diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e47473e..3869390 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-tungstenite",
+ "tungstenite",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b53c3fb..572e84e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ env_logger = "0.9.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.14.0", features = ["full"] }
 futures-util = "0.3.17"
 tokio-tungstenite = "0.16.0"
+tungstenite = "0.16.0"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5b4c3ad..18250a2 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,25 +1,39 @@
 use std::{env, io::Error};
 
-use futures_util::{future, StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
-use log::{info, warn};
+use futures_util::StreamExt;
+use log::info;
+use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
+use tokio::runtime::Builder;
+use tungstenite::protocol::Message;
 
-#[tokio::main]
-async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
     let _ = env_logger::try_init();
     let addr = env::args()
         .nth(1)
         .unwrap_or_else(|| "127.0.0.1:8080".to_string());
-
-    // Create the event loop and TCP listener we'll accept connections on.
-    let try_socket = TcpListener::bind(&addr).await;
-    let listener = try_socket.expect("Failed to bind");
-    info!("Listening on: {}", addr);
-
-    while let Ok((stream, _)) = listener.accept().await {
-        tokio::spawn(accept_connection(stream));
-    }
-
+    // configure tokio runtime
+    let rt = Builder::new_multi_thread()
+        .worker_threads(2)
+        .enable_io()
+        .thread_name("tokio-ws")
+        .on_thread_stop(|| {
+            info!("thread stopping");
+        })
+        .on_thread_start(|| {
+            info!("thread starting");
+        })
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
+    // start tokio
+    rt.block_on(async {
+        // Create the event loop and TCP listener we'll accept connections on.
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind(&addr).await.expect("Failed to bind");
+        info!("Listening on: {}", addr);
+        while let Ok((stream, _)) = listener.accept().await {
+            tokio::spawn(accept_connection(stream));
+        }
+    });
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -34,13 +48,12 @@ async fn accept_connection(stream: TcpStream) {
     match ws_stream_res {
         Ok(ws_stream) => {
             info!("New WebSocket connection: {}", addr);
-
-            let (write, read) = ws_stream.split();
-            // We should not forward messages other than text or binary.
-            read.try_filter(|msg| future::ready(msg.is_text() || msg.is_binary()))
-                .forward(write)
-                .await
-                .unwrap_or_else(|_| warn!("Failed to forward message"));
+            let (_write, mut read) = ws_stream.split();
+            // TODO: error on binary messages
+            // TODO: error on text messages > MAX_EVENT_SIZE
+            while let Some(mes_res) = read.next().await {
+                println!("got {:?}", mes_res);
+            }
         }
         Err(_) => {
             println!("Error");