diff --git a/src/control_backend/agents/user_interrupt/user_interrupt_agent.py b/src/control_backend/agents/user_interrupt/user_interrupt_agent.py
index b2efc41..8a4d2a2 100644
--- a/src/control_backend/agents/user_interrupt/user_interrupt_agent.py
+++ b/src/control_backend/agents/user_interrupt/user_interrupt_agent.py
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ class UserInterruptAgent(BaseAgent):
                     "Forwarded button press (override) with context '%s' to BDIProgramManager.",
                     event_context,
                 )
+
+            elif event_type == "next_phase":
+                _ = 1
+
+            elif event_type == "reset_phase":
+                _ = 1
+
+            elif event_type == " reset_experiment":
+                _ = 1
+
             else:
                 self.logger.warning(
                     "Received button press with unknown type '%s' (context: '%s').",
@@ -78,6 +88,15 @@ class UserInterruptAgent(BaseAgent):
                     event_context,
                 )
 
+    async def _send_experiment_control_to_bdi_core(self, type):
+        out_msg = InternalMessage(
+            to=settings.agent_settings.bdi_core_name,
+            sender=self.name,
+            thread=type,
+            body="",
+        )
+        await self.send(out_msg)
+
     async def _send_to_speech_agent(self, text_to_say: str):
         """
         method to send prioritized speech command to RobotSpeechAgent.