diff --git a/beamer/client/Cargo.toml b/beamer/client/Cargo.toml
index 729587b..6eca4c8 100644
--- a/beamer/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/beamer/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+semserialize = {path='../libs/semserialize'}
+postcard = "1.0.0"
+serde = { version = "1.0.*"}   
+argh = "0.1.13"
diff --git a/beamer/client/src/main.rs b/beamer/client/src/main.rs
index e7a11a9..222b034 100644
--- a/beamer/client/src/main.rs
+++ b/beamer/client/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
-fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+
+use semserialize::SemLine;
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
+use postcard::{from_bytes};
+
+use argh::FromArgs;
+use std::net;
+#[derive(FromArgs)]
+///Config options for the client
+struct Config {
+///listener IP, defaults to 0.0.0.0
+#[argh(option, default = "String::from(\"0.0.0.0\")",short='i')]
+ip: String,
+///listener port
+#[argh(option, default = "2137",short='p')]
+udpport: usize,
+}
+fn main() {
+    let config:Config = argh::from_env();
+    println!("UDP listener Port is {}",config.udpport);
+    let socket_addr:std::net::SocketAddr = format!("{}:{}",config.ip,config.udpport).parse::<std::net::SocketAddr>().unwrap_or("0.0.0.0:2137".parse::<std::net::SocketAddr>().unwrap());
+    let udpsocket = std::net::UdpSocket::bind(socket_addr).expect("couldn't bind to address");
+
 }
diff --git a/beamer/libs/semserialize/shell.nix b/beamer/libs/semserialize/shell.nix
index 0e480ce..e0b545f 100644
--- a/beamer/libs/semserialize/shell.nix
+++ b/beamer/libs/semserialize/shell.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ let rust-toolchain = with pkgs; symlinkJoin {
     ];
   };
 in pkgs.mkShell {
+  RUST_SRC_PATH = "${pkgs.rust.packages.stable.rustPlatform.rustLibSrc}";
   buildInputs = [rust-toolchain];
   RUST_BACKTRACE = 1;
 }