diff --git a/game/globals.h b/game/globals.h
index 7bfa0c1..8214d1e 100644
--- a/game/globals.h
+++ b/game/globals.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #define E_MENU_SELECT 36
 #define E_CLOSE_MAP 37
 #define E_CLOSE_GEN 38
-#define E_HACKER 39
+#define E_EXTERNAL_MSG 40 //external message arrived from sse_listener
 
 //side flags
 
diff --git a/game/skeldal.c b/game/skeldal.c
index 2df3c97..6ded63a 100644
--- a/game/skeldal.c
+++ b/game/skeldal.c
@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ INIS sinit[]=
 int last_ms_cursor=-1;
 int vmode=2;
 
+#include <platform/sse_receiver.h>
+
+static SSE_RECEIVER *sse_receiver = NULL;
+
 
 void purge_temps(char _) {
     temp_storage_clear();
@@ -740,7 +744,7 @@ void done_skeldal(void)
         cur_config = NULL;
     }
   kill_timer();
-
+  if (sse_receiver) sse_receiver_destroy(sse_receiver);
   }
 
 
@@ -960,6 +964,34 @@ char end_of_song_callback(void *, TMUSIC_SOURCE *s, TMUSIC_SOURCE_TYPE *t) {
 }
 
 
+void sse_listener_watch(EVENT_MSG *msg, void **userdata) {
+    if (msg->msg == E_WATCH) {
+        const char *s = sse_receiver_receive(sse_receiver);
+        if (s) {
+            send_message(E_EXTERNAL_MSG, s);
+        }
+    }
+}
+void sse_listener_init(const char *hostport) {
+
+    char *host = local_strdup(hostport);
+    char *port = strrchr(host,':');
+    if (port == NULL) {
+        port = local_strdup("80");
+    } else {
+        *port = 0;
+        ++port;
+    }
+
+    SSE_RECEIVER *rcv = sse_receiver_create(host, port);
+
+    if (rcv == NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
+    sse_receiver = rcv;
+    send_message(E_ADD, E_WATCH, sse_listener_watch);
+
+}
 
 void init_skeldal(const INI_CONFIG *cfg)
   {
@@ -973,6 +1005,7 @@ void init_skeldal(const INI_CONFIG *cfg)
 
   steam_init();
 
+
   char verr = game_display_init(ini_section_open(cfg, "video"), "Skeldal");
   if (!verr)
      {
@@ -980,7 +1013,7 @@ void init_skeldal(const INI_CONFIG *cfg)
       exit(1);
      }
   showview = game_display_update_rect;
-  game_display_set_icon(getWindowIcon(), getWindowIconSize());
+//  game_display_set_icon(getWindowIcon(), getWindowIconSize());
   init_joystick(ini_section_open(cfg, "controller"));
 
   general_engine_init();
@@ -1090,29 +1123,39 @@ char doNotLoadMapState=0;
 static int reload_map_handler(EVENT_MSG *msg,void **usr)
 {
 extern char running_battle;
-  if (msg->msg==E_RELOADMAP)
+  if (msg->msg==E_EXTERNAL_MSG)
   {
-	int i;
-	ReloadMapInfo *minfo=va_arg(msg->data, ReloadMapInfo *);
-	const char *fname=minfo->fname;
-	int sektor=minfo->sektor;
-	strcopy_n(loadlevel.name,fname,sizeof(loadlevel.name));
-	loadlevel.start_pos=sektor;
-    for(i=0;i<POCET_POSTAV;i++)postavy[i].sektor=loadlevel.start_pos;
-    SEND_LOG("(WIZARD) Load map '%s' %d",loadlevel.name,loadlevel.start_pos);
-    unwire_proc();
-    if (battle) konec_kola();
-	battle=0;
-	running_battle=0;
-	doNotLoadMapState=1;
-	hl_ptr=ikon_libs;
-	destroy_fly_map();
-	load_items();
-	zneplatnit_block(H_ENEMY);
-	zneplatnit_block(H_SHOP_PIC);
-	zneplatnit_block(H_DIALOGY_DAT);
-    load_shops();
-    send_message(E_CLOSE_MAP);
+    const char *m = va_arg(msg->data, const char *);
+    char fname[13];
+    int sector;
+    int i;
+
+    if (sscanf(m, "RELOAD %12s %d", fname, &sector) == 2) {
+
+        strcopy_n(loadlevel.name,fname,sizeof(loadlevel.name));
+      loadlevel.start_pos=sector;
+        for(i=0;i<POCET_POSTAV;i++) if (postavy[i].used) {
+            postavy[i].sektor=loadlevel.start_pos;
+            postavy[i].groupnum = 1;
+        }
+        SEND_LOG("(WIZARD) Load map '%s' %d",loadlevel.name,loadlevel.start_pos);
+        unwire_proc();
+        if (battle) konec_kola();
+      battle=0;
+      running_battle=0;
+      doNotLoadMapState=1;
+      hl_ptr=ikon_libs;
+      destroy_fly_map();
+      load_items();
+      zneplatnit_block(H_ENEMY);
+      zneplatnit_block(H_SHOP_PIC);
+      zneplatnit_block(H_DIALOGY_DAT);
+        load_shops();
+        send_message(E_CLOSE_MAP);
+    } else if (strncmp(m, "MESSAGE ", 8) == 0) {
+        bott_disp_text(m+8);
+    }
+
   }
   return 0;
 }
@@ -1612,6 +1655,10 @@ int skeldal_entry_point(const SKELDAL_CONFIG *start_cfg)
     enable_achievements(1);
   }
 
