diff --git a/src/server/handler_coke.c b/src/server/handler_coke.c
index 13f25c0833726d97cdfd7013f70941b74739a520..978e3f5fe538d00c3dba7bb5ed973decdf82eded 100644
--- a/src/server/handler_coke.c
+++ b/src/server/handler_coke.c
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ regex_t	gCoke_StatusRegex;
 // == CODE ===
 int Coke_InitHandler()
 {
+	printf("connecting to coke machine...\n");
 	giCoke_SerialFD = open(gsCoke_SerialPort, O_RDWR);
+	if( giCoke_SerialFD == -1 ) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Unable to open coke serial port ('%s')\n", gsCoke_SerialPort);
+	}
 	regcomp(&gCoke_StatusRegex, "^slot\\s+(\\d)\\s+([^:]+):([a-zA-Z]+)\\s*", REG_EXTENDED);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/server/itemdb.c b/src/server/itemdb.c
index 87ced4ec392078706edf884a3f71efe1228a5476..97c64e412db4eb2813b2cd96b2499e4fc16e8bbc 100644
--- a/src/server/itemdb.c
+++ b/src/server/itemdb.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 // === IMPORTS ===
 extern tHandler	gCoke_Handler;
+extern tHandler	gSnack_Handler;
 
 // === PROTOTYPES ===
 void	Load_Itemlist(void);
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ char	*trim(char *__str);
  int	giNumItems = 0;
 tItem	*gaItems = NULL;
 tHandler	gPseudo_Handler = {Name:"pseudo"};
-tHandler	*gaHandlers[] = {&gPseudo_Handler, &gCoke_Handler};
+tHandler	*gaHandlers[] = {&gPseudo_Handler, &gCoke_Handler, &gSnack_Handler};
  int	giNumHandlers = sizeof(gaHandlers)/sizeof(gaHandlers[0]);
 char	*gsItemListFile = DEFAULT_ITEM_FILE;
 
diff --git a/src/server/main.c b/src/server/main.c
index 5022fd63791e69ec48528274a8ba66d1ef11e5b5..80183ba3638f117b5ae398e7b33e58aad3a15a59 100644
--- a/src/server/main.c
+++ b/src/server/main.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ extern void	Server_Start(void);
 extern int	giServer_Port;
 extern char*	gsItemListFile;
 extern char*	gsCoke_SerialPort;
+extern char*	gsSnack_SerialPort;
 
 // === GLOBALS ===
  int	giDebugLevel = 0;
@@ -59,9 +60,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			if( strcmp(arg, "--itemsfile") == 0 ) {
 				gsItemListFile = argv[++i];
 			}
-			if( strcmp(arg, "--cokeport") == 0 ) {
+			else if( strcmp(arg, "--cokeport") == 0 ) {
 				gsCoke_SerialPort = argv[++i];
 			}
+			else if( strcmp(arg, "--snackport") == 0 ) {
+				gsSnack_SerialPort = argv[++i];
+			}
 			else {
 				// Usage error?
 			}