diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5226ac6..c484e9b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -993,8 +993,7 @@ name = "hostd"
 version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "ipc",
- "systemd-ipc",
+ "internal",
  "varlink",
 ]
 
@@ -1355,7 +1354,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "ipc"
+name = "internal"
 version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
@@ -3130,18 +3129,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "systemd-ipc"
-version = "0.2.0"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
- "serde_derive",
- "serde_json",
- "varlink",
- "varlink_generator",
- "walkdir",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "take_mut"
 version = "0.2.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 83c8e99..99e13c5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ members = [
   "hostd",
   "trace-request",
   "xtask",
-  "ipc",
-  "systemd-ipc",
+  "internal",
 ]
 default-members = [
   "agent",
diff --git a/hostd/Cargo.toml b/hostd/Cargo.toml
index 4a8dee3..464fa55 100644
--- a/hostd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hostd/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ edition.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 anyhow.workspace = true
 varlink = "11.0.1"
-ipc = { path = "../ipc" }
-systemd-ipc = { path = "../systemd-ipc" }
+internal = { path = "../internal" }
diff --git a/hostd/src/main.rs b/hostd/src/main.rs
index f5d0bea..fe1b597 100644
--- a/hostd/src/main.rs
+++ b/hostd/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
 
-use ipc::io_patagia_hostd;
-use systemd_ipc::addrs::SYSTEMD_HOSTNAME;
-use systemd_ipc::io_systemd_hostname::{self, VarlinkClientInterface};
+use internal::ipc::patagia::io_patagia_hostd;
+use internal::ipc::systemd::io_systemd_hostname::{self, VarlinkClientInterface};
+
+const LISTEN_ADDRESS: &str = "unix:/tmp/patagia/io.patagia.hostd";
+const SYSTEMD_ADDRESS: &str = "unix:/run/systemd/io.systemd.Hostname";
 
 struct PatagiaHostd;
 
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ impl io_patagia_hostd::VarlinkInterface for PatagiaHostd {
 
     fn describe(&self, call: &mut dyn io_patagia_hostd::Call_Describe) -> varlink::Result<()> {
         // Connect to systemd.Hostname
-        let conn = varlink::Connection::with_address(SYSTEMD_HOSTNAME).unwrap();
+        let conn = varlink::Connection::with_address(SYSTEMD_ADDRESS).unwrap();
         let mut sd = io_systemd_hostname::VarlinkClient::new(conn);
 
         let machine = io_patagia_hostd::Machine {
@@ -43,14 +45,20 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         vec![Box::new(hostd_iface)],
     );
 
-    let addr = format!("unix:{}/{}", env!("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"), "io.patagia.hostd");
+    let addr_path = std::path::Path::new(LISTEN_ADDRESS.strip_prefix("unix:").unwrap())
+        .parent()
+        .unwrap();
 
-    println!("Varlink Listening on {}", addr);
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(addr_path)?;
+
+    println!("Varlink Listening on {}", LISTEN_ADDRESS);
 
     varlink::listen(
         svc,
-        &addr,
+        LISTEN_ADDRESS,
         &varlink::ListenConfig {
+            // Listen forever (0 = forever)
+            idle_timeout: 0,
             ..Default::default()
         },
     )?;
diff --git a/ipc/.gitignore b/internal/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from ipc/.gitignore
rename to internal/.gitignore
diff --git a/ipc/Cargo.toml b/internal/Cargo.toml
similarity index 94%
rename from ipc/Cargo.toml
rename to internal/Cargo.toml
index b26a1f5..7a5bc4a 100644
--- a/ipc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/internal/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "ipc"
+name = "internal"
 version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/ipc/build.rs b/internal/build.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from ipc/build.rs
rename to internal/build.rs
diff --git a/internal/src/ipc/mod.rs b/internal/src/ipc/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bf455d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/src/ipc/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pub mod patagia;
+pub mod systemd;
diff --git a/ipc/src/io.patagia.hostd.varlink b/internal/src/ipc/patagia/io.patagia.hostd.varlink
similarity index 100%
rename from ipc/src/io.patagia.hostd.varlink
rename to internal/src/ipc/patagia/io.patagia.hostd.varlink
diff --git a/ipc/src/io_patagia_hostd.rs b/internal/src/ipc/patagia/io_patagia_hostd.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from ipc/src/io_patagia_hostd.rs
rename to internal/src/ipc/patagia/io_patagia_hostd.rs
diff --git a/ipc/src/lib.rs b/internal/src/ipc/patagia/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from ipc/src/lib.rs
rename to internal/src/ipc/patagia/mod.rs
diff --git a/systemd-ipc/src/io.systemd.hostname.varlink b/internal/src/ipc/systemd/io.systemd.hostname.varlink
similarity index 100%
rename from systemd-ipc/src/io.systemd.hostname.varlink
rename to internal/src/ipc/systemd/io.systemd.hostname.varlink
diff --git a/systemd-ipc/src/io_systemd_hostname.rs b/internal/src/ipc/systemd/io_systemd_hostname.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from systemd-ipc/src/io_systemd_hostname.rs
rename to internal/src/ipc/systemd/io_systemd_hostname.rs
diff --git a/systemd-ipc/src/lib.rs b/internal/src/ipc/systemd/mod.rs
similarity index 65%
rename from systemd-ipc/src/lib.rs
rename to internal/src/ipc/systemd/mod.rs
index 606c22e..e13378d 100644
--- a/systemd-ipc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/internal/src/ipc/systemd/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-pub mod addrs;
 pub mod io_systemd_hostname;
diff --git a/internal/src/lib.rs b/internal/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce14ad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod ipc;
diff --git a/systemd-ipc/.gitignore b/systemd-ipc/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ea8c4bf..0000000
--- a/systemd-ipc/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/target
diff --git a/systemd-ipc/Cargo.toml b/systemd-ipc/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4667cf5..0000000
--- a/systemd-ipc/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "systemd-ipc"
-version.workspace = true
-edition.workspace = true
-
-[dependencies]
-serde.workspace = true
-serde_derive = "1.0.217"
-serde_json = "1.0.135"
-varlink = "11.0.1"
-
-[build-dependencies]
-varlink_generator = "10.1.0"
-walkdir = "2.5.0"
-
-[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
-ignored = ["serde"]
diff --git a/systemd-ipc/build.rs b/systemd-ipc/build.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 89bc35a..0000000
--- a/systemd-ipc/build.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-extern crate varlink_generator;
-
-use walkdir::WalkDir;
-
-fn main() {
-    // walk dir to find varlink files
-    for entry in WalkDir::new("src").into_iter().filter_map(|e| e.ok()) {
-        if entry.file_name().to_str().unwrap().ends_with(".varlink") {
-            varlink_generator::cargo_build_tosource(&entry.path().display().to_string(), true);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/systemd-ipc/src/addrs.rs b/systemd-ipc/src/addrs.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index a05aca2..0000000
--- a/systemd-ipc/src/addrs.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#[allow(dead_code)]
-pub const SYSTEMD_HOSTNAME: &str = "unix:/run/systemd/io.systemd.Hostname";