diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f84fa4c..2a312a2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ add_library(unix-socket-control MODULE
 
 find_package(libobs REQUIRED)
 target_link_libraries(unix-socket-control PRIVATE OBS::libobs)
+
+add_executable(unix-socket-control-client src/client.c)
diff --git a/src/client.c b/src/client.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..246cb5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client.c
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+// standard library includes
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+// unix includes
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+// local includes
+#include "common_constants.h"
+
+void print_usage(char *name) {
+    printf("Usage:\n");
+    printf("  %s\n", name);
+    printf("    [--start-recording \n");
+    printf("   | --stop-recording\n");
+    printf("   | --start-streaming\n");
+    printf("   | --stop-streaming\n");
+    printf("   | --get-status]\n");
+}
+
+void cleanup_data_socket(int *data_socket) {
+    if (*data_socket >= 0) {
+        close(*data_socket);
+    }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    UnixSocketEventType type = UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_NOP;
+
+    if (argc == 2) {
+        if (strncmp(argv[1], "--start-recording", 17) == 0) {
+            type = UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_START_RECORDING;
+        } else if (strncmp(argv[1], "--stop-recording", 16) == 0) {
+            type = UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_STOP_RECORDING;
+        } else if (strncmp(argv[1], "--start-streaming", 17) == 0) {
+            type = UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_START_STREAMING;
+        } else if (strncmp(argv[1], "--stop-streaming", 16) == 0) {
+            type = UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_STOP_STREAMING;
+        } else if (strncmp(argv[1], "--get-status", 12) == 0) {
+            type = UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_GET_STATUS;
+        } else {
+            puts("ERROR: Invalid arg!");
+            print_usage(argv[0]);
+            return 2;
+        }
+    } else {
+        print_usage(argv[0]);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    struct sockaddr_un addr;
+    int ret;
+    __attribute__((cleanup(cleanup_data_socket))) int data_socket = -1;
+    char send_buf = (char)type;
+    char buffer[8];
+
+    memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
+
+    data_socket = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0);
+    if (data_socket == -1) {
+        // Error. TODO handle this.
+        return 3;
+    }
+
+    memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
+
+    addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+    strncpy(addr.sun_path,
+            UNIX_SOCKET_HANDLER_SOCKET_NAME,
+            sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1);
+
+    ret = connect(data_socket, (const struct sockaddr*) &addr, sizeof(addr));
+    if (ret == -1) {
+        // Error. TODO handle this.
+        return 4;
+    }
+
+    ret = write(data_socket, &send_buf, 1);
+    if (ret == -1) {
+        // Error. TODO handle this.
+        return 5;
+    }
+
+    ret = read(data_socket, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+    if (ret == -1 || ret < 8) {
+        return 6;
+    }
+
+    if (type == UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_GET_STATUS && buffer[0] == UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_GET_STATUS) {
+        printf("Is recording: %s\nIs streaming: %s\n",
+               (buffer[1] & 1) != 0 ? "true" : "false",
+               (buffer[1] & 2) != 0 ? "true" : "false");
+    } else if (buffer[0] != UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_NOP) {
+        // Error. TODO handle this.
+        return 7;
+    } else {
+        switch(type) {
+            case UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_START_RECORDING:
+                puts("Sent event \"start recording\"!");
+                break;
+            case UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_STOP_RECORDING:
+                puts("Sent event \"stop recording\"!");
+                break;
+            case UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_START_STREAMING:
+                puts("Sent event \"start streaming\"!");
+                break;
+            case UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_STOP_STREAMING:
+                puts("Sent event \"stop streaming\"!");
+                break;
+            default:
+                // Error. TODO handle this
+                return 8;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/common_constants.h b/src/common_constants.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b21f2c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common_constants.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#ifndef OBS_STUDIO_PLUGIN_UNIX_SOCKET_CONTROL_COMMON_CONSTANTS_H_
+#define OBS_STUDIO_PLUGIN_UNIX_SOCKET_CONTROL_COMMON_CONSTANTS_H_
+
+#define UNIX_SOCKET_HANDLER_SOCKET_NAME "/tmp/obs-studio-plugin-unix-socket-handler-socket"
+
+typedef enum UnixSocketEventType {
+    UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_NOP = 0,
+    UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_START_RECORDING,
+    UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_STOP_RECORDING,
+    UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_START_STREAMING,
+    UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_STOP_STREAMING,
+    UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_GET_STATUS
+} UnixSocketEventType;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/plugin.c b/src/plugin.c
index 68adc95..8af859f 100644
--- a/src/plugin.c
+++ b/src/plugin.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ OBS_DECLARE_MODULE()
 OBS_MODULE_USE_DEFAULT_LOCALE("unix-socket-control", "en-US")
 
 bool obs_module_load(void) {
-    global_unix_socket_handler = init_unix_socket_handler();
+    init_unix_socket_handler(&global_unix_socket_handler);
 
     return is_unix_socket_handler_valid(global_unix_socket_handler) ? true : false;
 }
diff --git a/src/socket.c b/src/socket.c
index 7bfc3cf..3c65be5 100644
--- a/src/socket.c
+++ b/src/socket.c
@@ -6,47 +6,137 @@
 // unix includes
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <threads.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-#define UNIX_SOCKET_HANDLER_SOCKET_NAME "/tmp/obs-studio-plugin-unix-socket-handler-socket"
+// obs-studio includes
+#include <obs-frontend-api.h>
 
