def removeCurrentInput (self): # removes currently selected input