diff --git a/gecko.c b/gecko.c
index 7419703..e6edcd8 100644
--- a/gecko.c
+++ b/gecko.c
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #include "string.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "hollywood.h"
+#include "gecko.h"
+
+static u8 gecko_console_enabled = 0;
 
 // These two don't really seem to be needed
 // Maybe only for boot buffer or some PPC stuff
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ static u32 _gecko_sendbyte(char sendbyte)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#if 0
 static u32 _gecko_recvbyte(char *recvbyte)
 {
 	u32 i = 0;
@@ -70,24 +74,9 @@ static u32 _gecko_checkrecv(void)
 		return 1; // Return 1 if safe to recv
 	return 0;
 }
+#endif
 
-void gecko_init(void)
-{
-	write32(EXI0_CSR, 0);
-	write32(EXI1_CSR, 0);
-	write32(EXI2_CSR, 0);
-	write32(EXI0_CSR, 0x2000);
-	write32(EXI0_CSR, 3<<10);
-	write32(EXI1_CSR, 3<<10);
-}
-
-void gecko_flush(void)
-{
-	char tmp;
-	while(_gecko_recvbyte(&tmp));
-}
-
-int gecko_isalive(void)
+static int gecko_isalive(void)
 {
 	u32 i = 0;
 	i = _gecko_command(0x90000000);
@@ -96,7 +85,14 @@ int gecko_isalive(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int gecko_recvbuffer(void *buffer, u32 size)
+#if 0
+static void gecko_flush(void)
+{
+	char tmp;
+	while(_gecko_recvbyte(&tmp));
+}
+
+static int gecko_recvbuffer(void *buffer, u32 size)
 {
 	u32 left = size;
 	char *ptr = (char*)buffer;
@@ -111,8 +107,9 @@ int gecko_recvbuffer(void *buffer, u32 size)
 	_gecko_release();
 	return (size - left);
 }
+#endif
 
-int gecko_sendbuffer(const void *buffer, u32 size)
+static int gecko_sendbuffer(const void *buffer, u32 size)
 {
 	u32 left = size;
 	char *ptr = (char*)buffer;
@@ -128,7 +125,8 @@ int gecko_sendbuffer(const void *buffer, u32 size)
 	return (size - left);
 }
 
-int gecko_recvbuffer_safe(void *buffer, u32 size)
+#if 0
+static int gecko_recvbuffer_safe(void *buffer, u32 size)
 {
 	u32 left = size;
 	char *ptr = (char*)buffer;
@@ -146,7 +144,7 @@ int gecko_recvbuffer_safe(void *buffer, u32 size)
 	return (size - left);
 }
 
-int gecko_sendbuffer_safe(const void *buffer, u32 size)
+static int gecko_sendbuffer_safe(const void *buffer, u32 size)
 {
 	u32 left = size;
 	char *ptr = (char*)buffer;
@@ -166,29 +164,39 @@ int gecko_sendbuffer_safe(const void *buffer, u32 size)
 	_gecko_release();
 	return (size - left);
 }
+#endif
 
-int gecko_putchar(int ic)
+void gecko_init(void)
 {
-	char b = ic;
-	return gecko_sendbuffer(&b, 1);
+	write32(EXI0_CSR, 0);
+	write32(EXI1_CSR, 0);
+	write32(EXI2_CSR, 0);
+	write32(EXI0_CSR, 0x2000);
+	write32(EXI0_CSR, 3<<10);
+	write32(EXI1_CSR, 3<<10);
+
+	if (!gecko_isalive())
+		return;
+
+	gecko_console_enabled = 1;
 }
 
-int gecko_getchar(void)
+u8 gecko_enable_console(const u8 enable)
 {
-	char b;
-	if(gecko_recvbuffer_safe(&b, 1) != 1)
-		return -1;
-	return b;
+	if (enable) {
+		if (gecko_isalive())
+			gecko_console_enabled = 1;
+	} else
+		gecko_console_enabled = 0;
+
+	return gecko_console_enabled;
 }
 
