diff --git a/app/src/scrcpy.c b/app/src/scrcpy.c
index 8c549d67..66badb06 100644
--- a/app/src/scrcpy.c
+++ b/app/src/scrcpy.c
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ SDL_bool scrcpy(const char *serial, Uint16 local_port, Uint16 max_size, Uint32 b
     // managed by the event loop. This blocking call blocks the event loop, so
     // timeout the connection not to block indefinitely in case of SIGTERM.
 #define SERVER_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS 2000
-    socket_t device_socket = server_connect_to(&server, serial, SERVER_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS);
+    socket_t device_socket = server_connect_to(&server, SERVER_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS);
     if (device_socket == INVALID_SOCKET) {
-        server_stop(&server, serial);
+        server_stop(&server);
         ret = SDL_FALSE;
         goto finally_destroy_server;
     }
@@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ SDL_bool scrcpy(const char *serial, Uint16 local_port, Uint16 max_size, Uint32 b
     // therefore, we transmit the screen size before the video stream, to be able
     // to init the window immediately
     if (!device_read_info(device_socket, device_name, &frame_size)) {
-        server_stop(&server, serial);
+        server_stop(&server);
         ret = SDL_FALSE;
         goto finally_destroy_server;
     }
 
     if (!frames_init(&frames)) {
-        server_stop(&server, serial);
+        server_stop(&server);
         ret = SDL_FALSE;
         goto finally_destroy_server;
     }
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ SDL_bool scrcpy(const char *serial, Uint16 local_port, Uint16 max_size, Uint32 b
     // start the decoder
     if (!decoder_start(&decoder)) {
         ret = SDL_FALSE;
-        server_stop(&server, serial);
+        server_stop(&server);
         goto finally_destroy_frames;
     }
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ finally_destroy_controller:
 finally_stop_decoder:
     decoder_stop(&decoder);
     // stop the server before decoder_join() to wake up the decoder
-    server_stop(&server, serial);
+    server_stop(&server);
     decoder_join(&decoder);
 finally_destroy_frames:
     frames_destroy(&frames);
diff --git a/app/src/server.c b/app/src/server.c
index d5d8b673..1e1c95bd 100644
--- a/app/src/server.c
+++ b/app/src/server.c
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ void server_init(struct server *server) {
 
 SDL_bool server_start(struct server *server, const char *serial, Uint16 local_port,
                       Uint16 max_size, Uint32 bit_rate) {
+    if (serial) {
+        server->serial = SDL_strdup(serial);
+    }
+
     if (!push_server(serial)) {
         return SDL_FALSE;
     }
@@ -121,7 +125,7 @@ SDL_bool server_start(struct server *server, const char *serial, Uint16 local_po
     return SDL_TRUE;
 }
 
-socket_t server_connect_to(struct server *server, const char *serial, Uint32 timeout_ms) {
+socket_t server_connect_to(struct server *server, Uint32 timeout_ms) {
     server->device_socket = net_accept(server->server_socket);
     if (server->device_socket == INVALID_SOCKET) {
         return INVALID_SOCKET;
@@ -131,17 +135,17 @@ socket_t server_connect_to(struct server *server, const char *serial, Uint32 tim
     close_socket(&server->server_socket);
 
     // the server is started, we can clean up the jar from the temporary folder
-    remove_server(serial); // ignore failure
+    remove_server(server->serial); // ignore failure
     server->server_copied_to_device = SDL_FALSE;
 
     // we don't need the adb tunnel anymore
-    disable_tunnel(serial); // ignore failure
+    disable_tunnel(server->serial); // ignore failure
     server->adb_reverse_enabled = SDL_FALSE;
 
     return server->device_socket;
 }
 
-void server_stop(struct server *server, const char *serial) {
+void server_stop(struct server *server) {
     SDL_assert(server->process != PROCESS_NONE);
 
     if (!cmd_terminate(server->process)) {
@@ -153,11 +157,11 @@ void server_stop(struct server *server, const char *serial) {
 
     if (server->adb_reverse_enabled) {
         // ignore failure
-        disable_tunnel(serial);
+        disable_tunnel(server->serial);
     }
 
     if (server->server_copied_to_device) {
-        remove_server(serial); // ignore failure
+        remove_server(server->serial); // ignore failure
     }
 }
 
@@ -168,4 +172,5 @@ void server_destroy(struct server *server) {
     if (server->device_socket != INVALID_SOCKET) {
         close_socket(&server->device_socket);
     }
+    SDL_free((void *) server->serial);
 }
diff --git a/app/src/server.h b/app/src/server.h
index c2fe1125..63547343 100644
--- a/app/src/server.h
+++ b/app/src/server.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "net.h"
 
 struct server {
+    const char *serial;
     process_t process;
     socket_t server_socket;
     socket_t device_socket;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ struct server {
 };
 
 #define SERVER_INITIALIZER {              \
+    .serial = NULL,                       \
     .process = PROCESS_NONE,              \
     .server_socket = INVALID_SOCKET,      \
     .device_socket = INVALID_SOCKET,      \
@@ -28,10 +30,10 @@ SDL_bool server_start(struct server *server, const char *serial, Uint16 local_po
                       Uint16 max_size, Uint32 bit_rate);
 
 // block until the communication with the server is established
-socket_t server_connect_to(struct server *server, const char *serial, Uint32 timeout_ms);
+socket_t server_connect_to(struct server *server, Uint32 timeout_ms);
 
 // disconnect and kill the server process
-void server_stop(struct server *server, const char *serial);
+void server_stop(struct server *server);
 
 // close and release sockets
 void server_destroy(struct server *server);