diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.ApiHawk/Interfaces/Api/IComm.cs b/BizHawk.Client.ApiHawk/Interfaces/Api/IComm.cs
index 9ef8a5e0c0..e3fe09b68a 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.ApiHawk/Interfaces/Api/IComm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.ApiHawk/Interfaces/Api/IComm.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 		#region MemoryMappedFiles
 		void MmfSetFilename(string filename);
-		string MmfSetFilename();
+		string MmfGetFilename();
 		int MmfScreenshot();
 		int MmfWrite(string mmf_filename, string outputString);
 		string MmfRead(string mmf_filename, int expectedSize);
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Api/Libraries/CommApi.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Api/Libraries/CommApi.cs
index 4c27854761..e66cd0304b 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Api/Libraries/CommApi.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Api/Libraries/CommApi.cs
@@ -48,14 +48,41 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		{
 			GlobalWin.socketServer.SetTimeout(timeout);
 		}
+
+		public void SocketServerSetIp(string ip)
+		{
+			GlobalWin.socketServer.Ip = ip;
+		}
+
+		public void SetSocketServerPort(int port)
+		{
+			GlobalWin.socketServer.Port = port;
+		}
+
+		public string SocketServerGetIp()
+		{
+			return GlobalWin.socketServer.Ip;
+		}
+
+		public int SocketServerGetPort()
+		{
+			return GlobalWin.socketServer.Port;
+		}
+
+		public string SocketServerGetInfo()
+		{
+			return GlobalWin.socketServer.GetInfo();
+		}
+
 		// All MemoryMappedFile related methods
 		public void MmfSetFilename(string filename)
 		{
-			GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles.SetFilename(filename);
+			GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles.Filename = filename;
 		}
-		public string MmfSetFilename()
+
+		public string MmfGetFilename()
 		{
-			return GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles.GetFilename();
+			return GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles.Filename;
 		}
 
 		public int MmfScreenshot()
@@ -67,10 +94,13 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		{
 			return GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles.WriteToFile(mmf_filename, Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(outputString));
 		}
+
 		public string MmfRead(string mmf_filename, int expectedSize)
 		{
 			return GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles.ReadFromFile(mmf_filename, expectedSize).ToString();
 		}
+
+
 		// All HTTP related methods
 		public string HttpTest()
 		{
@@ -103,19 +133,19 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		}
 		public void HttpSetPostUrl(string url)
 		{
-			GlobalWin.httpCommunication.SetPostUrl(url);
+			GlobalWin.httpCommunication.PostUrl = url;
 		}
 		public void HttpSetGetUrl(string url)
 		{
-			GlobalWin.httpCommunication.SetGetUrl(url);
+			GlobalWin.httpCommunication.GetUrl = url;
 		}
 		public string HttpGetPostUrl()
 		{
-			return GlobalWin.httpCommunication.GetPostUrl();
+			return GlobalWin.httpCommunication.PostUrl;
 		}
 		public string HttpGetGetUrl()
 		{
-			return GlobalWin.httpCommunication.GetGetUrl();
+			return GlobalWin.httpCommunication.GetUrl;
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/ArgParser.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/ArgParser.cs
index 5b903647bd..6d053c97aa 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/ArgParser.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/ArgParser.cs
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 {
-	class ArgParser
-		//parses command line arguments and adds the values to a class attribute
-		//default values are null for strings and false for boolean
-		//the last value will overwrite previously set values
-		//unrecognized parameters are simply ignored or in the worst case assumed to be a ROM name [cmdRom]
+	class ArgParser
+	//parses command line arguments and adds the values to a class attribute
+	//default values are null for strings and false for boolean
+	//the last value will overwrite previously set values
+	//unrecognized parameters are simply ignored or in the worst case assumed to be a ROM name [cmdRom]
 	{
 		public string cmdRom = null;
 		public string cmdLoadSlot = null;
@@ -21,13 +22,13 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		public string cmdDumpName = null;
 		public HashSet<int> _currAviWriterFrameList;
 		public int _autoDumpLength;
-		public bool _autoCloseOnDump = false;
-		// chrome is never shown, even in windowed mode
+		public bool _autoCloseOnDump = false;
+		// chrome is never shown, even in windowed mode
 		public bool _chromeless = false;
 		public bool startFullscreen = false;
 		public string luaScript = null;
 		public bool luaConsole = false;
-		public int socket_port = 9999;
+		public int socket_port = 0;
 		public string socket_ip = null;
 		public string mmf_filename = null;
 		public string URL_get = null;
@@ -35,15 +36,14 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		public bool? audiosync = null;
 
