diff --git a/cmd/count-client/main.go b/cmd/count-client/main.go
index 81de989..2134ab6 100644
--- a/cmd/count-client/main.go
+++ b/cmd/count-client/main.go
@@ -2,13 +2,83 @@ package main
 
 import (
     "fmt"
+    "flag"
+    "time"
+    "log"
     "os"
+    "context"
 
     "github.com/therecipe/qt/widgets"
+    "github.com/jordanorelli/grpc-ui/lib/count"
+    "google.golang.org/grpc"
 )
 
+var (
+    info_log *log.Logger
+    error_log *log.Logger
+)
+
+func bg(label *widgets.QLabel) {
+    info_log.Println("bg goroutine started")
+    defer info_log.Println("bg goroutine exited")
+
+    time.Sleep(5*time.Second)
+    conn, err := grpc.Dial("localhost:9001", grpc.WithInsecure())
+    if err != nil {
+        label.SetText(fmt.Sprintf("error: %v", err))
+        return
+    }
+
+    req := count.NextRequest{Name: "example-param"}
+    client := count.NewCountClient(conn)
+    for range time.Tick(time.Second) {
+        reply, err := client.Next(context.TODO(), &req)
+        if err != nil {
+            label.SetText(fmt.Sprintf("error: %v", err))
+            continue
+        }
+        label.SetText(fmt.Sprintf("count: %v", reply.GetVal()))
+    }
+
+    label.SetText(fmt.Sprintf("Connection: %v", conn))
+}
+
 func main() {
-    fmt.Println("Hey from VSCode")
+    var options struct {
+        infoLogPath string
+        errorLogPath string
+    }
+    flag.StringVar(&options.infoLogPath, "info-log", "count-client.log", "file path of an info log")
+    flag.StringVar(&options.errorLogPath, "error-log", "count-client.log", "file path of an error log")
+    flag.Parse()
+
+    {
+        f, err := os.OpenFile(options.infoLogPath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
+        if err != nil {
+            panic(err)
+        }
+        info_log = log.New(f, "i ", log.LstdFlags)
+    }
+
+    {
+        f, err := os.OpenFile(options.errorLogPath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
+        if err != nil {
+            panic(err)
+        }
+        error_log = log.New(f, "e ", log.LstdFlags)
+    }
+
     widgets.NewQApplication(len(os.Args), os.Args)
-    widgets.QApplication_Exec()
+
+    label := widgets.NewQLabel(nil, 0)
+    label.SetText("this is a label")
+    label.Show()
+
+    info_log.Println("spawning bg goroutine")
+    go bg(label)
+
+    info_log.Println("starting qapplication")
+    code := widgets.QApplication_Exec()
+    info_log.Printf("QApplication exited with code: %d\n", code)
+    os.Exit(code)
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/count-server/main.go b/cmd/count-server/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2f3983
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/count-server/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+    "net"
+    "sync"
+    "google.golang.org/grpc"
+    "golang.org/x/net/context"
+    "github.com/jordanorelli/grpc-ui/lib/count"
+)
+
+type countServer struct {
+    sync.Mutex
+    last int64
+}
+
+func (c *countServer) Next(ctx context.Context, r *count.NextRequest) (*count.NextReply, error) {
+    return &count.NextReply{Val: c.incr()}, nil
+}
+
+func (c *countServer) incr() int64 {
+    c.Lock()
+    defer c.Unlock()
+
+    c.last += 1
+    return c.last
+}
+
+func main() {
+    lis, err := net.Listen("tcp", "localhost:9001")
+    if err != nil {
+        panic(err)
+    }
+
+    s := grpc.NewServer()
+    count.RegisterCountServer(s, &countServer{})
+    s.Serve(lis)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/count.proto b/lib/count.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1d2a68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/count.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+service Count {
+    rpc Next (NextRequest) returns (NextReply) {}   
+}
+
+message NextRequest {
+    string name = 1;
+}
+
+message NextReply {
+    int64 val = 1;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/count/count.pb.go b/lib/count/count.pb.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fe0276
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/count/count.pb.go
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+// Code generated by protoc-gen-go.
+// source: count.proto
+// DO NOT EDIT!
+
+/*
+Package count is a generated protocol buffer package.
+
+It is generated from these files:
+	count.proto
