diff --git a/src/prelude.rs b/src/prelude.rs
index e83b23b..8d8f55f 100644
--- a/src/prelude.rs
+++ b/src/prelude.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ pub use crate::{
 		CliArgError,
 		recv_msg_from,
 	},
+	ip::get_ips,
 	message::{
 		self,
 		PACKET_SIZE,
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 45b9595..b614649 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,29 @@
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
-pub async fn server <I: Iterator <Item=String>> (mut args: I) -> Result <(), AppError> 
+struct Params {
+	common: app_common::Params,
+	bind_addr: Ipv4Addr,
+	nickname: String,
+	our_mac: Option <[u8; 6]>,
+}
+
+pub async fn server <I: Iterator <Item=String>> (args: I) -> Result <(), AppError> 
 {
-	let common_params = app_common::Params::default ();
-	let mut bind_addr = "0.0.0.0".to_string ();
+	let params = configure (args)?;
+	
+	let socket = UdpSocket::bind (SocketAddrV4::new (params.bind_addr, params.common.server_port)).await?;
+	
+	socket.join_multicast_v4 (params.common.multicast_addr, [0u8, 0, 0, 0].into ())?;
+	
+	serve_interface (&params, socket).await?;
+	
+	Ok (())
+}
+
+fn configure <I: Iterator <Item=String>> (mut args: I) -> Result <Params, AppError>
+{
+	let common = app_common::Params::default ();
+	let mut bind_addr = Ipv4Addr::UNSPECIFIED;
 	let mut nickname = String::new ();
 	
 	while let Some (arg) = args.next () {
@@ -11,7 +31,7 @@ pub async fn server <I: Iterator <Item=String>> (mut args: I) -> Result <(), App
 			"--bind-addr" => {
 				bind_addr = match args.next () {
 					None => return Err (CliArgError::MissingArgumentValue (arg).into ()),
-					Some (x) => x
+					Some (x) => Ipv4Addr::from_str (&x)?,
 				};
 			},
 			"--nickname" => {
@@ -29,14 +49,20 @@ pub async fn server <I: Iterator <Item=String>> (mut args: I) -> Result <(), App
 		println! ("Warning: Can't find our own MAC address. We won't be able to respond to MAC-specific lookaround requests");
 	}
 	
-	let socket = UdpSocket::bind (SocketAddrV4::new (Ipv4Addr::from_str (&bind_addr)?, common_params.server_port)).await?;
-	
-	socket.join_multicast_v4 (common_params.multicast_addr, [0u8, 0, 0, 0].into ())?;
-	
+	Ok (Params {
+		common,
+		bind_addr,
+		nickname,
+		our_mac,
+	})
+}
+
+async fn serve_interface (params: &Params, socket: UdpSocket) 
+-> Result <(), AppError>
+{
 	let mut recent_idem_ids = Vec::with_capacity (32);
 	
 	loop {
-		println! ("Waiting for messages...");
 		let (req_msgs, remote_addr) = match recv_msg_from (&socket).await {
 			Ok (x) => x,
 			Err (e) => {
@@ -59,17 +85,16 @@ pub async fn server <I: Iterator <Item=String>> (mut args: I) -> Result <(), App
 				idem_id,
 			} => {
 				if recent_idem_ids.contains (&idem_id) {
-					println! ("Ignoring request we already processed");
 					None
 				}
 				else {
 					recent_idem_ids.insert (0, idem_id);
 					recent_idem_ids.truncate (30);
 					Some (vec! [
-						Message::Response1 (our_mac),
+						Message::Response1 (params.our_mac),
 						Message::Response2 (message::Response2 {
 							idem_id,
-							nickname: nickname.clone (),
+							nickname: params.nickname.clone (),
 						}),
 					])
 				}