diff --git a/example.c b/example.c
index 3db4bb6..6c48f80 100644
--- a/example.c
+++ b/example.c
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ int main(){
 	MwWidget window = MwVaCreateWidget(MwWindowClass, "main", NULL, 0, 0, 400, 400,
 		MwNtitle, "hello world",
 	NULL);
-	MwWidget button = MwVaCreateWidget(MwButtonClass, "button", window, 50, 50, 300, 300, NULL);
+	MwWidget button = MwVaCreateWidget(MwButtonClass, "button", window, 50, 50, 300, 300,
+		MwNtext, "lorem ipsum",
+	NULL);
 
 	MwAddUserHandler(button, MwNactivateHandler, handler, NULL);
 
diff --git a/include/Mw/StringDefs.h b/include/Mw/StringDefs.h
index bd55933..0adebde 100644
--- a/include/Mw/StringDefs.h
+++ b/include/Mw/StringDefs.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #define MwNheight "Iheight"
 
 #define MwNtitle "Stitle"
+#define MwNtext "Stext"
 #define MwNbackground "Sbackground"
 #define MwNforeground "Sforeground"
 
diff --git a/src/button.c b/src/button.c
index 0d1271b..934acc0 100644
--- a/src/button.c
+++ b/src/button.c
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ static void create(MwWidget handle) {
 }
 
 static void draw(MwWidget handle) {
-	MwRect	  r;
-	MwPoint	  point;
-	MwLLColor base = MwParseColor(handle, MwGetText(handle, MwNbackground));
-	MwLLColor text = MwParseColor(handle, MwGetText(handle, MwNforeground));
+	MwRect	    r;
+	MwPoint	    point;
+	MwLLColor   base = MwParseColor(handle, MwGetText(handle, MwNbackground));
+	MwLLColor   text = MwParseColor(handle, MwGetText(handle, MwNforeground));
+	const char* str	 = MwGetText(handle, MwNtext);
+
+	if(str == NULL) str = "";
 
 	r.x	 = 0;
 	r.y	 = 0;
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ static void draw(MwWidget handle) {
 	point.x = r.x + r.width / 2;
 	point.y = r.x + r.height / 2;
 
-	MwDrawText(handle, &point, "test", text);
+	MwDrawText(handle, &point, str, text);
 
 	MwLLFreeColor(text);
 	MwLLFreeColor(base);