diff --git a/Core/Inc/CAN_Communication.h b/Core/Inc/CAN_Communication.h
index b2cac6d..65997f3 100644
--- a/Core/Inc/CAN_Communication.h
+++ b/Core/Inc/CAN_Communication.h
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ typedef struct {
 
 extern canFrame framebuffer[CANFRAMEBUFFERSIZE];
 
+extern uint32_t framebufferwritepointer;
+extern uint32_t framebufferreadpointer;
+extern uint32_t frames_read;
+
 void HAL_FDCAN_RxFifo0Callback(FDCAN_HandleTypeDef* handle,
                                uint32_t interrupt_flags);
 
diff --git a/Core/Src/CAN_Communication.c b/Core/Src/CAN_Communication.c
index b65a946..748e229 100644
--- a/Core/Src/CAN_Communication.c
+++ b/Core/Src/CAN_Communication.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #include "stm32g4xx_hal_fdcan.h"
 
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 // 3 should be programmed with CAN id 2
@@ -19,8 +20,9 @@
 const uint16_t slave_CAN_id_to_slave_index[7] = {
     0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}; // TODO: Make this pretty pls
 canFrame framebuffer[CANFRAMEBUFFERSIZE] = {0};
-uint32_t framebufferwritepointer;
-uint32_t framebufferreadpointer;
+uint32_t framebufferwritepointer = 0;
+uint32_t framebufferreadpointer = 0;
+uint32_t frames_read = 0;
 
 void CAN_Init(FDCAN_HandleTypeDef* hcan) {
   HAL_FDCAN_Stop(hcan);
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ void CAN_Init(FDCAN_HandleTypeDef* hcan) {
 }
 
 uint8_t CAN_Receive(FDCAN_HandleTypeDef* hcan) {
+  frames_read = 0;
   while (framebufferreadpointer != framebufferwritepointer) {
     framebufferreadpointer++;
 
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ uint8_t CAN_Receive(FDCAN_HandleTypeDef* hcan) {
     }
 
     canFrame rxFrame = framebuffer[framebufferreadpointer];
+    frames_read++;
 
     if ((rxFrame.FrameID & SLAVE_STATUS_BASE_ADDRESS) ==
         SLAVE_STATUS_BASE_ADDRESS) {
diff --git a/Core/Src/stm32g4xx_it.c b/Core/Src/stm32g4xx_it.c
index ae27c25..714fb35 100644
--- a/Core/Src/stm32g4xx_it.c
+++ b/Core/Src/stm32g4xx_it.c
@@ -61,11 +61,6 @@ extern FDCAN_HandleTypeDef hfdcan1;
 extern SPI_HandleTypeDef hspi1;
 /* USER CODE BEGIN EV */
 
-
-
-extern uint8_t framebufferwritepointer;
-extern uint8_t framebufferreadpointer;
-
 /* USER CODE END EV */
 
 /******************************************************************************/