+  if (start_cfg->sse_hostport) {
+      sse_listener_init(start_cfg->sse_hostport);
+  }
+
   start_check();
   purge_temps(1);
   clrscr();
diff --git a/game/skeldal.h b/game/skeldal.h
index a2308dc..c2e12e7 100644
--- a/game/skeldal.h
+++ b/game/skeldal.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ typedef struct {
     const char *lang_path;
     const char *patch_file;
 
+    const char *sse_hostport;
 
 } SKELDAL_CONFIG;
 
diff --git a/platform/CMakeLists.txt b/platform/CMakeLists.txt
index d9daadb..5d6b058 100644
--- a/platform/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/platform/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,17 +12,18 @@ target_sources(skeldal_platform PRIVATE
     timer.cpp
     getopt.c
     achievements.cpp
+    sse_receiver.c
 )
 
-set(all_libs 
-    skeldal_main 
-    skeldal_libs 
+set(all_libs
+    skeldal_main
+    skeldal_libs
     skeldal_platform
     skeldal_sdl
     skeldal_libs
      ${SDL2_LIBRARIES}
      ${STANDARD_LIBRARIES})
-     
+
 if(WIN32)
     target_sources(skeldal_platform PRIVATE
         windows/save_folder.cpp
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ if(WIN32)
         windows/skeldal.rc
     )
     target_compile_definitions(skeldal_platform PRIVATE PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
-    if(STEAM_ENABLED) 
+    if(STEAM_ENABLED)
         if(CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8)
             # 64-bit
             set(STEAMLIB ${STEAMWORKS_SDK_DIR}/redistributable_bin/win64/steam_api64.lib)
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ if(WIN32)
         set(STEAMLIB "")
         set(STEAMDLL "")
     endif()
-    
+
     target_link_libraries(skeldal ${all_libs} ${STEAMLIB})
 
     if(STEAMDLL)
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ elseif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
         linux/app_start.cpp
     )
     target_compile_definitions(skeldal_bin PRIVATE PLATFORM_LINUX)
-    if(STEAM_ENABLED) 
+    if(STEAM_ENABLED)
         if(CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8)
             # 64-bit
             set(STEAMLIB ${STEAMWORKS_SDK_DIR}/redistributable_bin/linux64/libsteam_api.so)
@@ -83,10 +84,10 @@ elseif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
                 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/linux/skeldal.sh
                 ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/skeldal.sh)
-    target_link_libraries(skeldal_bin ${all_libs} ${STEAMLIB})    
+    target_link_libraries(skeldal_bin ${all_libs} ${STEAMLIB})
     message(STATUS "Building for Linux")
 
