diff --git a/src/proto.rs b/src/proto.rs
index cf40037..62488e8 100644
--- a/src/proto.rs
+++ b/src/proto.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
-use crate::event;
+use crate::{event, request};
 use log::{debug, info};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ pub enum NostrRawMessage {
 #[derive(PartialEq, Debug)]
 pub enum NostrRequest {
     Event(event::Event),
+    Subscription(request::Subscription),
 }
 
 // Wrap the message in the expected request type
@@ -60,7 +61,10 @@ pub fn parse_type(msg: String) -> Result<NostrRequest> {
     let typ = msg_type_wrapper(msg)?;
     match typ {
         NostrRawMessage::Event(_) => Err(Error::EventParseFailed),
-        NostrRawMessage::Req(_) => Err(Error::ReqParseFailed),
+        NostrRawMessage::Req(m) => {
+            let s = request::Subscription::parse(&m)?;
+            Ok(NostrRequest::Subscription(s))
+        }
         NostrRawMessage::Close(_) => Err(Error::CloseParseFailed),
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/request.rs b/src/request.rs
index a52b803..367ebcf 100644
--- a/src/request.rs
+++ b/src/request.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::error::Result;
+use crate::error::{Error, Result};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize};
 //use serde_json::json;
 //use serde_json::Result;
@@ -78,11 +78,12 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Subscription {
         })
     }
 }
-// impl Subscription {
-//     pub fn parse(json: &str) -> Result<Subscription> {
-//         use serde to parse the ReqCmd, and then extract elements
-//     }
-// }
+
+impl Subscription {
+    pub fn parse(json: &str) -> Result<Subscription> {
+        serde_json::from_str(json).map_err(|e| Error::JsonParseFailed(e))
+    }
+}
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {