diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b1c04eb..fbd9d52 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@ kirc
 *.a
 *.o
 *.txt
+tags
+*.out
+*.log
+*.diff
+.*.swp
diff --git a/kirc.c b/kirc.c
index 6f1f943..8e7dfde 100644
--- a/kirc.c
+++ b/kirc.c
@@ -23,22 +23,25 @@
 #define CHA_MAX 200
 #define NIC_MAX 26
 #define HIS_MAX 100
+#define CBUF_SIZ 1024
 
-static char  cdef[MSG_MAX] = "?";       /* default PRIVMSG channel */
-static int   conn;                      /* connection socket */
-static int   verb = 0;                  /* verbose output */
-static int   sasl = 0;                  /* SASL method */
-static int   isu8 = 0;                  /* UTF-8 flag */
-static char *host = "irc.libera.chat";  /* host address */
-static char *port = "6667";             /* port */
-static char *chan = NULL;               /* channel(s) */
-static char *nick = NULL;               /* nickname */
-static char *pass = NULL;               /* password */
-static char *user = NULL;               /* user name */
-static char *auth = NULL;               /* PLAIN SASL token */
-static char *real = NULL;               /* real name */
-static char *olog = NULL;               /* chat log path*/
-static char *inic = NULL;               /* additional server command */
+static char  cdef[MSG_MAX] = "?";      /* default PRIVMSG channel */
+static int   conn;                     /* connection socket */
+static int   verb = 0;                 /* verbose output */
+static int   sasl = 0;                 /* SASL method */
+static int   isu8 = 0;                 /* UTF-8 flag */
+static char *host = "irc.libera.chat"; /* host address */
+static char *port = "6667";            /* port */
+static char *chan = NULL;              /* channel(s) */
+static char *nick = NULL;              /* nickname */
+static char *pass = NULL;              /* password */
+static char *user = NULL;              /* user name */
+static char *auth = NULL;              /* PLAIN SASL token */
+static char *real = NULL;              /* real name */
+static char *olog = NULL;              /* chat log path*/
+static char *inic = NULL;              /* additional server command */
+static int  cmds  = 0;                 /* indicates additional server commands */
+static char cbuf[CBUF_SIZ];            /* additional stdin server commands */
 
 struct Param {
 	char  *prefix;
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ struct Param {
 	int nicklen;
 };
 
+static int ttyinfd = STDIN_FILENO;
 static struct termios orig;
 static int rawmode = 0;
 static int atexit_registered = 0;
@@ -92,14 +96,14 @@ static void freeHistory(void) {
 }
 
 static void disableRawMode(void) {
-	if (rawmode && tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO,TCSAFLUSH,&orig) != -1) {
+	if (rawmode && tcsetattr(ttyinfd,TCSAFLUSH,&orig) != -1) {
 		rawmode = 0;
 	}
 	freeHistory();
 }
 
 static int enableRawMode(int fd) {
-	if (!isatty(STDIN_FILENO)) {
+	if (!isatty(ttyinfd)) {
 		goto fatal;
 	}
 	if (!atexit_registered) {
@@ -297,7 +301,7 @@ static void refreshLine(struct State *l) {
 	size_t posu8 = l->posu8;
 	size_t ch = plenu8, txtlenb = 0;
 	struct abuf ab;
-	l->cols = getColumns(STDIN_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO);
+	l->cols = getColumns(ttyinfd, STDOUT_FILENO);
 	while ((plenu8 + posu8) >= l->cols) {
 		buf += u8Next(buf, 0);
 		posu8--;
@@ -510,12 +514,12 @@ static void editEnter(void) {
 }
 
