diff --git a/jmclient/jmclient/client_protocol.py b/jmclient/jmclient/client_protocol.py
index 63fde89..4e87c57 100644
--- a/jmclient/jmclient/client_protocol.py
+++ b/jmclient/jmclient/client_protocol.py
@@ -1,26 +1,17 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 from __future__ import print_function
-from twisted.python.log import startLogging, err
 from twisted.internet import protocol, reactor, task
-from twisted.internet.task import LoopingCall
 from twisted.internet.error import (ConnectionLost, ConnectionAborted,
                                     ConnectionClosed, ConnectionDone)
-from twisted.python import failure
 from twisted.protocols import amp
-from twisted.internet.protocol import ClientFactory
-from twisted.internet.endpoints import TCP4ClientEndpoint
 try:
     from twisted.internet.ssl import ClientContextFactory
     from twisted.internet import ssl
 except ImportError:
     pass
 from jmbase import commands
-from sys import stdout
 
 import json
-import random
-import string
-import time
 import hashlib
 import os
 import sys
@@ -473,7 +464,7 @@ def start_reactor(host, port, factory, ish=True, daemon=False, rs=True, gui=Fals
     usessl = True if jm_single().config.get("DAEMON", "use_ssl") != 'false' else False
     if daemon:
         try:
-            from jmdaemon import JMDaemonServerProtocolFactory
+            from jmdaemon import JMDaemonServerProtocolFactory, start_daemon
         except ImportError:
             jlog.error("Cannot start daemon without jmdaemon package; "
                        "either install it, and restart, or, if you want "
@@ -484,13 +475,8 @@ def start_reactor(host, port, factory, ish=True, daemon=False, rs=True, gui=Fals
         orgport = port
         while True:
             try:
-                if usessl:
-                    reactor.listenSSL(port, dfactory,
-                                  ssl.DefaultOpenSSLContextFactory(
-                                      "./ssl/key.pem", "./ssl/cert.pem"),
-                                     interface=host)
-                else:
-                    reactor.listenTCP(port, dfactory, interface=host)
+                start_daemon(host, port, dfactory, usessl,
+                             './ssl/key.pem', './ssl/cert.pem')
                 jlog.info("Listening on port " + str(port))
                 break
             except Exception:
diff --git a/jmdaemon/jmdaemon/__init__.py b/jmdaemon/jmdaemon/__init__.py
index 0b5ce8c..a08a7be 100644
--- a/jmdaemon/jmdaemon/__init__.py
+++ b/jmdaemon/jmdaemon/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ from jmbase.support import get_log
 from .message_channel import MessageChannel, MessageChannelCollection
 from .orderbookwatch import OrderbookWatch
 from jmbase import commands
-from .daemon_protocol import JMDaemonServerProtocolFactory, JMDaemonServerProtocol
+from .daemon_protocol import (JMDaemonServerProtocolFactory, JMDaemonServerProtocol,
+                              start_daemon)
 from .protocol import (COMMAND_PREFIX, ORDER_KEYS, NICK_HASH_LENGTH,
                        NICK_MAX_ENCODED, JM_VERSION, JOINMARKET_NICK_HEADER)
 from .message_channel import MessageChannelCollection
diff --git a/jmdaemon/jmdaemon/daemon_protocol.py b/jmdaemon/jmdaemon/daemon_protocol.py
index 08bd253..6451559 100644
--- a/jmdaemon/jmdaemon/daemon_protocol.py
+++ b/jmdaemon/jmdaemon/daemon_protocol.py
@@ -13,13 +13,12 @@ from .irc import IRCMessageChannel
 from jmbase.commands import *
 from jmbase import _byteify
 from twisted.protocols import amp
-from twisted.internet import reactor
+from twisted.internet import reactor, ssl
 from twisted.internet.protocol import ServerFactory
 from twisted.internet.error import (ConnectionLost, ConnectionAborted,
                                     ConnectionClosed, ConnectionDone)
 from twisted.python import failure, log
 import json
-import time
 import threading
 import os
 import copy
@@ -597,4 +596,15 @@ class JMDaemonServerProtocolFactory(ServerFactory):
     protocol = JMDaemonServerProtocol
 
     def buildProtocol(self, addr):
-        return JMDaemonServerProtocol(self)
\ No newline at end of file
+        return JMDaemonServerProtocol(self)
+
+
+def start_daemon(host, port, factory, usessl=False, sslkey=None, sslcert=None):
+    if usessl:
+        assert sslkey
+        assert sslcert
+        reactor.listenSSL(
+            port, factory, ssl.DefaultOpenSSLContextFactory(sslkey, sslcert),
+            interface=host)
+    else:
+        reactor.listenTCP(port, factory, interface=host)
diff --git a/scripts/joinmarketd.py b/scripts/joinmarketd.py
index c05f4dd..aaa7a76 100644
--- a/scripts/joinmarketd.py
+++ b/scripts/joinmarketd.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from twisted.internet import reactor, ssl
 from twisted.python.log import startLogging, err
 import jmdaemon
 
-def startup_joinmarketd(port, usessl, finalizer=None, finalizer_args=None):
+def startup_joinmarketd(host, port, usessl, finalizer=None, finalizer_args=None):
     """Start event loop for joinmarket daemon here.
     Args:
     port : port over which to serve the daemon
@@ -12,11 +12,8 @@ def startup_joinmarketd(port, usessl, finalizer=None, finalizer_args=None):
     """
     startLogging(sys.stdout)
     factory = jmdaemon.JMDaemonServerProtocolFactory()
-    if usessl:
-        reactor.listenSSL(port, factory, ssl.DefaultOpenSSLContextFactory(
-                                  "./ssl/key.pem", "./ssl/cert.pem"))
-    else:
-        reactor.listenTCP(port, factory)
+    jmdaemon.start_daemon(host, port, factory, usessl,
+                          './ssl/key.pem', './ssl/cert.pem')
     if finalizer:
         reactor.addSystemEventTrigger("after", "shutdown", finalizer,
                                       finalizer_args)
@@ -32,4 +29,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     if len(sys.argv) > 2:
         if int(sys.argv[2]) != 0:
             usessl = True
-    startup_joinmarketd(port, usessl)
+    if len(sys.argv) > 3:
+        host = sys.argv[3]
+    else:
+        host = 'localhost'
+    startup_joinmarketd(host, port, usessl)