diff --git a/common.py b/common.py
index 2afbd71..180f614 100644
--- a/common.py
+++ b/common.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import argparse
+import base64
 import imp
 import subprocess
 import os
+import shlex
 import sys
 
 this = sys.modules[__name__]
@@ -27,6 +29,9 @@ this = sys.modules[__name__]
 #    printf "exit_status $?\n" >> "$results_file"
 #)
 
+def base64_encode(string):
+    return base64.b64encode(string.encode()).decode()
+
 def get_argparse(**kwargs):
     """
     Return an argument parser with common arguments set.
@@ -104,6 +109,12 @@ around when you checkout between branches.
     parser.set_defaults(**this.configs)
     return parser
 
+def print_cmd(cmd):
+    out = []
+    for arg in cmd:
+        out.extend([shlex.quote(arg), ' \\\n'])
+    print(''.join(out))
+
 def setup(parser):
     """
     Parse the command line arguments, and setup several variables based on them.
@@ -138,6 +149,7 @@ def setup(parser):
     this.qemu_executable = os.path.join(this.qemu_variant_dir, '{}-softmmu'.format(args.arch), 'qemu-system-{}'.format(args.arch))
     this.qemu_guest_custom_dir = os.path.join(this.build_dir, 'qemu-custom')
     this.host_dir = os.path.join(this.buildroot_out_dir, 'host')
+    this.host_bin_dir = os.path.join(this.host_dir, 'usr', 'bin')
     this.images_dir = os.path.join(this.buildroot_out_dir, 'images')
     this.ext2_file = os.path.join(this.images_dir, 'rootfs.ext2')
     this.qcow2_file = os.path.join(this.images_dir, 'rootfs.ext2.qcow2')
diff --git a/run b/run
index 80144e6..e538116 100755
--- a/run
+++ b/run
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-import base64
-
-import common
 import os
 import shlex
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
+import common
+
 # Argparse.
-parser = common.get_argparse(
-    description='Run Linux on an emulator'
-)
+parser = common.get_argparse(description='Run Linux on an emulator')
 init_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
 kvm_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
 parser.add_argument(
@@ -176,7 +173,7 @@ else:
 if args.debug:
     extra_qemu_args.append('-S')
 if args.kernel_cli_extra_after_dash_base64 is not None:
-    kernel_cli_extra_after_dash += ' lkmc_eval_base64="{}"'.format(base64.b64encode(args.kernel_cli_extra_after_dash_base64))
+    kernel_cli_extra_after_dash += ' lkmc_eval_base64="{}"'.format(common.base64_encode(args.kernel_cli_extra_after_dash_base64))
 if args.kernel_cli_extra_after_dash is not None:
     kernel_cli_extra_after_dash += ' {}'.format(args.kernel_cli_extra_after_dash)
 if args.kgdb:
@@ -195,13 +192,13 @@ if args.eval is not None:
     else:
         initarg = 'init'
     kernel_cli_extra += ' {}=/eval_base64.sh'.format(initarg)
-    kernel_cli_extra_after_dash += ' lkmc_eval="{}"'.format(base64.b64encode(args.eval))
+    kernel_cli_extra_after_dash += ' lkmc_eval="{}"'.format(common.base64_encode(args.eval))
 if not args.graphic:
     if args.arch == 'x86_64':
         kernel_cli_extra += ' console=ttyS0'
     extra_qemu_args.append('-nographic')
 if kernel_cli_extra_after_dash:
-    kernel_cli_extra += " - {}".format(kernel_cli_extra_after_dash)
+    kernel_cli_extra += " -{}".format(kernel_cli_extra_after_dash)
 
 # A dummy value that is already turned on by default and does not produce large output,
 # just to prevent QEMU from emitting a warning that '' is not valid.
@@ -361,13 +358,6 @@ else:
             virtio_gpu_pci
         )
 