+
+It has these top-level messages:
+	NextRequest
+	NextReply
+*/
+package count
+
+import proto "github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+import fmt "fmt"
+import math "math"
+
+import (
+	context "golang.org/x/net/context"
+	grpc "google.golang.org/grpc"
+)
+
+// Reference imports to suppress errors if they are not otherwise used.
+var _ = proto.Marshal
+var _ = fmt.Errorf
+var _ = math.Inf
+
+// This is a compile-time assertion to ensure that this generated file
+// is compatible with the proto package it is being compiled against.
+// A compilation error at this line likely means your copy of the
+// proto package needs to be updated.
+const _ = proto.ProtoPackageIsVersion2 // please upgrade the proto package
+
+type NextRequest struct {
+	Name string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=name" json:"name,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (m *NextRequest) Reset()                    { *m = NextRequest{} }
+func (m *NextRequest) String() string            { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
+func (*NextRequest) ProtoMessage()               {}
+func (*NextRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{0} }
+
+func (m *NextRequest) GetName() string {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.Name
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+type NextReply struct {
+	Val int64 `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=val" json:"val,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (m *NextReply) Reset()                    { *m = NextReply{} }
+func (m *NextReply) String() string            { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
+func (*NextReply) ProtoMessage()               {}
+func (*NextReply) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{1} }
+
+func (m *NextReply) GetVal() int64 {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.Val
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func init() {
+	proto.RegisterType((*NextRequest)(nil), "NextRequest")
+	proto.RegisterType((*NextReply)(nil), "NextReply")
+}
+
+// Reference imports to suppress errors if they are not otherwise used.
+var _ context.Context
+var _ grpc.ClientConn
+
+// This is a compile-time assertion to ensure that this generated file
+// is compatible with the grpc package it is being compiled against.
+const _ = grpc.SupportPackageIsVersion4
+
+// Client API for Count service
+
+type CountClient interface {
+	Next(ctx context.Context, in *NextRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*NextReply, error)
+}
+
+type countClient struct {
+	cc *grpc.ClientConn
+}
+
+func NewCountClient(cc *grpc.ClientConn) CountClient {
+	return &countClient{cc}
+}
+
+func (c *countClient) Next(ctx context.Context, in *NextRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*NextReply, error) {
+	out := new(NextReply)
+	err := grpc.Invoke(ctx, "/Count/Next", in, out, c.cc, opts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+// Server API for Count service
+
+type CountServer interface {
+	Next(context.Context, *NextRequest) (*NextReply, error)
+}
+
+func RegisterCountServer(s *grpc.Server, srv CountServer) {
+	s.RegisterService(&_Count_serviceDesc, srv)
+}
+
+func _Count_Next_Handler(srv interface{}, ctx context.Context, dec func(interface{}) error, interceptor grpc.UnaryServerInterceptor) (interface{}, error) {
+	in := new(NextRequest)
+	if err := dec(in); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if interceptor == nil {
+		return srv.(CountServer).Next(ctx, in)
+	}
+	info := &grpc.UnaryServerInfo{
+		Server:     srv,
+		FullMethod: "/Count/Next",
+	}
+	handler := func(ctx context.Context, req interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+		return srv.(CountServer).Next(ctx, req.(*NextRequest))
+	}
+	return interceptor(ctx, in, info, handler)
+}
+
+var _Count_serviceDesc = grpc.ServiceDesc{
+	ServiceName: "Count",
+	HandlerType: (*CountServer)(nil),
+	Methods: []grpc.MethodDesc{
+		{
+			MethodName: "Next",
+			Handler:    _Count_Next_Handler,
+		},
+	},
+	Streams:  []grpc.StreamDesc{},
+	Metadata: "count.proto",
+}
+
+func init() { proto.RegisterFile("count.proto", fileDescriptor0) }
+
+var fileDescriptor0 = []byte{
+	// 121 bytes of a gzipped FileDescriptorProto
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