-int gecko_puts(const char *s)
+int gecko_printf(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
-	//udelay(10000);
-	return gecko_sendbuffer(s, strlen(s));
-}
+	if (!gecko_console_enabled)
+		return 0;
 
-int gecko_printf( const char *fmt, ...)
-{
 	va_list args;
 	char buffer[256];
 	int i;
@@ -196,6 +204,6 @@ int gecko_printf( const char *fmt, ...)
 	va_start(args, fmt);
 	i = vsprintf(buffer, fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
-	gecko_puts(buffer);
-	return i;
+
+	return gecko_sendbuffer(buffer, i);
 }
diff --git a/gecko.h b/gecko.h
index c9a4e22..4a3033e 100644
--- a/gecko.h
+++ b/gecko.h
@@ -3,16 +3,8 @@
 
 #include "types.h"
 
-void gecko_flush(void);
-int gecko_isalive(void);
-int gecko_recvbuffer(void *buffer, u32 size);
-int gecko_sendbuffer(const void *buffer, u32 size);
-int gecko_recvbuffer_safe(void *buffer, u32 size);
-int gecko_sendbuffer_safe(const void *buffer, u32 size);
-int gecko_putchar(int c);
-int gecko_getchar(void);
-int gecko_puts(const char *s);
-int gecko_printf( const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)));
 void gecko_init(void);
+u8 gecko_enable_console(const u8 enable);
+int gecko_printf(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)));
 
 #endif
diff --git a/ipc.c b/ipc.c
index d32a766..92ee395 100644
--- a/ipc.c
+++ b/ipc.c
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ static void process_in(void)
 					case IPC_SYS_PING:
 						ipc_post(req->code, req->tag, 0);
 						break;
+					case IPC_SYS_DBGMSG:
+						ipc_post(req->code, req->tag, 1,
+								gecko_enable_console(req->args[0]));
+						break;
 					case IPC_SYS_WRITE32:
 						write32(req->args[0], req->args[1]);
 						break;
diff --git a/ipc.h b/ipc.h
index 7de24e9..e4922a8 100644
--- a/ipc.h
+++ b/ipc.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #define IPC_SYS_PING	0x0000
 #define IPC_SYS_JUMP	0x0001
+#define IPC_SYS_DBGMSG	0x0002
 #define IPC_SYS_WRITE32	0x0100
 #define IPC_SYS_WRITE16	0x0101
 #define IPC_SYS_WRITE8	0x0102
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 4fea51d..cf8fe01 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static void patch_mem(u8 *offset, u32 size, u64 titleID)
 }
 
 void boot2_patchelf(u8 *elf, u64 titleID) {
-	gecko_puts("Patching boot2 ELF...\n");
+	gecko_printf("Patching boot2 ELF...\n");
 
 	if(memcmp("\x7F" "ELF\x01\x02\x01\x61\x01",elf,9)) {
 		gecko_printf("Invalid ELF header! 0x%02x 0x%02x 0x%02x 0x%02x\n",elf[0], elf[1], elf[2], elf[3]);
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ void boot2_patchelf(u8 *elf, u64 titleID) {
 		}
 		phdr++;
 	}
-	gecko_puts("Done!\n");
+	gecko_printf("Done!\n");
 }
 
 #define PPC_BOOT_FILE "/system/ppcboot.elf"
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ void *patch_boot2(void *base, u64 titleID)
 	ioshdr *parhdr = (ioshdr*)hdr->argument;
 	u8 *elf;
 
-	gecko_puts("Patching BOOT2 for leet hax\n");
+	gecko_printf("Patching BOOT2 for leet hax\n");
 	gecko_printf("Parent BOOT2 header (@%p):\n",parhdr);
 	gecko_printf(" Header size: %08x\n", parhdr->hdrsize);
 	gecko_printf(" Loader size: %08x\n", parhdr->loadersize);
@@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ void *_main(void *base)
 	int res;
 
 	gecko_init();
-	gecko_puts("mini v0.2 loading\n");
+	gecko_printf("mini v0.2 loading\n");
 
