diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9ceda33..5429284 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 main
 *.o
 vgcore*
-*.core
\ No newline at end of file
+*.core
+open_card_table
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 20a759d..cdbff56 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ INC=-I/usr/local/include
 BIN=main
 DEBUG=-g
 
-all:
-	$(CC) $(INC) $(CLIB) main.c -o $(BIN) $(DEBUG) 
+open_card_table: main.o oct_networking.o
+	$(CC) $(INC) $(CLIB) -o open_card_table main.o oct_networking.o
+
+%.o: %.c
+	$(CC) $(INC) $(CLIB) -c -o $@ $<
+
 test:
 	$(CC) $(INC) $(CLIB) test.c -o test $(DEBUG)
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 9a4147e..c2628ca 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <lua5.3/lauxlib.h>
 #include "termbox_render.h"
 #include "oct_termbox_sprite.h"
+#include "oct_networking.h"
 
 #define TB_IMPL
 #include "termbox.h"
@@ -73,7 +74,23 @@ int initialize_everything(char* lua_file) {
 	oct_tb_initialize_lua(L);
 	if (luaL_dofile(L, lua_file)) return OCT_LUA_FILE_NOT_FOUND;
 	lua_getglobal(L, "oct_init");
-	lua_call(L, 0, 0);
+	lua_call(L, 0, 1);
+	int type = lua_tointeger(L, -1);
+	//printf("TYPE: %d\n", type);
+	if (type == OCT_TYPE_SERVER) {
+		// TODO make port a command line argument
+		if (!oct_network_server_init("1234")) {
+			printf("Could not establish a socket on port 1234\n");
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+	else if (type == OCT_TYPE_CLIENT) {
+		//oct_network_client_init();
+	}
+	else {
+		// Do nothing, offline
+	}
+	
 	tb_init();
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/oct_networking.c b/oct_networking.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bd33ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oct_networking.c
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+
+#include "oct_networking.h"
+
+struct {
+	int needs_recv;
+	int needs_send;
+	char recv_buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
+	char send_buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
+
+	int sock_fd;
+
+} oct_network_client;
+
+struct {
+	int needs_recv;
+	int needs_send;
+	char recv_buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
+	char send_buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
+
+	int sfd;
+} oct_network_server;
+
+int oct_network_server_init(char* port) {
+	oct_network_server.needs_recv = 0;
+	oct_network_server.needs_send = 0;
+
+	struct addrinfo hints;
+	memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
+	hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC; // ipv4 or ipv6
+	hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM; // datagram
+	hints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE; // any IP address
+	hints.ai_protocol = 0; // any protocol
+	hints.ai_canonname = NULL;
+	hints.ai_addr = NULL;
+	hints.ai_next = NULL;
+
+	struct addrinfo* result;
+	int s = getaddrinfo(NULL, port, &hints, &result);
+	if (s != 0) {
+		//fprintf(stderr, "getaddrinfo: %s\n", gai_strerror(s));
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* getaddrinfo() returns a list of address structures.
+	   Try each address until we successfully bind(2).
+	   If socket(2) (or bind(2)) fails, we (close the socket
+	   and) try the next address. */
+
+	struct addrinfo *rp;
+
+	for (rp = result; rp != NULL; rp = rp->ai_next) {
+		oct_network_server.sfd = socket(rp->ai_family, rp->ai_socktype,
+					 rp->ai_protocol);
+		if (oct_network_server.sfd == -1)
+			continue;
+
+		if (bind(oct_network_server.sfd, rp->ai_addr, rp->ai_addrlen) == 0)
+			break;                  /* Success */
+
+		close(oct_network_server.sfd);
+	}
+
+	freeaddrinfo(result);
+	if (!rp) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+	
+	return 1;
+}
diff --git a/oct_networking.h b/oct_networking.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3aebc19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oct_networking.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#ifndef OCT_NETWORKING_H
+#define OCT_NETWORKING_H
+
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+#define BUFFER_SIZE 1024
+
+#define OCT_TYPE_SERVER 1
+#define OCT_TYPE_CLIENT 2
+
+struct oct_network_client;
+struct oct_network_server;
+
+
+int oct_network_client_init();
+int oct_network_server_init(char* port);
+
+#endif 
diff --git a/oct_utils.lua b/oct_utils.lua
index 61921ee..5c3ee7b 100644
--- a/oct_utils.lua
+++ b/oct_utils.lua
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ function load_termbox_sprite(file_name)
    io.close(file);
    return contents;
 end
+
+OCT_TYPE_SERVER = 1;
+OCT_TYPE_CLIENT = 2;
diff --git a/test_server.lua b/test_server.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf5d4bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_server.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+require("oct_utils")
+require("termbox_defs")
+
+text = oct_tb_sprite_new();
+
+function oct_init()
+   text["shape"] = "THIS IS A TEST SERVER";
+   text["x"] = 50;
+   text["y"] = 10;
+   return OCT_TYPE_SERVER;
+end
+
+function oct_loop(key)
+   -- Do nothing, for now
+end