diff --git a/app/appBridge.go b/app/appBridge.go
index 07bcd43..4ba05b1 100644
--- a/app/appBridge.go
+++ b/app/appBridge.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func (ab *applicationBridge) listen() {
 	log.Infoln("ab.listen()")
 	for {
 		ipcMessage, ok := ab.bridge.Read()
-		log.Infof("listen() got %v\n", ipcMessage)
+		log.Infof("listen() got %v for %v\n", ipcMessage.Message.EventType, ipcMessage.Dest)
 		if !ok {
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/app/appService.go b/app/appService.go
index 046be5f..e6be603 100644
--- a/app/appService.go
+++ b/app/appService.go
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ func (as *applicationService) createPeer(name, password string) {
 func (as *applicationService) loadProfiles(password string) {
 	count := 0
 	as.applicationCore.LoadProfiles(password, func(profile *model.Profile, profileStore storage.ProfileStore) {
+		as.eventBuses[profile.Onion] = event.IPCEventManagerFrom(as.bridge, profile.Onion, as.eventBuses[profile.Onion])
 		blockedPeers := profile.BlockedPeers()
 		identity := identity.InitializeV3(profile.Name, &profile.Ed25519PrivateKey, &profile.Ed25519PublicKey)
 		engine := connections.NewProtocolEngine(identity, profile.Ed25519PrivateKey, as.acn, as.eventBuses[profile.Onion], blockedPeers)
diff --git a/event/bridge/pipeBridge.go b/event/bridge/pipeBridge.go
index 5ac7b01..63c3ea9 100644
--- a/event/bridge/pipeBridge.go
+++ b/event/bridge/pipeBridge.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package bridge
 
 import (
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"git.openprivacy.ca/openprivacy/libricochet-go/log"
 
 	"cwtch.im/cwtch/event"
@@ -63,14 +65,36 @@ func NewPipeBridgeService(inFilename, outFilename string) (event.IPCBridge, erro
 }
 
 func (pb *pipeBridge) Read() (message event.IPCMessage, ok bool) {
-	dec := json.NewDecoder(pb.in)
+	var n int
+	size := make([]byte, 2)
+	n, err := pb.in.Read(size)
+	if err != nil || n != 2 {
+		log.Errorf("Could not read len int from stream: %v\n", err)
+		return message, false
+	}
 
-	err := dec.Decode(&message)
+	n = int(binary.LittleEndian.Uint16(size))
+	pos := 0
+	buffer := make([]byte, n)
+	for n > 0 {
+		m, err := pb.in.Read(buffer[pos:])
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("Reading into buffer from pipe: %v\n", err)
+			return message, false
+		}
+		n -= m
+		pos += m
+	}
 
+	err = json.Unmarshal(buffer, &message)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("Read error: %v", err)
+		log.Errorf("Read error: %v --value: %v", err, message)
 		return event.IPCMessage{}, false
 	}
+	for k, v := range message.Message.Data {
+		val, _ := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(v)
+		message.Message.Data[k] = string(val)
+	}
 	return message, true
 }
 
