diff --git a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/Controller.java b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/Controller.java
index f9aa820f..3ffdaf32 100644
--- a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/Controller.java
+++ b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/Controller.java
@@ -84,15 +84,16 @@ public class Controller implements Initializable {
     private ConnectDialog connectDialog = new ConnectDialog(this);
     private GuiPreferencesDialog guiPreferencesDialog = new GuiPreferencesDialog(this);
     private NodeTypeCreateDialog nodeTypeCreateDialog = new NodeTypeCreateDialog(this);
+    private TerminalDialog terminalDialog = new TerminalDialog(this);
 
-    public void connectToCore(String coreUrl) {
+    public void connectToCore(String address, int port) {
         coreWebSocket.stop();
 
         ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
         executorService.submit(() -> {
             try {
-                coreWebSocket.start(coreUrl);
-                coreClient.setUrl(coreUrl);
+                coreWebSocket.start(address, port);
+                coreClient.setConnection(address, port);
                 initialJoin();
             } catch (IOException | URISyntaxException ex) {
                 Toast.error(String.format("Connection failure: %s", ex.getMessage()), ex);
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ public class Controller implements Initializable {
         connectDialog.setOwner(window);
         guiPreferencesDialog.setOwner(window);
         nodeTypeCreateDialog.setOwner(window);
+        terminalDialog.setOwner(window);
     }
 
     @FXML
@@ -386,6 +388,11 @@ public class Controller implements Initializable {
         }
     }
 
+    @FXML
+    private void onSessionNodesMenu(ActionEvent event) {
+
+    }
+
     @FXML
     private void onSessionHooksMenu(ActionEvent event) {
         hooksDialog.showDialog();
@@ -427,10 +434,12 @@ public class Controller implements Initializable {
     public void initialize(URL location, ResourceBundle resources) {
         coreWebSocket = new CoreWebSocket(this);
         configuration = ConfigUtils.load();
-        String coreUrl = configuration.getCoreRest();
-        logger.info("core rest: {}", coreUrl);
-        connectDialog.setCoreUrl(coreUrl);
-        connectToCore(coreUrl);
+        String address = configuration.getCoreAddress();
+        int port = configuration.getCorePort();
+        logger.info("core connection: {}:{}", address, port);
+        connectDialog.setAddress(address);
+        connectDialog.setPort(port);
+        connectToCore(address, port);
 
         logger.info("controller initialize");
         swingNode.setContent(networkGraph.getGraphViewer());
diff --git a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/client/ICoreClient.java b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/client/ICoreClient.java
index 707e70c4..d1e31f78 100644
--- a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/client/ICoreClient.java
+++ b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/client/ICoreClient.java
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 public interface ICoreClient {
-    void setUrl(String url);
+    void setConnection(String address, int port);
+
+    boolean isLocalConnection();
 
     Integer currentSession();
 
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@ public interface ICoreClient {
 
     boolean createNode(CoreNode node) throws IOException;
 
+    String nodeCommand(CoreNode node, String command) throws IOException;
+
     boolean editNode(CoreNode node) throws IOException;
 
     boolean deleteNode(CoreNode node) throws IOException;
diff --git a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/client/rest/CoreRestClient.java b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/client/rest/CoreRestClient.java
index b6021696..a3617383 100644
--- a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/client/rest/CoreRestClient.java
+++ b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/client/rest/CoreRestClient.java
@@ -14,13 +14,20 @@ import java.util.*;
 @Data
 public class CoreRestClient implements ICoreClient {
     private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger();
-    private String baseUrl;
+    private String address;
+    private int port;
     private Integer sessionId;
     private SessionState sessionState;
 
     @Override
-    public void setUrl(String url) {
-        this.baseUrl = url;
+    public void setConnection(String address, int port) {
+        this.address = address;
+        this.port = port;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLocalConnection() {
+        return address.equals("127.0.0.1") || address.equals("localhost");
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -39,7 +46,7 @@ public class CoreRestClient implements ICoreClient {
     }
 
     private String getUrl(String path) {
-        return String.format("%s/%s", baseUrl, path);
+        return String.format("http://%s:%s/%s", address, port, path);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -295,12 +302,19 @@ public class CoreRestClient implements ICoreClient {
         return WebUtils.putJson(url, config);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String nodeCommand(CoreNode node, String command) throws IOException {
+        String url = getUrl(String.format("sessions/%s/nodes/%s/command", sessionId, node.getId()));
+        return WebUtils.putJson(url, command, String.class);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean createNode(CoreNode node) throws IOException {
         String url = getUrl(String.format("sessions/%s/nodes", sessionId));
         return WebUtils.postJson(url, node);
     }
 
