diff --git a/agent/agent.go b/agent/agent.go
index 65addc3..d4eae46 100644
--- a/agent/agent.go
+++ b/agent/agent.go
@@ -189,8 +189,6 @@ func (a *Agent) Join(addrs []string) (n int, err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return n, fmt.Errorf("Error joining: %v\n", err)
 	}
-	// TODO: when joining fails, we don't get an error here - serf & memberlist
-	// just print to stdout and serf.Join returns without issue.
 	return n, err
 }
 
diff --git a/agent/config.go b/agent/config.go
index 5df5aec..bedf9bd 100644
--- a/agent/config.go
+++ b/agent/config.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const DefaultBindPort int = 4443
-const DefaultClientPort int = 4443
+const DefaultClientPort int = 4444
 
 func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
diff --git a/ipaddr/ipaddr.go b/ipaddr/ipaddr.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..772604a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipaddr/ipaddr.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package ipaddr
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"net"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// resolveHost will take a single host string and convert it to a list of TCPAddrs
+// This will process any port in the input as well as looking up the hostname using
+// normal DNS resolution.
+func ParseIPPort(IPPort string) *net.TCPAddr {
+	var addr net.TCPAddr
+	ip, portStr, err := net.SplitHostPort(IPPort)
+	if err != nil {
+		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "missing port in address") {
+			ip = IPPort
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("error splitting ip+port '%s' into IP and port: %s\n", IPPort, err)
+			return &addr
+		}
+	} else {
+		addr.Port, err = strconv.Atoi(portStr)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Parsed port '%s' is not an integer: %s\n", portStr, err)
+			return &addr
+		}
+	}
+
+	addr.IP = net.ParseIP(ip)
+
+	return &addr
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 6dc6d58..7efc2dd 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"git.j3s.sh/cascade/agent"
+	"git.j3s.sh/cascade/ipaddr"
 	"git.j3s.sh/cascade/list"
 )
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ func run(command string, args []string) {
 
 func handleAgent() {
 	config := getAgentConfig()
+	fmt.Printf("%+v", config)
 	agent := agent.New(config)
 	if err := agent.Start(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
@@ -134,8 +136,11 @@ func getAgentConfig() *agent.Config {
 	config := agent.DefaultConfig()
 	// CASCADE_BIND=192.168.0.15:12345
 	if os.Getenv("CASCADE_BIND") != "" {
-		//TODO
-		//		config.BindAddr = os.Getenv("CASCADE_BIND")
+		addr := ipaddr.ParseIPPort(os.Getenv("CASCADE_BIND"))
+		config.BindAddr.IP = addr.IP
+		if addr.Port != 0 {
+			config.BindAddr.Port = addr.Port
+		}
 	}
 	// CASCADE_JOIN=127.0.0.1,127.0.0.5
 	if os.Getenv("CASCADE_JOIN") != "" {