diff --git a/src/effektManager.ts b/src/effektManager.ts
index 0dcd48f..812030c 100644
--- a/src/effektManager.ts
+++ b/src/effektManager.ts
@@ -505,10 +505,10 @@ export class EffektManager {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the command arguments for starting the Effekt server.
+     * Gets the command arguments for starting Effekt.
      * @returns An array of command arguments.
      */
-    public getEffektArgs(server: boolean = true): string[] {
+    public getEffektArgs(): string[] {
         const args: string[] = [];
         const effektBackend = this.config.get<string>("backend");
         const effektLib = this.config.get<string>("lib");
@@ -519,9 +519,6 @@ export class EffektManager {
         const folders = vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders || [];
         folders.forEach(folder => args.push("--includes", folder.uri.fsPath));
 
-        if (server) {
-            args.push("--server");
-        }
         return args;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index a8eb1cd..c822bc3 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ async function getEffektRepl() {
         effektRepl = vscode.window.createTerminal({
             name: 'Effekt REPL',
             shellPath: effektExecutable.path,
-            shellArgs: effektManager.getEffektArgs(/* server = */ false),
+            shellArgs: effektManager.getEffektArgs(),
             isTransient: true, // Don't persist across VSCode restarts
         });
         effektRepl.show();
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
         };
     } else {
         const effektExecutable = await effektManager.locateEffektExecutable();
-        const args = effektManager.getEffektArgs();
+        const args = ["--server", ...effektManager.getEffektArgs()];
 
         /* > Node.js will now error with EINVAL if a .bat or .cmd file is passed to child_process.spawn and child_process.spawnSync without the shell option set.
          * > If the input to spawn/spawnSync is sanitized, users can now pass { shell: true } as an option to prevent the occurrence of EINVALs errors.