diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed8ebf5..631db64 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-__pycache__
\ No newline at end of file
+__pycache__
+node_modules/
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..077404a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index c32423e..211c872 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 import * as server from './server.js';
+import * as lights from './lights.js';
 
-console.log(server)
-server.default(
-	(res) => {
-		console.log(`callback: ${res}`);
-	},
-	(res) => {
-		console.log(`error callback: ${res}`);
-	}
+const cfg = require('./config.json');
+
+global.cfg = cfg;
+
+server.recv(
+  (res) => {
+    lights.parse_pattern(JSON.parse(res));
+  },
+  (res) => {
+    console.log(`error callback: ${res}`);
+  }
 );
diff --git a/lights.js b/lights.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52389cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lights.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import * from 'rpi-ws281x-native'
+
+const fade_ticks = 10;
+
+export function parse_pattern(pattern) {
+  console.log(pattern)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2d193ee..dc0441d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,5 +13,8 @@
     "url": "git@ssh.gitdab.com:jane/leds"
   },
   "author": "jane@j4.pm",
-  "license": "UNLICENSED"
+  "license": "UNLICENSED",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "rpi-ws281x-native": "^1.0.3"
+  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4b18ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+dependencies:
+  eris: 0.15.1
+lockfileVersion: 5.2
+packages:
+  /eris/0.15.1:
+    dependencies:
+      ws: 7.4.6
+    dev: false
+    engines:
+      node: '>=10.4.0'
+    optionalDependencies:
+      opusscript: 0.0.8
+      tweetnacl: 1.0.3
+    resolution:
+      integrity: sha512-IQ3BPW6OjgFoqjdh+irPOa1jFlkotk+WNu2GQQ7QAQfbzQEPZgn+F+hpOxfMUXPHOZMX4sPKLkVDkMHAssBYhw==
+  /opusscript/0.0.8:
+    dev: false
+    optional: true
+    resolution:
+      integrity: sha512-VSTi1aWFuCkRCVq+tx/BQ5q9fMnQ9pVZ3JU4UHKqTkf0ED3fKEPdr+gKAAl3IA2hj9rrP6iyq3hlcJq3HELtNQ==
+  /tweetnacl/1.0.3:
+    dev: false
+    optional: true
+    resolution:
+      integrity: sha512-6rt+RN7aOi1nGMyC4Xa5DdYiukl2UWCbcJft7YhxReBGQD7OAM8Pbxw6YMo4r2diNEA8FEmu32YOn9rhaiE5yw==
+  /ws/7.4.6:
+    dev: false
+    engines:
+      node: '>=8.3.0'
+    peerDependencies:
+      bufferutil: ^4.0.1
+      utf-8-validate: ^5.0.2
+    peerDependenciesMeta:
+      bufferutil:
+        optional: true
+      utf-8-validate:
+        optional: true
+    resolution:
+      integrity: sha512-YmhHDO4MzaDLB+M9ym/mDA5z0naX8j7SIlT8f8z+I0VtzsRbekxEutHSme7NPS2qE8StCYQNUnfWdXta/Yu85A==
+specifiers:
+  eris: ^0.15.1
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index 5da169d..d0c7b85 100644
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 git pull
-python ./leds.py
\ No newline at end of file
+node index.js
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 2c50bd7..6ff566b 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -1,21 +1,36 @@
 import * as net from 'net';
 
 const hostname = '0.0.0.0';
-const port = 29997;
+const port = 29999;
 
-export default function recv(callback, errorCallback) {
-	let server = new net.Server();
-	server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
-    server.on('connect', ()=>{
-      console.log('connection recieved')
-    })
-		server.on('data', (data) => {
-      callback(data)
-    })
-	});
+export function recv(callback, errorCallback) {
+  let server = new net.Server();
+  server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
+    server.on('connection', (con) => {
+      console.log('connection recieved: ' +
+        con.remoteAddress + ":" + con.remotePort);
+      con.on('data', (data) => {
+        callback(data);
+      });
+      con.on('close', () => {
+        console.log('recieved close for ' +
+          con.remoteAddress + ":" + con.remotePort);
+        con.destroy();
+      });
 
-	server.on('error', (e) => {
-		server.close();
-		errorCallback(e);
-	});
+      server.getConnections((err, cons) => {
+        if (err) {
+          console.error(err);
+        }
+        else {
+          console.log(`connections: ${cons}`);
+        }
+      })
+    })
+
+    server.on('error', (e) => {
+      server.close();
+      errorCallback(e);
+    });
+  });
 }