diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index a82ef8c..2a49813 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ app.on('ready', function ready () {
 
   // start sbot
   require('scuttlebot').init(config, function (err, sbot) {
-    // register protocols
+    // register sbot plugins
+    sbot.use(require('phoenix-api'))
+
+    // register electron protocols
     require('protocol').registerProtocol('blob', blobs.protocol)
 
     // open the web app
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ app.on('ready', function ready () {
       blobs,
       { width: 1000, height: 720 }
     )
-    mainWindow.openDevTools()
+    // mainWindow.openDevTools()
 
     // setup menu
     // Menu.setApplicationMenu(Menu.buildFromTemplate([{
diff --git a/app/lib/muxrpc-ipc.js b/app/lib/muxrpc-ipc.js
index c83ac23..682a025 100644
--- a/app/lib/muxrpc-ipc.js
+++ b/app/lib/muxrpc-ipc.js
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ module.exports = function (window, sbot, params) {
     if (e.sender == window.webContents)
       ipcPush.push(msg)
   })
-  pull(ipcPush, rpcStream, pull.drain(function (msg) {
-    window.webContents.send('muxrpc-ssb', msg)
-  }))
+  pull(ipcPush, rpcStream, pull.drain(
+    function (msg) { window.webContents.send('muxrpc-ssb', msg) },
+    function (err) { if (err) { console.error(err) } }
+  ))
 
   // setup helper messages
   ipc.on('fetch-config', function(e) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 07e167d..ec65b78 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "multiblob": "^1.4.3",
     "multicb": "^1.1.0",
     "muxrpc": "^5.0.1",
+    "phoenix-api": "~8.0.0",
     "pull-pushable": "^1.1.4",
     "pull-stream": "^2.27.0",
     "scuttlebot": "^4.2.3",