 		public void ParseArguments(string[] args)
-
 		{
 			for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
-			{
-				// For some reason sometimes visual studio will pass this to us on the commandline. it makes no sense.
+			{
+				// For some reason sometimes visual studio will pass this to us on the commandline. it makes no sense.
 				if (args[i] == ">")
 				{
 					i++;
-					var stdout = args[i];
+					var stdout = args[i];
 					Console.SetOut(new StreamWriter(stdout));
 					continue;
 				}
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 					foreach (string item in items)
 					{
 						_currAviWriterFrameList.Add(int.Parse(item));
-					}
-
-					// automatically set dump length to maximum frame
+					}
+
+					// automatically set dump length to maximum frame
 					_autoDumpLength = _currAviWriterFrameList.OrderBy(x => x).Last();
 				}
 				else if (arg.StartsWith("--dump-name="))
@@ -140,39 +140,55 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				{
 					cmdRom = args[i];
 				}
-			}
-			////initialize HTTP communication
+			}
+
+			//initialize HTTP communication
 			if (URL_get != null || URL_post != null)
 			{
+				GlobalWin.httpCommunication = new Communication.HttpCommunication();
 				if (URL_get != null)
 				{
-					GlobalWin.httpCommunication.initialized = true;
-					GlobalWin.httpCommunication.SetGetUrl(URL_get);
+					GlobalWin.httpCommunication.GetUrl = URL_get;
 				}
 				if (URL_post != null)
 				{
-					GlobalWin.httpCommunication.initialized = true;
-					GlobalWin.httpCommunication.SetPostUrl(URL_post);
+					GlobalWin.httpCommunication.PostUrl = URL_post;
 				}
-			}
-			//inititalize socket server
-			if (socket_ip != null && socket_port > -1)
-			{
-				GlobalWin.socketServer.initialized = true;
+			}
+
+			//inititalize socket server
+			if (socket_ip != null && socket_port > 0)
+			{
+				GlobalWin.socketServer = new Communication.SocketServer();
 				GlobalWin.socketServer.SetIp(socket_ip, socket_port);
 			}
-			else if (socket_ip != null)
+			else if (socket_ip == null ^ socket_port == 0)
 			{
-				GlobalWin.socketServer.initialized = true;
-				GlobalWin.socketServer.SetIp(socket_ip);
-			}
-			
-			//initialize mapped memory files
+				throw new ArgParserException("Socket server needs both --socket_ip and --socket_port. Socket server was not started");
+			}
+
+			//initialize mapped memory files
 			if (mmf_filename != null)
 			{
-				GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles.initialized = true;
-				GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles.SetFilename(mmf_filename);
+				GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles = new Communication.MemoryMappedFiles();
+				GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles.Filename = mmf_filename;
 			}
 		}
+
+		public static string GetCmdConfigFile(string[] args)
+		{
+			return args.FirstOrDefault(arg => arg.StartsWith("--config=", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))?.Substring(9);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class ArgParserException : Exception
+	{
+		public ArgParserException()
+		{
+		}
+
+		public ArgParserException(string message) : base(message)
+		{
+		}
 	}
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Communication.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Communication.cs
index ba61cd1671..ca6bd4b421 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Communication.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Communication.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ using BizHawk.Emulation.Common;
 using BizHawk.Client.Common;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Common.IEmulatorExtensions;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
-using System.IO;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 {
@@ -23,16 +22,14 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		public class HttpCommunication
 		{
 			private static HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
-			private string PostUrl = "http://localhost:9876/post/";
-			private string GetUrl = "http://localhost:9876/index";
-			public bool initialized = false;
+			public string PostUrl { get; set; } = null;
+			public string GetUrl { get; set; } = null;
 			private ScreenShot screenShot = new ScreenShot();
 			public int timeout = 0;
 			public int default_timeout = 500;
 			