@@ -78,8 +102,24 @@ func (pb *pipeBridge) Write(message *event.IPCMessage) {
 	pb.lock.Lock()
 	defer pb.lock.Unlock()
 	if !pb.closed {
-		messageJSON, _ := json.Marshal(message)
-		pb.out.Write(messageJSON)
+		encMessage := &event.IPCMessage{Dest: message.Dest, Message: event.Event{EventType: message.Message.EventType, EventID: message.Message.EventID, Data: make(map[event.Field]string)}}
+		for k, v := range message.Message.Data {
+			encMessage.Message.Data[k] = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(v))
+		}
+
+		messageJSON, _ := json.Marshal(encMessage)
+		size := make([]byte, 2)
+		binary.LittleEndian.PutUint16(size, uint16(len(messageJSON)))
+		pb.out.Write(size)
+
+		for pos := 0; pos < len(messageJSON); {
+			n, err := pb.out.Write(messageJSON)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Errorf("Writing out on pipeBridge: %v\n", err)
+				return
+			}
+			pos += n
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/peer/cwtch_peer.go b/peer/cwtch_peer.go
index 9fdae3f..d8c2c2b 100644
--- a/peer/cwtch_peer.go
+++ b/peer/cwtch_peer.go
@@ -103,9 +103,8 @@ func (cp *cwtchPeer) ImportGroup(exportedInvite string) (groupID string, err err
 			if err == nil {
 				jsobj, err := proto.Marshal(cpp.GetGroupChatInvite())
 				if err == nil {
-					b64obj := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(jsobj)
 					cp.eventBus.Publish(event.NewEvent(event.NewGroupInvite, map[event.Field]string{
-						event.GroupInvite: b64obj,
+						event.GroupInvite: string(jsobj),
 					}))
 				} else {
 					log.Errorf("error serializing group: %v", err)
@@ -335,12 +334,7 @@ func (cp *cwtchPeer) eventHandler() {
 			}
 		case event.NewGroupInvite:
 			var groupInvite protocol.GroupChatInvite
-			json, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(ev.Data[event.GroupInvite])
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Errorf("NewGroupInvite could not base64 decode invite: %v\n", err)
-				continue
-			}
-			err = proto.Unmarshal([]byte(json), &groupInvite)
+			err := proto.Unmarshal([]byte(ev.Data[event.GroupInvite]), &groupInvite)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Errorf("NewGroupInvite could not json decode invite: %v\n", err)
 			}
diff --git a/protocol/connections/engine.go b/protocol/connections/engine.go
index b666183..2cb9959 100644
--- a/protocol/connections/engine.go
+++ b/protocol/connections/engine.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"cwtch.im/cwtch/event"
 	"cwtch.im/cwtch/protocol"
 	"cwtch.im/cwtch/protocol/connections/peer"
-	"encoding/base64"
 	"errors"
 	"git.openprivacy.ca/openprivacy/libricochet-go/application"
 	"git.openprivacy.ca/openprivacy/libricochet-go/channels"
@@ -292,8 +291,7 @@ func (cph *CwtchPeerHandler) HandleGroupInvite(gci *protocol.GroupChatInvite) {
 	log.Debugf("Received GroupID from %v %v\n", cph.Onion, gci.String())
 	marshal, err := proto.Marshal(gci)
 	if err == nil {
-		marshalb64 := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(marshal)
-		cph.EventBus.Publish(event.NewEvent(event.NewGroupInvite, map[event.Field]string{event.TimestampReceived: time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339Nano), event.RemotePeer: cph.Onion, event.GroupInvite: marshalb64}))
+		cph.EventBus.Publish(event.NewEvent(event.NewGroupInvite, map[event.Field]string{event.TimestampReceived: time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339Nano), event.RemotePeer: cph.Onion, event.GroupInvite: string(marshal)}))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/storage/profile_store.go b/storage/profile_store.go
index bdd9084..7d9fe05 100644
--- a/storage/profile_store.go
+++ b/storage/profile_store.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"cwtch.im/cwtch/event"
 	"cwtch.im/cwtch/model"
 	"cwtch.im/cwtch/protocol"
-	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"git.openprivacy.ca/openprivacy/libricochet-go/log"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
@@ -174,8 +173,7 @@ func (ps *profileStore) eventHandler() {
 			}
 		case event.NewGroupInvite:
 			var gci protocol.GroupChatInvite
-			json, _ := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(ev.Data[event.GroupInvite])
-			err := proto.Unmarshal([]byte(json), &gci)
+			err := proto.Unmarshal([]byte(ev.Data[event.GroupInvite]), &gci)
 			if err == nil {
 				ps.profile.ProcessInvite(&gci, ev.Data[event.RemotePeer])
 				ps.save()