diff --git a/engine/NetStart.go b/engine/NetStart.go
index bafec1ee0f..5ee0cae261 100644
--- a/engine/NetStart.go
+++ b/engine/NetStart.go
@@ -493,10 +493,9 @@ func NetStart(s *state.State, p *FactomParams, listenToStdin bool) {
 	RegisterPrometheus()
 
 	go controlPanel.ServeControlPanel(fnodes[0].State.ControlPanelChannel, fnodes[0].State, connectionMetricsChannel, p2pNetwork, Build)
-	// Listen for commands:
-	if !p.disableSimControl {
-		SimControl(p.ListenTo, listenToStdin)
-	}
+
+	SimControl(p.ListenTo, listenToStdin)
+
 }
 
 //**********************************************************************
diff --git a/engine/factomParams.go b/engine/factomParams.go
index b53155834b..5c2edfee07 100644
--- a/engine/factomParams.go
+++ b/engine/factomParams.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ type FactomParams struct {
 	pluginPath               string
 	torManage                bool
 	torUpload                bool
-	disableSimControl        bool
+	Sim_Stdin                bool
 	exposeProfiling          bool
 }
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func ParseCmdLine(args []string) *FactomParams {
 
 	superVerboseMessages := flag.Bool("svm", false, "If true, print out every single message as you receive it.")
 
-	disableSimControlPtr := flag.Bool("nosim", false, "Using this flag disables sim control")
+	sim_stdinPtr := flag.Bool("sim_stdin", true, "If true, sim control reads from stdin.")
 
 	// Plugins
 	pluginPath := flag.String("plugin", "", "Input the path to any plugin binaries")
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func ParseCmdLine(args []string) *FactomParams {
 	p.fastLocation = *fastLocationPtr
 	p.loglvl = *logLvlPtr
 	p.logjson = *logJsonPtr
-	p.disableSimControl = *disableSimControlPtr
+	p.Sim_Stdin = *sim_stdinPtr
 	p.exposeProfiling = *exposeProfilePtr
 
 	p.svm = *superVerboseMessages
diff --git a/engine/simControl.go b/engine/simControl.go
index adbf76efbf..e626ef4330 100644
--- a/engine/simControl.go
+++ b/engine/simControl.go
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ var InputChan = make(chan string) // Get commands here
 func GetLine(listenToStdin bool) string {
 
 	if listenToStdin {
-		l := make([]byte, 100)
+		line := make([]byte, 100)
 		var err error
 		// When running as a detatched process, this routine becomes a very tight loop and starves other goroutines.
 		// So, we will sleep before letting it check to see if Stdin has been reconnected
 		for {
-			if _, err = os.Stdin.Read(l); err == nil {
-				return string(l)
+			if _, err = os.Stdin.Read(line); err == nil {
+				return string(line)
 			} else {
 				if err == io.EOF {
 					fmt.Printf("Error reading from std, sleeping for 5s: %s\n", err.Error())
diff --git a/factomd.go b/factomd.go
index 1796ff2b08..85006a1ee3 100644
--- a/factomd.go
+++ b/factomd.go
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import (
 func main() {
 	// uncomment StartProfiler() to run the pprof tool (for testing)
 	params := engine.ParseCmdLine(os.Args[1:])
-	state := engine.Factomd(params, true)
+	sim_Stdin := params.Sim_Stdin
+	state := engine.Factomd(params, sim_Stdin)
 	for state.Running() {
 		time.Sleep(time.Second)
 	}