diff --git a/src/api.rs b/src/api.rs
index 114e0a5..2d95bca 100644
--- a/src/api.rs
+++ b/src/api.rs
@@ -8,27 +8,41 @@ pub const TOR_URL: &str = "http://mempoolhqx4isw62xs7abwphsq7ldayuidyx2v2oethdhh
 ///
 /// pub fn api(option: &str, sub_string: &str) -> String
 pub fn api(option: &str, sub_string: &str) -> String {
+    let mut once: bool = false;
+    let mut dashboard: std::process::Child;
     if option.ends_with("dashboard") {
-        print!("api:invoke dashboard {:}", option);
-        let _ = if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
-            std::process::Command::new(format!("mempool-space_{}", option))
-                //.args(["/C", sub_string])
-                .spawn()
-                .expect("failed to execute process")
-        } else {
-            std::process::Command::new(format!("mempool-space_{}", option))
-                //.arg(sub_string)
-                .spawn()
-                .expect("failed to execute process")
-        };
-        //let result = String::from_utf8(output.stdout)
-        //    .map_err(|non_utf8| String::from_utf8_lossy(non_utf8.as_bytes()).into_owned())
-        //    .unwrap();
-
-        //return result;
-        loop {}
+        loop {
+            if !once {
+                info!("api({:}, {:})", option, sub_string);
+                dashboard = if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
+                    std::process::Command::new(format!("mempool-space_{}", option))
+                        .args(["/C", "--dashboard"])
+                        .spawn()
+                        .expect("failed to execute process")
+                } else {
+                    std::process::Command::new(format!("mempool-space_{}", option))
+                        .arg("--dashboard")
+                        .spawn()
+                        .expect("failed to execute process")
+                };
 
-        //std::process::exit(0);
+                let stdin = dashboard.stdin.take();
+                let stdout = dashboard.stdout.take();
+                let stderr = dashboard.stderr.take();
+                let result = dashboard.wait();
+                use log::info; //, warn};
+                info!("{:?}", stdin);
+                info!("{:?}", stdout);
+                info!("{:?}", stderr);
+                info!("{:?}", result);
+                once = true;
+            } else {
+                std::process::exit(0);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if once {
+        std::process::exit(0);
     }
 
     let output = if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
diff --git a/src/bin/mempool-space_dashboard/src/app.rs b/src/bin/mempool-space_dashboard/src/app.rs
index 258f20d..3a3d010 100644
--- a/src/bin/mempool-space_dashboard/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/bin/mempool-space_dashboard/src/app.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pub struct App {
   pub config: Config,
   pub tick_rate: f64,
   pub frame_rate: f64,
+  pub dashboard: bool,
   pub components: Vec<Box<dyn Component>>,
   pub should_quit: bool,
   pub should_suspend: bool,
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ pub struct App {
 }
 
 impl App {
-  pub fn new(tick_rate: f64, frame_rate: f64) -> Result<Self> {
+  pub fn new(tick_rate: f64, frame_rate: f64, dashboard: bool) -> Result<Self> {
     let home = Home::new();
     let fps = FpsCounter::new();
     let config = Config::new()?;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ impl App {
     Ok(Self {
       tick_rate,
       frame_rate,
+      dashboard,
       components: vec![Box::new(home), Box::new(fps)],
       should_quit: false,
       should_suspend: false,
diff --git a/src/bin/mempool-space_dashboard/src/cli.rs b/src/bin/mempool-space_dashboard/src/cli.rs
index 454f249..438c5b2 100644
--- a/src/bin/mempool-space_dashboard/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/bin/mempool-space_dashboard/src/cli.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-use clap::Parser;
+use clap::{ArgAction, Parser};
 
 use crate::utils::version;
 
@@ -24,4 +24,13 @@ pub struct Cli {
     default_value_t = 13.0
   )]
   pub frame_rate: f64,
+  #[arg(
+    short,
+    long,
+    value_name = "DASHBOARD",
+    help = "Invoked from mempool-space --dashboard",
+    default_value_t = false,
+    action=ArgAction::SetTrue
+  )]
+  pub dashboard: bool,
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/mempool-space_dashboard/src/main.rs b/src/bin/mempool-space_dashboard/src/main.rs
index f1ebccd..95518c1 100644
--- a/src/bin/mempool-space_dashboard/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/mempool-space_dashboard/src/main.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ async fn tokio_main() -> Result<()> {
   initialize_panic_handler()?;
 
   let args = Cli::parse();
-  let mut app = App::new(args.tick_rate, args.frame_rate)?;
+  let mut app = App::new(args.tick_rate, args.frame_rate, args.dashboard)?;
   app.run().await?;
 
   Ok(())
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ async fn tokio_main() -> Result<()> {
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
   if let Err(e) = tokio_main().await {
-    eprintln!("{} error: Something went wrong", env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"));
+    eprintln!("{} error: tokio_main().await", env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"));
     Err(e)
   } else {
     Ok(())