diff --git a/src/ControlSocket.py b/src/ControlSocket.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ead2624b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ControlSocket.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import os, socket
+from src import Socket
+
+class ControlSocket(object):
+    def __init__(self, bot):
+        self.bot = bot
+
+        location = bot.config["control-socket"]
+        if os.path.exists(location):
+            os.unlink(location)
+        self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self.socket.bind(location)
+        self.socket.listen()
+        self.connected = True
+
+    def fileno(self):
+        return self.socket.fileno()
+    def waiting_send(self):
+        return False
+    def _send(self):
+        pass
+    def read(self):
+        client, addr = self.socket.accept()
+        self.bot.add_socket(Socket.Socket(client, self.on_read))
+        return []
+    def parse_data(self, data):
+        command = data.split(" ", 1)[0].upper()
+        if command == "TRIGGER":
+            pass
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("unknown control socket command: '%s'" %
+                command)
+
+    def on_read(self, sock, data):
+        data = data.strip("\r\n")
+        print(data)
diff --git a/src/IRCBot.py b/src/IRCBot.py
index e12e4d9e..29c45b9b 100644
--- a/src/IRCBot.py
+++ b/src/IRCBot.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os, select, sys, threading, time, traceback, uuid
-from . import EventManager, Exports, IRCServer, Logging, ModuleManager
+from src import ControlSocket, EventManager, Exports, IRCServer, Logging
+from src import ModuleManager, utils
 
 class Bot(object):
     def __init__(self, directory, args, cache, config, database, events,
@@ -15,13 +16,16 @@ class Bot(object):
         self.modules = modules
         self.timers = timers
 
-        events.on("timer.reconnect").hook(self.reconnect)
         self.start_time = time.time()
         self.lock = threading.Lock()
-        self.servers = {}
         self.running = True
         self.poll = select.epoll()
 
+        self.servers = {}
+        self.other_sockets = {}
+        self.control_socket = ControlSocket.ControlSocket(self)
+        self.add_socket(self.control_socket)
+
     def add_server(self, server_id, connect=True):
         (_, alias, hostname, port, password, ipv4, tls, bindhost, nickname,
             username, realname) = self.database.servers.get(server_id)
@@ -36,6 +40,14 @@ class Bot(object):
             self.connect(new_server)
         return new_server
 
+    def add_socket(self, sock):
+        self.other_sockets[sock.fileno()] = sock
+        self.poll.register(sock.fileno(), select.EPOLLIN)
+
+    def remove_socket(self, sock):
+        del self.other_sockets[sock.fileno()]
+        self.poll.unregister(sock.fileno())
+
     def get_server(self, id):
         for server in self.servers.values():
             if server.id == id:
@@ -101,6 +113,7 @@ class Bot(object):
             pass
         del self.servers[server.fileno()]
 
+    @utils.hook("timer.reconnect")
     def reconnect(self, event):
         server = self.add_server(event["server_id"], False)
         if self.connect(server):
@@ -128,19 +141,30 @@ class Bot(object):
             self.cache.expire()
 
             for fd, event in events:
+                sock = None
+                irc = False
                 if fd in self.servers:
-                    server = self.servers[fd]
+                    sock = self.servers[fd]
+                    irc = True
+                elif fd in self.other_sockets:
+                    sock = self.other_sockets[fd]
+
+                if sock:
                     if event & select.EPOLLIN:
-                        lines = server.read()
-                        for line in lines:
-                            self.log.debug("%s (raw) | %s", [str(server), line])
-                            server.parse_line(line)
+                        data = sock.read()
+                        if data == None:
+                            sock.disconnect()
+                        for piece in data:
+                            if irc:
+                                self.log.debug("%s (raw) | %s",
+                                    [str(sock), data])
+                            sock.parse_data(piece)
                     elif event & select.EPOLLOUT:
-                        server._send()
-                        self.register_read(server)
+                        sock._send()
+                        self.register_read(sock)
                     elif event & select.EPULLHUP:
                         print("hangup")
-                        server.disconnect()
+                        sock.disconnect()
 
             for server in list(self.servers.values()):
                 if server.read_timed_out():
@@ -160,4 +184,11 @@ class Bot(object):
                         str(server), reconnect_delay))
                 elif server.waiting_send() and server.throttle_done():
                     self.register_both(server)
+
+            for sock in list(self.other_sockets.values()):
+                if not sock.connected:
+                    self.remove_socket(sock)
+                elif sock.waiting_send():
+                    self.register_both(sock)
+
             self.lock.release()
diff --git a/src/IRCServer.py b/src/IRCServer.py
index 35050ff3..c389efed 100644
--- a/src/IRCServer.py
+++ b/src/IRCServer.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class Server(IRCObject.Object):
         for user in channel.users:
             user.part_channel(channel)
         del self.channels[channel.name]
-    def parse_line(self, line):
+    def parse_data(self, line):
         if not line:
             return
         self.events.on("raw").call(server=self, line=line)
@@ -212,16 +212,22 @@ class Server(IRCObject.Object):
     def read(self):
         data = b""
         try:
-            data = self.read_buffer + self.socket.recv(4096)
+            data = self.socket.recv(4096)
         except (ConnectionResetError, socket.timeout):
             self.disconnect()
-            return []
+            return None
+        if not data:
+            self.disconnect()
+            return None
+        data = self.read_buffer+data
         self.read_buffer = b""
+
         data_lines = [line.strip(b"\r") for line in data.split(b"\n")]
         if data_lines[-1]:
             self.read_buffer = data_lines[-1]
         data_lines.pop(-1)
         decoded_lines = []
+
         for line in data_lines:
             try:
                 line = line.decode(self.get_setting(
@@ -233,8 +239,7 @@ class Server(IRCObject.Object):
                 except:
                     continue
             decoded_lines.append(line)
-        if not decoded_lines:
-            self.disconnect()
+
         self.last_read = time.monotonic()
         self.ping_sent = False
         return decoded_lines
diff --git a/src/Socket.py b/src/Socket.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f405b0a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Socket.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+
+
+class Socket(object):
+    def __init__(self, socket, on_read, encoding="utf8"):
+        self.socket = socket
+        self._on_read = on_read
+        self.encoding = encoding
+
+        self._write_buffer = b""
+        self._read_buffer = b""
+        self.delimiter = None
+        self.length = None
+        self.connected = True
+
+    def fileno(self):
+        return self.socket.fileno()
+
+    def disconnect(self):
+        self.connected = False
+
+    def _decode(self, s):
+        return s.decode(self.encoding) if self.encoding else s
+    def _encode(self, s):
+        return s.encode(self.encoding) if self.encoding else s
+
+    def read(self):
+        data = self.socket.recv(1024)
+        if not data:
+            return None
+
+        data = self._read_buffer+data
+        self._read_buffer = b""
+        if not self.delimiter == None:
+            data_split = data.split(delimiter)
+            if data_split[-1]:
+                self._read_buffer = data_split.pop(-1)
+            return [self._decode(data) for data in data_split]
+        return [data.decode(self.encoding)]
+
+    def parse_data(self, data):
+        self._on_read(self, data)
+
+    def send(self, data):
+        self._write_buffer += self._encode(data)
+
+    def _send(self):
+        self._write_buffer = self._write_buffer[self.socket.send(
+            self._write_buffer):]
+
+    def waiting_send(self):
+        return bool(len(self._write_buffer))