diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/xpipe/app/launcher/LauncherCommand.java b/app/src/main/java/io/xpipe/app/launcher/LauncherCommand.java
index e9b5f1cc..e020c97e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/xpipe/app/launcher/LauncherCommand.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/xpipe/app/launcher/LauncherCommand.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import io.xpipe.beacon.exchange.FocusExchange;
 import io.xpipe.beacon.exchange.OpenExchange;
 import io.xpipe.core.process.OsType;
 import io.xpipe.core.util.XPipeDaemonMode;
+import io.xpipe.core.util.XPipeInstallation;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
 
@@ -87,8 +88,9 @@ public class LauncherCommand implements Callable<Integer> {
                 OperationMode.halt(1);
             }
         } catch (Exception ex) {
+            var cli = XPipeInstallation.getLocalDefaultCliExecutable();
             ErrorEvent.fromThrowable(ex).description("Unable to connect to existing running daemon instance as it did not respond." +
-                    " Either try to kill the process xpiped manually or use the command xpipe daemon stop --force if the CLI is in your path.").handle();
+                    " Either try to kill the process xpiped manually or use the command " + cli + " daemon stop --force.").handle();
         }
 
         // Even in case we are unable to reach another beacon server
diff --git a/beacon/src/main/java/io/xpipe/beacon/BeaconClient.java b/beacon/src/main/java/io/xpipe/beacon/BeaconClient.java
index 71cc6832..2e8a1628 100644
--- a/beacon/src/main/java/io/xpipe/beacon/BeaconClient.java
+++ b/beacon/src/main/java/io/xpipe/beacon/BeaconClient.java
@@ -21,8 +21,12 @@ import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Value;
 import lombok.extern.jackson.Jacksonized;
 
-import java.io.*;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.Socket;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -45,7 +49,8 @@ public class BeaconClient implements AutoCloseable {
     }
 
     public static BeaconClient connect(ClientInformation information) throws Exception {
-        var socket = new Socket(InetAddress.getLoopbackAddress(), BeaconConfig.getUsedPort());
+        var socket = new Socket();
+        socket.connect(new InetSocketAddress(InetAddress.getLoopbackAddress(), BeaconConfig.getUsedPort()), 5000);
         socket.setSoTimeout(5000);
         var client = new BeaconClient(socket, socket.getInputStream(), socket.getOutputStream());
         client.sendObject(JacksonMapper.getDefault().valueToTree(information));
diff --git a/version b/version
index a87ef26a..e2cb4ecb 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.9-2
\ No newline at end of file
+1.7.9-3
\ No newline at end of file