Steam link retroarch controller closes games

Not sure what happened as everything was working fine, I have alot of my game linked through steam to use on my steam link. The other day i noticed anytime i open and game and hit the bounc START button it just closes emulation… Ive tried this on my desktop and and on my link they both have they same results. What ive tried so far

I opened retro arch and bound all my controller buttons, works fine here

I opened steam controllers and made sure my desktop profiles were set to controllers

Tried a ps4 controller same result

I cannot figure this out and its driving me nuts, idk if ive provided enough info or what i should post to help figure this out

thanks

Edit: I got it working on my desktop now, but steam link still has the same issue, seems to just change all my binds