diff --git a/Sound/SC3/Server/State/Monad.hs b/Sound/SC3/Server/State/Monad.hs
--- a/Sound/SC3/Server/State/Monad.hs
+++ b/Sound/SC3/Server/State/Monad.hs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import           Control.Concurrent (ThreadId)
 import           Control.Concurrent.Lifted (MVar)
 import qualified Control.Concurrent.Lifted as Conc
+import           Control.Failure (Failure)
 import           Control.Monad (ap, liftM, void)
 import           Control.Monad.Base (MonadBase(..))
 import           Control.Monad.Fix (MonadFix)
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@
   }
 
 newtype Server a = Server { unServer :: ReaderT State IO a }
-    deriving (Applicative, Functor, Monad, MonadFix, MonadIO)
+    deriving (Applicative, Failure A.AllocFailure, Functor, Monad, MonadFix, MonadIO)
 
 instance MonadBase IO Server where
   {-# INLINE liftBase #-}
diff --git a/Sound/SC3/Server/State/Monad/Process.hs b/Sound/SC3/Server/State/Monad/Process.hs
--- a/Sound/SC3/Server/State/Monad/Process.hs
+++ b/Sound/SC3/Server/State/Monad/Process.hs
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@
 withTransport ::
     ServerOptions     -- ^ General server options
  -> RTOptions         -- ^ Realtime server options
+ -> Maybe String      -- ^ Host to connect to (defaults to localhost)
  -> Server a          -- ^ Action to execute
  -> IO a              -- ^ Action result
-withTransport serverOptions rtOptions action =
+withTransport serverOptions rtOptions host action =
   Process.withTransport
     serverOptions
     rtOptions
+    host
     $ \t -> Conn.open t >>= Server.runServer action serverOptions
 
 -- | Start an @scsynth@ instance and run the supplied 'Server' action.
diff --git a/hsc3-server.cabal b/hsc3-server.cabal
--- a/hsc3-server.cabal
+++ b/hsc3-server.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:               hsc3-server
-Version:            0.5.0
+Version:            0.6.0
 Synopsis:           SuperCollider server resource management and synchronization.
 Description:
     This library provides abstractions for managing SuperCollider server
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
       , hashtables >= 1.0
       , hosc >= 0.13
       , hsc3 >= 0.13
-      , hsc3-process == 0.8.*
+      , hsc3-process == 0.9.*
       , lifted-base >= 0.1
       , ListZipper
       , monad-control >= 0.3