diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index eb538d5..de0cd96 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 4
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.104"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "330a5ed07fa54e4702c9d6c4174f74427fc0ef6e214bbd677ae50a5099946470"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "atomic-waker"
 version = "1.1.2"
@@ -129,6 +135,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "enclave-server"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "axum",
  "tokio",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7a1cdad..1ca7234 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.104"
 axum = { version = "0.8.9", features = ["ws"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.53.1", features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread", "macros", "sync"] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index cc74903..0b6f08c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,31 @@
-use axum::{Router, routing::get};
+pub mod protocol;
+
+use axum::{
+    Router,
+    extract::{WebSocketUpgrade, ws::WebSocket},
+    response::Response,
+    routing::{any, get},
+};
+
+use crate::protocol::Client;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    // build our application with a single route
-    let app = Router::new().route("/", get(|| async { "Hello, World!" }));
+    let app = Router::new()
+        .route("/meta", get(|| async { "Hello, World!" }))
+        .route("/", any(ws_handler));
 
-    // run our app with hyper, listening globally on port 3000
     let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("0.0.0.0:3000").await.unwrap();
     axum::serve(listener, app).await.unwrap();
 }
+
+async fn ws_handler(ws: WebSocketUpgrade) -> Response {
+    ws.on_upgrade(|socket: WebSocket| async {
+        match Client::initialize(socket).await {
+            Ok(client) => {}
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("Failed to initialize client {e}")
+            }
+        }
+    })
+}
diff --git a/src/protocol/initialize.rs b/src/protocol/initialize.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..225e8ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/protocol/initialize.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+use axum::extract::ws::WebSocket;
+
+impl super::Client {
+    pub async fn initialize(mut socket: WebSocket) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            socket,
+            meta: super::ClientMeta {},
+            pub_key: String::new(),
+        })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/protocol/mod.rs b/src/protocol/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8497cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/protocol/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use axum::extract::ws::WebSocket;
+
+pub mod initialize;
+
+pub struct Client {
+    pub socket: WebSocket,
+    pub meta: ClientMeta,
+    pub pub_key: String,
+}
+
+pub struct ClientMeta {}
+
+pub enum ClientMessage {}
+
+pub enum ServerMessage {}
+
+impl Client {
+    pub async fn read_socket(mut socket: WebSocket) -> anyhow::Result<ClientMessage> {
+        unimplemented!()
+        // Ok(socket.recv().await?)
+    }
+}