diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0831a8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
+	"github.com/jordanorelli/blammo"
+)
+
+type client struct {
+	*blammo.Log
+	host string
+	port int
+}
+
+func (c *client) run() {
+	dialer := websocket.Dialer{
+		HandshakeTimeout: 3 * time.Second,
+		ReadBufferSize:   32 * 1024,
+		WriteBufferSize:  32 * 1024,
+		Subprotocols:     []string{"astrodomu@v0"},
+	}
+
+	path := url.URL{
+		Host:   fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", c.host, c.port),
+		Scheme: "ws",
+		Path:   "/",
+	}
+
+	conn, res, err := dialer.Dial(path.String(), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.Error("dial error: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	c.Debug("dial response status: %d", res.StatusCode)
+	for k, vals := range res.Header {
+		c.Debug("dial response header: %s = %s", k, strings.Join(vals, ","))
+	}
+
+	for {
+		w, err := conn.NextWriter(websocket.TextMessage)
+		if err != nil {
+			c.Error("unable to get a websocket frame writer: %v", err)
+			break
+		}
+
+		w.Write([]byte("hey"))
+		w.Close()
+		time.Sleep(time.Second)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4a276d1..e58f090 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fatih/motion v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2 v2.0.0
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510 // indirect
+	github.com/gorilla/websocket v0.0.0-20170926233335-4201258b820c
 	github.com/jordanorelli/blammo v0.0.0-20200201231725-9fd70eb7c1f2
 	github.com/josharian/impl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jstemmer/gotags v1.4.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4f459b8..2514211 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20181017120253-0766667cb4d1/go.mod h1:wJfORR
 github.com/gorilla/context v1.1.1/go.mod h1:kBGZzfjB9CEq2AlWe17Uuf7NDRt0dE0s8S51q0aT7Yg=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.6.2/go.mod h1:1lud6UwP+6orDFRuTfBEV8e9/aOM/c4fVVCaMa2zaAs=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.3/go.mod h1:1lud6UwP+6orDFRuTfBEV8e9/aOM/c4fVVCaMa2zaAs=
+github.com/gorilla/websocket v0.0.0-20170926233335-4201258b820c h1:Lh2aW+HnU2Nbe1gqD9SOJLJxW1jBMmQOktN2acDyJk8=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v0.0.0-20170926233335-4201258b820c/go.mod h1:E7qHFY5m1UJ88s3WnNqhKjPHQ0heANvMoAMk2YaljkQ=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.0.1-0.20190118093823-f849b5445de4/go.mod h1:FiyG127CGDf3tlThmgyCl78X/SZQqEOJBCDaAfeWzPs=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus v1.2.0/go.mod h1:8NvIoxWQoOIhqOTXgfV/d3M/q6VIi02HzZEHgUlZvzk=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 71f2eed..153f184 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -32,14 +32,28 @@ func main() {
 
 	switch os.Args[1] {
 	case "client":
-		client()
+		runClient()
+	case "server":
+		stdout := blammo.NewLineWriter(os.Stdout)
+		stderr := blammo.NewLineWriter(os.Stderr)
+
+		options := []blammo.Option{
+			blammo.DebugWriter(stdout),
+			blammo.InfoWriter(stdout),
+			blammo.ErrorWriter(stderr),
+		}
+
+		log := blammo.NewLog("belt", options...).Child("server")
+		s := server{Log: log, host: "127.0.0.1", port: 12805}
+		err := s.listen()
+		log.Error("listen error: %v", err)
 	default:
 		exit.WithMessage(1, "supported options are [client|server]")
 	}
 
 }
 
-func client() {
+func runClient() {
 	log := newLog("./belt.log").Child("client")
 
 	start := time.Now()
@@ -55,16 +69,3 @@ func client() {
 	}
 	ui.run()
 }
-
-// func server() {
-// 	stdout := blammo.NewLineWriter(os.Stdout)
-// 	stderr := blammo.NewLineWriter(os.Stderr)
-//
-// 	options := []blammo.Option{
-// 		blammo.DebugWriter(stdout),
-// 		blammo.InfoWriter(stdout),
-// 		blammo.ErrorWriter(stderr),
-// 	}
-//
-// 	return blammo.NewLog("belt", options...).Child("server")
-// }
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b218640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
+	"github.com/jordanorelli/blammo"
+)
+
+type server struct {
+	*blammo.Log
+	host string
+	port int
+}
+
+func (s *server) listen() error {
+	return http.ListenAndServe(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", s.host, s.port), s)
+}
+
+func (s *server) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	upgrader := websocket.Upgrader{}
+
+	conn, err := upgrader.Upgrade(w, r, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.Error("upgrade error: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	for {
+		t, r, err := conn.NextReader()
+		if err != nil {
+			s.Error("read error: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+
+		switch t {
+		case websocket.TextMessage:
+			text, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r)
+			if err != nil {
+				s.Error("readall error: %v", err)
+				break
+			}
+			s.Info("received: %s", text)
+		case websocket.BinaryMessage:
+
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/ui.go b/ui.go
index 845c8b8..494c63f 100644
--- a/ui.go
+++ b/ui.go
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ type ui struct {
 }
 
 func (ui *ui) run() {
+	c := client{
+		Log:  ui.Child("client"),
+		host: "127.0.0.1",
+		port: 12805,
+	}
+	go c.run()
+
 	screen, err := tcell.NewScreen()
 	if err != nil {
 		exit.WithMessage(1, "unable to create a screen: %v", err)