 			public void SetTimeout(int _timeout)
 			{
-				//timeout = _timeout.TotalMilliseconds;
 				if (timeout == 0 && _timeout == 0)
 				{
 					timeout = default_timeout;
@@ -41,32 +38,15 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				{
 					client.Timeout = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, _timeout / 1000, _timeout % 1000);
 					timeout = _timeout;
-				}
-				
-			}
-			public void SetPostUrl(string url)
-			{
-				PostUrl = url;
-			}
-			public void SetGetUrl(string url)
-			{
-				GetUrl = url;
-			}
-
-			public string GetGetUrl()
-			{
-				return GetUrl;
-			}
-			public string GetPostUrl()
-			{
-				return PostUrl;
+				}	
 			}
 
 			public async Task<string> Get(string url)
 			{
 				client.DefaultRequestHeaders.ConnectionClose = false;
 				HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(url).ConfigureAwait(false);
-				if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode) {
+				if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+				{
 					return await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
 				}
 				else
@@ -82,11 +62,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				try
 				{
 					response = await client.PostAsync(url, content).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
 				}
 				catch (Exception e)
 				{
-					MessageBox.Show(e.ToString());
 					return e.ToString();
 					
 				}
@@ -161,19 +139,40 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				return Post(PostUrl, content).Result;
 			}
 		}
+
 		public class SocketServer
 		{
+			string ip = null;
+			public string Ip
+			{
+				get { return ip; }
+				set
+				{
+					ip = value;
+					ipAdd = System.Net.IPAddress.Parse(ip);
+					Connect();
+				}
+			}
 
-			public string ip = "192.168.178.21";
-			public int port = 9999;
-			public Decoder decoder = Encoding.UTF8.GetDecoder();
-			public Socket soc = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
-			public IPAddress ipAdd;
-			public IPEndPoint remoteEP;
-			public IVideoProvider currentVideoProvider = null;
+			int port = 0;
+			public int Port
+			{
+				get { return port; }
+				set
+				{
+					port = value;
+					Connect();
+				}
+			}
+
+			Decoder decoder = Encoding.UTF8.GetDecoder();
+			Socket soc = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
+			IPAddress ipAdd;
+			IPEndPoint remoteEP;
+			IVideoProvider currentVideoProvider = null;
 			public bool connected = false;
 			public bool initialized = false;
-			public int retries = 10;
+			public int Retries { get; set; } = 10;
 			public bool success = false; //indicates whether the last command was executed succesfully
 