-	gecko_puts("Initializing exceptions...\n");
+	gecko_printf("Initializing exceptions...\n");
 	exception_initialize();
-	gecko_puts("Configuring caches and MMU...\n");
+	gecko_printf("Configuring caches and MMU...\n");
 	mem_initialize();
 
 	gecko_printf("IOSflags: %08x %08x %08x\n",
@@ -190,27 +190,27 @@ void *_main(void *base)
 	irq_enable(IRQ_GPIO1B);
 	irq_enable(IRQ_GPIO1);
 	irq_enable(IRQ_RESET);
-	gecko_puts("Interrupts initialized\n");
+	gecko_printf("Interrupts initialized\n");
 
 	crypto_initialize();
-	gecko_puts("crypto support initialized\n");
+	gecko_printf("crypto support initialized\n");
 
 	nand_initialize();
-	gecko_puts("NAND initialized.\n");
+	gecko_printf("NAND initialized.\n");
 
 	boot2_init();
 
-	gecko_puts("Initializing IPC...\n");
+	gecko_printf("Initializing IPC...\n");
 	ipc_initialize();
 
-	gecko_puts("Initializing SD...\n");
+	gecko_printf("Initializing SD...\n");
 	sd_initialize();
 
-	gecko_puts("Mounting SD...\n");
+	gecko_printf("Mounting SD...\n");
 	fres = f_mount(0, &fatfs);
 
 	if (read32(0x0d800190) & 2) {
-		gecko_puts("GameCube compatibility mode detected...\n");
+		gecko_printf("GameCube compatibility mode detected...\n");
 		boot2_run(1, 0x101);
 		goto shutdown;
 	}
@@ -220,24 +220,24 @@ void *_main(void *base)
 		panic2(0, PANIC_MOUNT);
 	}
 
-	gecko_puts("Trying to boot:" PPC_BOOT_FILE "\n");
+	gecko_printf("Trying to boot:" PPC_BOOT_FILE "\n");
 
 	res = powerpc_load_file(PPC_BOOT_FILE);
 	if(res < 0) {
 		gecko_printf("Failed to boot PPC: %d\n", res);
-		gecko_puts("Continuing anyway\n");
+		gecko_printf("Continuing anyway\n");
 	}
 
-	gecko_puts("Going into IPC mainloop...\n");
+	gecko_printf("Going into IPC mainloop...\n");
 	ipc_process_slow();
-	gecko_puts("IPC mainloop done!\n");
-	gecko_puts("Shutting down IPC...\n");
+	gecko_printf("IPC mainloop done!\n");
+	gecko_printf("Shutting down IPC...\n");
 	ipc_shutdown();
 
 shutdown:
-	gecko_puts("Shutting down interrupts...\n");
+	gecko_printf("Shutting down interrupts...\n");
 	irq_shutdown();
-	gecko_puts("Shutting down caches and MMU...\n");
+	gecko_printf("Shutting down caches and MMU...\n");
 	mem_shutdown();
 
 	gecko_printf("Vectoring to %p...\n",vector);
diff --git a/powerpc_elf.c b/powerpc_elf.c
index 071052d..26c4e96 100644
--- a/powerpc_elf.c
+++ b/powerpc_elf.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int powerpc_load_file(const char *path)
 	}
 
 	if(elfhdr.e_phoff == 0 || elfhdr.e_phnum == 0) {
-		gecko_puts("ELF has no program headers!\n");
+		gecko_printf("ELF has no program headers!\n");
 		return -102;
 	}
 	if(elfhdr.e_phnum > PHDR_MAX) {
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ int powerpc_load_file(const char *path)
 
 	dc_flushall();
 
-	gecko_puts("ELF load done, booting PPC...\n");
+	gecko_printf("ELF load done, booting PPC...\n");
 	powerpc_upload_stub(NULL,0);
 	powerpc_reset();
-	gecko_puts("PPC booted!\n");
+	gecko_printf("PPC booted!\n");
 
 	return 0;
 }