diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 335eb99..3432919 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1065,9 +1065,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "keyfork-mnemonic-util",
  "keyfork-plumbing",
  "keyfork-shard",
+ "keyforkd",
  "serde",
  "smex",
  "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1273,9 +1275,9 @@ checksum = "830d08ce1d1d941e6b30645f1a0eb5643013d835ce3779a5fc208261dbe10f55"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.147"
+version = "0.2.151"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b4668fb0ea861c1df094127ac5f1da3409a82116a4ba74fca2e58ef927159bb3"
+checksum = "302d7ab3130588088d277783b1e2d2e10c9e9e4a16dd9050e6ec93fb3e7048f4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libloading"
@@ -1365,9 +1367,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
-version = "0.8.8"
+version = "0.8.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "927a765cd3fc26206e66b296465fa9d3e5ab003e651c1b3c060e7956d96b19d2"
+checksum = "8f3d0b296e374a4e6f3c7b0a1f5a51d748a0d34c85e7dc48fc3fa9a87657fe09"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
@@ -2190,9 +2192,9 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
-version = "0.5.3"
+version = "0.5.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2538b18701741680e0322a2302176d3253a35388e2e62f172f64f4f16605f877"
+checksum = "7b5fac59a5cb5dd637972e5fca70daf0523c9067fcdc4842f053dae04a18f8e9"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
@@ -2371,9 +2373,9 @@ checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.32.0"
+version = "1.35.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "17ed6077ed6cd6c74735e21f37eb16dc3935f96878b1fe961074089cc80893f9"
+checksum = "c89b4efa943be685f629b149f53829423f8f5531ea21249408e8e2f8671ec104"
 dependencies = [
  "backtrace",
  "bytes",
@@ -2390,9 +2392,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-macros"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "630bdcf245f78637c13ec01ffae6187cca34625e8c63150d424b59e55af2675e"
+checksum = "5b8a1e28f2deaa14e508979454cb3a223b10b938b45af148bc0986de36f1923b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/keyfork-shard/src/bin/keyfork-shard-combine-openpgp.rs b/keyfork-shard/src/bin/keyfork-shard-combine-openpgp.rs
index c7c4198..abfd00c 100644
--- a/keyfork-shard/src/bin/keyfork-shard-combine-openpgp.rs
+++ b/keyfork-shard/src/bin/keyfork-shard-combine-openpgp.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::{
     env,
-    io::{stdin, stdout},
+    io::stdin,
     path::PathBuf,
     process::ExitCode,
 };
@@ -40,13 +40,17 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
         .pop_front()
         .expect("any pgp encrypted message");
 
+    let mut bytes = vec![];
+
     combine(
         cert_list,
         &encrypted_metadata,
         encrypted_messages.into(),
-        stdout(),
+        &mut bytes,
     )?;
 
+    print!("{}", smex::encode(&bytes));
+
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/keyfork-shard/src/openpgp.rs b/keyfork-shard/src/openpgp.rs
index daaaadd..1bba1bb 100644
--- a/keyfork-shard/src/openpgp.rs
+++ b/keyfork-shard/src/openpgp.rs
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ pub fn combine(
     }
 
     output
-        .write_all(smex::encode(&secret).as_bytes())
+        .write_all(&secret)
         .map_err(Error::Io)?;
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/keyfork/Cargo.toml b/keyfork/Cargo.toml
index f9d29e8..73dc447 100644
--- a/keyfork/Cargo.toml
+++ b/keyfork/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ smex = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../smex" }
 keyfork-plumbing = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../keyfork-plumbing" }
 keyfork-shard = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../keyfork-shard" }
 serde = { version = "1.0.192", features = ["derive"] }
+keyforkd = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../keyforkd" }
+tokio = { version = "1.35.1", default-features = false, features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
diff --git a/keyfork/src/cli/mod.rs b/keyfork/src/cli/mod.rs
index 874af96..48516ac 100644
--- a/keyfork/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/keyfork/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 mod mnemonic;
 mod provision;
 mod shard;
+mod recover;
 
 /// The Kitchen Sink of Entropy.
 #[derive(Parser, Clone, Debug)]
@@ -25,8 +26,8 @@ pub enum KeyforkCommands {
     #[command(subcommand_negates_reqs(true))]
     Provision(provision::Provision),
 
-    /// Keyforkd background daemon to manage derivation.
-    Daemon,
+    /// Recover a seed using a recovery mechanism and begin the Keyfork daemon.
+    Recover(recover::Recover),
 }
 
 impl KeyforkCommands {
@@ -43,8 +44,8 @@ impl KeyforkCommands {
             KeyforkCommands::Provision(p) => {
                 p.handle(keyfork)?;
             }
-            KeyforkCommands::Daemon => {
-                todo!()
+            KeyforkCommands::Recover(r) => {
+                r.handle(keyfork)?;
             }
         }
         Ok(())
diff --git a/keyfork/src/cli/shard.rs b/keyfork/src/cli/shard.rs
index e9bce3f..945f10b 100644
--- a/keyfork/src/cli/shard.rs
+++ b/keyfork/src/cli/shard.rs
@@ -86,13 +86,17 @@ impl ShardExec for OpenPGP {
             .pop_front()
             .expect("any pgp encrypted message");
 
+        let mut bytes = vec![];
+
         keyfork_shard::openpgp::combine(
             certs,
             &encrypted_metadata,
             encrypted_messages.into(),
-            output,
+            &mut bytes,
         )?;
 
+        write!(output, "{}", smex::encode(&bytes))?;
+
         Ok(())
     }
 }