diff --git a/src/devices/console.c b/src/devices/console.c
index dfc19f6..ee9d65e 100644
--- a/src/devices/console.c
+++ b/src/devices/console.c
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ handle_sigchld(int sig)
 		UxnSubprocess *child = find_child_by_pid(pid);
 		if (child != NULL) {
 			child->running = WEXITSTATUS(wstatus) - 256;
-			if(CONSOLE_DEBUG)
-				fprintf(stderr, "handle_sigchld: %d -> child %d (%d) -> %d\n", sig, child->id, pid, child->running);
 			if(child_ptys(child->mode))
 				close(child->pty);
 			else {
@@ -75,8 +73,6 @@ handle_sigchld(int sig)
 			return;
 		}
 	}
-	if(CONSOLE_DEBUG)
-		fprintf(stderr, "handle_sigchld: no child found", sig);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -105,7 +101,6 @@ start_fork_pty(UxnSubprocess *child, int mode)
 static void
 start_fork_pipe(UxnSubprocess *child, int mode)
 {
-	//printf("start_fork_pipe(..., %d)\n", mode);
 	if(child_reads(mode)) {
 		/* parent writes to child's stdin */
 		if(pipe(to_child_fd) == -1) {
@@ -147,19 +142,9 @@ start_fork_pipe(UxnSubprocess *child, int mode)
 			child->fd_in  = child_reads(mode)  ? to_child_fd[1]   : -1;
 			child->fd_out = child_writes(mode) ? from_child_fd[0] : -1;
 		} while (child->pid != pid);
-		//printf("child %d: pid=%d mode=%d running=%d in=%d out=%d\n", child->id, child->pid, child->mode, child->running, child->fd_in, child->fd_out);
-		if(CONSOLE_DEBUG)
-			fprintf(stderr, "child has pid %d\n", child->pid);
 		if(child_reads(mode))  close(to_child_fd[0]);
 		if(child_writes(mode)) close(from_child_fd[1]);
 	}
-
-	/* /\* TODO *\/ */
-	/* for(int n = 0; n < CONSOLE_MAX_CHILDREN; n++) { */
-	/* 	UxnSubprocess *child = &children[n]; */
-	/* 	printf("child: %d/%d (%d, %d)\n", n, child->id, child->fd_out, child->pid); */
-	/* } */
-
 }
 
 static void
@@ -174,8 +159,6 @@ proc_put(Uxn *u, Uint8 *d)
 {
 	Uint8 c = d[0xa];
 	int n = d[0xe] & 0x3;
-	if (CONSOLE_DEBUG)
-		fprintf(stderr, " fd %d: write %02x\n", children[n].fd_in, c);
 	write(children[n].fd_in, &c, 1);
 	fdatasync(children[n].fd_in);
 }
@@ -190,13 +173,8 @@ host_execute(Uxn *u, Uint8 *d)
 	UxnSubprocess *child = &children[opts & 0x3];
 
 	fork_args[2] = cmd;
-	if(CONSOLE_DEBUG)
-		fprintf(stderr, "running execute: %s (#%02x)\n", cmd, opts);
-	if(child->pid) {
-		if(CONSOLE_DEBUG)
-			fprintf(stderr, "  killing previous child: %d\n", child->pid);
+	if(child->pid)
 		kill(child->pid, 9);
-	}
 
 	if(opts >= 0x80)
 		start_fork_pty(child, mode);
@@ -208,8 +186,8 @@ static void
 host_response(Uxn *u, char *s)
 {
 	for(int i = 0;; i++)
-		console_input(u, 0x5, s[i], CONSOLE_HOST);
-	console_input(u, 0x5, '\0', CONSOLE_HOST_END);
+		console_input(u, s[i], CONSOLE_HOST);
+	console_input(u, '\0', CONSOLE_HOST_END);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -291,20 +269,17 @@ console_monitor(Uxn *u)
 	fflush(stdout);
 	for(int n = 0; n < CONSOLE_MAX_CHILDREN; n++) {
 		UxnSubprocess *child = &children[n];
-		/* printf("child: %d/%d (%d, %d)\n", n, child->id, child->fd_out, child->pid); */
 		if(child->running < 0) {
-			/* printf("child ready for clean up: %d\n", n); */
-			/* fflush(stdout); */
 			Uint8 status = child->running + 256;
 			child->running = 0;
-			console_input(u, 0x4, status, CONSOLE_CHILD_EXIT | n);
+			console_input(u, status, CONSOLE_CHILD_EXIT | n);
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 // TODO ignore port
 int
-console_input(Uxn *u, int port, char c, int type)
+console_input(Uxn *u, char c, int type)
 {
 	Uint8 *d = &u->dev[0x10];
 	d[0x2] = c;
@@ -317,8 +292,8 @@ console_listen(Uxn *u, int i, int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	for(; i < argc; i++) {
 		char *p = argv[i];
-		while(*p) console_input(u, 0x2, *p++, CONSOLE_ARG);
-		console_input(u, 0x2, '\n', i == argc - 1 ? CONSOLE_ARG_END : CONSOLE_ARG_SPACER);
+		while(*p) console_input(u, *p++, CONSOLE_ARG);
+		console_input(u, '\n', i == argc - 1 ? CONSOLE_ARG_END : CONSOLE_ARG_SPACER);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/devices/console.h b/src/devices/console.h
index 9e0ed5f..78fde89 100644
--- a/src/devices/console.h
+++ b/src/devices/console.h
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE.
 
