diff --git a/python/status_send.py b/python/send_status.py
similarity index 100%
rename from python/status_send.py
rename to python/send_status.py
diff --git a/python/timing_clock_send.py b/python/timing_clock_send.py
index 14929fb..b521584 100755
--- a/python/timing_clock_send.py
+++ b/python/timing_clock_send.py
@@ -4,9 +4,21 @@
 import struct
 import time
 
-s = socket.socket( socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM )
+local_port = 5006
 
-s.connect( ("localhost", 5006 ) )
+if len(sys.argv) == 1:
+        family = socket.AF_INET
+        connect_tuple = ( 'localhost', local_port )
+else:
+        details = socket.getaddrinfo( sys.argv[1], local_port, socket.AF_UNSPEC, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+        family = details[0][0]
+        if family == socket.AF_INET6:
+                connect_tuple = ( sys.argv[1], local_port, 0, 0)
+        else:   
+                connect_tuple = ( sys.argv[1], local_port)
+
+s = socket.socket( family, socket.SOCK_DGRAM )
+s.connect( connect_tuple )
 
 # Timing Clock
 bytes = struct.pack( "BB", 0xaa, 0xF8)
diff --git a/raveloxmidi/configure.ac b/raveloxmidi/configure.ac
index 672b187..6141a60 100755
--- a/raveloxmidi/configure.ac
+++ b/raveloxmidi/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(raveloxmidi, 0.5.5)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(raveloxmidi, 0.6.0)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
 AC_GNU_SOURCE