diff --git a/pygameControls/generic_controller.py b/pygameControls/generic_controller.py
index ebdfc9e..76fe57b 100644
--- a/pygameControls/generic_controller.py
+++ b/pygameControls/generic_controller.py
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ import pygame
 from pygameControls.controlsbase import ControlsBase
         
 class GenericController(ControlsBase):
-    def __init__(self, joy):
+    def __init__(self, joy, connection_type):
         self.device = joy
         self.instance_id: int = self.device.get_instance_id()
         self.name = self.device.get_name()
+        self.connection_type = connection_type
         self.guid = self.device.get_guid()
         self.numaxis: int = self.device.get_numaxes()
         self.axis: list = [self.device.get_axis(a) for a in range(self.numaxis)]