diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a4c2073..25c905e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ services:
         ipv4_address: $DASHBOARD_IP
   manager:
     container_name: manager
-    image: ghcr.io/runcitadel/manager:v0.0.12@sha256:de97eeb6e8caae5d1a8aeb045213621cf8e6e928177236bb0b3c25e76f6cd041
+    image: ghcr.io/runcitadel/manager:feat-karen-v2@sha256:61dfc6a23bb6603096673e517ec058730ca7e1fbe251df38760c2860d03b1dd0
     depends_on:
     - tor
     - redis
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ services:
     - ${PWD}/info.json:/info.json
     - ${PWD}/db:/db
     - ${PWD}/events/signals:/signals
+    - ${PWD}/events:/events
     - ${PWD}/apps:/apps
     - ${PWD}/lnd:/lnd:ro
     - ${PWD}/statuses:/statuses
diff --git a/events/triggers/app b/events/triggers/app
index b1c987f..dee8381 100755
--- a/events/triggers/app
+++ b/events/triggers/app
@@ -6,8 +6,4 @@
 
 CITADEL_ROOT="$(readlink -f $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../..)"
 
-signal="${1}"
-command=${signal%%"-"*}
-app=${signal#*"-"}
-
-"${CITADEL_ROOT}/scripts/app" "${command}" "${app}"
+"${CITADEL_ROOT}/scripts/app" "$@"
diff --git a/karen b/karen
index 28022a3..df99ea5 100755
--- a/karen
+++ b/karen
@@ -1,83 +1,27 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Umbrel. https://getumbrel.com
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2022 Citadel and contributors.
-# 
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+import socket
+import os
 
-# karen watches for signals and executes triggers in the events dir
-# karen gets triggered a lot
+rootDir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+os.chdir(rootDir)
 
-check_root () {
-  if [[ $UID != 0 ]]; then
-    echo "Error: This script must be run as root."
-    echo "Can I speak to a manager please?"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-}
+if os.path.exists("events/karen"):
+  os.remove("events/karen")
 
-check_if_not_already_running() {
-  if ps ax | grep $0 | grep -v $$ | grep bash | grep -v grep
-  then
-    echo "karen is already running"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-}
+server = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+server.bind("events/karen")
 
-check_dependencies () {
-  for cmd in "$@"; do
-    if ! command -v $cmd >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-      echo "This script requires \"${cmd}\" to be installed"
-      exit 1
-    fi
-  done
-}
-
-check_root
-
-check_if_not_already_running
-
-check_dependencies fswatch readlink dirname
-
-if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
-  root_dir="$(readlink -f $1)"
-else
-  root_dir="$(dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}))/events"
-fi
-signal_dir="$root_dir/signals"
-trigger_dir="$root_dir/triggers"
-
-if [[ ! -d "$root_dir" ]]; then
-  echo "Root dir does not exist '$root_dir'"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "karen will start in 30 seconds"
-sleep 30
-echo "karen is running in $root_dir"
-fswatch -0 --event=PlatformSpecific $signal_dir | while read -d "" event; do
-  signal="${event#"$signal_dir"}"
-  signal="${signal#"/"}"
-  trigger="$trigger_dir/$signal"
-  args=""
-
-  # If signal isn't an empty string, then it's a signal
-  if [[ -n "$signal" ]]; then
-    echo "Got signal: $signal"
-
-    # If the signal starts wih app-, the trigger is "$trigger_dir/app"
-    # and the args are the rest of the signal
-    if [[ "$signal" =~ ^app- ]] && [[ "$signal" != "app-update" ]]; then
-      trigger="$trigger_dir/app"
-      args="${signal#"app-"}"
-    fi
-    if test -x "$trigger"; then
-      echo "karen is getting triggered!"
-      if [[ ! -f "statuses/update-in-progress" ]]; then
-        "$trigger" $args &
-      fi
-    else
-      echo "No trigger found"
-    fi
-  fi
-done
+while True:
+  server.listen(1)
+  conn, addr = server.accept()
+  datagram = conn.recv(1024)
+  if datagram:
+    instructions = datagram.decode("utf-8").strip().split()
+    cmd = instructions[0]
+    if(cmd == "trigger"):
+        trigger = instructions[1]
+        instructions.pop(0)
+        instructions.pop(0)
+        os.system("events/triggers/{} {}".format(trigger, " ".join(instructions)))
+    conn.close()