diff --git a/app/src/scrcpy.c b/app/src/scrcpy.c
index 8418353d..29ebe129 100644
--- a/app/src/scrcpy.c
+++ b/app/src/scrcpy.c
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ scrcpy(const struct scrcpy_options *options) {
 
     bool record = !!options->record_filename;
     struct server_params params = {
+        .serial = options->serial,
         .log_level = options->log_level,
         .crop = options->crop,
         .port_range = options->port_range,
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ scrcpy(const struct scrcpy_options *options) {
         .force_adb_forward = options->force_adb_forward,
         .power_off_on_close = options->power_off_on_close,
     };
-    if (!server_start(&server, options->serial, &params)) {
+    if (!server_start(&server, &params)) {
         goto end;
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/server.c b/app/src/server.c
index 646006d6..41e8166c 100644
--- a/app/src/server.c
+++ b/app/src/server.c
@@ -407,16 +407,15 @@ run_wait_server(void *data) {
 }
 
 bool
-server_start(struct server *server, const char *serial,
-             const struct server_params *params) {
-    if (serial) {
-        server->serial = strdup(serial);
+server_start(struct server *server, const struct server_params *params) {
+    if (params->serial) {
+        server->serial = strdup(params->serial);
         if (!server->serial) {
             return false;
         }
     }
 
-    if (!push_server(serial)) {
+    if (!push_server(params->serial)) {
         /* server->serial will be freed on server_destroy() */
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/app/src/server.h b/app/src/server.h
index ad49a982..c249b374 100644
--- a/app/src/server.h
+++ b/app/src/server.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ struct server {
 };
 
 struct server_params {
+    const char *serial;
     enum sc_log_level log_level;
     const char *crop;
     const char *codec_options;
@@ -56,8 +57,7 @@ server_init(struct server *server);
 
 // push, enable tunnel et start the server
 bool
-server_start(struct server *server, const char *serial,
-             const struct server_params *params);
+server_start(struct server *server, const struct server_params *params);
 
 #define DEVICE_NAME_FIELD_LENGTH 64
 // block until the communication with the server is established