diff --git a/libr/core/cmd.c b/libr/core/cmd.c
index 973ea55dfa..1e7793da35 100644
--- a/libr/core/cmd.c
+++ b/libr/core/cmd.c
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ static const RCoreHelpMessage help_msg_equal = {
 	"!=!", "", "enable remote cmd mode",
 	"\nservers:", "", "",
 	// ".:", "9000", "start the tcp server (echo x|nc ::1 9090 or curl ::1:9090/cmd/x)",
+	"=l", "", "listen daemon",
+	"=L", "", "List daemon sessions",
 	"=t", "port", "start the tcp server (echo x|nc ::1 9090 or curl ::1:9090/cmd/x)",
 	"=r", "port", "start the rap server (o rap://9999)",
 	"=g", "[?]", "start the gdbserver",
@@ -1059,6 +1061,64 @@ static void cmd_tcp_server(RCore *core, const char *input) {
 	}
 }
 
+#define MINPORT 2000
+#define MAXPORT 3000
+
+static void session_listen(RCore *core) {
+	if (core->http_up) {
+		R_LOG_ERROR ("Daemon already running");
+		return;
+	}
+	int port = MINPORT + r_num_rand (MAXPORT - MINPORT);
+	r_strf_var (sport, 80, "%d", port);
+	r_config_set (core->config, "http.port", sport);
+	r_config_set_b (core->config, "http.sandbox", false);
+	int pid = r_sys_getpid ();
+	char *tmpdir = r_file_tmpdir ();
+	char *tmpdir_r2 = r_str_newf ("%s/r2", tmpdir);
+	r_sys_mkdir (tmpdir_r2);
+	char *fn = r_str_newf ("%s/%d.pid", tmpdir_r2, pid);
+	char *s = r_str_newf ("r2web://127.0.0.1:%d/cmd", port);
+	if (r_file_dump (fn, (const ut8*)s, strlen (s), false)) {
+		r_core_cmd0 (core, "=h&");
+	} else {
+		R_LOG_ERROR ("Cannot create socket file %s", s);
+	}
+	free (s);
+	free (tmpdir_r2);
+	free (tmpdir);
+	// set random port
+}
+
+static void session_list(RCore *core) {
+	char *tmpdir = r_file_tmpdir ();
+	char *tmpdir_r2 = r_str_newf ("%s/r2", tmpdir);
+	char *file;
+	RListIter *iter;
+	RList *files = r_sys_dir (tmpdir_r2);
+	r_list_foreach (files, iter, file) {
+		if (r_str_endswith (file, ".pid")) {
+			char *ffn = r_str_newf ("%s/%s", tmpdir_r2, file);
+			// TODO: curl to get filename or session name via "/cmd/k%20name"
+			char *data = r_file_slurp (ffn, NULL);
+			int fpid = atoi (file);
+			if (data) {
+#if R2__UNIX__ && !__wasi__
+				if (0 == kill (fpid, 0)) {
+					r_cons_printf ("r2 %s # pid %d\n", data, fpid);
+				} else {
+					r_file_rm (ffn);
+				}
+#else
+				r_cons_printf ("r2 %s # pid %d\n", data, fpid);
+#endif
+			}
+			free (ffn);
+		}
+	}
+	r_list_free (files);
+}
+
 static int cmd_rap(void *data, const char *input) {
 	RCore *core = (RCore *)data;
 	switch (*input) {
@@ -1074,6 +1134,16 @@ static int cmd_rap(void *data, const char *input) {
 	case 'R': // "=R"
 		cmd_remote (core, r_str_trim_head_ro (input + 1), true);
 		break;
+	case 'l': // "=l"
+		if (input[1] == ' ') {
+			// set session name here
+			r_core_cmdf (core, "k name=%s", r_str_trim_head_ro (input + 2));
+		}
+		session_listen (core);
+		break;
+	case 'L': // "=L"
+		session_list (core);
+		break;
 	case 'j': // "=j"
 		R_LOG_ERROR ("TODO: list connections in json");
 		break;
diff --git a/libr/core/rtr.c b/libr/core/rtr.c
index 3604f18300..3076c88e90 100644
--- a/libr/core/rtr.c
+++ b/libr/core/rtr.c
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ typedef struct {
 
 R_API void r_core_wait(RCore *core) {
 	r_cons_context ()->breaked = true;
+#if R2__UNIX__
+	if (core->http_up) {
+		r_core_rtr_http_stop (core);
+	}
+#endif
 	r_th_kill (httpthread, true);
 	r_th_kill (rapthread, true);
 	r_th_wait (httpthread);
@@ -176,18 +181,19 @@ beach:
 R_API int r_core_rtr_http_stop(RCore *u) {
 	RCore *core = (RCore*)u;
 	const int timeout = 1; // 1 second
-	const char *port;
-	RSocket* sock;
 
