Problem with "Retro" Gamepad

[buddy]

Hello again, i ordered a replica of an snes controller. The iBuffalo SNES Pad to be exact. I configured the gamepad - i set the d-pad and skipped the joysticks in the setup. After that i had the Problem, that the d-pad wasn't working ingame, but in the frontend of emulationstation. When i did it the other way around (skipping d-pad - setting up joystick1) i could use the d-pad ingame, but i couldnt use it in the frontend. Is there a way to configure the pad, so that it will control both - game and frontend? Thx in advance.