diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e79dfa6..b7a81a2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -11,6 +11,55 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstream"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e579a7752471abc2a8268df8b20005e3eadd975f585398f17efcfd8d4927371"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "is-terminal",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "41ed9a86bf92ae6580e0a31281f65a1b1d867c0cc68d5346e2ae128dddfa6a7d"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e765fd216e48e067936442276d1d57399e37bce53c264d6fefbe298080cb57ee"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5ca11d4be1bab0c8bc8734a9aa7bf4ee8316d462a08c6ac5052f888fef5b494b"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4bcd8291a340dd8ac70e18878bc4501dd7b4ff970cfa21c207d36ece51ea88fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-broadcast"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -205,6 +254,54 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "956ac1f6381d8d82ab4684768f89c0ea3afe66925ceadb4eeb3fc452ffc55d62"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap_builder",
+ "clap_derive",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "84080e799e54cff944f4b4a4b0e71630b0e0443b25b985175c7dddc1a859b749"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "bitflags",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "strsim",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f9644cd56d6b87dbe899ef8b053e331c0637664e9e21a33dfcdc36093f5c5c4"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.15",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8a2dd5a6fe8c6e3502f568a6353e5273bbb15193ad9a89e457b9970798efbea1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "concurrent-queue"
 version = "2.2.0"
@@ -402,6 +499,12 @@ version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -444,6 +547,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is-terminal"
+version = "0.4.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "adcf93614601c8129ddf72e2d5633df827ba6551541c6d8c59520a371475be1f"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "io-lifetimes",
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.141"
@@ -657,8 +772,10 @@ checksum = "f162c6dd7b008981e4d40210aca20b4bd0f9b60ca9271061b07f78537722f2e1"
 name = "rings"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "clap",
  "protobuf",
  "smol",
+ "uds",
  "zbus",
 ]
 
@@ -779,6 +896,12 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.109"
@@ -889,6 +1012,15 @@ version = "1.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "497961ef93d974e23eb6f433eb5fe1b7930b659f06d12dec6fc44a8f554c0bba"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "uds"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "343758ccc8a17c1663182d780f68b52021d68b9a43d4b912b0a01f48b526e4f0"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uds_windows"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -905,6 +1037,12 @@ version = "1.0.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5464a87b239f13a63a501f2701565754bae92d243d4bb7eb12f6d57d2269bf4"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ffa9a3b..255f117 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 protobuf = "3.2.0"
 smol = "1.3.0"
 zbus = "3.12.0"
+clap = { version = "4.2.4", features = ["derive"] }
+uds = "0.2.6"
diff --git a/src/args.rs b/src/args.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d5b7bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/args.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+use clap::Parser;
+
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+#[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
+pub struct Args {
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    pub server: bool,
+
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    pub client: bool
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e7a11a9..cc08e64 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,71 @@
+mod args;
+use args::Args;
+use clap::Parser;
+use uds::{UnixSeqpacketListener, UnixSeqpacketConn, UnixSocketAddr};
+extern crate uds;
+
 fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+    let args = Args::parse();
+
+    let result = validate_arguments(&args);
+    match result {
+        Ok(_) => {},
+        Err(err) => println!("{}", err.message)
+    }
 }
+
+fn validate_arguments(args: &Args) -> Result<(), RingsError> {
+    if !args.server && !args.client {
+        return Err(RingsError{message: "Please provide either --client or --server".to_string()}); 
+    }
+
+    if args.server && args.client  {
+       return Err(RingsError{message: "You can't have both flags active at the same time".to_string()}); 
+    }
+
+    if args.server {
+        server()?;
+        return Ok(());
+    } else if args.client {
+        
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn server() -> Result<(), RingsError> {
+    create_rings_socket()?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn client( addr: &uds::UnixSocketAddr ) -> Result<UnixSeqpacketConn, RingsError> {
+    let client = uds::UnixSeqpacketConn::connect_unix_addr(addr);
+    match client {
+        Ok(client) => {
+            return Err(RingsError { message: "to be implemented".to_string() })
+        },
+        Err(_) => {
+            return Err(RingsError { message: "to be written".to_string() })
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn create_rings_socket() -> Result<UnixSeqpacketListener, RingsError> {
+    let addr = uds::UnixSocketAddr::new("@abstract");
+    match addr {
+        Ok(addr) => {
+            let listener = UnixSeqpacketListener::bind_unix_addr(&addr).expect("create seqpacket listener");
+            return Ok(listener)
+        },
+        Err(_) => {
+            return Err(RingsError { message: "boop".to_string() })
+        }, 
+        _ => {
+            return Err(RingsError { message: "something has gone wrong".to_string() })
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+struct RingsError {
+    message: String
+}
\ No newline at end of file