diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 06a33cd..d38c9d2 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
+// drawn from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2886719/unix-sockets-in-go
+
 import (
 	"log"
 	"net"
diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a340b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// +build ignore
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"net"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func reader(r io.Reader) {
+	buf := make([]byte, 1024)
+	for {
+		n, err := r.Read(buf[:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		println("Client got:", string(buf[0:n]))
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	c, err := net.Dial("unix", "/tmp/echo.sock")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	defer c.Close()
+
+	go reader(c)
+	for {
+		_, err := c.Write([]byte("hi"))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal("write error:", err)
+			break
+		}
+		time.Sleep(1e9)
+	}
+}