 			public void Initialize(IVideoProvider _currentVideoProvider)
@@ -181,8 +180,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				currentVideoProvider = _currentVideoProvider;
 				SetIp(ip, port);
 				initialized = true;
-				
 			}
+
 			public void Connect()
 			{
 				if (!initialized)
@@ -194,42 +193,40 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				soc.Connect(remoteEP);
 				connected = true;
 				soc.ReceiveTimeout = 5;
-				
-			}
-			public void SetIp(string ip_)
-			{
-				ip = ip_;
-				ipAdd = System.Net.IPAddress.Parse(ip);
-				remoteEP = new IPEndPoint(ipAdd, port);
 			}
+
 			public void SetIp(string ip_, int port_)
 			{
 				ip = ip_;
 				port = port_;
 				ipAdd = System.Net.IPAddress.Parse(ip);
 				remoteEP = new IPEndPoint(ipAdd, port);
-				
 			}
+
+			public string GetInfo()
+			{
+				return $"{ip}:{port}";
+			}
+
 			public void SetTimeout(int timeout)
 			{
 				soc.ReceiveTimeout = timeout;
 			}
+
 			public void SocketConnected()
 			{
 				bool part1 = soc.Poll(1000, SelectMode.SelectRead);
 				bool part2 = (soc.Available == 0);
-				if (part1 && part2)
-					connected = false;
-				else
-					connected = true;
+				connected = !(part1 && part2);
 			}
+
 			public int SendString(string SendString)
 			{
-				
 				int sentBytes = SendBytes(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(SendString));
 				success = sentBytes > 0;
 				return sentBytes;
 			}
+
 			public int SendBytes(byte[] SendBytes)
 			{
 				int sentBytes = 0;
@@ -248,6 +245,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			{
 				return SendScreenshot(0);
 			}
+
 			public string SendScreenshot(int waitingTime)
 			{
 				if (!connected)
@@ -262,7 +260,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 						byte[] bmpBytes = screenShot.ImageToByte(img);
 						int sentBytes = 0;
 						int tries = 0;
-						while (sentBytes <= 0 && tries < retries)
+						while (sentBytes <= 0 && tries < Retries)
 						{
 							try
 							{
@@ -279,7 +277,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 								Connect();
 							}
 						}
-						success = (tries < retries);
+						success = (tries < Retries);
 					}
 				}
 				String resp = "";
@@ -294,7 +292,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				{
 					return resp;
 				}
-				resp = "";
+
 				resp = ReceiveMessage();
 				if (resp == "")
 				{
@@ -302,6 +300,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				}
 				return resp;
 			}
+
 			public string ReceiveMessage()
 			{
 				if (!connected)
@@ -318,14 +317,15 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 					{
 						receivedLength = soc.Receive(receivedBytes, receivedBytes.Length, 0);
 						resp += Encoding.ASCII.GetString(receivedBytes);
-					} catch
+					}
+					catch
 					{
 						receivedLength = 0;
 					}
 				}
-				
 				return resp;
 			}
+
 			public bool Successful()
 			{
 				return success;
@@ -334,29 +334,19 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		public class MemoryMappedFiles
 		{
-			public string filename_main = "BizhawkTemp_main";
+			public string Filename { get; set; } = "BizhawkTemp_main";
 			public Dictionary<string, MemoryMappedFile> mmf_files = new Dictionary<string, MemoryMappedFile>();
 			public int index = 0;
-			public bool initialized = false;
 			public int main_size = 10 ^ 5;
 			ScreenShot screenShot = new ScreenShot();
 
-			public void SetFilename(string filename)
-			{
-				filename_main = filename;
-			}
-			public string GetFilename()
-			{
-				return filename_main;
-			}
-
 			public int ScreenShotToFile()
 			{
 				ScreenShot screenShot = new ScreenShot();
 				var bb = screenShot.MakeScreenShotImage();
 				var img = bb.ToSysdrawingBitmap();
 				byte[] bmpBytes = screenShot.ImageToByte(img);
-				return WriteToFile(@filename_main, bmpBytes);
+				return WriteToFile(@Filename, bmpBytes);
 			}
 
 			public int WriteToFile(string filename, byte[] outputBytes)
@@ -384,7 +374,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 					}
 					catch (Exception)
 					{
-
 					}
 
