diff --git a/tools/kete.py b/tools/kete.py
index 2ba0011..ae4d31c 100755
--- a/tools/kete.py
+++ b/tools/kete.py
@@ -246,8 +246,17 @@ class TuhiKeteDevice(_DBusObject):
                 raise e
 
     def start_live(self, fd):
-        self.proxy.StartLive('(h)', fd)
-        self.live = True
+        fd_list = Gio.UnixFDList.new()
+        fd_list.append(fd)
+
+        res, fds = self.proxy.call_with_unix_fd_list_sync('org.freedesktop.tuhi1.Device.StartLive',
+                                                          GLib.Variant('(h)', (fd,)),
+                                                          Gio.DBusCallFlags.NO_AUTO_START,
+                                                          -1,
+                                                          fd_list,
+                                                          None)
+        if res[0] == 0:
+            self.live = True
 
     def stop_live(self):
         self.proxy.StopLive()
@@ -605,7 +614,7 @@ class LiveChanger(Worker):
             return
 
         logger.debug(f'{self.device}: starting live mode')
-        self.device.start_live(0)
+        self.device.start_live(-1)
 
     def stop(self):
         logger.debug(f'{self.device}: stopping live mode')
diff --git a/tuhi/dbusserver.py b/tuhi/dbusserver.py
index 38a5273..4582dec 100755
--- a/tuhi/dbusserver.py
+++ b/tuhi/dbusserver.py
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ INTROSPECTION_XML = '''
     </method>
 
     <method name='StartLive'>
-      <arg name='uhid' type='h' />
-      <annotation name='org.freedesktop.DBus.Method.NoReply' value='true'/>
+      <arg name='uhid_fd' type='h' />
+      <arg name='result' type='i' direction='out'/>
     </method>
 
     <method name='StopLive'>
@@ -267,8 +267,7 @@ class TuhiDBusDevice(_TuhiDBus):
             self._stop_listening(connection, sender)
             invocation.return_value()
         elif methodname == 'StartLive':
-            self._start_live(connection, sender, args)
-            invocation.return_value()
+            self._start_live(connection, sender, args, invocation)
         elif methodname == 'StopLive':
             self._stop_live(connection, sender)
             invocation.return_value()
@@ -375,7 +374,7 @@ class TuhiDBusDevice(_TuhiDBus):
         self.listening = False
         self.notify('listening')
 
-    def _start_live(self, connection, sender, args):
+    def _start_live(self, connection, sender, args, invocation):
         if self.live:
             logger.debug(f'{self} - already in live mode')
 
@@ -397,8 +396,23 @@ class TuhiDBusDevice(_TuhiDBus):
         self._live_client = (sender, s)
         logger.debug(f'Live mode started on {self.name} for {sender}')
 
+        message = invocation.get_message()
+        fds_list = message.get_unix_fd_list()
+
+        if fds_list is None or fds_list.get_length() != 1:
+            logger.error(f'uhid fds not provided')
+            result = GLib.Variant.new_int32(-errno.EINVAL)
+            invocation.return_value(GLib.Variant.new_tuple(result))
+            return
+
+        fds_list = fds_list.steal_fds()
+
+        self._uhid_fd = fds_list[0]
+
         self.live = True
-        self._uhid_fd = args[0]
+
+        result = GLib.Variant.new_int32(0)
+        invocation.return_value(GLib.Variant.new_tuple(result))
 
     def _stop_live(self, connection, sender, errno=0):
         if not self.live or sender != self._live_client[0]: