diff --git a/src/gateway/listener/listener.ts b/src/gateway/listener/listener.ts
index 226859a87..b2b7fbf63 100644
--- a/src/gateway/listener/listener.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/listener/listener.ts
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export async function setupListener(this: WebSocket) {
 // TODO: only subscribe for events that are in the connection intents
 async function consume(this: WebSocket, opts: EventOpts) {
     const { data, event } = opts;
-    const id = data.id as string;
+    const id = (opts.guild_id || opts.channel_id || opts.user_id || opts.session_id) as string;
     const permission = this.permissions[id] || new Permissions("ADMINISTRATOR"); // default permission for dm
 
     const consumer = consume.bind(this);
diff --git a/src/send-ipc-message.ts b/src/send-ipc-message.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..adc9ba4aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/send-ipc-message.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+	Spacebar: A FOSS re-implementation and extension of the Discord.com backend.
+	Copyright (C) 2026 Spacebar and Spacebar Contributors
+
+	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+	by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+	GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+	along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+import { emitEvent } from "@spacebar/util";
+
+process.on("uncaughtException", console.error);
+process.on("unhandledRejection", console.error);
+
+import moduleAlias from "module-alias";
+moduleAlias(__dirname + "../../package.json");
+import { config } from "dotenv";
+config({ quiet: true });
+
+process.env.DB_LOGGING = "true";
+
+import fs from "node:fs/promises";
+import { UnixSocketWriter } from "@spacebar/util/util/ipc/writer/UnixSocketWriter";
+import { Event } from "@spacebar/util/interfaces/Event";
+import { sleep } from "@spacebar/extensions";
+
+function getArgvOrFail(idx: number, message: string) {
+    if (process.argv.length <= idx) throw message + "\n";
+    return process.argv[idx];
+}
+
+async function main() {
+    const sockDir = getArgvOrFail(2, "Usage: node dist/send-ipc-message.js <socket dir>");
+    if (!(await fs.readdir(sockDir))) throw `Socket directory "${sockDir}" is not a valid directory`;
+
+    const unixWriter = new UnixSocketWriter(sockDir);
+    await unixWriter.init();
+
+    const payloadJson = await fs.readFile("/dev/stdin", "utf-8");
+    const payload = JSON.parse(payloadJson) as Event;
+
+    payload.origin ??= "send-ipc-message";
+    payload.created_at ??= new Date();
+    payload.transaction_id ??= process.pid.toString();
+
+    const id = (payload.guild_id || payload.channel_id || payload.user_id || payload.session_id) as string;
+    if (!id) return console.error("event doesn't contain any id", payload);
+    // (payload as unknown).id = id;
+
+    await unixWriter.emit(payload);
+    console.log("Emitted...");
+    await sleep(1000);
+    await unixWriter.close();
+    console.log("Closed...");
+}
+
+main().then(() => console.log("meow"));