 					mmf_file = MemoryMappedFile.CreateOrOpen(filename, outputBytes.Length);
@@ -417,6 +406,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		{
 			private IVideoProvider currentVideoProvider = null;
 			private ImageConverter converter = new ImageConverter();
+
 			public BitmapBuffer MakeScreenShotImage()
 			{
 				if (currentVideoProvider == null)
@@ -425,14 +415,17 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				}
 				return GlobalWin.DisplayManager.RenderVideoProvider(currentVideoProvider);
 			}
+
 			public byte[] ImageToByte(Image img)
 			{
 				return (byte[])converter.ConvertTo(img, typeof(byte[]));
 			}
+
 			public string ImageToString(Image img)
 			{
 				return Convert.ToBase64String(ImageToByte(img));
 			}
+
 			public string GetScreenShotAsString()
 			{
 				BitmapBuffer bb = MakeScreenShotImage();
@@ -440,6 +433,18 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				return Convert.ToBase64String(imgBytes);
 			}
 		}
+
+		class CommunicationSocketServerException : Exception
+		{
+			public CommunicationSocketServerException()
+			{
+			}
+
+			public CommunicationSocketServerException(string message) : base(message)
+			{
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
 
+
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/GlobalWin.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/GlobalWin.cs
index 06a2bbaab5..fa26cc5d71 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/GlobalWin.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/GlobalWin.cs
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		public static GLManager GLManager;
 
 		public static int ExitCode;
-		public static Communication.HttpCommunication httpCommunication = new Communication.HttpCommunication();
-		public static Communication.SocketServer socketServer = new Communication.SocketServer();
-		public static Communication.MemoryMappedFiles memoryMappedFiles = new Communication.MemoryMappedFiles();
+		public static Communication.HttpCommunication httpCommunication = null;
+		public static Communication.SocketServer socketServer = null;
+		public static Communication.MemoryMappedFiles memoryMappedFiles = null;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
index 7d67865723..6ec93e6d70 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
@@ -155,8 +155,15 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 						.ReadAllBytes();
 				}
 			};
-
-			argParser.ParseArguments(args);
+			try
+			{
+				argParser.ParseArguments(args);
+			}
+			catch (ArgParserException e)
+			{
+				MessageBox.Show(e.Message);
+			}
+			
 
 			Database.LoadDatabase(Path.Combine(PathManager.GetExeDirectoryAbsolute(), "gamedb", "gamedb.txt"));
 
@@ -1398,6 +1405,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		private int _lastOpenRomFilter;
 
 		private ArgParser argParser = new ArgParser();
+
 		// Resources
 		private Bitmap _statusBarDiskLightOnImage;
 		private Bitmap _statusBarDiskLightOffImage;
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Program.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Program.cs
index 2b0f14d079..4458f2ac75 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Program.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Program.cs
@@ -113,9 +113,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 			HawkFile.ArchiveHandlerFactory = new SevenZipSharpArchiveHandler();
 
-			var argParser = new ArgParser();
-			argParser.ParseArguments(args);
-			if (argParser.cmdConfigFile != null) PathManager.SetDefaultIniPath(argParser.cmdConfigFile);
+			string cmdConfigFile = ArgParser.GetCmdConfigFile(args);
+			if (cmdConfigFile != null) PathManager.SetDefaultIniPath(cmdConfigFile);
 
 			try
 			{
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Communication.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Communication.cs
index b1f5b4b389..4776698360 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Communication.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Communication.cs
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ using NLua;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Common;
 using BizHawk.Client.Common;
 using System.Text;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Net.Http;
-using System.Windows.Forms;
-
 
 namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 {
@@ -37,70 +33,146 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			{
 				list.AppendLine(function.ToString());
 			}
-
 			return list.ToString();
 		}
 
 		[LuaMethod("socketServerScreenShot", "sends a screenshot to the Socket server")]
 		public string SocketServerScreenShot()
 		{
-			return GlobalWin.socketServer.SendScreenshot();
+			CheckSocketServer();
+			return GlobalWin.socketServer?.SendScreenshot();
 		}
+
 		[LuaMethod("socketServerScreenShotResponse", "sends a screenshot to the Socket server and retrieves the response")]
 		public string SocketServerScreenShotResponse()
 		{
-			return GlobalWin.socketServer.SendScreenshot(1000).ToString();
+			CheckSocketServer();
+			return GlobalWin.socketServer?.SendScreenshot(1000).ToString();
 		}
 
