@Sean
Thank you for helping Sean.
The problem is that when the remote-control module is loaded by MagicMirror somewhere in the code it says disable HDMI. So whenever my screen powers up and loads the magicmirror everything works fine until the remote-control module is loaded, then my monitor goes from showing the magicmirror to “searching for input source”.
What I want the remote module to do is just be enabled in the background without disabling the rpi HDMI automatically from the beginning.
Makes sense? :)