diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1522862..f783edf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ And also my first serious C++ project.
 - [X] Basic K/V store
 - [X] Remove/add entries
 - [X] Serialisation and saving
-- [ ] FUCKING NETWORKING (probably minimal RESP)
+- [X] FUCKING NETWORKING (probably minimal RESP)
+- [ ] Proper startup/shutdown w/ load & save
 - [ ] Multithreading
 - [ ] More types
 - [ ] Async
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 30711a3..87160a0 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+#include <asm-generic/socket.h>
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
 #include "json.hpp"
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <format>
 
 using Db = std::vector<std::vector<std::string>>;
 
@@ -16,10 +21,10 @@ void save_database(Db& database, std::string file_name) {
 
 void load_database(Db& database, std::string file_name) {
   std::ifstream db_file(file_name);
-  std::string raw_file_text;
-  db_file >> raw_file_text;
+  std::stringstream raw_file_text;
+  raw_file_text << db_file.rdbuf();
   db_file.close();
-  database = nlohmann::json::parse(raw_file_text);
+  database = nlohmann::json::parse(raw_file_text.str());
 }
 
 void add_entry(Db& database, std::string key, std::string value) {
@@ -36,39 +41,159 @@ void remove_entry(Db& database, std::string key) {
   }
 }
 
-void prompt_user(Db& database) {
-  std::string mode;
-  std::cin >> mode;
-  if (mode == "add") {
-    std::string key;
-    std::string value;
-    std::cin >> key;
-    std::cin >> value;
-    add_entry(database, key, value);
-  } else if (mode == "rem") {
-    std::string key;
-    std::cin >> key;
-    remove_entry(database, key);
-  } else if (mode == "save") {
-    std::string file;
-    std::cin >> file;
-    save_database(database, file);
-  } else if (mode == "load") {
-    std::string file;
-    std::cin >> file;
-    load_database(database, file);
-  } else {
-    prompt_user(database);
+// void prompt_user(Db& database) {
+  // std::string mode;
+  // std::cin >> mode;
+  // if (mode == "add") {
+    // std::string key;
+    // std::string value;
+    // std::cin >> key;
+    // std::cin >> value;
+    // add_entry(database, key, value);
+  // } else if (mode == "rem") {
+    // std::string key;
+    // std::cin >> key;
+    // remove_entry(database, key);
+  // } else if (mode == "save") {
+    // std::string file;
+    // std::cin >> file;
+    // save_database(database, file);
+  // } else if (mode == "load") {
+    // std::string file;
+    // std::cin >> file;
+    // load_database(database, file);
+  // } else {
+    // prompt_user(database);
+  // }
+// }
+
+std::vector<std::string> parse_resp_request(char* request) {
+  std::string request_str(request);
+  std::string delimiter = "\r\n";
+  std::vector<std::string> split_request;
+  size_t pos = 0;
+  
+  while ((pos = request_str.find(delimiter)) != std::string::npos) {
+    split_request.push_back(request_str.substr(0, pos));
+    request_str.erase(0, pos + delimiter.length());
   }
+  
+  if (request_str.length() > 0) {
+    split_request.push_back(request_str);
+  }
+
+
+  for (std::string entry: split_request) {
+    if (entry.contains("*")) {
+      split_request.erase(find(split_request.begin(), split_request.end(), entry));
+    }
+  }
+  for (std::string entry: split_request) {
+    if (entry.contains("$")) {
+      split_request.erase(find(split_request.begin(), split_request.end(), entry));
+    }
+  }
+
+  return split_request;
 }
 
+
 int main() {
+  std::cout << "[i] Starting blueis server..." << std::endl;
   Db database;
-  
-  while (true) {
-    for (std::vector entry: database) {
-      std::cout << entry[0] << " | " << entry[1] << std::endl;
-    }
-    prompt_user(database);
+  load_database(database, "db.json");
+  int listening_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 );
+  if (listening_socket < 0) {
+    std::cerr << "[E] Failed to create socket." << std::endl;
+    return 1;
   }
+
+  int optval = 1;
+  if (setsockopt(listening_socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &optval, sizeof(optval)) < 0) {
+    std::cerr << "[W] Failed to use SO_REUSEADDR. Continuing." << std::endl;
+  }
+  
+  sockaddr_in server_address;
+  server_address.sin_family = AF_INET;
+  server_address.sin_port = htons(6379);
+  server_address.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
+
+  if (bind(listening_socket, (sockaddr*)&server_address, sizeof(server_address)) < 0) {
+    std::cerr << "[E] Failed to bind to port 6379. Check for any other running redis or blueis instances." << std::endl;
+    close(listening_socket);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  if (listen(listening_socket, 5) < 0) {
+    std::cerr << "[E] Failed to listen on socket." << std::endl;
+    close(listening_socket);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  std::cout << "[i] Server listening on port 6379..." << std::endl;
+
+  sockaddr_in client_address;
+  socklen_t client_size = sizeof(client_address);
+
+  while (true) {
+    int client_socket = accept(listening_socket, (sockaddr*)&client_address, &client_size);
+    if (client_socket < 0) {
+      std::cerr << "[E] Failed to accept connection." << std::endl;
+      close(listening_socket);
+      return 1;
+    }
+    std::cout << "[i] Client connected." << std::endl;
+    while (true) {
+      char buffer[4096];
+      int bytes_received = recv(client_socket, buffer, 4096, 0);
+  
+      if (bytes_received > 0) {
+        buffer[bytes_received] = '\0';
+        std::cout << "[i] Received: " << buffer << std::endl;
+        std::vector<std::string> parsed = parse_resp_request(buffer);
+        for (std::string& var: parsed) {
+        }
+        if (parsed[0] == "GET") {
+          bool found = false;
+          for (const auto& inner_vec: database) {
+            if (!inner_vec.empty() && inner_vec[0] == parsed[1]) {
+              int length = inner_vec[1].length();
+              std::string return_string = std::format("${}\r\n{}\r\n", length, inner_vec[1]);
+              std::cout << "[d] Sending: " << return_string << std::endl;
+              send(client_socket, return_string.data(), return_string.length(), 0);
+              found = true;
+            }
+          }
+
+          if (!found) {
+            send(client_socket, "$-1\r\n", strlen("$-1\r\n"), 0);
+          }
+        } else if (parsed[0] == "SET") {
+          bool found = false;
+          for (auto& inner_vec: database) {
+            if (!inner_vec.empty() && inner_vec[0] == parsed[1]) {
+              inner_vec[1] = parsed[2];
+              send(client_socket, "+OK\r\n", strlen("+OK\r\n"), 0);
+              found = true;
+            }
+            if (!found) {
+              std::vector<std::string> new_kv = { parsed[1], parsed[2] };
+              database.push_back(new_kv);
+              send(client_socket, "+OK\r\n", strlen("+OK\r\n"), 0);
+              found = true;
+            }
+          }
+        } else {
+          send(client_socket, "+OK\r\n", strlen("+OK\r\n"), 0);
+        }
+      } else {
+        close(client_socket);
+        std::cout << "[i] Client disconnected." << std::endl;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  return 0;
 }