diff --git a/Apple/NetworkExtension/DataTypes.swift b/Apple/NetworkExtension/DataTypes.swift
index 6b3a070..f7ba572 100644
--- a/Apple/NetworkExtension/DataTypes.swift
+++ b/Apple/NetworkExtension/DataTypes.swift
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct BurrowStartRequest: Codable {
         let name: String?
         let no_pi: Bool
         let tun_excl: Bool
-        let seek_utun: Int?
+        let tun_retrieve: Bool
         let address: String?
     }
     struct StartOptions: Codable{
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ struct BurrowStartRequest: Codable {
     let Start: StartOptions
 }
 
-func start_req_fd(id: UInt, fd: Int) -> BurrowRequest<BurrowStartRequest> {
-    return BurrowRequest(id: id, command: BurrowStartRequest(Start: BurrowStartRequest.StartOptions(tun: BurrowStartRequest.TunOptions(name: nil, no_pi: false, tun_excl: false, seek_utun: fd, address: nil))))
+func start_req_fd(id: UInt) -> BurrowRequest<BurrowStartRequest> {
+    return BurrowRequest(id: id, command: BurrowStartRequest(Start: BurrowStartRequest.StartOptions(tun: BurrowStartRequest.TunOptions(name: nil, no_pi: false, tun_excl: false, tun_retrieve: true, address: nil))))
 }
 
 struct Response<T>: Decodable where T: Decodable {
diff --git a/Apple/NetworkExtension/PacketTunnelProvider.swift b/Apple/NetworkExtension/PacketTunnelProvider.swift
index e9c48dd..711f6de 100644
--- a/Apple/NetworkExtension/PacketTunnelProvider.swift
+++ b/Apple/NetworkExtension/PacketTunnelProvider.swift
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class PacketTunnelProvider: NEPacketTunnelProvider {
 
             //                let tunFd = self.packetFlow.value(forKeyPath: "socket.fileDescriptor") as! Int;
             //                self.logger.info("Found File Descriptor: \(tunFd)")
-            let start_command = start_req_fd(id: 1, fd: 0)
+            let start_command = start_req_fd(id: 1)
             guard let data = try await client?.request(start_command, type: Response<BurrowResult<String>>.self)
             else {
                 throw BurrowError.cantParseResult
diff --git a/burrow/src/daemon/instance.rs b/burrow/src/daemon/instance.rs
index 6a430c5..7866fb5 100644
--- a/burrow/src/daemon/instance.rs
+++ b/burrow/src/daemon/instance.rs
@@ -54,12 +54,7 @@ impl DaemonInstance {
                         warn!("Got start, but tun interface already up.");
                     }
                     RunState::Idle => {
-                        let raw = tun::TunInterface::retrieve().unwrap();
-                        debug!("TunInterface retrieved: {:?}", raw.name()?);
-
-                        let retrieved = TunInterface::new(raw)?;
-                        let tun_if = Arc::new(RwLock::new(retrieved));
-                        // let tun_if = Arc::new(RwLock::new(TunInterface::new(st.tun.open()?)?));
+                        let tun_if = Arc::new(RwLock::new(st.tun.open()?));
 
                         debug!("Setting tun_interface");
                         self.tun_interface = Some(tun_if.clone());
diff --git a/burrow/src/daemon/mod.rs b/burrow/src/daemon/mod.rs
index 4e91968..5066b26 100644
--- a/burrow/src/daemon/mod.rs
+++ b/burrow/src/daemon/mod.rs
@@ -53,9 +53,14 @@ pub async fn daemon_main() -> Result<()> {
     let private_key = parse_secret_key("GNqIAOCRxjl/cicZyvkvpTklgQuUmGUIEkH7IXF/sEE=")?;
     let public_key = parse_public_key("uy75leriJay0+oHLhRMpV+A5xAQ0hCJ+q7Ww81AOvT4=")?;
     let preshared_key = Some(parse_key("s7lx/mg+reVEMnGnqeyYOQkzD86n2+gYnx1M9ygi08k=")?);
-    let endpoint = "wg.burrow.rs:51820".to_socket_addrs()?.next()
+    tracing::debug!("beginning to find endpoint location");
+    let endpoint = "wg.burrow.rs:51820".to_socket_addrs()?
+        .filter(|sock| {sock.is_ipv4()})
+        .next()
         .ok_or(anyhow!("DNS Lookup Fails!"))?; // DNS lookup under macos fails, somehow
 
+    tracing::debug!("endpoint initialized: {:?}", endpoint.to_string());
+
     let iface = Interface::new(vec![Peer {
         endpoint,
         private_key,
diff --git a/tun/src/options.rs b/tun/src/options.rs
index 7c414dc..f5f6778 100644
--- a/tun/src/options.rs
+++ b/tun/src/options.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::io::Error;
 
 use fehler::throws;
 
-use super::TunInterface;
+use super::tokio::TunInterface;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
 #[cfg_attr(
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ pub struct TunOptions {
     pub no_pi: bool,
     /// (Linux) Avoid opening an existing persistant device.
     pub tun_excl: bool,
+    /// (Apple) Retrieve the tun interface
+    pub tun_retrieve: bool,
     /// (Linux) The IP address of the tun interface.
     pub address: Option<String>,
 }
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ impl TunOptions {
 
     #[throws]
     pub fn open(self) -> TunInterface {
-        TunInterface::new_with_options(self)?
+        let ti = super::TunInterface::new_with_options(self)?;
+        TunInterface::new(ti)?
     }
 }
diff --git a/tun/src/unix/apple/mod.rs b/tun/src/unix/apple/mod.rs
index ab08505..ba0dfd8 100644
--- a/tun/src/unix/apple/mod.rs
+++ b/tun/src/unix/apple/mod.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,14 @@ impl TunInterface {
     #[throws]
     #[instrument]
     pub fn new_with_options(options: TunOptions) -> TunInterface {
-        let ti = TunInterface::connect(0)?;
+        let ti = if options.tun_retrieve{
+            TunInterface::retrieve().ok_or(Error::new(
+                std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound,
+                "No tun interface found",
+            ))?
+        } else {
+            TunInterface::connect(0)?
+        };
         ti.configure(options)?;
         ti
     }