 #if R2__WINDOWS__
 	r_socket_http_server_set_breaked (&r_cons_context ()->breaked);
 #endif
+	core->http_up = false;
 	if (((size_t)u) > 0xff) {
-		port = listenport? listenport: r_config_get (
-			core->config, "http.port");
-		sock = r_socket_new (0);
-		(void)r_socket_connect (sock, "localhost",
-			port, R_SOCKET_PROTO_TCP, timeout);
+		const char *port = listenport? listenport: r_config_get (core->config, "http.port");
+		char *sport = r_str_startswith (port, "0x")
+			? r_str_newf ("%d", (int)r_num_get (NULL, port))
+			: strdup (port);
+		RSocket* sock = r_socket_new (0);
+		(void)r_socket_connect (sock, "127.0.0.1", sport, R_SOCKET_PROTO_TCP, timeout);
+		free (sport);
 		r_socket_free (sock);
 	}
 	r_socket_free (s);
diff --git a/libr/core/rtr_http.inc.c b/libr/core/rtr_http.inc.c
index cb43f9a308..8436822506 100644
--- a/libr/core/rtr_http.inc.c
+++ b/libr/core/rtr_http.inc.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static int r_core_rtr_http_run(RCore *core, int launch, int browse, const char *
 	}
 	s = r_socket_new (false);
 	{
-		if (host && *host) {
+		if (R_STR_ISNOTEMPTY (host)) {
 			if (!strcmp (host, "::1")) {
 				s->local = true;
 			} else if (!strcmp (host, "localhost")) {
@@ -138,9 +138,7 @@ static int r_core_rtr_http_run(RCore *core, int launch, int browse, const char *
 			R_LOG_ERROR ("No user list set for HTTP Authentication");
 			return 1;
 		}
-
 		pfile = r_file_slurp (httpauthfile, NULL);
-
 		if (pfile) {
 			so.authtokens = r_str_split_list (pfile, "\n", 0);
 		} else {
@@ -148,7 +146,6 @@ static int r_core_rtr_http_run(RCore *core, int launch, int browse, const char *
 			R_LOG_ERROR ("Empty list of HTTP users");
 			return 1;
 		}
-
 		so.timeout = r_config_get_i (core->config, "http.timeout");
 		so.accept_timeout = 1;
 	}
@@ -172,8 +169,9 @@ static int r_core_rtr_http_run(RCore *core, int launch, int browse, const char *
 		restoreSandbox = true;
 	}
 	eprintf ("Starting http server...\n");
-	eprintf ("open http://%s:%d/\n", host, atoi (port));
-	eprintf ("r2 -C http://%s:%d/cmd/\n", host, atoi (port));
+	eprintf ("open http://%s:%s/\n", host, port);
+	eprintf ("r2 -C http://%s:%s/cmd/\n", host, port);
+	eprintf ("r2 r2web://%s:%s/cmd/\n", host, port);
 	core->http_up = true;
 
 	ut64 newoff, origoff = core->offset;
@@ -192,7 +190,7 @@ static int r_core_rtr_http_run(RCore *core, int launch, int browse, const char *
 	core->block = newblk;
 // TODO: handle mutex lock/unlock here
 	r_cons_break_push ((RConsBreak)r_core_rtr_http_stop, core);
-	while (!r_cons_is_breaked ()) {
+	while (!r_cons_is_breaked () && core->http_up) {
 		/* restore environment */
 		core->config = origcfg;
 #if WEBCONFIG
@@ -200,7 +198,6 @@ static int r_core_rtr_http_run(RCore *core, int launch, int browse, const char *
 		r_config_set_i (origcfg, "scr.color", r_config_get_i (origcfg, "scr.color"));
 		r_config_set_b (origcfg, "scr.interactive", r_config_get_b (origcfg, "scr.interactive"));
 #endif
-		core->http_up = 0; // DAT IS NOT TRUE AT ALL.. but its the way to enable visual
 
 		newoff = core->offset;
 		newblk = core->block;
@@ -216,6 +213,10 @@ static int r_core_rtr_http_run(RCore *core, int launch, int browse, const char *
 
 		void *bed = r_cons_sleep_begin ();
 		rs = r_socket_http_accept (s, &so);
+		if (!core->http_up) {
+			eprintf ("^C\n");
+			break;
+		}
 		r_cons_sleep_end (bed);
 		if (!rs) {
 			bed = r_cons_sleep_begin ();
@@ -591,6 +592,7 @@ static RThreadFunctionRet r_core_rtr_http_thread(RThread *th) {
 	R_LOG_WARN ("Background webserver requires http.sandbox=false to run properly");
 	int ret = r_core_rtr_http_run (ht->core, ht->launch, ht->browse, ht->path);
 	R_FREE (ht->path);
+#if 0
 	if (ret) {
 		int p = r_config_get_i (ht->core->config, "http.port");
 		r_config_set_i (ht->core->config, "http.port",  p + 1);
@@ -598,6 +600,7 @@ static RThreadFunctionRet r_core_rtr_http_thread(RThread *th) {
 			return R_TH_STOP;
 		}
 	}
+#endif
 	return ret ? R_TH_REPEAT : R_TH_STOP;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/libr/socket/socket.c b/libr/socket/socket.c
index c30c25a815..dfc8195110 100644
--- a/libr/socket/socket.c
+++ b/libr/socket/socket.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ R_API bool r_socket_connect(RSocket *s, const char *host, const char *port, int
 		}
 		freeaddrinfo (res);
 		if (!rp) {
-			R_LOG_ERROR ("Could not resolve address '%s' or failed to connect", host);
+			// R_LOG_ERROR ("Could not resolve address '%s' or failed to connect", host);
 			return false;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/libr/util/sys.c b/libr/util/sys.c
index 71fdd6ead8..3c34baf7dd 100644
--- a/libr/util/sys.c
+++ b/libr/util/sys.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ R_API int r_sys_cmd_str_full(const char *cmd, const char *input, int ilen, char
 		}
 		close (sh_err[1]);
 		close (sh_in[0]);
-		if (!inputptr || !*inputptr) {
+		if (R_STR_ISEMPTY (inputptr)) {
 			close (sh_in[1]);
 		}
 		// we should handle broken pipes somehow better