Pads.Rumble freezes my PS2

[devingDev]

If I press r2+l2 to test the rumble on the pad tester it freezes (fps does not update, can not seem to do any inputs anymore)
had it in my own code and it was just launching to a black screen, now I know why^

using the latest release on git and launched athena.elf from a usb in wlaunchelf 4.43 (samba app from opl doesnt seem to work)
My PS2 is a Slim SCPH-70004 PAL and also using a original ps2 controller.

Any clues?