diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2c31110..9a14ded 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ nulform.sublime-workspace
 /ebin
 /deps
 erl_crash.dump
+mix.lock
diff --git a/lib/nulform.ex b/lib/nulform.ex
index 6d2f7a6..131692e 100644
--- a/lib/nulform.ex
+++ b/lib/nulform.ex
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 defmodule Nulform do
+
+    def run() do
+        {:ok, sock} = Nulform.Connection.connect('irc.quakenet.org', 6667)
+        Nulform.Connection.wait_on_socket(sock)
+    end
+
 end
diff --git a/lib/nulform/connection.ex b/lib/nulform/connection.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cebc6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nulform/connection.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+defmodule Nulform.Connection do
+    def connect(host, port) do
+        {:ok, sock} = :gen_tcp.connect host, port, [
+            {:active, :true}, :binary, :inet, {:packet, :line}
+        ]
+    end
+
+    def wait_on_socket(sock) do
+        receive do
+            {:tcp, sock, msg} ->
+                stripped = String.rstrip msg
+                IO.puts stripped
+
+                
+                case stripped do
+                    "NOTICE AUTH :*** Looking up your hostname" ->
+                        send sock, "NICK Nulform"
+                        send sock, "USER nulform 8 * :␀form"
+
+                    _ ->
+
+                end
+
+                case String.split stripped, ":" do
+                    ["PING " | rest]
+                        when is_binary rest ->
+                            :ok = :gen_tcp.send sock, rest <> "\r\n"
+
+                    ["PING " | rest]
+                        when is_list rest ->
+                            concat_list = fn
+                                f, list, sep when length(list) > 1 ->
+                                    [now | rest] = list
+                                    now <> sep <> f.(rest, sep)
+                                _, list, _ ->
+                                    [last] = list
+                                    last
+                            end
+
+                            send sock, "PONG :" <> concat_list.(concat_list, rest, ":")
+
+
+                    _ ->
+                end
+        end
+
+        wait_on_socket sock
+    end
+
+    def send(sock, msg) do
+        :ok = :gen_tcp.send sock, msg <> "\r\n"
+        IO.puts("<- " <> msg)
+    end
+end
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index b00cdb5..6472de3 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 defmodule Nulform.Mixfile do
-  use Mix.Project
+    use Mix.Project
 
-  def project do
-    [ app: :nulform,
-      version: "0.0.1",
-      deps: deps ]
-  end
+    def project do
+        [ app: :nulform,
+            version: "0.0.1",
+            deps: deps ]
+    end
 
-  # Configuration for the OTP application
-  def application do
-    []
-  end
+    # Configuration for the OTP application
+    def application do
+        []
+    end
 
-  # Returns the list of dependencies in the format:
-  # { :foobar, "0.1", git: "https://github.com/elixir-lang/foobar.git" }
-  defp deps do
-    []
-  end
+    # Returns the list of dependencies in the format:
+    # { :foobar, "0.1", git: "https://github.com/elixir-lang/foobar.git" }
+    defp deps do
+        [
+            { :socket, "0.0.1", git: "https://github.com/meh/elixir-socket" }
+        ]
+    end
 end
diff --git a/test/nulform_test.exs b/test/nulform_test.exs
index 7607917..968c041 100644
--- a/test/nulform_test.exs
+++ b/test/nulform_test.exs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 Code.require_file "test_helper.exs", __DIR__
 
 defmodule NulformTest do
-  use ExUnit.Case
+    use ExUnit.Case
 
-  test "the truth" do
-    assert(true)
-  end
+    test "the truth" do
+        assert(true)
+    end
 end