-cmd += extra_emulator_args
-print(' \\\n'.join(cmd))
-try:
-    subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=env).wait()
-except KeyboardInterrupt:
-    pass
-
 #if args.tmux:
 #    if args.gem5:
 #        eval "./tmu 'sleep 2;./gem5-shell -n ${common_run_id} ${tmux_args};'"
@@ -377,6 +367,11 @@ except KeyboardInterrupt:
 #  extra_emulator_args="${extra_emulator_args}${@} \\
 #"
 #fi
+
+cmd += extra_emulator_args
+common.print_cmd(cmd)
+subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=env).wait()
+
 #cmd="time \\
 #${cmd}${extra_emulator_args}"
 #if [ -z "$debug_vm" ]; then
diff --git a/rungdb b/rungdb
index 4f36a36..7a7eb61 100755
--- a/rungdb
+++ b/rungdb
@@ -1,87 +1,87 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-. "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/common"
-after=
-before=
-lx_symbols="-ex 'lx-symbols ../kernel_module-1.0/' \\
-"
-kgdb=false
-docontinue=true
-while getopts "A:a:b:CgkL:n:X${common_getopts_flags}" OPT; do
-  case "$OPT" in
-    A)
-      after="$OPTARG"
-      ;;
-    b)
-      before="$OPTARG"
-      ;;
-    C)
-      # No Continue.
-      docontinue=false
-      ;;
-    k)
-      kgdb=true
-      ;;
-    X)
-      lx_symbols=
-      ;;
-    ?)
-      common_getopts_case "$OPT"
-      ;;
-  esac
-done
-shift "$(($OPTIND - 1))"
-if [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; then
-  brk="-ex 'break ${1}' \\
-"
-  shift
-else
-  brk=
-fi
-common_setup
-gdb="${common_host_dir}/usr/bin/${common_arch}-linux-gdb \\
-${before}"
-if "$kgdb"; then
-    cmd="\
-${gdb}\
--q \\
--ex 'add-auto-load-safe-path $(pwd)' \\
--ex 'file vmlinux' \\
--ex 'target remote localhost:${common_gdb_port}' \\
-"
-else
-  # ## lx-symbols
-  #
-  # ### lx-symbols after continue
-  #
-  # lx symbols must be run after continue.
-  #
-  # running it immediately after the connect on the bootloader leads to failure,
-  # likely because kernel structure on which it depends are not yet available.
-  #
-  # With this setup, continue runs, and lx-symbols only runs when a break happens,
-  # either by hitting the breakpoint, or by entering Ctrl + C.
-  #
-  # Sure, if the user sets a break on a raw address of the bootloader,
-  # problems will still arise, but let's think about that some other time.
-  #
-  # ### lx-symbols autoload
-  #
-  # The lx-symbols commands gets loaded through the file vmlinux-gdb.py
-  # which gets put on the kernel build root when python debugging scripts are enabled.
-  cmd="\
-${gdb}\
--q \\
--ex 'add-auto-load-safe-path $(pwd)' \\
--ex 'file vmlinux' \\
--ex 'target remote localhost:${common_gdb_port}' \\
-${brk}\
-"
-fi
-if "$docontinue"; then
-  cmd="${cmd}\
--ex continue \\
-${lx_symbols}\
-"
-fi
-"${common_root_dir}/eeval" "cd '${common_linux_variant_dir}' && \\
-$cmd $after" "${common_run_dir}/rungdb.sh"
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+import shlex
+import signal
+import subprocess
+
+import common
+
+parser = common.get_argparse(description='Connect with GDB to an emulator to debug Linux itself')
+parser.add_argument(
+    '-A', '--after', default='',
+    help='Pass extra arguments to GDB, to be appended after all other arguments'
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    '-b', '--before', default='',
+    help='Pass extra arguments to GDB to be prepended before any of the arguments passed by this script'
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    '-C', '--no-continue', default=False, action='store_true',
+    help="Don't run continue after connecting"
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    '-k', '--kgdb', default=False, action='store_true'
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    '-X', '--no-lxsymbols', default=False, action='store_true'
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    'break_at', nargs='?',
+    help='Extra options to append at the end of the emulator command line'
+)
+args = common.setup(parser)
+after = shlex.split(args.after)
+before = shlex.split(args.before)
+if args.no_lxsymbols:
+    lx_symbols = []
+else:
+    lx_symbols = ['-ex', 'lx-symbols ../kernel_module-1.0/']
+if args.break_at is not None:
+    break_at = ['-ex', 'break {}'.format(args.break_at)]
+else:
+    break_at = []
+cmd = (
+    [
+        os.path.join(common.host_bin_dir,
+        '{}-linux-gdb'.format(args.arch))
+    ] +
+    before +
+    [
+        '-q',
+        '-ex', 'add-auto-load-safe-path {}'.format(common.linux_variant_dir),
+        '-ex', 'file {}'.format(common.vmlinux),
+        '-ex', 'target remote localhost:{}'.format(common.gdb_port),
+    ]
+)
+if not args.kgdb:
+    cmd.extend(break_at)
+if not args.no_continue:
+    # ## lx-symbols
+    #
+    # ### lx-symbols after continue
+    #
+    # lx symbols must be run after continue.
+    #
+    # running it immediately after the connect on the bootloader leads to failure,
+    # likely because kernel structure on which it depends are not yet available.
+    #
+    # With this setup, continue runs, and lx-symbols only runs when a break happens,
+    # either by hitting the breakpoint, or by entering Ctrl + C.
+    #
+    # Sure, if the user sets a break on a raw address of the bootloader,
+    # problems will still arise, but let's think about that some other time.
+    #
+    # ### lx-symbols autoload
+    #
+    # The lx-symbols commands gets loaded through the file vmlinux-gdb.py
+    # which gets put on the kernel build root when python debugging scripts are enabled.
+    cmd.extend(['-ex', 'continue'] + lx_symbols)
+cmd.extend(after)
+common.print_cmd(cmd)
+
+# TODO eeval
+# "${common.root_dir}/eeval" "$cmd $after" "${common.run_dir}/rungdb.sh"
+def signal_handler(sig, frame): pass
+signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler)
+subprocess.Popen(cmd, cwd=common.linux_variant_dir).wait()