diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/RuneLite.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/RuneLite.java
index bd15dc4acf..b0595c1e19 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/RuneLite.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/RuneLite.java
@@ -178,8 +178,6 @@ public class RuneLite
 		parser.accepts("developer-mode", "Enable developer tools");
 		parser.accepts("debug", "Show extra debugging output");
 		parser.accepts("no-splash", "Do not show the splash screen");
-		parser.accepts("local-injected", "Use local injected-client - DEPRECATED");
-		parser.accepts("private-server", "Use a custom codebase - DEPRECATED: Use --rs=RSPS");
 
 		final ArgumentAcceptingOptionSpec<String> proxyInfo = parser
 			.accepts("proxy")
@@ -258,16 +256,6 @@ public class RuneLite
 			logger.setLevel(Level.DEBUG);
 		}
 
-		if (options.has("local-injected"))
-		{
-			log.warn("--local-injected has been deprecated and may get removed soon");
-		}
-
-		if (options.has("private-server"))
-		{
-			allowPrivateServer = true;
-		}
-
 		Thread.setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler((thread, throwable) ->
 		{
 			log.error("Uncaught exception:", throwable);
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/privateserver/PrivateServerConfig.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/privateserver/PrivateServerConfig.java
index 94e5fc1c9e..af05480ffc 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/privateserver/PrivateServerConfig.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/privateserver/PrivateServerConfig.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public interface PrivateServerConfig extends Config
 	)
 	default String codebase()
 	{
-		return "http://oldschool17.runescape.com/";
+		return "http://127.0.0.1";
 	}
 
 	@ConfigItem(
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/privateserver/PrivateServerPlugin.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/privateserver/PrivateServerPlugin.java
index 7bde24c158..0d33714bf9 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/privateserver/PrivateServerPlugin.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/privateserver/PrivateServerPlugin.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import net.runelite.api.Client;
 import net.runelite.api.events.ConfigChanged;
+import net.runelite.client.RuneLite;
 import net.runelite.client.config.ConfigManager;
 import net.runelite.client.eventbus.EventBus;
 import net.runelite.client.plugins.Plugin;
@@ -69,14 +70,20 @@ public class PrivateServerPlugin extends Plugin
 	@Override
 	protected void startUp() throws Exception
 	{
-		updateConfig();
-		addSubscriptions();
+		if (RuneLite.allowPrivateServer)
+		{
+			updateConfig();
+			addSubscriptions();
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	protected void shutDown() throws Exception
 	{
-		eventBus.unregister(this);
+		if (RuneLite.allowPrivateServer)
+		{
+			eventBus.unregister(this);
+		}
 	}
 
 	private void addSubscriptions()
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/ClientLoader.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/ClientLoader.java
index 51b3f65693..ac1499ab3c 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/ClientLoader.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/ClientLoader.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Named;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import net.runelite.client.RuneLite;
 
 @Slf4j
 @Singleton
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ public class ClientLoader
 					return loadVanilla(config);
 				case NONE:
 					return null;
+				case RSPS:
+					RuneLite.allowPrivateServer = true;
+					return loadRLPlus(config);
 			}
 		}
 		catch (IOException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e)
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/RSAppletStub.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/RSAppletStub.java
index 516c7e58a0..6b73a5f284 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/RSAppletStub.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/rs/RSAppletStub.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ package net.runelite.client.rs;
 
 import java.applet.AppletContext;
 import java.applet.AppletStub;
+import java.io.File;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
@@ -57,7 +58,12 @@ class RSAppletStub implements AppletStub
 		{
 			if (RuneLite.allowPrivateServer)
 			{
-				return new URL(StringFileUtils.readStringFromFile("./codebase"));
+				File f = new File(RuneLite.RUNELITE_DIR + "/codebase");
+				if (!f.exists())
+				{
+					StringFileUtils.writeStringToFile(f.getAbsolutePath(), "http://127.0.0.1");
+				}
+				return new URL(StringFileUtils.readStringFromFile(f.getAbsolutePath()));
 			}
 
 			return new URL(config.getCodeBase());