 		[LuaMethod("socketServerSend", "sends a string to the Socket server")]
-		public string SocketServerSend(string SendString)
+		public int SocketServerSend(string SendString)
 		{
-			return $"Sent : {GlobalWin.socketServer.SendString(SendString)} bytes";
+			if (!CheckSocketServer())
+			{
+				return -1;
+			}
+			return GlobalWin.socketServer.SendString(SendString);
 		}
+
 		[LuaMethod("socketServerResponse", "receives a message from the Socket server")]
 		public string SocketServerResponse()
 		{
-			return GlobalWin.socketServer.ReceiveMessage();
+			CheckSocketServer();
+			return GlobalWin.socketServer?.ReceiveMessage();
 		}
 
 		[LuaMethod("socketServerSuccessful", "returns the status of the last Socket server action")]
 		public bool SocketServerSuccessful()
 		{
+			if (!CheckSocketServer())
+			{
+				return false;
+			}
 			return GlobalWin.socketServer.Successful();
 		}
+
 		[LuaMethod("socketServerSetTimeout", "sets the timeout in milliseconds for receiving messages")]
 		public void SocketServerSetTimeout(int timeout)
 		{
-			GlobalWin.socketServer.SetTimeout(timeout);
+			CheckSocketServer();
+			GlobalWin.socketServer?.SetTimeout(timeout);
 		}
+
+		[LuaMethod("socketServerSetIp", "sets the IP address of the Lua socket server")]
+		public void SocketServerSetIp(string ip)
+		{
+			CheckSocketServer();
+			GlobalWin.socketServer.Ip = ip;
+		}
+
+		[LuaMethod("socketServerSetPort", "sets the port of the Lua socket server")]
+		public void SocketServerSetPort(int port)
+		{
+			CheckSocketServer();
+			GlobalWin.socketServer.Port = port;
+		}
+
+		[LuaMethod("socketServerGetIp", "returns the IP address of the Lua socket server")]
+		public string SocketServerGetIp()
+		{
+			return GlobalWin.socketServer?.Ip;
+		}
+
+		[LuaMethod("socketServerGetPort", "returns the port of the Lua socket server")]
+		public int? SocketServerGetPort()
+		{
+			return GlobalWin.socketServer?.Port;
+		}
+
+		[LuaMethod("socketServerGetInfo", "returns the IP and port of the Lua socket server")]
+		public string SocketServerGetInfo()
+		{
+			if (!CheckSocketServer())
+			{
+				return "";
+			}
+			return GlobalWin.socketServer.GetInfo();
+		}
+
+		private bool CheckSocketServer()
+		{
+			if (GlobalWin.socketServer == null)
+			{
+				Log("Socket server was not initialized, please initialize it via the command line");
+				return false;
+			}
+			return true;
+		}
+
 		// All MemoryMappedFile related methods
 		[LuaMethod("mmfSetFilename", "Sets the filename for the screenshots")]
 		public void MmfSetFilename(string filename)
 		{
-			GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles.SetFilename(filename);
+			CheckMmf();
+			GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles.Filename = filename;
 		}
+
 		[LuaMethod("mmfGetFilename", "Gets the filename for the screenshots")]
-		public string MmfSetFilename()
+		public string MmfGetFilename()
 		{
-			return GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles.GetFilename();
+			CheckMmf();
+			return GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles?.Filename;
 		}
 
 		[LuaMethod("mmfScreenshot", "Saves screenshot to memory mapped file")]
 		public int MmfScreenshot()
 		{
+			CheckMmf();
 			return GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles.ScreenShotToFile();
 		}
 
