diff --git a/display/display.1 b/display/display.1
index 2bc4b8a8..2af391fc 100644
--- a/display/display.1
+++ b/display/display.1
@@ -25,6 +25,25 @@ script in the background.
 .Nm
 exits when Control + Alt + Delete is pressed.
 .Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width "12345678"
+.It Fl m Ar mouse
+Use
+.Pa mouse
+device instead of
+.Pa /dev/mouse .
+.It Fl t Ar tty
+Use
+.Pa tty
+device instead of
+.Pa /dev/tty .
+.It Fl s Ar socket
+Listen on
+.Pa socket
+instead of
+.Pa /var/run/display .
+.El
+.Pp
 The keyboard shortcuts are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width "Control + Alt + Delete"
 .It Alt + F4
@@ -93,7 +112,7 @@ Applications use
 to connect to
 .Nm
 or
-.Pa /run/display
+.Pa /var/run/display
 by default.
 .El
 .Sh FILES
@@ -101,7 +120,7 @@ by default.
 .It Pa ~/.displayrc , /etc/displayrc , /etc/default/displayrc
 .Xr displayrc 5
 script that spawns the user's preferred startup applications.
-.It Pa /run/display
+.It Pa /var/run/display
 .Xr unix 4
 socket where
 .Nm
diff --git a/display/display.c b/display/display.c
index 67923889..a18312e8 100644
--- a/display/display.c
+++ b/display/display.c
@@ -45,43 +45,23 @@ static void ready(void)
 	unsetenv("READYFD");
 }
 
-static void compact_arguments(int* argc, char*** argv)
-{
-	for ( int i = 0; i < *argc; i++ )
-	{
-		while ( i < *argc && !(*argv)[i] )
-		{
-			for ( int n = i; n < *argc; n++ )
-				(*argv)[n] = (*argv)[n+1];
-			(*argc)--;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
-	for ( int i = 1; i < argc; i++ )
-	{
-		const char* arg = argv[i];
-		if ( arg[0] != '-' || !arg[1] )
-			continue;
-		argv[i] = NULL;
-		if ( !strcmp(arg, "--") )
-			break;
-		if ( arg[1] != '-' )
-		{
-			char c;
-			while ( (c = *++arg) ) switch ( c )
-			{
-			default:
-				errx(1, "unknown option -- '%c'", c);
-			}
-		}
-		else
-			errx(1, "unknown option: %s", arg);
-	}
+	const char* mouse = "/dev/mouse";
+	const char* socket = "/var/run/display";
+	const char* tty = NULL;
 
-	compact_arguments(&argc, &argv);
+	int opt;
+	while ( (opt = getopt(argc, argv, "m:s:t")) != -1 )
+	{
+		switch ( opt )
+		{
+		case 'm': mouse = optarg; break;
+		case 's': socket = optarg; break;
+		case 't': tty = optarg; break;
+		default: return 1;
+		}
+	}
 
 	memcpy(arrow_buffer, arrow, sizeof(arrow));
 
@@ -95,7 +75,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	display_initialize(&display);
 
 	struct server server;
-	server_initialize(&server, &display);
+	server_initialize(&server, &display, tty, mouse, socket);
 
 	if ( setenv("DISPLAY_SOCKET", server.server_path, 1) < 0 )
 		err(1, "setenv");
diff --git a/display/server.c b/display/server.c
index d2b5db62..028f6eae 100644
--- a/display/server.c
+++ b/display/server.c
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ static int open_local_server_socket(const char* path, int flags)
 	return fd;
 }
 
-void server_initialize(struct server* server, struct display* display)
+void server_initialize(struct server* server, struct display* display,
+                       const char* tty, const char* mouse, const char* socket)
 {
 	memset(server, 0, sizeof(*server));
 
@@ -68,18 +69,19 @@ void server_initialize(struct server* server, struct display* display)
 	load_font();
 
 	server->tty_fd = 0;
-	if ( !isatty(server->tty_fd) )
+	if ( tty || !isatty(server->tty_fd) )
 	{
-		server->tty_fd = open("/dev/tty", O_RDONLY);
+		tty = tty ? tty : "/dev/tty";
+		server->tty_fd = open(tty, O_RDONLY);
 		if ( server->tty_fd < 0 )
-			err(1, "/dev/tty");
+			err(1, tty);
 	}
 
-	server->mouse_fd = open("/dev/mouse", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+	server->mouse_fd = open(mouse, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
 	if ( server->mouse_fd < 0 )
-		err(1, "%s", "/dev/mouse");
+		err(1, "%s", mouse);
 
-	server->server_path = "/run/display";
+	server->server_path = socket;
 	server->server_fd = open_local_server_socket(server->server_path,
 	                                             SOCK_NONBLOCK | SOCK_CLOEXEC);
 	if ( server->server_fd < 0 )
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ void server_initialize(struct server* server, struct display* display)
 
 	unsigned int termmode =
 		TERMMODE_KBKEY | TERMMODE_UNICODE | TERMMODE_NONBLOCK;
-	if ( settermmode(0, termmode) < 0 )
+	if ( settermmode(server->tty_fd, termmode) < 0 )
 		err(1, "settermmode");
 
 	server->pfds_count = server_pfds_count(server);
diff --git a/display/server.h b/display/server.h
index f03cbeef..a1973153 100644
--- a/display/server.h
+++ b/display/server.h
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ struct server
 	size_t pfds_count;
 };
 
-void server_initialize(struct server* server, struct display* display);
+void server_initialize(struct server* server, struct display* display,
+                       const char* tty, const char* mouse, const char* socket);
 bool server_accept(struct server* server);
 size_t server_pfds_count(const struct server* server);
 void server_poll(struct server* server);
diff --git a/libdisplay/libdisplay.c b/libdisplay/libdisplay.c
index 7bab3c26..076a684a 100644
--- a/libdisplay/libdisplay.c
+++ b/libdisplay/libdisplay.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ struct display_connection* display_connect_default(void)
 {
 	return display_connect(getenv("DISPLAY_SOCKET") ?
 	                       getenv("DISPLAY_SOCKET") :
-	                       "/run/display");
+	                       "/var/run/display");
 }
 
 void display_disconnect(struct display_connection* connection)