 #define CONSOLE_VERSION 1
 
-#define CONSOLE_DEBUG 0
-
 #define CONSOLE_NONE       0x00
 #define CONSOLE_STDIN      0x01
 #define CONSOLE_ARG        0x02
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ typedef struct UxnSubprocess {
 void init_console(void);
 UxnSubprocess *get_child(int n);
 void console_monitor(Uxn *u);
-int console_input(Uxn *u, int port, char c, int type);
+int console_input(Uxn *u, char c, int type);
 void console_listen(Uxn *u, int i, int argc, char **argv);
 Uint8 console_dei(Uxn *u, Uint8 addr);
 void console_deo(Uxn *u, Uint8 *d, Uint8 port);
diff --git a/src/uxn11.c b/src/uxn11.c
index f9630b4..e48e7d3 100644
--- a/src/uxn11.c
+++ b/src/uxn11.c
@@ -152,16 +152,16 @@ toggle_scale(Uxn *u)
 
 /* returns true if the fd ended (has been closed), false otherwise */
 static int
-handle_input(Uxn *u, struct pollfd pollfd, int port, char *coninp, int argdata, int argend)
+handle_input(Uxn *u, struct pollfd pollfd, char *coninp, int argdata, int argend)
 {
 	if((pollfd.revents & POLLIN) != 0) {
 		int n = read(pollfd.fd, coninp, CONINBUFSIZE - 1);
 		coninp[n] = 0;
 		if(n == 0)
-			console_input(u, port, 0, argend);
+			console_input(u, 0, argend);
 		else
 			for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
-				console_input(u, port, coninp[i], argdata);
+				console_input(u, coninp[i], argdata);
 		return n == 0;
 	} else
 		return 0;
@@ -294,11 +294,11 @@ emu_run(Uxn *u, char *rom)
 		}
 
 		/* read input from stdin */
-		handle_input(u, fds[2], 0x2, coninp, CONSOLE_STDIN, CONSOLE_STDIN_END);
+		handle_input(u, fds[2], coninp, CONSOLE_STDIN, CONSOLE_STDIN_END);
 
 		/* read input from child processes */
 		for(i = 0; i < 4; i++)
-			handle_input(u, fds[i + 3], 0x4, coninp, CONSOLE_CHILD_DATA | i, CONSOLE_CHILD_END | i);
+			handle_input(u, fds[i + 3], coninp, CONSOLE_CHILD_DATA | i, CONSOLE_CHILD_END | i);
 
 		/* check to see if any children exited */
 		console_monitor(u);
diff --git a/src/uxncli.c b/src/uxncli.c
index d635138..4240ce6 100644
--- a/src/uxncli.c
+++ b/src/uxncli.c
@@ -50,17 +50,11 @@ handle_input(Uxn *u, int fd, int port, int argdata, int argend)
 {
 	char buf[32];
 	int n = read(fd, &buf, 32);
-	if(n == 0) {
-		if(CONSOLE_DEBUG)
-			fprintf(stderr, " fd %d: closed\n", fd);
-		console_input(u, port, 0x00, argend);
-	} else {
-		for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-			if(CONSOLE_DEBUG)
-				fprintf(stderr, " fd %d: read %02x\n", fd, buf[i]);
-			console_input(u, port, buf[i], argdata);
-		}
-	}
+	if(n == 0)
+		console_input(u, 0x00, argend);
+	else
+		for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
+			console_input(u, buf[i], argdata);
 }
 
 static int