diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c51bab9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "type": "node",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "name": "Launch Program",
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}\\app.js"
+        }
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e98513..b4f0c89 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # node-polyglot
-Rails server to run alongside betriceo/polyglot
+Rails server to run alongside https://github.com/beatriceo/polyglot
diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8649556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+require('dotenv').config();
+const WebSocket = require('ws');
+
+class ActionCable {
+    constructor(url, channel) {
+        this.url = url;
+        this.channel = channel;
+        this.connected = false; 
+        
+        this.io = new WebSocket(url, ['actioncable-v1-json', 'actioncable-unsupported']);
+        
+        this.setUpEventListeners();
+        
+    }
+    
+    setUpEventListeners() {
+        this.io.on('open', (msg) => {
+            console.log('Connected to ' + this.url)
+            this.connected = true;
+            this.subscribe();
+        })
+        
+        this.io.on('close', (msg) => {
+            console.log("Disconnected from ActionCable Server");
+            this.connected = false;
+        })
+    
+        this.io.on('message', (msg) => {
+            console.log(msg);
+        })
+    }
+
+
+    send(command, identifier) {
+        this.io.send(JSON.stringify({command, identifier}));
+    }
+
+    subscribe() {
+        this.io.send(JSON.stringify(
+            {
+                command: "subscribe", identifier: JSON.stringify({channel: this.channel})
+            }));
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * {
+ *  "identifier": "{\"channel\":\"VideoSessionChannel\"}","message":{"type":"JOIN_ROOM","from":"9921"}}
+ */
+
+class WebRTC {
+    constructor(username) {
+        this.username = "NodeServer";
+    }
+
+    handleJoin(data) {
+        data = {
+            identifier: "{\"channel\":\"VideoSessionChannel\"}",
+            message: {
+                type: "JOIN_ROOM",
+                from: "9921"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+}
+const ac = new ActionCable('ws://0.0.0.0:3000/cable', process.env.DEFAULT_CHANNEL);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b4e56f1..40eea1d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
   "description": "Rails server to run alongside https://github.com/beatriceo/polyglot",
   "main": "app.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "start": "node app.js"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/Paoda/node-polyglot#readme",
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/speech": "^2.0.0",
-    "@google-cloud/translate": "^1.1.0"
+    "@google-cloud/translate": "^1.1.0",
+    "dotenv": "^6.0.0",
+    "ws": "^6.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d386647..d090918 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ assign-symbols@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/assign-symbols/-/assign-symbols-1.0.0.tgz#59667f41fadd4f20ccbc2bb96b8d4f7f78ec0367"
 
+async-limiter@~1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async-limiter/-/async-limiter-1.0.0.tgz#78faed8c3d074ab81f22b4e985d79e8738f720f8"
+
 async@^2.3.0, async@^2.4.0:
   version "2.6.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async/-/async-2.6.1.tgz#b245a23ca71930044ec53fa46aa00a3e87c6a610"
@@ -490,6 +494,10 @@ dir-glob@^2.0.0:
     arrify "^1.0.1"
     path-type "^3.0.0"
 
+dotenv@^6.0.0:
+  version "6.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv/-/dotenv-6.0.0.tgz#24e37c041741c5f4b25324958ebbc34bca965935"
+
 duplexify@^3.5.0, duplexify@^3.6.0:
   version "3.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/duplexify/-/duplexify-3.6.0.tgz#592903f5d80b38d037220541264d69a198fb3410"
@@ -2012,6 +2020,12 @@ wrappy@1:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrappy/-/wrappy-1.0.2.tgz#b5243d8f3ec1aa35f1364605bc0d1036e30ab69f"
 
+ws@^6.0.0:
+  version "6.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-6.0.0.tgz#eaa494aded00ac4289d455bac8d84c7c651cef35"
+  dependencies:
+    async-limiter "~1.0.0"
+
 xtend@^4.0.0, xtend@~4.0.1:
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xtend/-/xtend-4.0.1.tgz#a5c6d532be656e23db820efb943a1f04998d63af"