-elseif(APPLE)   
+elseif(APPLE)
     target_sources(skeldal_platform PRIVATE
         mac_os/save_folder.cpp
     )
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ elseif(APPLE)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-deprecated-declarations")  
     message(STATUS "Building for macOS")
     target_link_libraries(skeldal ${all_libs} ${STEAMLIB})
-else() 
+else()
     error("Platform not detected, please add new platform here")
 endif()
 set_property(TARGET skeldal_platform PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 20)
diff --git a/platform/linux/app_start.cpp b/platform/linux/app_start.cpp
index cfa4c47..210ed8a 100644
--- a/platform/linux/app_start.cpp
+++ b/platform/linux/app_start.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ void show_help(const char *arg0) {
            "-p <file>       patch data with custom DDL\n"
            "-l <lang>       set language (cz|en)\n"
            "-s <directory>  generate string-tables (for localization) and exit\n"
+           "-c <host:port>  connect to host:port for remote control (mapedit)\n"
            "-h              this help\n");
     exit(1);
 }
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     std::string gen_stringtable_path;
     std::string patch;
     std::string lang;
-    for (int optchr = -1; (optchr = getopt(argc, argv, "hf:a:s:l:p:")) != -1; ) {
+    std::string sse_hostport;
+    for (int optchr = -1; (optchr = getopt(argc, argv, "hf:a:s:l:p:c:")) != -1; ) {
         switch (optchr) {
             case 'f': config_name = optarg;break;
             case 'a': adv_config_file = optarg;break;
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
             case 'p': patch = optarg; break;
             case 'l': lang = optarg;break;
             case 's': gen_stringtable_path = optarg;break;
+            case 'c': sse_hostport = optarg;break;
             default: show_help_short();
                      return 1;
         }
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     cfg.config_path = config_name.c_str();
     cfg.lang_path = lang.empty()?NULL:lang.c_str();
     cfg.patch_file = patch.empty()?NULL:patch.c_str();
+    cfg.sse_hostport = sse_hostport.c_str();
     try {
 
         if (!gen_stringtable_path.empty()) {
diff --git a/platform/sse_receiver.c b/platform/sse_receiver.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50d5cdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/sse_receiver.c
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+// sse_receiver.c
+#include "sse_receiver.h"
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  #include <winsock2.h>
+  #include <ws2tcpip.h>
+  #pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib")
+  typedef SOCKET sock_t;
+  #define CLOSESOCK closesocket
+  #define sock_init() { WSADATA wsa; WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsa); }
+  #define sock_cleanup() WSACleanup()
+#else
+  #include <unistd.h>
+  #include <fcntl.h>
+  #include <sys/types.h>
+  #include <sys/socket.h>
+  #include <netdb.h>
+  typedef int sock_t;
+  #define INVALID_SOCKET -1
+  #define CLOSESOCK close
+  #define sock_init()
+  #define sock_cleanup()
+#endif
+
+#define BUFFER_SIZE 4096
+
+struct tag_sse_receiver {
+    char host[256];
+    char port[16];
+    sock_t sock;
+    int connected;
+    char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE+1];
+    size_t buf_len;
+    size_t line_len;
+    time_t next_attempt;
+};
+
+static void set_nonblocking(sock_t sock) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    u_long mode = 1;
+    ioctlsocket(sock, FIONBIO, &mode);
+#else
+    fcntl(sock, F_SETFL, fcntl(sock, F_GETFL, 0) | O_NONBLOCK);
+#endif
+}
+
+static int connect_and_handshake(SSE_RECEIVER *sse) {
+    struct addrinfo hints = {0}, *res = NULL;
+
+    hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
+    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+
+    if (getaddrinfo(sse->host, sse->port, &hints, &res) != 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    sock_t sock = socket(res->ai_family, res->ai_socktype, res->ai_protocol);
+    if (sock == INVALID_SOCKET) {
+        freeaddrinfo(res);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (connect(sock, res->ai_addr, (int)res->ai_addrlen) != 0) {
+        CLOSESOCK(sock);
+        freeaddrinfo(res);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    freeaddrinfo(res);
+
+    const char *req_fmt =
+        "GET /command HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+        "Host: %s\r\n"
+        "Accept: text/event-stream\r\n"
+        "Connection: keep-alive\r\n\r\n";
+
+    char req[512];
+    snprintf(req, sizeof(req), req_fmt, sse->host);
+    send(sock, req, (int)strlen(req), 0);
+
+    set_nonblocking(sock);
+    sse->sock = sock;
+    sse->buf_len = 0;
+    sse->line_len = 0;
+    sse->connected = 1;
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+SSE_RECEIVER *sse_receiver_create(const char *host, const char *port) {
+    sock_init();
+    SSE_RECEIVER *sse = calloc(1, sizeof(SSE_RECEIVER));
+    strncpy(sse->host, host, sizeof(sse->host) - 1);
+    strncpy(sse->port, port, sizeof(sse->port) - 1);
+    sse->sock = INVALID_SOCKET;
+    sse->connected = 0;
+    sse->buf_len = 0;
+    sse->line_len = 0;
+    sse->next_attempt = 0;
+    return sse;
+}
+
+size_t find_sep(const char *buffer, size_t size, char sep) {
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
+        if (buffer[i] == sep) return i;
+    }
+    return size;
+}
+
+const char *sse_receiver_receive(SSE_RECEIVER *sse) {
+    while(1) {
+        size_t rm = sse->buf_len-sse->line_len;
+        if (rm) {
+            const char *r = sse->buffer+sse->line_len;
+            size_t sep = find_sep(r, rm, '\n');
+            if (sep < rm) {
+                sep += sse->line_len;
+                sse->buffer[sep] = 0;
+                sse->line_len = sep+1;
+
+                if (strncmp(r,"data:",5) == 0) {
+                    r+=5;
+                    while (*r && isspace(*r)) ++r;
+                    if (*r) {
+                        return r;
+                    }
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (r != sse->buffer) memmove(sse->buffer, r, rm);
+        }
+        sse->line_len = 0;
+        sse->buf_len = rm;
+
+        if (!sse->connected) {
+            time_t t = time(NULL);
+            if (t < sse->next_attempt) {
+                return NULL;
+            }
+            if (!connect_and_handshake(sse)) {
+                snprintf(sse->buffer, sizeof(sse->buffer) - 1,
+                            "MESSAGE Failed to connect the command server %s:%s ",
+                            sse->host, sse->port);
+                sse->next_attempt = t+5;
+                return sse->buffer;
+            } else {
+                return "MESSAGE Connected to command server";
+            }
+        }
+
+        int n = recv(sse->sock, sse->buffer + sse->buf_len, (int)(BUFFER_SIZE - sse->buf_len), 0);
+        if (n <= 0) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+            int err = WSAGetLastError();
+            if (err != WSAEWOULDBLOCK && err != WSAEINPROGRESS)
+#else
+            if (errno != EWOULDBLOCK && errno != EAGAIN)
+#endif
+            {
+                CLOSESOCK(sse->sock);
+                sse->connected = 0;
+            }
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
+        sse->buf_len += n;
+    }
+}
+
+void sse_receiver_destroy(SSE_RECEIVER *sse) {
+    if (sse->connected) {
+        CLOSESOCK(sse->sock);
+    }
+    free(sse);
+    sock_cleanup();
+}
diff --git a/platform/sse_receiver.h b/platform/sse_receiver.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a567c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/sse_receiver.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#pragma once
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+typedef struct tag_sse_receiver SSE_RECEIVER;
+SSE_RECEIVER *sse_receiver_create(const char *host, const char *port);
+const char *sse_receiver_receive(SSE_RECEIVER *sse);
+void sse_receiver_destroy(SSE_RECEIVER *inst);
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/platform/windows/app_start.cpp b/platform/windows/app_start.cpp
index 44f29c3..21c3eea 100644
--- a/platform/windows/app_start.cpp
+++ b/platform/windows/app_start.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ void show_help(std::ostream &out, const char *arg0) {
            "-p <file>       patch data with custom DDL\n"
            "-l <lang>       set language (cz|en)\n"
            "-s <directory>  generate string-tables (for localization) and exit\n"
+           "-c <host:port>  connect to host:port for remote control (mapedit)\n"
            "-h              this help\n";
 }
 
