diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7cb9856..17de6cf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.48"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62e1f47f7dc0422027a4e370dd4548d4d66b26782e513e98dca1e689e058a80e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "atty"
 version = "0.2.14"
@@ -315,6 +321,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "httparse"
+version = "1.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "acd94fdbe1d4ff688b67b04eee2e17bd50995534a61539e45adfefb45e5e5503"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "1.7.0"
@@ -344,8 +356,10 @@ checksum = "b71991ff56294aa922b450139ee08b3bfc70982c6b2c7562771375cf73542dd4"
 name = "kchan"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "comrak",
  "http",
+ "httparse",
  "num_cpus",
  "sled",
  "structopt",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f5f98db..dc1c2b4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ http = "0.2.5"
 threadpool = "1.8.1"
 num_cpus = "1.13.0"
 sled = "0.34.7"
+httparse = "1.5.1"
+anyhow = "1.0.48"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 comrak = "0.12.1"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 96d48a5..014fc91 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
+mod routes;
+
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
 use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
+use std::io::Read;
+use std::str;
 
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 use threadpool::ThreadPool;
+use http::request::Request;
+use anyhow::Result;
+use anyhow::Context;
 
 #[derive(StructOpt, Debug)]
 struct Opt {
@@ -17,8 +24,53 @@ struct Opt {
 	max_storage: String,
 }
 
-fn handle(stream: TcpStream) {
-	todo!();
+// very specific
+// TODO less retarded implementation
+fn parse_request(text: &str) -> Result<Request<String>> {
+	let request = Request::builder();
+
+	let mut iter = text.lines();
+	let mut first = iter.nth(0).unwrap()
+		.split_whitespace();
+
+	let method = first.next().unwrap();
+	let uri = first.next().unwrap();
+
+	// now headers
+	let mut headers: Vec<(&str, &str)> = vec![];
+
+	for line in &mut iter {
+		println!("{}", line);
+		if line.is_empty() {break};
+		let line: Vec<&str> = line.split(":").take(2).collect();
+		headers.push((line[0], line[1]));
+	}
+
+	let body: String = iter.fold(String::from(""), |a, b| format!("{}{}", a, b));
+
+	let mut request = request
+		.method(method)
+		.uri(uri);
+
+	for header in headers {
+		request = request.header(header.0, header.1);
+	}
+
+	request.body(body).context("lmao")
+}
+
+fn handle(mut stream: TcpStream) {
+	let ip = stream.peer_addr();
+	let mut buffer = [0; 1<<10]; // 2 to the power of 10
+	stream.read(&mut buffer).unwrap();
+
+	let text = str::from_utf8(&buffer)
+		.unwrap()
+		.trim_matches(0 as char) // gets rid of null at the end of buffer
+		.trim();
+
+	println!("{:?}", parse_request(text).unwrap());
+	
 }
 
 fn main() {
@@ -31,5 +83,4 @@ fn main() {
 		let stream = stream.unwrap();
 		pool.execute(|| handle(stream))
 	}
-
 }
diff --git a/src/routes.rs b/src/routes.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29