+
     @Override
     public boolean editNode(CoreNode node) throws IOException {
         String url = getUrl(String.format("sessions/%s/nodes/%s", sessionId, node.getId()));
diff --git a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/graph/NetworkGraph.java b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/graph/NetworkGraph.java
index c8357d7a..c63b6a18 100644
--- a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/graph/NetworkGraph.java
+++ b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/graph/NetworkGraph.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import edu.uci.ics.jung.visualization.control.GraphMouseListener;
 import edu.uci.ics.jung.visualization.control.ModalGraphMouse;
 import edu.uci.ics.jung.visualization.decorators.EdgeShape;
 import edu.uci.ics.jung.visualization.renderers.Renderer;
+import javafx.application.Platform;
 import lombok.Data;
 import org.apache.commons.net.util.SubnetUtils;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
@@ -119,24 +120,28 @@ public class NetworkGraph {
                         controller.getCoreClient().isRunning());
 
                 if (mouseEvent.getClickCount() == 2 && controller.getCoreClient().isRunning()) {
-                    try {
-                        String shellCommand = controller.getConfiguration().getShellCommand();
-                        String terminalCommand = controller.getCoreClient().getTerminalCommand(node);
-                        terminalCommand = String.format("%s %s", shellCommand, terminalCommand);
-                        logger.info("launching node terminal: {}", terminalCommand);
-                        String[] commands = terminalCommand.split("\\s+");
-                        logger.info("launching node terminal: {}", Arrays.toString(commands));
-                        Process p = new ProcessBuilder(commands).start();
+                    if (controller.getCoreClient().isLocalConnection()) {
                         try {
-                            if (!p.waitFor(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
-                                Toast.error("Node terminal command failed");
+                            String shellCommand = controller.getConfiguration().getShellCommand();
+                            String terminalCommand = controller.getCoreClient().getTerminalCommand(node);
+                            terminalCommand = String.format("%s %s", shellCommand, terminalCommand);
+                            logger.info("launching node terminal: {}", terminalCommand);
+                            String[] commands = terminalCommand.split("\\s+");
+                            logger.info("launching node terminal: {}", Arrays.toString(commands));
+                            Process p = new ProcessBuilder(commands).start();
+                            try {
+                                if (!p.waitFor(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
+                                    Toast.error("Node terminal command failed");
+                                }
+                            } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+                                logger.error("error waiting for terminal to start", ex);
                             }
-                        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
-                            logger.error("error waiting for terminal to start", ex);
+                        } catch (IOException ex) {
+                            logger.error("error launching terminal", ex);
+                            Toast.error("Node terminal failed to start");
                         }
-                    } catch (IOException ex) {
-                        logger.error("error launching terminal", ex);
-                        Toast.error("Node terminal failed to start");
+                    } else {
+                        Platform.runLater(() -> controller.getTerminalDialog().showDialog(node));
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/ui/dialogs/ConnectDialog.java b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/ui/dialogs/ConnectDialog.java
index c5e4d6ba..0aa87fb1 100644
--- a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/ui/dialogs/ConnectDialog.java
+++ b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/ui/dialogs/ConnectDialog.java
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import com.core.Controller;
 import com.jfoenix.controls.JFXButton;
 import com.jfoenix.controls.JFXTextField;
 import javafx.fxml.FXML;
-import javafx.stage.Modality;
-import javafx.stage.StageStyle;
 import lombok.Data;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
@@ -13,16 +11,19 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 @Data
 public class ConnectDialog extends StageDialog {
     private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger();
-    private String coreUrl;
+    private String address;
+    private int port;
     private JFXButton saveButton;
-    @FXML JFXTextField urlTextField;
+    @FXML JFXTextField addressTextField;
+    @FXML JFXTextField portTextField;
 
     public ConnectDialog(Controller controller) {
         super(controller, "/fxml/connect_dialog.fxml");
         saveButton = createButton("Connect");
         saveButton.setOnAction(event -> {
-            coreUrl = urlTextField.getText();
-            controller.connectToCore(coreUrl);
+            address = addressTextField.getText();
+            port = Integer.parseInt(portTextField.getText());
+            controller.connectToCore(address, port);
             close();
         });
         addCancelButton();
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ public class ConnectDialog extends StageDialog {
     }
 
     public void showDialog() {
-        urlTextField.setText(coreUrl);
+        addressTextField.setText(address);
+        portTextField.setText(Integer.toString(port));
         show();
     }
 }
diff --git a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/ui/dialogs/StageDialog.java b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/ui/dialogs/StageDialog.java
index 38d1d2f1..13634bb5 100644
--- a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/ui/dialogs/StageDialog.java
+++ b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/ui/dialogs/StageDialog.java
@@ -68,13 +68,11 @@ public class StageDialog {
 
         buttonBar.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER_RIGHT);
         buttonBar.setSpacing(10);
-        gridPane.addRow(1, buttonBar);
 
         stage.initModality(Modality.APPLICATION_MODAL);
 
