diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ea01734..fd82081 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1852,7 +1852,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "rcgen",
  "rustls",
- "rustls-pemfile",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
@@ -2651,15 +2650,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustls-pemfile"
-version = "2.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dce314e5fee3f39953d46bb63bb8a46d40c2f8fb7cc5a3b6cab2bde9721d6e50"
-dependencies = [
- "rustls-pki-types",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-pki-types"
 version = "1.10.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f89e63d..8d3bb05 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ rustls = { version = "0.23.12", default-features = false, features = [
     "ring",
 ] }
 rcgen = "0.13.1"
-rustls-pemfile = "2.1.3"
 sha2 = "0.10.8"
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 74dba56..493b813 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ pub struct TomlClient {
 impl ConfigToml {
     pub fn new(path: &Path) -> Result<ConfigToml, ConfigError> {
         let config = fs::read_to_string(path)?;
-        log::info!("using config: \"{path:?}\"");
         Ok(toml::from_str::<_>(&config)?)
     }
 }
@@ -232,16 +231,29 @@ impl Default for Frontend {
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Config {
+    /// the path to the configuration file used
+    pub path: PathBuf,
+    /// public key fingerprints authorized for connection
     pub authorized_fingerprints: HashMap<String, String>,
+    /// optional input-capture backend override
     pub capture_backend: Option<CaptureBackend>,
+    /// optional input-emulation backend override
     pub emulation_backend: Option<EmulationBackend>,
+    /// the frontend to use
     pub frontend: Frontend,
+    /// the port to use (initially)
     pub port: u16,
+    /// list of clients
     pub clients: Vec<(TomlClient, Position)>,
+    /// whether or not to run as a daemon
     pub daemon: bool,
+    /// configured release bind
     pub release_bind: Vec<scancode::Linux>,
+    /// test capture instead of running the app
     pub test_capture: bool,
+    /// test emulation instead of running the app
     pub test_emulation: bool,
+    /// path to the tls certificate to use
     pub cert_path: PathBuf,
 }
 
@@ -357,6 +369,7 @@ impl Config {
         let test_emulation = args.test_emulation;
 
         Ok(Config {
+            path: config_path,
             authorized_fingerprints,
             capture_backend,
             emulation_backend,
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 37c7a92..85b9470 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use lan_mouse::{
     emulation_test,
     service::{Service, ServiceError},
 };
-use lan_mouse_ipc::IpcError;
+use lan_mouse_ipc::{IpcError, IpcListenerCreationError};
 use std::{
     future::Future,
     io,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ enum LanMouseError {
     Emulation(#[from] InputEmulationError),
 }
 
-pub fn main() {
+fn main() {
     // init logging
     let env = Env::default().filter_or("LAN_MOUSE_LOG_LEVEL", "info");
     env_logger::init_from_env(env);
@@ -46,16 +46,18 @@ pub fn main() {
 fn run() -> Result<(), LanMouseError> {
     // parse config file + cli args
     let config = Config::new()?;
-    log::debug!("{config:?}");
-    log::info!("release bind: {:?}", config.release_bind);
-
     if config.test_capture {
         run_async(capture_test::run(config))?;
     } else if config.test_emulation {
         run_async(emulation_test::run(config))?;
     } else if config.daemon {
         // if daemon is specified we run the service
-        run_async(run_service(config))?;
+        match run_async(run_service(config)) {
+            Err(LanMouseError::Service(ServiceError::IpcListen(
+                IpcListenerCreationError::AlreadyRunning,
+            ))) => log::info!("service already running!"),
+            r => r?,
+        }
     } else {
         //  otherwise start the service as a child process and
         //  run a frontend
@@ -100,9 +102,10 @@ fn start_service() -> Result<Child, io::Error> {
 }
 
 async fn run_service(config: Config) -> Result<(), ServiceError> {
+    log::info!("using config: {:?}", config.path);
     log::info!("Press {:?} to release the mouse", config.release_bind);
-    let mut server = Service::new(config).await?;
-    server.run().await?;
+    let mut service = Service::new(config).await?;
+    service.run().await?;
     log::info!("service exited!");
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/plugin.rs b/src/plugin.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index df581f9..0000000
--- a/src/plugin.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-use input_capture::CaptureEvent;
-
-struct PluginManager {
-    capture_hook: Vec<Box<dyn Fn(CaptureEvent)>>,
-    capture_transform: Vec<Box<dyn Fn(CaptureEvent) -> CaptureEvent>>,
-}