diff --git a/web/src/configuration.rs b/web/src/configuration.rs
index 721e4fe..85f4855 100644
--- a/web/src/configuration.rs
+++ b/web/src/configuration.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
-use std::net::IpAddr;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use pronouns_today::PronounList;
 use pronouns_today::UserPreferences;
@@ -64,13 +62,10 @@ pub struct Run {
 	/// options will be filled in using sane defaults
 	pub no_read_cfg: bool,
 
-	#[argh(option, short = 'p')]
-	/// the port to listen on
-	pub port: Option<u16>,
-
 	#[argh(option)]
-	/// the address to bind to
-	pub address: Option<IpAddr>,
+	/// the address to bind to.  can be an ip address and a port, like 0.0.0.0:1312, or a
+	/// unix socket like /run/programming.sock.  defaults to 0.0.0.0:1312
+	pub bind: Option<String>,
 
 	#[argh(option)]
 	/// default pronoun probabilites (formatted as a prefstring, like the ones in the
@@ -134,8 +129,9 @@ pub struct Conf {
 	/// The port for the server to bind to.  Defaults to 1312
 	pub port: u16,
 
-	/// The address to bind to.  Defaults to 0.0.0.0
-	pub address: IpAddr,
+	/// The address to bind to.  Can be an ip address and a port, like 0.0.0.0:1312, or a
+	/// unix socket like /run/programming.sock.  Defaults to 0.0.0.0:1312
+	pub bind: String,
 
 	/// The base url the server will be running under, with no trailing slash
 	pub base_url: String,
@@ -143,8 +139,7 @@ pub struct Conf {
 
 impl Conf {
 	fn update_with(mut self, args: Run) -> Conf {
-		self.port = args.port.unwrap_or(self.port);
-		self.address = args.address.unwrap_or(self.address);
+		self.bind = args.bind.unwrap_or(self.bind);
 		self.instance_settings.pronoun_list = args.pronouns.map(Into::into).unwrap_or(self.instance_settings.pronoun_list);
 		self.base_url = args.base_url.unwrap_or(self.base_url);
 		self
@@ -156,7 +151,7 @@ impl Default for Conf {
         Conf {
             instance_settings: InstanceSettings::default(),
             port: 1312,
-			address: IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0)),
+			bind: "0.0.0.0:1312".into(),
 			base_url: "https://pronouns.today".into(),
         }
     }
diff --git a/web/src/main.rs b/web/src/main.rs
index 305d506..39259c8 100644
--- a/web/src/main.rs
+++ b/web/src/main.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pub mod statics;
 pub mod configuration;
 mod write_vectored_all;
 
+use async_net::unix::UnixListener;
 use crate::configuration::Conf;
 use std::io::IoSlice;
 use crate::statics::StaticAsset;
@@ -80,24 +81,44 @@ fn main() {
 /// requests is delegated to the [`handle_request()`], which is the actual task that is
 /// spawned into the Executor.
 async fn start_server(config: configuration::Conf, executor: &LocalExecutor<'_>) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    // Where we binding bois
-    let socket_addr = SocketAddr::new(config.address, config.port);
-
-	println!("Starting pronouns-today-web on {}", &socket_addr);
-
-	let connection = TcpListener::bind(socket_addr).await?;
-	let mut incoming = connection.incoming();
 
 	// Make the configuration immortal
 	let config = Box::leak(Box::new(config));
 
-	while let Some(stream) = incoming.next().await {
-		match stream {
-			Ok(stream) => {
-				executor.spawn(handle_request(stream, config)).detach();
-			},
-			Err(e) => {
-				log::error!("IO Error with client/server connection:  {}", e);
+    // Where we binding bois
+    if let Ok(socket_addr) = config.bind.parse() as Result<SocketAddr, _> {
+
+		println!("Starting pronouns-today-web on {}", &socket_addr);
+
+		let connection = TcpListener::bind(socket_addr).await?;
+		let mut incoming = connection.incoming();
+
+		while let Some(stream) = incoming.next().await {
+			match stream {
+				Ok(stream) => {
+					executor.spawn(handle_request(stream, config)).detach();
+				},
+				Err(e) => {
+					log::error!("IO Error with client/server connection:  {}", e);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+	} else {
+		let bind = config.bind.trim_start_matches("unix:");
+		let listener = UnixListener::bind(bind)?;
+
+		println!("Listening for connections on unix:{}", bind);
+
+		let mut incoming = listener.incoming();
+		while let Some(stream) = incoming.next().await {
+			match stream {
+				Ok(stream) => {
+					executor.spawn(handle_request(stream, config)).detach();
+				},
+				Err(e) => {
+					log::error!("IO Error with client/server connection:  {}", e);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}