         FXMLLoader loader = new FXMLLoader(getClass().getResource(fxmlPath));
         loader.setController(this);
-
         try {
             Parent parent = loader.load();
             setContent(parent);
@@ -82,6 +80,8 @@ public class StageDialog {
             logger.error("error loading fxml: {}", fxmlPath, ex);
             throw new RuntimeException(ex);
         }
+
+        gridPane.addRow(1, buttonBar);
     }
 
     public void close() {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class StageDialog {
     }
 
     public void show() {
-        if (buttonBar.getChildren().isEmpty()) {
+        if (buttonBar.getChildren().isEmpty() && gridPane.getChildren().contains(buttonBar)) {
             gridPane.getChildren().remove(1);
             gridPane.getRowConstraints().remove(1);
             gridPane.setVgap(0);
diff --git a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/ui/dialogs/TerminalDialog.java b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/ui/dialogs/TerminalDialog.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bff0a844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/ui/dialogs/TerminalDialog.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package com.core.ui.dialogs;
+
+import com.core.Controller;
+import com.core.data.CoreNode;
+import com.core.ui.Toast;
+import com.jfoenix.controls.JFXButton;
+import com.jfoenix.controls.JFXTextArea;
+import com.jfoenix.controls.JFXTextField;
+import javafx.concurrent.Task;
+import javafx.fxml.FXML;
+import lombok.Data;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+@Data
+public class TerminalDialog extends StageDialog {
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger();
+    private String address;
+    private int port;
+    private JFXButton saveButton;
+    @FXML JFXTextArea outputTextArea;
+    @FXML JFXTextField commandTextField;
+    private CoreNode node;
+
+    public TerminalDialog(Controller controller) {
+        super(controller, "/fxml/terminal_dialog.fxml");
+        commandTextField.setOnAction(event -> {
+            String command = commandTextField.getText();
+            addOutput(String.format("$> %s", command));
+            new Thread(new CommandTask(command)).start();
+            commandTextField.clear();
+        });
+    }
+
+
+    private class CommandTask extends Task<String> {
+        private String command;
+
+        CommandTask(String command) {
+            this.command = command;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected String call() throws Exception {
+            return getCoreClient().nodeCommand(node, command);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void succeeded() {
+            addOutput(getValue());
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void failed() {
+            Toast.error("Failed sending terminal command");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void addOutput(String output) {
+        outputTextArea.appendText(String.format("%s%n", output));
+    }
+
+    public void showDialog(CoreNode node) {
+        this.node = node;
+        setTitle(String.format("%s Pseudo Terminal", node.getName()));
+        outputTextArea.setText("");
+        commandTextField.setText("");
+        commandTextField.requestFocus();
+        show();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/utils/ConfigUtils.java b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/utils/ConfigUtils.java
index 0859c4c3..f597db45 100644
--- a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/utils/ConfigUtils.java
+++ b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/utils/ConfigUtils.java
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ public final class ConfigUtils {
             }
 
             // override configuration from command line
-            String coreRest = System.getProperty("core-rest");
-            configuration.setCoreRest(coreRest);
+            String coreAddress = System.getProperty("coreAddress");
+            configuration.setCoreAddress(coreAddress);
 
             return configuration;
         } catch (IOException ex) {
diff --git a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/utils/Configuration.java b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/utils/Configuration.java
index d5faec05..8cb58cb1 100644
--- a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/utils/Configuration.java
+++ b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/utils/Configuration.java
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 @Data
 @NoArgsConstructor
 public class Configuration {
-    private String coreRest;
+    private String coreAddress;
+    private int corePort;
     private String xmlPath;
     private String mobilityPath;
     private String iconPath;
diff --git a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/utils/WebUtils.java b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/utils/WebUtils.java
index 61b9fa52..fec69313 100644
--- a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/utils/WebUtils.java
+++ b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/utils/WebUtils.java
@@ -139,6 +139,17 @@ public final class WebUtils {
         }
     }
 
