diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index e2c4007..3c5a15c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 	- Remove unused insert_key method in keystore interface
 	- Add transaction executor helper, with adapter helper for eth
 	- Fix bitlength of integers in all tx fields before rlp encoding
+	- Add tcp server
 * 0.4.12
 	- Enforce hex strings in signer backend for sign message
 * 0.4.11
diff --git a/crypto_dev_signer/runnable/signer.py b/crypto_dev_signer/runnable/signer.py
index e0cf04a..aada7d1 100755
--- a/crypto_dev_signer/runnable/signer.py
+++ b/crypto_dev_signer/runnable/signer.py
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ from crypto_dev_signer.eth.transaction import EIP155Transaction
 from crypto_dev_signer.keystore import ReferenceKeystore
 from crypto_dev_signer.error import UnknownAccountError
 
-#logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING)
 logg = logging.getLogger()
 
-config_dir = os.path.join('/usr/local/etc/cic-eth')
+config_dir = '.'
 
 db = None
 signer = None
@@ -165,7 +165,14 @@ def process_input(j):
     return (rpc_id, methods[m](p))
 
 
-def start_server():
+def start_server_lo(spec):
+    s = socket.socket(family=socket.AF_INET, type=socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    s.bind(spec)
+    logg.debug('created tcp socket {}'.format(spec))
+    start_server(s)
+
+
+def start_server_ipc(socket_path):
     socket_dir = os.path.dirname(socket_path)
     try:
         fi = os.stat(socket_dir)
@@ -180,7 +187,12 @@ def start_server():
         pass
     s = socket.socket(family = socket.AF_UNIX, type = socket.SOCK_STREAM)
     s.bind(socket_path)
+    logg.debug('created unix ipc socket {}'.format(socket_path))
+    start_server(s)
+
+def start_server(s):
     s.listen(10)
+    logg.debug('server started')
     while True:
         (csock, caddr) = s.accept()
         d = csock.recv(4096)
@@ -235,7 +247,13 @@ def main():
         arg = json.loads(sys.argv[1])
     except:
         logg.info('no json rpc command detected, starting socket server')
-        start_server()
+        socket_spec = socket_path.split(':')
+        if len(socket_spec) == 2:
+            host = socket_spec[0]
+            port = int(socket_spec[1])
+            start_server_lo((host, port))
+        else:
+            start_server_ipc(socket_path)
         sys.exit(0)
    
     (rpc_id, response) = process_input(arg)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 68ba52c..084b2be 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ f.close()
 
 setup(
         name="crypto-dev-signer",
-        version="0.4.13b10",
+        version="0.4.13b11",
         description="A signer and keystore daemon and library for cryptocurrency software development",
         author="Louis Holbrook",
         author_email="dev@holbrook.no",