diff --git a/config/conf.toml b/config/conf.toml
index 1f2a64bc..77bab1a4 100644
--- a/config/conf.toml
+++ b/config/conf.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 [network]
 pikerd = [
-  '/ipv4/127.0.0.1/tcp/6116',  # std localhost daemon-actor tree
-  # '/uds/6116',  # TODO std uds socket file
+  '/ipv/127.0.0.1/tcp/6116',  # TCP localhost loopback
+
+  # '/uds/run/user/1000/piker/pikerd@6116.sock',  # UDS socket path using `multiaddr` lib!
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/piker/cli/__init__.py b/piker/cli/__init__.py
index 1d3bad25..a8c0c0e7 100644
--- a/piker/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/piker/cli/__init__.py
@@ -161,15 +161,15 @@ def pikerd(
         )]
 
     else:
-        eps: dict = load_trans_eps(
-            network,
-            maddr,
-        )
-        for layers in eps['pikerd']:
-            regaddrs.append((
-                layers['ipv4']['addr'],
-                layers['tcp']['port'],
-            ))
+        from tractor.devx import maybe_open_crash_handler
+        with maybe_open_crash_handler(pdb=pdb):
+            eps: dict[str, list] = load_trans_eps(
+                network,
+                maddr,
+            )
+            addrs: list[tractor.Address] = eps['pikerd']
+            for addr in addrs:
+                regaddrs.append(addr)
 
     from .. import service
 
diff --git a/piker/service/_actor_runtime.py b/piker/service/_actor_runtime.py
index b80cd072..a5325e78 100644
--- a/piker/service/_actor_runtime.py
+++ b/piker/service/_actor_runtime.py
@@ -210,7 +210,10 @@ async def open_pikerd(
         trio.open_nursery() as service_tn,
     ):
         for addr in reg_addrs:
-            if addr not in root_actor.accept_addrs:
+            uaddr: tuple = addr.unwrap()
+            if (
+                uaddr not in root_actor.accept_addrs
+            ):
                 raise RuntimeError(
                     f'`pikerd` failed to bind on {addr}!\n'
                     'Maybe you have another daemon already running?'
diff --git a/piker/ui/cli.py b/piker/ui/cli.py
index d2072900..c4b37290 100644
--- a/piker/ui/cli.py
+++ b/piker/ui/cli.py
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ import os
 import click
 import tractor
 
-from ..cli import cli
+from ..cli import (
+    cli,
+    load_trans_eps,
+)
 from .. import watchlists as wl
 from ..service import maybe_spawn_brokerd
 
@@ -159,67 +162,64 @@ def chart(
     needed if not discovered via [network] config.
 
     '''
-    # eg. ``--profile 3`` reports profiling for anything slower then 3 ms.
-    if profile is not None:
-        from .. import _profile
-        _profile._pg_profile = True
-        _profile.ms_slower_then = float(profile)
-
-    # Qt UI entrypoint
-    from ._app import _main
-
-    for symbol in symbols:
-        if '.' not in symbol:
-            click.echo(click.style(
-                f'symbol: {symbol} must have a {symbol}.<provider> suffix',
-                fg='red',
-            ))
-            return
-
-    # global opts
-    # brokernames: list[str] = config['brokers']
-    brokermods = config['brokermods']
-    assert brokermods
-    tractorloglevel = config['tractorloglevel']
-    pikerloglevel = config['loglevel']
-
-    maddrs: list[tuple[str, int]] = config.get(
-        'maddrs',
-        [],
-    )
-
-    # if maddrs:
-    #     from tractor._multiaddr import parse_maddr
-    #     for addr in maddrs:
-    #         breakpoint()
-    #         layers: dict = parse_maddr(addr)
-
-    regaddrs: list[tuple[str, int]] = config.get(
-        'registry_addrs',
-        [],
-    )
-
-    from ..config import load
-    conf, _ = load(
-        conf_name='conf',
-    )
-    network: dict = conf.get('network')
-    if network:
-        from ..cli import load_trans_eps
-        eps: dict = load_trans_eps(
-            network,
-            maddrs,
-        )
-        for layers in eps['pikerd']:
-            regaddrs.append((
-                layers['ipv4']['addr'],
-                layers['tcp']['port'],
-            ))
-
-    # breakpoint()
     from tractor.devx import maybe_open_crash_handler
     pdb: bool = config['pdb']
     with maybe_open_crash_handler(pdb=pdb):
+        # eg. ``--profile 3`` reports profiling for anything slower then 3 ms.
+        if profile is not None:
+            from .. import _profile
+            _profile._pg_profile = True
+            _profile.ms_slower_then = float(profile)
+
+        # Qt UI entrypoint
+        from ._app import _main
+
+        for symbol in symbols:
+            if '.' not in symbol:
+                click.echo(click.style(
+                    f'symbol: {symbol} must have a {symbol}.<provider> suffix',
+                    fg='red',
+                ))
+                return
+
+        # global opts
+        # brokernames: list[str] = config['brokers']
+        brokermods = config['brokermods']
+        assert brokermods
+        tractorloglevel = config['tractorloglevel']
+        pikerloglevel = config['loglevel']
+
+        # !TODO, allow declaring bind addr via maddr!
+        from ..config import load
+        conf, _ = load(
+            conf_name='conf',
+        )
+
+        regaddrs: list[tuple[str, int]] = config.get(
+            'registry_addrs',
+            [],
+        )
+        # network: dict = conf.get('network')
+        # if network:
+        #     eps: dict = load_trans_eps(
+        #         network,
+        #         maddrs=None,
+        #     )
+        #     addr: tractor.Address
+        #     for addr in eps['pikerd']:
+        #         regaddrs.append(addr)
+
+        #     # !TODO, expose this from open_root_actor()!
+        #     tpt_bind_addrs: list[
+        #         tractor.Address  # `Address.get_random()` case
+        #         |tractor.UnwrappedAddress  # registrar case `= uw_reg_addrs`
+        #     ] = []
+        #     chart_maddrs: list[str] = eps.get('chart')
+        #     if chart_maddrs:
+        #         addr: tractor.Address
+        #         for addr in load_trans_eps(chart_maddrs):
+        #             tpt_bind_addrs.append(addr)
+
         _main(
             syms=symbols,
             brokermods=brokermods,