@@ -38,8 +39,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     std::string gen_stringtable_path;
     std::string lang;
     std::string patch;
+    std::string sse_hostport;
     std::ostringstream console;
-    for (int optchr = -1; (optchr = getopt(argc, argv, "hf:a:s:l:p:")) != -1; ) {
+    for (int optchr = -1; (optchr = getopt(argc, argv, "hf:a:s:l:c:p:")) != -1; ) {
         switch (optchr) {
             case 'f': config_name = optarg;break;
             case 'a': adv_config_file = optarg;break;
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
             case 'p': patch = optarg; break;
             case 'l': lang = optarg;break;
             case 's': gen_stringtable_path = optarg;break;
+            case 'c': sse_hostport = optarg;break;
             default:  show_help_short(console);break;
         }
     }
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         show_help(console, argv[0]);
     }
 
-    SKELDAL_CONFIG cfg;
+    SKELDAL_CONFIG cfg = {};
     cfg.short_help = []{};
     cfg.show_error = [](const char *txt) {
         char buff[MAX_PATH];
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     cfg.config_path = config_name.c_str();
     cfg.lang_path = lang.empty()?NULL:lang.c_str();
     cfg.patch_file = patch.empty()?NULL:patch.c_str();
+    cfg.sse_hostport = sse_hostport.c_str();
 
     {
         std::string msg = console.str();