diff --git a/c_src/erluv.c b/c_src/erluv.c
index 434cd69..701d591 100644
--- a/c_src/erluv.c
+++ b/c_src/erluv.c
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ process_new(uv_loop_t *loop) {
   return uv_run(loop, UV_RUN_DEFAULT);
 }
 
+
+void action(uv_tcp_t* handle) {
+  printf("receive data");
+}
+
 /* main function 
  *
  */
@@ -82,28 +87,32 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   (void)init();
  
   /* create the loop */
-  /*
   uv_loop_t *loop;
   create_loop(loop);
-  uv_process_t child_req = {0};
-  uv_process_options_t options = {0};
-  uv_spawn(loop, &child_req, &options);
-  close_loop(loop);
-  */
-        
+
+  /* create a tcp structure and init it */
+  uv_tcp_t server;
+  uv_tcp_init(loop, &server);
+
   /* connect to erlang node  */
   ei_cnode ec;
   ei_connect_init(&ec, node_name, cookie, creation);
-  
+
+  /* create the connection to the server */
   int sockfd;
   if ((sockfd = ei_connect(&ec, node_target)) < 0)
     fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: ei_connect failed\n");
-  
+
+  /* open the tcp socket with */
+  uv_tcp_open(&server, sockfd);
+
+  /* create an erlang  pid
   erlang_pid pid;
   ei_make_pid(&ec, &pid);
   erlang_pid *p = ei_self(&ec);
   printf("%d, %d, %d\n", p->num, p->serial, p->creation);
   printf("%d, %d, %d\n", pid.num, pid.serial, pid.creation);
+  */
 
   char *message = "my_message";
   char *process_name = "ttt";
@@ -113,9 +122,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   ei_x_encode_string(&x, message);
   ei_reg_send(&ec, sockfd, process_name, x.buff, x.index);
   ei_x_free(&x);
-  //SleepEx(100);
   shutdown(sockfd, 1);
+
+  // uv_tcp_close_reset(server, close_cb);
+  
   close(sockfd);
+  close_loop(loop);
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/c_src/erluv.h b/c_src/erluv.h
index e8b140b..441e160 100644
--- a/c_src/erluv.h
+++ b/c_src/erluv.h
@@ -17,3 +17,17 @@ struct process_baton {
   char **arguments;
   char **environment;
 };
+
+enum message_tag {
+         PING,
+         PONG,
+         TEST,
+         START,
+         STATUS,
+         STOP,
+         KILL,
+};
+
+struct message {
+  enum message_tag tag;
+};