diff --git a/dragonblocks.sh b/dragonblocks.sh
index 149834b..bb8574e 100755
--- a/dragonblocks.sh
+++ b/dragonblocks.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ load_version() {
 			;;
 
 		/*)
-			version_exec_dir="$1/"
+			version_exec_dir="./"
 			version_working_dir="$1"
 			;;
 
@@ -79,16 +79,27 @@ launch() {
 	local which="$1"
 	local config="$(realpath $DRAGONBLOCKS_CONFIG/$which.conf)"
 	local log="$(realpath $log_path/$which-$(timestamp).log)"
-
 	shift
+
 	cd "$version_working_dir"
-	stdbuf -o0 "${version_exec_dir}dragonblocks-$which" --config "$config" $@ |& tee -i "$log"
+	exec 3> >(tee -i "$log" >&2)
+	"${version_exec_dir}dragonblocks-$which" --config "$config" $@ 2>&3
 }
 
 unlaunch() {
 	pkill -g 0 -f dragonblocks-$1
 }
 
+server_ipc() {
+	while read -ra cmd; do
+		case "${cmd[0]}" in
+			listen)
+				echo "${cmd[@]:1}" > "$1"
+				;;
+		esac
+	done
+}
+
 case $1 in
 	help|--help)
 		cat << EOF
@@ -143,8 +154,16 @@ EOF
 
 		trap "unlaunch server" SIGINT SIGTERM
 
-		launch server --world "$(realpath $world)" --write-address "$addrfile" "${4:-::1:}" &
-		launch client --screenshot-dir "$(realpath $screenshot_path)" "${3:-singleplayer}" "$(<$addrfile)"
+		launch server \
+			--world "$(realpath $world)" \
+			--ipc \
+			"${4:-::1:}" \
+			| server_ipc "$addrfile" &
+
+		launch client \
+			--screenshot-dir "$(realpath $screenshot_path)" \
+			"${3:-singleplayer}" \
+			"$(<$addrfile)"
 
 		unlaunch server
 		;;
@@ -154,7 +173,9 @@ EOF
 
 		trap "unlaunch client" SIGINT SIGTERM
 
-		launch client --screenshot-dir "$(realpath $screenshot_path)" "${2:?missing player (see '$script_name --help')}" \
+		launch client \
+			--screenshot-dir "$(realpath $screenshot_path)" \
+			"${2:?missing player (see '$script_name --help')}" \
 			"${3:?missing address (see '$script_name --help')}"
 		;;
 
@@ -164,7 +185,8 @@ EOF
 
 		trap "unlaunch server" SIGINT SIGTERM
 
-		launch server --world "$(realpath $world)" \
+		launch server \
+			--world "$(realpath $world)" \
 			"${3:?missing address (see '$script_name --help')}"
 		;;
 
diff --git a/src/common/init.c b/src/common/init.c
index 1f572b1..501c8a8 100644
--- a/src/common/init.c
+++ b/src/common/init.c
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 void dragonblocks_init()
 {
+	setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IOLBF, 0);
+	setvbuf(stderr, NULL, _IOLBF, 0);
+
 #ifdef __GLIBC__ // check whether bloat is enabled
 	pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "main");
 #endif // __GLIBC__
diff --git a/src/server/server.c b/src/server/server.c
index c5bdc20..c5e395b 100644
--- a/src/server/server.c
+++ b/src/server/server.c
@@ -64,21 +64,21 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	char *config_path = "server.conf";
 	char *world_path = ".";
-	char *write_address = NULL;
+	bool ipc = false;
 
 	struct option long_options[] = {
-		{"config",        required_argument, 0, 'c' },
-		{"world",         required_argument, 0, 'w' },
-		{"write-address", required_argument, 0, 'a' },
+		{"config", required_argument, 0, 'c' },
+		{"world",  required_argument, 0, 'w' },
+		{"ipc",    no_argument,       0, 'i' },
 		{}
 	};
 
 	int option;
-	while ((option = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:w:a:", long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
+	while ((option = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:w:i", long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
 		switch (option) {
 			case 'c': config_path = optarg; break;
 			case 'w': world_path = optarg; break;
-			case 'a': write_address = optarg; break;
+			case 'i': ipc = true; break;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -94,17 +94,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
-	if (write_address) {
-		FILE *addrfile = fopen(write_address, "a");
-		if (!addrfile) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "[error] failed to open address file\n");
-			return EXIT_FAILURE;
-		}
-
-		fprintf(addrfile, "%s\n", server->address);
-		fclose(addrfile);
-	}
-
+	if (ipc) printf("listen %s\n", server->address);
 	fprintf(stderr, "[info] listening on %s\n", server->address);
 
 	server->on_connect = &server_player_add;