diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ccec909..12a7f4e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "lâmpada"
+name = "lampada"
 authors = ["cel <cel@blos.sm>"]
 version = "0.0.1"
 edition = "2021"
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+quick-xml = { version = "0.29.0", features = ["async-tokio"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.28", features = ["full"] }
 trust-dns-resolver = "0.22.0"
-xml-rs = "0.8.14"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 42eb7de..10c7172 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,36 +5,37 @@ use std::{
     str::FromStr,
 };
 
-use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+use jid::JID;
+use quick_xml::{Reader, Writer};
+use tokio::net::{
+    tcp::{OwnedReadHalf, OwnedWriteHalf},
+    TcpStream,
+};
 
-mod jid;
+pub mod jid;
 
-pub struct Jabber {
-    connection: Option<TcpStream>,
-    login: jid::JID,
+pub struct JabberData {
+    jid: jid::JID,
     password: String,
 }
 
-impl Jabber {
-    fn new(login: jid::JID, password: String) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            connection: None,
-            login,
-            password,
-        }
+impl JabberData {
+    pub fn new(jid: JID, password: String) -> Self {
+        Self { jid, password }
     }
-    async fn resolve_client(&self) -> Vec<SocketAddr> {
+
+    async fn get_sockets(&self) -> Vec<SocketAddr> {
         let mut socket_addrs = Vec::new();
 
         // if it's a socket/ip then just return that
 
         // socket
-        if let Ok(socket_addr) = SocketAddr::from_str(&self.login.domainpart) {
+        if let Ok(socket_addr) = SocketAddr::from_str(&self.jid.domainpart) {
             socket_addrs.push(socket_addr);
             return socket_addrs;
         }
         // ip
-        if let Ok(ip) = IpAddr::from_str(&self.login.domainpart) {
+        if let Ok(ip) = IpAddr::from_str(&self.jid.domainpart) {
             socket_addrs.push(SocketAddr::new(ip, 5222));
             socket_addrs.push(SocketAddr::new(ip, 5223));
             return socket_addrs;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ impl Jabber {
         // otherwise resolve
         if let Ok(resolver) = trust_dns_resolver::AsyncResolver::tokio_from_system_conf() {
             if let Ok(lookup) = resolver
-                .srv_lookup(format!("_xmpp-client._tcp.{}", self.login.domainpart))
+                .srv_lookup(format!("_xmpp-client._tcp.{}", self.jid.domainpart))
                 .await
             {
                 for srv in lookup {
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ impl Jabber {
                 }
             }
             if let Ok(lookup) = resolver
-                .srv_lookup(format!("_xmpps-client._tcp.{}", self.login.domainpart))
+                .srv_lookup(format!("_xmpps-client._tcp.{}", self.jid.domainpart))
                 .await
             {
                 for srv in lookup {
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ impl Jabber {
             }
 
             // in case cannot connect through SRV records
-            resolver.lookup_ip(&self.login.domainpart).await.map(|ips| {
+            resolver.lookup_ip(&self.jid.domainpart).await.map(|ips| {
                 for ip in ips {
                     socket_addrs.push(SocketAddr::new(ip, 5222));
                     socket_addrs.push(SocketAddr::new(ip, 5223));
@@ -86,18 +87,67 @@ impl Jabber {
 
         socket_addrs
     }
+}
 
-    async fn connect(&mut self) {
-        for socket_addr in self.resolve_client().await {
+pub struct Jabber {
+    reader: Reader<OwnedReadHalf>,
+    writer: Writer<OwnedWriteHalf>,
+    data: JabberData,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum JabberError {
+    NotConnected,
+}
+
+impl Jabber {
+    pub async fn connect(data: JabberData) -> Result<Self, JabberError> {
+        for socket_addr in data.get_sockets().await {
             println!("trying {}", socket_addr);
             if let Ok(stream) = TcpStream::connect(socket_addr).await {
                 println!("connected to {}", socket_addr);
-                self.connection = Some(stream);
+                let (read, write) = stream.into_split();
+                return Ok(Self {
+                    reader: Reader::from_reader(read),
+                    writer: Writer::new(write),
+                    data,
+                });
+            }
+        }
+        Err(JabberError::NotConnected)
+    }
+
+    async fn reconnect(&mut self) {
+        for socket_addr in self.data.get_sockets().await {
+            println!("trying {}", socket_addr);
+            if let Ok(stream) = TcpStream::connect(socket_addr).await {
+                println!("connected to {}", socket_addr);
+                let (read, write) = stream.into_split();
+                self.reader = Reader::from_reader(read);
+                self.writer = Writer::new(write);
                 return;
             }
         }
         println!("could not connect")
     }
+
+    async fn begin_stream(&mut self) -> Result<(), JabberError> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    async fn starttls() -> Result<(), JabberError> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    async fn directtls() -> Result<(), JabberError> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    async fn auth(&mut self) -> Result<(), JabberError> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    async fn close(&mut self) {}
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -108,7 +158,17 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn get_sockets() {
-        let client = Jabber::new(JID::from_str("cel@blos.sm").unwrap(), "password".to_owned());
-        println!("{:?}", client.resolve_client().await)
+        let data = JabberData::new(JID::from_str("cel@blos.sm").unwrap(), "password".to_owned());
+        println!("{:?}", data.get_sockets().await)
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn connect() {
+        Jabber::connect(JabberData::new(
+            JID::from_str("cel@blos.sm").unwrap(),
+            "password".to_owned(),
+        ))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
     }
 }