diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
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+module x11proxy
+
+go 1.24.5
+
diff --git a/hello_xclock.sh b/hello_xclock.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#ensure we always start a "log" with the PID of this script
+echo $$
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Config
+USER_ID=$(id -u)
+SCRIPT_PID=$$
+TIMESTAMP=$(date +"%Y%m%dT%H%M")
+TEMPBASE="/tmp/xproxy-${USER_ID}-${SCRIPT_PID}"
+SOCKET_DIR="${TEMPBASE}/xclock-demo"
+SOCKET_PATH="${SOCKET_DIR}/X5"
+CONTAINER_NAME="xclock-demo-${SCRIPT_PID}"
+DISPLAY_NUM="5"
+CONTAINER_SCRIPT="${TEMPBASE}/run.sh"
+
+# Centralized log directory
+LOGBASE="/tmp/x11proxy-logs-${USER_ID}"
+mkdir -p "$LOGBASE"
+LOGFILE="${LOGBASE}/xproxy-${SCRIPT_PID}-${TIMESTAMP}.log"
+
+# Cleanup stale logs
+cleanup_stale_logs() {
+    echo "Scanning for stale xclock logs..."
+    find "$LOGBASE" -type f -name "xproxy-*.log" | while read -r log; do
+        pid=$(head -n 1 "$log")
+
+        if ! kill -0 "$pid" 2>/dev/null; then
+            echo "Removing stale log: $log"
+            rm -f "$log"
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+# Entry point: daemonize if not already
+if [ "${1:-}" != "--daemon" ]; then
+    cleanup_stale_logs
+    echo "Launching X11 proxy and container in background..."
+    mkdir -p "${TEMPBASE}"
+
+    # Launch self in background and prepend PID to log
+    nohup "$0" --daemon 2>&1 > "$LOGFILE" &
+    
+    echo "Started background process. Logs: $LOGFILE"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+trap cleanup EXIT
+mkdir -p "$SOCKET_DIR"
+
+# Function: start proxy
+start_proxy() {
+    mkdir -p "${SOCKET_DIR}"
+    chmod 0700 "${SOCKET_DIR}"
+    echo "Created socket directory: ${SOCKET_DIR}"
+
+    ./x11proxy -proxy-socket "${SOCKET_PATH}" &
+    PROXY_PID=$!
+    echo "Started x11proxy (PID $PROXY_PID)"
+    sleep 1
+}
+
+# Function: write container script
+write_container_script() {
+    cat > "$CONTAINER_SCRIPT" <<'EOF'
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+apk update
+apk add xclock font-misc-misc ttf-dejavu
+
+SOCKET="/tmp/.X11-unix/X5"
+SOCKET_UID=$(stat -c '%u' "$SOCKET")
+
+echo "Socket owned by UID: $SOCKET_UID"
+
+adduser -u "$SOCKET_UID" -D x11user
+su x11user -c "whoami && xclock"
+EOF
+
+    chmod +x "$CONTAINER_SCRIPT"
+    echo "Wrote container script: $CONTAINER_SCRIPT"
+}
+
+# Function: run container
+run_container() {
+    echo "Launching Alpine container with xclock..."
+    docker run --rm -i \
+        --name "${CONTAINER_NAME}" \
+        -e DISPLAY=":${DISPLAY_NUM}" \
+        -v "${SOCKET_DIR}:/tmp/.X11-unix" \
+        -v "${CONTAINER_SCRIPT}:/run.sh" \
+        alpine sh /run.sh
+}
+
+# Function: cleanup
+cleanup() {
+    echo "Cleaning up..."
+    kill $PROXY_PID || true
+    rm -rf "${TEMPBASE}"
+    echo "Done."
+}
+
+# Run sequence
+start_proxy
+write_container_script
+run_container
+cleanup