diff --git a/bin/telebit-remote.js b/bin/telebit-remote.js
index 3ba1b1e..c7d28ed 100755
--- a/bin/telebit-remote.js
+++ b/bin/telebit-remote.js
@@ -546,6 +546,10 @@ function parseConfig(err, text) {
           } else {
             console.info('> Rejecting SSH-over-HTTPS for now');
           }
+        } else if ('status' === body.module) {
+          // TODO funny one this one
+          console.info('http://localhost:' + (body.port || state.config.ipc.port));
+          console.info(JSON.stringify(body, null, 2));
         } else {
           console.info(JSON.stringify(body, null, 2));
         }
diff --git a/lib/rc/index.js b/lib/rc/index.js
index 174f130..c3b8fe0 100644
--- a/lib/rc/index.js
+++ b/lib/rc/index.js
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ module.exports.create = function (state) {
     if (fs.existsSync(portFile)) {
       reqOpts.host = 'localhost';
       reqOpts.port = parseInt(fs.readFileSync(portFile, 'utf8').trim(), 10);
+      if (!state.config.ipc) {
+        state.config.ipc = {};
+      }
+      state.config.ipc.type = 'port';
+      state.config.ipc.path = path.dirname(state._ipc.path);
+      state.config.ipc.port = reqOpts.port;
     } else {
       reqOpts.socketPath = state._ipc.path;
     }