diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/browser/client.ts b/packages/protocol/src/browser/client.ts
index d4e58ad92..0b430904d 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/browser/client.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/browser/client.ts
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ export class Client {
 		clientMsg.setNewSession(newSess);
 		this.connection.send(clientMsg.serializeBinary());
 
-		const serverProc = new ServerProcess(this.connection, id, options ? options.tty !== undefined : false);
+		const serverProc = new ServerProcess(this.connection, id, options ? options.tty !== undefined : false, isBootstrapFork);
 		serverProc.stdin.on("close", () => {
 			const c = new CloseSessionInputMessage();
 			c.setId(id);
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/browser/command.ts b/packages/protocol/src/browser/command.ts
index ba094d9fa..7f68e622f 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/browser/command.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/browser/command.ts
@@ -38,14 +38,16 @@ export class ServerProcess extends events.EventEmitter implements ChildProcess {
 	public readonly stdin = new stream.Writable();
 	public readonly stdout = new stream.Readable({ read: (): boolean => true });
 	public readonly stderr = new stream.Readable({ read: (): boolean => true });
-	public pid: number | undefined;
 
+	private _pid: number | undefined;
 	private _killed: boolean = false;
+	private _connected: boolean = false;
 
 	public constructor(
 		private readonly connection: ReadWriteConnection,
 		private readonly id: number,
 		private readonly hasTty: boolean = false,
+		private readonly ipc: boolean = false,
 	) {
 		super();
 		if (!this.hasTty) {
@@ -53,6 +55,19 @@ export class ServerProcess extends events.EventEmitter implements ChildProcess {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public get pid(): number | undefined {
+		return this._pid;
+	}
+
+	public set pid(pid: number | undefined) {
+		this._pid = pid;
+		this._connected = true;
+	}
+
+	public get connected(): boolean {
+		return this._connected;
+	}
+
 	public get killed(): boolean {
 		return this._killed;
 	}
@@ -68,9 +83,10 @@ export class ServerProcess extends events.EventEmitter implements ChildProcess {
 		this.connection.send(client.serializeBinary());
 
 		this._killed = true;
+		this._connected = false;
 	}
 
-	public send(message: string | Uint8Array | any, ipc: boolean = false): void {
+	public send(message: string | Uint8Array | any, ipc: boolean = this.ipc): void {
 		const send = new WriteToSessionMessage();
 		send.setId(this.id);
 		send.setSource(ipc ? WriteToSessionMessage.Source.IPC : WriteToSessionMessage.Source.STDIN);
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/browser/modules/child_process.ts b/packages/protocol/src/browser/modules/child_process.ts
index 8a4d42eac..1bfdb98f5 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/browser/modules/child_process.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/browser/modules/child_process.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class CP {
 
 	public fork = (modulePath: string, args?: ReadonlyArray<string> | cp.ForkOptions, options?: cp.ForkOptions): cp.ChildProcess => {
 		//@ts-ignore
-		return this.client.fork(options && options.env && options.env.AMD_ENTRYPOINT || modulePath, args, options);
+		return this.client.bootstrapFork(options && options.env && options.env.AMD_ENTRYPOINT || modulePath);
 	}
 
