diff --git a/src/service/toks_service_ioctl.c b/src/service/toks_service_ioctl.c
index 31fad83..f56dec5 100644
--- a/src/service/toks_service_ioctl.c
+++ b/src/service/toks_service_ioctl.c
@@ -19,9 +19,13 @@ int32_t toks_service_ioctl(
 {
 	int32_t			status;
 	void *			hport;
+	const char *		refstr;
+	size_t			reflen;
 	struct _nt_tty_sync_msg	msg;
 
 	hport = toks_get_driver_hservice(dctx);
+	refstr = toks_get_driver_refstr(dctx);
+	reflen = 0;
 
 	ntapi->tt_aligned_block_memset(
 		&msg,0,sizeof(msg));
@@ -32,6 +36,15 @@ int32_t toks_service_ioctl(
 	msg.data.ttyinfo.opcode	= TOKS_DAEMON_IOCTL;
 	msg.data.ttyinfo.opdata	= ctlcode;
 
+	if (refstr && (reflen = toks_strlen(refstr))) {
+		if (reflen > sizeof(msg.data.syncinfo.ipcsvc.keys.key))
+			reflen = sizeof(msg.data.syncinfo.ipcsvc.keys.key);
+
+		ntapi->tt_generic_memcpy(
+			msg.data.syncinfo.ipcsvc.keys.key,
+			refstr,reflen);
+	}
+
 	switch (ctlcode) {
 		case TOKS_IOCTL_SET_TOKEN_COUNT:
 		case TOKS_IOCTL_SET_LOG_LEVEL: