diff --git a/apps/readosc/package.json b/apps/readosc/package.json
index 7c58005..4390a5e 100644
--- a/apps/readosc/package.json
+++ b/apps/readosc/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "@jwetzell/osc": "1.6.0",
-    "commander": "^14.0.0"
+    "commander": "^14.0.0",
+    "slip": "1.0.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/readosc/src/main.js b/apps/readosc/src/main.js
index 8e5d20e..ca3a5ac 100755
--- a/apps/readosc/src/main.js
+++ b/apps/readosc/src/main.js
@@ -1,23 +1,37 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-const { program } = require('commander');
+const { program, Option } = require('commander');
 const osc = require('@jwetzell/osc');
 const packageInfo = require('../package.json');
+const slip = require('slip');
 
 program.name(packageInfo.name);
 program.version(packageInfo.version);
 program.description('simple util to read osc packets from stdin');
-program.action(() => {
+program.addOption(new Option('--slip', 'slip encode message').default(false));
+program.action((options) => {
+  const slipDecoder = new slip.Decoder({
+    onMessage: (msg) =>{
+      const [message, bytesAfterMessage] = osc.messageFromBuffer(msg);
+      printOSCMessage(message)
+    },
+    maxMessageSize: 209715200,
+    bufferSize: 2048
+  });
   process.stdin.on('data', (data) => {
     try {
-      let remainingBytes = data;
-      while (remainingBytes.length > 0) {
-        try {
-          const [message, bytesAfterMessage] = osc.messageFromBuffer(remainingBytes);
-          remainingBytes = bytesAfterMessage;
-          console.log(JSON.stringify(message));
-        } catch (error) {
-          console.error({ error: error.toString() });
+      if (options.slip){
+        slipDecoder.decode(data)
+      } else {
+        let remainingBytes = data;
+        while (remainingBytes.length > 0) {
+          try {
+            const [message, bytesAfterMessage] = osc.messageFromBuffer(remainingBytes);
+            remainingBytes = bytesAfterMessage;
+            printOSCMessage(message)
+          } catch (error) {
+            console.error({ error: error.toString() });
+          }
         }
       }
     } catch (error) {
@@ -26,3 +40,7 @@ program.action(() => {
   });
 });
 program.parse();
+
+function printOSCMessage(oscMessage) {
+  console.log(JSON.stringify(oscMessage));
+}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9239dbe..3270e55 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       "version": "0.1.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@jwetzell/osc": "0.2.2",
+        "@jwetzell/osc": "1.6.0",
         "commander": "^14.0.0",
         "slip": "^1.0.2"
       },
@@ -33,27 +33,18 @@
         "makeosc": "src/main.js"
       }
     },
-    "apps/makeosc/node_modules/@jwetzell/osc": {
-      "version": "0.2.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@jwetzell/osc/-/osc-0.2.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-HobCAMnDDSrKfrMBrF5ySA8fKO8Qjkn2HDKysuV51sHrpXABKJFQt5OemIQgbnSMNWU0kZ0+FF9xRrivHHaDTg=="
-    },
     "apps/readosc": {
       "version": "0.2.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@jwetzell/osc": "1.0.0",
-        "commander": "^14.0.0"
+        "@jwetzell/osc": "1.6.0",
+        "commander": "^14.0.0",
+        "slip": "1.0.2"
       },
       "bin": {
         "readosc": "src/main.js"
       }
     },
-    "apps/readosc/node_modules/@jwetzell/osc": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@jwetzell/osc/-/osc-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-242gA8R4k9vBbRJydqoKAG1WiQ9BUO6tFoemuC3eywRt5ns5qrlzIBEIwX0poQyMZdZB7XyzvR5rtbFC5tadKg=="
-    },
     "apps/sendosc": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "license": "MIT",
@@ -1860,6 +1851,8 @@
     },
     "node_modules/slip": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/slip/-/slip-1.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-XrcHe3NAcyD3wO+O4I13RcS4/3AF+S9RvGNj9JhJeS02HyImwD2E3QWLrmn9hBfL+fB6yapagwxRkeyYzhk98g==",
       "license": "(MIT OR GPL-2.0)"
     },
     "node_modules/string-width": {