diff --git a/ShaderMinifier/main.fs b/ShaderMinifier/main.fs
index 17ab134..9b3cf5c 100644
--- a/ShaderMinifier/main.fs
+++ b/ShaderMinifier/main.fs
@@ -33,14 +33,65 @@ let run (options: Options.Options) filenames =
         printfn "%s" (exn.ToString())
         1
 
+let splitCommandLine (input: string) : string list =
+    // "  a \\\" b  c\"\\d \" c\"\\\d\\\"\"e " -> ["a"; """; "b"; "cd "; "c\d"e"]
+    let args = ResizeArray<string>()
+    let sb = System.Text.StringBuilder()
+    let mutable inQuotes = false
+    let mutable escapeNext = false
+    for c in input do
+        match c with
+        | _ when escapeNext ->
+            sb.Append(c) |> ignore
+            escapeNext <- false
+        | '\\' ->
+            escapeNext <- true
+        | '"' ->
+            inQuotes <- not inQuotes
+        | ' ' when not inQuotes ->
+            if sb.Length > 0 then
+                args.Add(sb.ToString())
+                sb.Clear() |> ignore
+        | _ ->
+            sb.Append(c) |> ignore
+    if sb.Length > 0 then
+        args.Add(sb.ToString())
+    args |> List.ofSeq
+let x = splitCommandLine "  a \\\" b\"\\c \" z\"\\d\\\"\"e "
+in if x <> ["a"; "\""; "bc "; "zd\"e"] then failwithf "unit test failed: %A" x
+
+let runServer () =
+    use stdin = new StreamReader(System.Console.OpenStandardInput())
+    let mutable exit = false
+    while not exit do
+        let line = stdin.ReadLine()
+        printfn "> %s" line
+        match line with
+        | null | "#exit" -> exit <- true
+        | _ when System.String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(line) -> ()
+        | _ when line.StartsWith "#" -> ()
+        | _ ->
+            let argv = splitCommandLine line |> Seq.toArray
+            printfn "[%s]" (argv |> Array.map (sprintf "\"%s\"") |> String.concat ", ")
+            let options, files = Options.initFiles argv
+            if files |> Seq.contains "stdin" then
+                printfn "Usage of stdin is not supported in server mode."
+            else
+                run options files |> ignore
+                printfn "ok"
+    0
+
 [<EntryPoint>]
 let main argv =
     let err =
         try
-            let options, files = Options.initFiles argv
-            if options.verbose then
-                printfn "Shader Minifier %s - https://github.com/laurentlb/Shader_Minifier" Options.version
-            run options files
+            if argv = [|"--server"|] then
+                runServer ()
+            else
+                let options, files = Options.initFiles argv
+                if options.verbose then
+                    printfn "Shader Minifier %s - https://github.com/laurentlb/Shader_Minifier" Options.version
+                run options files
         with
         | :? Argu.ArguParseException as ex ->
             printfn "%s" ex.Message