diff --git a/Kiseki.Launcher/Controller.cs b/Kiseki.Launcher/Controller.cs
index 85a72cb..acf6260 100644
--- a/Kiseki.Launcher/Controller.cs
+++ b/Kiseki.Launcher/Controller.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ namespace Kiseki.Launcher
     public class Controller
     {
         private readonly string BaseURL;
-        private readonly string[] Arguments;
+        private readonly string JoinScriptURL;
+        private readonly string Ticket;
 
         public event EventHandler<string>? PageHeadingChanged;
         public event EventHandler<int>? ProgressBarChanged;
@@ -19,7 +20,26 @@ namespace Kiseki.Launcher
         public Controller(string BaseURL, string[] Arguments)
         {
             this.BaseURL = BaseURL;
-            this.Arguments = Arguments;
+
+            // TODO: handle these more gracefully
+            if (Arguments.Length != 0 || Arguments[0] != "launch")
+            {
+                Environment.Exit(0);
+            }
+
+            if (!Helpers.IsBase64String(Arguments[0]))
+            {
+                Environment.Exit(0);
+            }
+
+            string payload = Helpers.ConvertBase64ToString(Arguments[0]);
+            if (payload.Split("|").Length != 2) // joinscripturl, ticket; TODO: this will also include launchmode (ide/play)
+            {
+                Environment.Exit(0);
+            }
+
+            JoinScriptURL = payload.Split("|")[0];
+            Ticket = payload.Split("|")[1];
         }
         
         public async void Start()
diff --git a/Kiseki.Launcher/Helpers.cs b/Kiseki.Launcher/Helpers.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12887b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Kiseki.Launcher/Helpers.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Kiseki.Launcher
+{
+    public static class Helpers
+    {
+        // https://stackoverflow.com/a/54143400
+        public static bool IsBase64String(string base64)
+        {
+            Span<byte> buffer = new(new byte[base64.Length]);
+            
+            return Convert.TryFromBase64String(base64, buffer, out _);
+        }
+
+        public static string ConvertBase64ToString(string base64)
+        {
+            Span<byte> buffer = new(new byte[base64.Length]);
+            Convert.TryFromBase64String(base64, buffer, out _);
+
+            return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer);
+        }
+    }
+}
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