diff --git a/dub.json b/dub.json
index 41b244b..a2f1d3a 100644
--- a/dub.json
+++ b/dub.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	],
 	"copyright": "Copyright © 2020, Tristan B. Kildaire",
 	"dependencies": {
-		"tristanable": "~>0.0.28"
+		"tristanable": "~>0.0.29"
 	},
 	"description": "dnet client",
 	"license": "GPLv3",
diff --git a/dub.selections.json b/dub.selections.json
index 3746c19..1c4a95d 100644
--- a/dub.selections.json
+++ b/dub.selections.json
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 	"fileVersion": 1,
 	"versions": {
 		"bformat": "1.0.8",
-		"tristanable": "0.0.28"
+		"tristanable": "0.0.29"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/source/app.d b/source/app.d
index 0bcba24..fdafeda 100644
--- a/source/app.d
+++ b/source/app.d
@@ -2,20 +2,66 @@ import std.stdio;
 
 import tristanable.manager;
 import std.socket;
+import client;
+import std.string : cmp, split, strip;
+import std.conv : to;
 
 void main()
 {
-	writeln("Edit source/app.d to start your project.");
-
-	/* COnnect to the server */
-	Socket socket = new Socket(AddressFamily.INET, SocketType.STREAM, ProtocolType.TCP);
-
-	socket.connect(parseAddress("0.0.0.0",7777));
-
-	/* Create a new tristanable manager */
-	Manager manager = new Manager(socket);
-
-	manager.sendMessage(1, [0,4,65,66,66,65,69,69]);
-
-	writeln(manager.receiveMessage(1));
+	commandLine();
+}
+
+void commandLine()
+{
+	/* Current conneciton */
+	DClient client;
+
+	/* The current command */
+	string commandLine;
+	
+	while(true)
+	{
+		/* Read in a command line */
+		write("> ");
+		commandLine = readln();
+
+		if(cmp(strip(commandLine), "") == 0)
+		{
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		string[] elements = split(commandLine);
+		string command = elements[0];
+		
+		/* If the command is `exit` */
+		if(cmp(command, "exit") == 0)
+		{
+			break;
+		}
+		/* If the command is `connect` */
+		else if(cmp(command, "connect") == 0)
+		{
+			string address = elements[1];
+			string port = elements[2];
+			Address addr = parseAddress(address, to!(ushort)(port));
+
+			writeln("Connecting to "~to!(string)(addr)~"...");
+			client = new DClient(addr);
+			writeln("Connected!");
+		}
+		/* If the command is `auth` */
+		else if(cmp(command, "auth") == 0)
+		{
+			string username = elements[1];
+			string password = elements[2];
+
+			client.auth(username, password);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if(client)
+	{
+		
+	}
+	
 }
diff --git a/source/client.d b/source/client.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..690c300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/client.d
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import tristanable.manager : Manager;
+import std.socket;
+import std.stdio;
+import std.conv : to;
+
+public class DClient
+{
+	/**
+	* tristanabale tag manager
+	*/
+	private Manager manager;
+
+	this(Address address)
+	{
+		/* Initialize the socket */
+		Socket socket = new Socket(AddressFamily.INET, SocketType.STREAM, ProtocolType.TCP);
+		socket.connect(address);
+		
+		/* Initialize the manager */
+		manager = new Manager(socket);
+
+		//init();
+	}
+
+	public void init()
+	{
+		manager.sendMessage(1, [0,4,65,66,66,65,69,69]);
+		writeln(manager.receiveMessage(1));
+	}
+
+	public void auth(string username, string password)
+	{
+		byte[] data = [0];
+		data ~= cast(byte)username.length;
+		data ~= username;
+		data ~= password;
+		writeln(data);
+		manager.sendMessage(1, data);
+		byte[] resp = manager.receiveMessage(1);
+		writeln("auth resp: "~to!(string)(resp));
+	}
+
+	public void disconnect()
+	{
+		manager.stopManager();	
+		writeln("manager stopped");
+	}
+}
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