 static void editEscSequence(struct State *l, char seq[3]) {
-	if (read(STDIN_FILENO, seq, 1) == -1) return;
-	if (read(STDIN_FILENO, seq + 1, 1) == -1) return;
+	if (read(ttyinfd, seq, 1) == -1) return;
+	if (read(ttyinfd, seq + 1, 1) == -1) return;
 	if (seq[0] == '[') { /* ESC [ sequences. */
 		if ((seq[1] >= '0') && (seq[1] <= '9')) {
 			/* Extended escape, read additional byte. */
-			if (read(STDIN_FILENO, seq + 2, 1) == -1) {
+			if (read(ttyinfd, seq + 2, 1) == -1) {
 				return;
 			}
 			if ((seq[2] == '~') && (seq[1] == 3)) {
@@ -542,7 +546,7 @@ static void editEscSequence(struct State *l, char seq[3]) {
 static int edit(struct State *l) {
 	char c, seq[3];
 	int ret = 0;
-	ssize_t nread = read(STDIN_FILENO, &c, 1);
+	ssize_t nread = read(ttyinfd, &c, 1);
 	if (nread <= 0) {
 		ret = 1;
 	} else {
@@ -577,7 +581,7 @@ static int edit(struct State *l) {
 				aux[0] = c;
 				int size = u8CharSize(c);
 				for (int i = 1; i < size; i++) {
-					nread = read(STDIN_FILENO, aux + i, 1);
+					nread = read(ttyinfd, aux + i, 1);
 					if ((aux[i] & 0xC0) != 0x80) {
 						break;
 					}
@@ -803,7 +807,7 @@ static void rawParser(char *string) {
 	p.command =  strtok(p.suffix, "#& ");
 	p.channel =  strtok(NULL, " \r");
 	p.params =   strtok(NULL, ":\r");
-	p.maxcols = getColumns(STDIN_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO);
+	p.maxcols = getColumns(ttyinfd, STDOUT_FILENO);
 	p.nicklen = (p.maxcols / 3 > NIC_MAX ? NIC_MAX : p.maxcols / 3);
 	p.offset = 0;
 	if (!strncmp(p.command, "001", 3) && chan != NULL) {
@@ -922,26 +926,41 @@ static void version(void) {
 	exit(0);
 }
 
+static void opentty()
+{
+	if ((ttyinfd = open("/dev/tty", 0)) == -1) {
+		perror("failed to open /dev/tty");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+	opentty();
 	int cval;
-	while ((cval = getopt(argc, argv, "s:p:o:n:k:c:u:r:x:a:evV")) != -1) {
+	while ((cval = getopt(argc, argv, "s:p:o:n:k:c:u:r:a:exvV")) != -1) {
 		switch (cval) {
-		case 'v' : version();     break;
-		case 'V' : ++verb;        break;
-		case 'e' : ++sasl;        break;
-		case 's' : host = optarg; break;
-		case 'p' : port = optarg; break;
-		case 'r' : real = optarg; break;
-		case 'u' : user = optarg; break;
-		case 'a' : auth = optarg; break;
-		case 'o' : olog = optarg; break;
-		case 'n' : nick = optarg; break;
-		case 'k' : pass = optarg; break;
-		case 'c' : chan = optarg; break;
-		case 'x' : inic = optarg; break;
+		case 'v' : version();                     break;
+		case 'V' : ++verb;                        break;
+		case 'e' : ++sasl;                        break;
+		case 's' : host = optarg;                 break;
+		case 'p' : port = optarg;                 break;
+		case 'r' : real = optarg;                 break;
+		case 'u' : user = optarg;                 break;
+		case 'a' : auth = optarg;                 break;
+		case 'o' : olog = optarg;                 break;
+		case 'n' : nick = optarg;                 break;
+		case 'k' : pass = optarg;                 break;
+		case 'c' : chan = optarg;                 break;
+		case 'x' : cmds = 1; inic = argv[optind]; break;
 		case '?' : usage();       break;
 		}
 	}
+	if (cmds > 0) {
+		int flag = 0;
+		for (int i = 0; i < CBUF_SIZ && flag > -1; i++) {
+			flag = read(STDIN_FILENO, &cbuf[i], 1);
+		}
+	}
 	if (!nick) {
 		fputs("Nick not specified\n", stderr);
 		usage();
@@ -961,11 +980,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	if (pass) {
 		raw("PASS %s\r\n", pass);
 	}
-	if (inic) {
-		raw("%s\r\n", inic);
+	if (cmds > 0) {
+		for (char *tok = strtok(cbuf, "\n"); tok; tok = strtok(NULL, "\n")) {
+			raw("%s\r\n", tok);
+		}
+		if (inic) {
+			raw("%s\r\n", inic);
+		}
 	}
 	struct pollfd fds[2];
-	fds[0].fd = STDIN_FILENO;
+	fds[0].fd = ttyinfd;
 	fds[1].fd = conn;
 	fds[0].events = POLLIN;
 	fds[1].events = POLLIN;
@@ -976,10 +1000,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	l.prompt = cdef;
 	stateReset(&l);
 	int rc, editReturnFlag = 0;
-	if (enableRawMode(STDIN_FILENO) == -1) {
+	if (enableRawMode(ttyinfd) == -1) {
 		return 1;
 	}
-	if (setIsu8_C(STDIN_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1) {
+	if (setIsu8_C(ttyinfd, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1) {
 		return 1;
 	}
 	for (;;) {