diff --git a/rowbot b/rowbot
index 7070850..ac25dc1 100755
--- a/rowbot
+++ b/rowbot
@@ -117,9 +117,11 @@ fi
 ###
 
 cleanup() {
-  exec {in_sock}>&- {out_sock}>&- {log}>&-
+  if [[ -v $tls_pid || $tls = no ]]; then
+    exec {in_sock}>&- {out_sock}>&- {log}>&-
+  fi
 
-  if [[ $tls = yes ]]; then
+  if [[ -v $tls_pid ]]; then
     kill "$tls_pid"
     rm -rf "$sock_dir"
   fi
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ trap cleanup EXIT
 if [[ $reload = yes ]]; then
   debug "starting reload. pid is %d" "$$"
   in_sock=$IN_SOCK out_sock=$OUT_SOCK
+  trigger=$TRIGGER dev=$DEV level=$LOG_LEVEL
 
   if [[ $tls = yes ]]; then
     sock_dir=$SOCK_DIR
@@ -152,6 +155,11 @@ elif [[ $tls = yes ]]; then
   mkfifo "$sock_dir"/rb{in,out}
 
   if [[ -v client_cert ]]; then
+    if [[ ! -f $client_cert ]]; then
+      error "client certificate not found: %s" "$client_cert"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
     conn_args=OPENSSL:$server:$port,cert=$client_cert
   else
     conn_args=OPENSSL:$server:$port
@@ -480,7 +488,7 @@ hook_post_PRIVMSG_factoids() {
       privmsg "${params[0]}" "${facts[*]##*/}"
       ;;
     *)
-      local key=${params[1]:1}
+      local key=${params[1]:${#trigger}}
 
       if [[ -f $fact_root/${params[0]}/$key ]]; then
         privmsg "${params[0]}" "$from: $(<"$fact_root"/"${params[0]}"/"$key")"
@@ -513,8 +521,8 @@ hook_post_PRIVMSG_control_panel() {
       privmsg "$to" "joined ${words[1]}"
       ;;
     reload)
-      export IN_SOCK=$in_sock OUT_SOCK=$out_sock LOG_FD=$log
-      export RELOAD_TO=$to
+      export IN_SOCK=$in_sock OUT_SOCK=$out_sock LOG_FD=$log DEV=$dev
+      export RELOAD_TO=$to TRIGGER=$trigger LOG_LEVEL=$level
 
       if [[ $tls = yes ]]; then
         export SOCK_DIR=$sock_dir
@@ -541,11 +549,22 @@ hook_post_PRIVMSG_control_panel() {
         privmsg "$to" "developer status enabled"
       fi
       ;;
+    dev\?)
+      if [[ $dev = yes ]]; then
+        privmsg "$to" "developer status is enabled"
+      else
+        privmsg "$to" "developer status is disabled"
+      fi
+      ;;
     trigger)
       if (( ${#words[@]} > 1 )); then
         trigger=${words[1]}
         privmsg "$to" "trigger is now $trigger"
       fi
+      ;;
+    msg)
+      privmsg "${words[1]}" "${words[*]:2}"
+      privmsg "$to" "sent message to ${words[1]}"
     esac
   fi
 }