+    public static <T> T putJson(String url, Object json, Class<T> clazz) throws IOException {
+        logger.debug("put json: {} - {}", url, json);
+        RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(JSON, JsonUtils.toString(json));
+        Request request = new Request.Builder()
+                .url(url)
+                .put(body)
+                .build();
+        String response = readResponse(request);
+        return JsonUtils.read(response, clazz);
+    }
+
     public static <T> T post(String url, Class<T> clazz) throws IOException {
         logger.debug("post: {}", url);
         RequestBody body = new FormBody.Builder().build();
diff --git a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/websocket/CoreWebSocket.java b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/websocket/CoreWebSocket.java
index c5cc89b5..451f8416 100644
--- a/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/websocket/CoreWebSocket.java
+++ b/corefx/src/main/java/com/core/websocket/CoreWebSocket.java
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ public class CoreWebSocket {
         this.controller = controller;
     }
 
-    public void start(String url) throws URISyntaxException {
-        socket = IO.socket(url);
+    public void start(String address, int port) throws URISyntaxException {
+        socket = IO.socket(String.format("http://%s:%s", address, port));
         socket.on(Socket.EVENT_CONNECT, args -> logger.info("connected to web socket"));
         socket.on("node", this::handleNodes);
         socket.on("event", this::handleEvents);
diff --git a/corefx/src/main/resources/config.json b/corefx/src/main/resources/config.json
index 55db8ff4..fc214032 100644
--- a/corefx/src/main/resources/config.json
+++ b/corefx/src/main/resources/config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "coreRest": "http://127.0.0.1:5000",
+  "coreAddress": "127.0.0.1",
+  "corePort": 5000,
   "xmlPath": null,
   "mobilityPath": null,
   "shellCommand": "gnome-terminal --window --"
diff --git a/corefx/src/main/resources/css/main.css b/corefx/src/main/resources/css/main.css
index 81a47cc7..252c1254 100644
--- a/corefx/src/main/resources/css/main.css
+++ b/corefx/src/main/resources/css/main.css
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 }
 
 .code {
+    -fx-background-color: black;
     -fx-text-fill: lime;
     -fx-font-family: monospaced;
     -jfx-focus-color: lime;
diff --git a/corefx/src/main/resources/fxml/connect_dialog.fxml b/corefx/src/main/resources/fxml/connect_dialog.fxml
index ec2b4f2e..2f154f0d 100644
--- a/corefx/src/main/resources/fxml/connect_dialog.fxml
+++ b/corefx/src/main/resources/fxml/connect_dialog.fxml
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
       <Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
    </padding>
    <children>
-      <Label maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" text="URL" />
-      <JFXTextField fx:id="urlTextField" />
+      <Label maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" text="Address" />
+      <JFXTextField fx:id="addressTextField" />
+      <Label maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" text="Port" />
+      <JFXTextField fx:id="portTextField" />
    </children>
 </VBox>
diff --git a/corefx/src/main/resources/fxml/main.fxml b/corefx/src/main/resources/fxml/main.fxml
index 706576e1..263e2129 100644
--- a/corefx/src/main/resources/fxml/main.fxml
+++ b/corefx/src/main/resources/fxml/main.fxml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
                         </Menu>
                         <Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="Session">
                           <items>
+                              <MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#onSessionNodesMenu" text="Nodes" />
                               <MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#onSessionHooksMenu" text="Hooks" />
                               <MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#onOptionsMenuLocation" text="Location" />
                               <MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#onOptionsMenuBackground" text="Background" />
diff --git a/corefx/src/main/resources/fxml/terminal_dialog.fxml b/corefx/src/main/resources/fxml/terminal_dialog.fxml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0192dc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corefx/src/main/resources/fxml/terminal_dialog.fxml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<?import com.jfoenix.controls.JFXTextArea?>
+<?import com.jfoenix.controls.JFXTextField?>
+<?import javafx.scene.layout.HBox?>
+<?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
+
+
+<VBox prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" style="-fx-background-color: black;" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.171" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
+   <children>
+      <JFXTextArea fx:id="outputTextArea" editable="false" styleClass="code" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS" />
+      <HBox style="-fx-background-color: black;">
+         <children>
+            <JFXTextField editable="false" prefColumnCount="3" styleClass="code" text="\$&gt; " />
+            <JFXTextField fx:id="commandTextField" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" styleClass="code" HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS" />
+         </children>
+      </HBox>
+   </children>
+</VBox>