 	public spawn = (command: string, args?: ReadonlyArray<string> | cp.SpawnOptions, options?: cp.SpawnOptions): cp.ChildProcess => {
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/node/command.ts b/packages/protocol/src/node/command.ts
index 9f9cd195a..eb9f3481c 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/node/command.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/node/command.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export const handleNewSession = (connection: SendableConnection, newSession: New
 			stdin: proc.stdin,
 			stderr: proc.stderr,
 			stdout: proc.stdout,
+			stdio: proc.stdio,
 			on: (...args: any[]) => (<any>proc.on)(...args),
 			write: (d) => proc.stdin.write(d),
 			kill: (s) => proc.kill(s || "SIGTERM"),
diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index 5f3779aef..13364aacb 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	"bin": "./out/cli.js",
 	"files": [],
 	"scripts": {
-		"start": "NODE_ENV=development ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register src/cli.ts",
+		"start": "ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register src/cli.ts",
 		"build:webpack": "rm -rf ./out && export CLI=true && ../../node_modules/.bin/webpack --config ./webpack.config.js",
 		"build:nexe": "node scripts/nexe.js",
 		"build:bootstrap-fork": "cd ../vscode && npm run build:bootstrap-fork; cp ./bin/bootstrap-fork.js ../server/build/bootstrap-fork.js",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/vscode/bootstrapFork.ts b/packages/server/src/vscode/bootstrapFork.ts
index 03361fe3f..dd7dfdbc0 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/vscode/bootstrapFork.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/vscode/bootstrapFork.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,20 @@ import * as cp from "child_process";
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import * as net from "net";
 import * as path from "path";
-import { logger, field } from "@coder/logger/src";
+import { Logger, logger, field } from "@coder/logger/src";
 
-declare var __non_webpack_require__: typeof require;
+const getChildLogger = (modulePath: string): Logger => {
+	const basename = modulePath.split("/").pop()!;
+	let i = 0;
+	for (; i < basename.length; i++) {
+		const character = basename.charAt(i);
+		if (character === character.toUpperCase()) {
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return  logger.named(basename.substring(0, i));
+};
 
 export const requireModule = (modulePath: string): void => {
 	process.env.AMD_ENTRYPOINT = modulePath;
@@ -16,6 +27,7 @@ export const requireModule = (modulePath: string): void => {
 			process.emit("message", JSON.parse(data.toString()), undefined);
 		});
 
+		// tslint:disable-next-line no-any
 		process.send = (message: any): void => {
 			socket.write(JSON.stringify(message));
 		};
@@ -28,22 +40,13 @@ export const requireModule = (modulePath: string): void => {
 /**
  * Uses the internal bootstrap-fork.js to load a module
  * @example
- * const cp = forkModule("vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain", true);
+ * const cp = forkModule("vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain");
  * cp.stdout.on("data", (data) => console.log(data.toString("utf8")));
  * cp.stderr.on("data", (data) => console.log(data.toString("utf8")));
  * @param modulePath Path of the VS Code module to load.
- * @param stdio Whether to use stdio (spawn) or send/onMessage (fork).
  */
-export const forkModule = (modulePath: string, stdio?: boolean): cp.ChildProcess => {
-	const basename = modulePath.split("/").pop()!;
-	let i = 0;
-	for (; i < basename.length; i++) {
-		const character = basename.charAt(i);
-		if (character === character.toUpperCase()) {
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	const childLogger = logger.named(basename.substring(0, i));
+export const forkModule = (modulePath: string): cp.ChildProcess => {
+	const childLogger = getChildLogger(modulePath);
 	childLogger.debug("Forking...", field("module", modulePath));
 
 	let proc: cp.ChildProcess | undefined;
@@ -53,27 +56,11 @@ export const forkModule = (modulePath: string, stdio?: boolean): cp.ChildProcess
 		stdio: [null, null, null, "pipe"],
 	};
 	if (process.env.CLI === "true") {
-		proc = stdio ? cp.spawn(process.execPath, args, options) : cp.fork(process.execPath, args, options);
+		proc = cp.spawn(process.execPath, args, options);
 	} else {
 		proc = cp.spawn(process.execArgv[0], ["-r", "tsconfig-paths/register", process.argv[1], ...args], options);
 	}
 
-	proc.stdout.on("data", (message) => {
-		childLogger.debug("stdout", field("message", message.toString().trim()));
-	});
-
-	proc.stderr.on("data", (message) => {
-		childLogger.debug("stderr", field("message", message.toString().trim()));
-	});
-
-	proc.stdin.on("data", (message) => {
-		childLogger.debug("stdin", field("message", message.toString().trim()));
-	});
-
-	proc.on("message", (message) => {
-		childLogger.debug("message", field("message", message.toString().trim()));
-	});
-
 	proc.on("exit", (exitCode) => {
 		childLogger.debug(`Exited with ${exitCode}`);
 	});