diff --git a/uxnrepl.py b/uxnrepl.py
index 3b36526..848a46f 100644
--- a/uxnrepl.py
+++ b/uxnrepl.py
@@ -7,17 +7,16 @@ from subprocess import run, TimeoutExpired
 from sys import argv, stdin, stdout
 from tempfile import mkdtemp, mkstemp
 
-server = "irc.libera.chat"
-nick = b"uxnbot"
-channel = b"#uxn"
-
 sandbox = None
 irc = None
 
 template = '''
 |0100
-    ( start ) %s ( end )
+    ;on-console #10 DEO2
 
+    ( start ) %s ( end ) BRK
+
+@on-console ( -> BRK )
     #05 DEI ,emit-wst/n STR
     ;wst print
 
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ def execute(s, sandbox=None, timeout=2.0):
     if res.returncode != 0:
         return res.stderr
     try:
-        res = run(['uxncli', tmp_rom], cwd=sandbox, capture_output=True, timeout=timeout)
+        res = run(['uxncli', tmp_rom, 'trigger'], cwd=sandbox, capture_output=True, timeout=timeout)
     except TimeoutExpired:
         return b'uxncli: timed out'
     return res.stdout
@@ -84,8 +83,6 @@ def repl():
         stdout.flush()
 
 ping_re = re.compile(br'PING (.+)$')
-chan_msg_re = re.compile(br':([^!]+)![^ ]+ PRIVMSG ([^ ]+) :' + nick + br': (.*)$')
-priv_msg_re = re.compile(br':([^!]+)![^ ]+ PRIVMSG ' + nick + br' :(.*)$')
 
 def send(msg, quiet=False):
     if not quiet:
@@ -106,7 +103,7 @@ def evaluate(msg):
     print('*** executing %r gave %r -> %r -> %r' % (msg, output, interesting, result))
     return result
 
-def ircbot():
+def ircbot(server, nick, channel):
     global sandbox, irc
     sandbox = mkdtemp(prefix='uxnrepl')
     irc = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM)
@@ -114,9 +111,11 @@ def ircbot():
     irc.connect((server, 6667))
     send(b"USER %s %s %s :bot for testing uxntal code" % (nick, nick, nick))
     send(b"NICK %s" % nick)
-    #send("PRIVMSG nickserv :iNOOPE\r\n")
     send(b"JOIN %s" % channel)
 
+    chan_msg_re = re.compile(br':([^!]+)![^ ]+ PRIVMSG ([^ ]+) :' + nick + br': (.*)$')
+    priv_msg_re = re.compile(br':([^!]+)![^ ]+ PRIVMSG ' + nick + br' :(.*)$')
+
     while True:
         text = recv()
 
@@ -145,9 +144,8 @@ def main():
     if argv[1:] == [] or argv[1:] == ["repl"]:
         repl()
     elif argv[1] == "bot" and len(argv) == 5:
-        # TODO: plug in server, nick, channel
         server, nick, channel = argv[2:]
-        ircbot()
+        ircbot(server, nick.encode('utf-8'), channel.encode('utf-8'))
     else:
         print("usage: %s [repl]" % argv[0])
         print("       %s bot <server> <nick> <channel>" % argv[0])