diff --git a/templates/application/source/main.c b/templates/application/source/main.c
index 5009532..bbf4035 100644
--- a/templates/application/source/main.c
+++ b/templates/application/source/main.c
@@ -16,20 +16,27 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     //   take a look at the graphics/opengl set of examples, which uses EGL instead.
     consoleInit(NULL);
 
+    // Configure our supported input layout: a single player with standard controller styles
+    padConfigureInput(1, HidNpadStyleSet_NpadStandard);
+
+    // Initialize the default gamepad (which reads handheld mode inputs as well as the first connected controller)
+    PadState pad;
+    padInitializeDefault(&pad);
+
     // Other initialization goes here. As a demonstration, we print hello world.
     printf("Hello World!\n");
 
     // Main loop
     while (appletMainLoop())
     {
-        // Scan all the inputs. This should be done once for each frame
-        hidScanInput();
+        // Scan the gamepad. This should be done once for each frame
+        padUpdate(&pad);
 
-        // hidKeysDown returns information about which buttons have been
-        // just pressed in this frame compared to the previous one
-        u64 kDown = hidKeysDown(CONTROLLER_P1_AUTO);
+        // padGetButtonsDown returns the set of buttons that have been
+        // newly pressed in this frame compared to the previous one
+        u64 kDown = padGetButtonsDown(&pad);
 
-        if (kDown & KEY_PLUS)
+        if (kDown & HidNpadButton_Plus)
             break; // break in order to return to hbmenu
 
         // Your code goes here