 		[LuaMethod("mmfWrite", "Writes a string to a memory mapped file")]
 		public int MmfWrite(string mmf_filename, string outputString)
 		{
+			CheckMmf();
 			return GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles.WriteToFile(mmf_filename, Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(outputString));
 		}
 		[LuaMethod("mmfRead", "Reads a string from a memory mapped file")]
 		public string MmfRead(string mmf_filename, int expectedSize)
 		{
-			return GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles.ReadFromFile(mmf_filename, expectedSize).ToString();
+			CheckMmf();
+			return GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles?.ReadFromFile(mmf_filename, expectedSize).ToString();
 		}
+
+		private void CheckMmf()
+		{
+			if (GlobalWin.memoryMappedFiles == null)
+			{
+				Log("Memory mapped file was not initialized, please initialize it via the command line");
+			}
+		}
+
 		// All HTTP related methods
 		[LuaMethod("httpTest", "tests HTTP connections")]
 		public string HttpTest()
@@ -111,51 +183,76 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			list.AppendLine("done testing");
 			return list.ToString();
 		}
+
 		[LuaMethod("httpTestGet", "tests the HTTP GET connection")]
 		public string HttpTestGet()
 		{
-			return GlobalWin.httpCommunication.TestGet();
+			CheckHttp();
+			return GlobalWin.httpCommunication?.TestGet();
 		}
+
 		[LuaMethod("httpGet", "makes a HTTP GET request")]
 		public string HttpGet(string url)
 		{
-			return GlobalWin.httpCommunication.ExecGet(url);
+			CheckHttp();
+			return GlobalWin.httpCommunication?.ExecGet(url);
 		}
 
 		[LuaMethod("httpPost", "makes a HTTP POST request")]
 		public string HttpPost(string url, string payload)
 		{
-			return GlobalWin.httpCommunication.ExecPost(url, payload);
+			CheckHttp();
+			return GlobalWin.httpCommunication?.ExecPost(url, payload);
 		}
+
 		[LuaMethod("httpPostScreenshot", "HTTP POST screenshot")]
 		public string HttpPostScreenshot()
 		{
-			return GlobalWin.httpCommunication.SendScreenshot();
+			CheckHttp();
+			return GlobalWin.httpCommunication?.SendScreenshot();
 		}
+
 		[LuaMethod("httpSetTimeout", "Sets HTTP timeout in milliseconds")]
 		public void HttpSetTimeout(int timeout)
 		{
-			GlobalWin.httpCommunication.SetTimeout(timeout);
+			CheckHttp();
+			GlobalWin.httpCommunication?.SetTimeout(timeout);
 		}
+
 		[LuaMethod("httpSetPostUrl", "Sets HTTP POST URL")]
 		public void HttpSetPostUrl(string url)
 		{
-			GlobalWin.httpCommunication.SetPostUrl(url);
+			CheckHttp();
+			GlobalWin.httpCommunication.PostUrl = url;
 		}
+
 		[LuaMethod("httpSetGetUrl", "Sets HTTP GET URL")]
 		public void HttpSetGetUrl(string url)
 		{
-			GlobalWin.httpCommunication.SetGetUrl(url);
+			CheckHttp();
+			GlobalWin.httpCommunication.GetUrl = url;
 		}
+
 		[LuaMethod("httpGetPostUrl", "Gets HTTP POST URL")]
 		public string HttpGetPostUrl()
 		{
-			return GlobalWin.httpCommunication.GetPostUrl();
+			CheckHttp();
+			return GlobalWin.httpCommunication?.PostUrl;
 		}
+
 		[LuaMethod("httpGetGetUrl", "Gets HTTP GET URL")]
 		public string HttpGetGetUrl()
 		{
-			return GlobalWin.httpCommunication.GetGetUrl();
+			CheckHttp();
+			return GlobalWin.httpCommunication?.GetUrl;
+		}
+
+		private void CheckHttp()
+		{
+			if (GlobalWin.httpCommunication == null)
+			{
+				Log("HTTP was not initialized, please initialize it via the command line");
+			}
 		}
 	}
-}
+}
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