Trouble keybinding my new HOTAS

I took a long break from Sturmovik when I got into DCS. Had no problems with the x56 but I upgraded my HOTAS since and after reinstalling I’ll-2 it doesn’t recognize my Virpil stick. My Winwing and rudder seems fine but didn’t try my collective tho. Not planning on using the collective for this game but didn’t think to test it for troubleshooting purposes. The game does NOT recognize any axis input and none of the buttons work either. Since It works fine for DCS doubt the trouble is with the stick. Any suggestions to get the game to accept inputs from it? EDIT. The axis doesn’t work as well as the buttons.