diff --git a/examples/example_a2c.py b/examples/example_a2c.py
index 4574207..6f06de7 100644
--- a/examples/example_a2c.py
+++ b/examples/example_a2c.py
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class FrameStack(gym.Wrapper):
 
 NUMBER_ENVIRONMENTS = 32
 pool = ThreadPool(NUMBER_ENVIRONMENTS)
-envs = [Environment("127.0.0.1", i) for i in range(5000, 5000 + NUMBER_ENVIRONMENTS)]
+envs = [Environment("ipc", "/tmp/zerogym", i) for i in range(5000, 5000 + NUMBER_ENVIRONMENTS)]
 envs = [FrameStack(FireResetEnv(env), 4) for env in envs]
 # env.seed(SEED)
 state_size = [1, 4, 80, 70]
diff --git a/gymclient.py b/gymclient.py
index bdac868..fe15579 100644
--- a/gymclient.py
+++ b/gymclient.py
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ import numpy
 
 # [TODO] Error handling for if server is down
 class Environment:
-    def __init__(self, address, port):
+    def __init__(self, proto, address, port):
         self.context = zmq.Context()
         self.socket = self.context.socket(zmq.REQ)
-        self.socket.connect("tcp://%s:%s" % (address, port))
+        if proto != "tcp" and proto != "ipc":
+            raise ValueError("proto must be tcp or ipc")
+        self.socket.connect("%s://%s:%s" % (proto, address, port))
         self.address = address
         self.port = port
         self.observation_space, self.action_space, self.reward_range, self.metadata, self.action_meanings = self.get_initial_metadata()    
diff --git a/gymserver.py b/gymserver.py
index c689f2f..55c6a9a 100644
--- a/gymserver.py
+++ b/gymserver.py
@@ -129,15 +129,25 @@ def respond(msg, env, socket):
 #
 
 # [TODO] Make sure port is an int
-if len(sys.argv) != 2:
-    print("Usage: gymserver_zero.py <port>", file=sys.stderr)
+if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+    print("Usage: gymserver_zero.py <proto> <port>", file=sys.stderr)
+    print("Where proto equals tcp or ipc", file=sys.stderr)
     sys.exit(1)
 
 env = PongEnv()
-port = int(sys.argv[1])
+port = int(sys.argv[2])
 context = zmq.Context()
 socket = context.socket(zmq.REP)
-socket.bind("tcp://*:%s" % port)
+
+proto = sys.argv[1]
+if proto == "tcp":
+    socket.bind("tcp://*:%s" % port)
+elif proto == "ipc":
+    socket.bind("ipc:///tmp/zerogym:%s" % port)
+else:
+    print("proto not recognized", file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
 while True:
     msg = socket.recv_json()
     respond(msg, env, socket)
diff --git a/start_servers.sh b/start_servers.sh
index 5a80db8..1422157 100755
--- a/start_servers.sh
+++ b/start_servers.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 export FLASK_APP=gymserver.py
 for i in {0..31}
 do
-	python gymserver.py $((5000 + i)) &
+	python gymserver.py $1 $((5000 + i)) &
 done