-UnixSocketHandler init_unix_socket_handler(void) {
-    UnixSocketHandler handler;
+int unix_socket_handler_thread_function(void *ud) {
+    UnixSocketHandler *handler = (UnixSocketHandler*)ud;
 
-    memset(&handler, 0, sizeof(UnixSocketHandler));
+    int ret;
+    int data_socket;
+    char buffer[8];
+    char ret_buffer[8];
+
+    while(1) {
+        mtx_lock(handler->mutex);
+        if ((handler->ccflags & 1) != 0) {
+            mtx_unlock(handler->mutex);
+            break;
+        }
+        mtx_unlock(handler->mutex);
+
+        data_socket = accept(handler->socket_descriptor, 0, 0);
+        if (data_socket == -1) {
+            // Error. TODO handle this.
+            break;
+        }
+
+        memset(ret_buffer, 0, sizeof(ret_buffer));
+
+        ret = read(data_socket, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+        if (ret == -1) {
+            // Error. TODO handle this.
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (buffer[0] == UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_START_RECORDING) {
+            obs_frontend_recording_start();
+            ret_buffer[0] = UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_NOP;
+        } else if (buffer[0] == UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_STOP_RECORDING) {
+            obs_frontend_recording_stop();
+            ret_buffer[0] = UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_NOP;
+        } else if (buffer[0] == UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_START_STREAMING) {
+            obs_frontend_streaming_start();
+            ret_buffer[0] = UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_NOP;
+        } else if (buffer[0] == UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_STOP_STREAMING) {
+            obs_frontend_streaming_stop();
+            ret_buffer[0] = UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_NOP;
+        } else if (buffer[0] == UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_GET_STATUS) {
+            ret_buffer[0] = UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_GET_STATUS;
+            if (obs_frontend_recording_active()) {
+                ret_buffer[1] |= 1;
+            }
+            if (obs_frontend_streaming_active()) {
+                ret_buffer[1] |= 2;
+            }
+        }
+
+        ret = write(data_socket, ret_buffer, sizeof(ret_buffer));
+        if (ret == -1) {
+            // Error. TODO handle this.
+            break;
+        }
+
+        close(data_socket);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void init_unix_socket_handler(UnixSocketHandler *handler) {
+    memset(handler, 0, sizeof(UnixSocketHandler));
 
     umask(S_IRWXO);
 
-    // Set up linked list of events.
-    handler.events_head.next = &handler.events_tail;
-    handler.events_tail.prev = &handler.events_head;
-
-    handler.events_head.type = UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_HEAD;
-    handler.events_tail.type = UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_TAIL;
-
     // Set up unix socket.
-    handler.socket_descriptor = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0);
-    if (handler.socket_descriptor == -1) {
-        handler.flags = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF;
-        return handler;
+    handler->socket_descriptor = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0);
+    if (handler->socket_descriptor == -1) {
+        handler->flags = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF;
+        return;
     }
 
-    handler.name.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
-    strncpy(handler.name.sun_path,
+    handler->name.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+    strncpy(handler->name.sun_path,
             UNIX_SOCKET_HANDLER_SOCKET_NAME,
-            sizeof(handler.name.sun_path) - 1);
+            sizeof(handler->name.sun_path) - 1);
 
-    int ret = bind(handler.socket_descriptor,
-                   (const struct sockaddr*) &handler.name,
-                   sizeof(handler.name));
+    int ret = bind(handler->socket_descriptor,
+                   (const struct sockaddr*) &handler->name,
+                   sizeof(handler->name));
     if (ret == -1) {
-        close(handler.socket_descriptor);
-        handler.socket_descriptor = -1;
-        handler.flags = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF;
-        return handler;
+        close(handler->socket_descriptor);
+        handler->socket_descriptor = -1;
+        handler->flags = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF;
+        return;
     }
 
-    return handler;
+    ret = listen(handler->socket_descriptor, 20);
+    if (ret == -1) {
+        close(handler->socket_descriptor);
+        handler->socket_descriptor = -1;
+        unlink(UNIX_SOCKET_HANDLER_SOCKET_NAME);
+        handler->flags = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Set up concurrency.
+    handler->mutex = malloc(sizeof(mtx_t));
+    ret = mtx_init(handler->mutex, mtx_plain);
+    if (ret != thrd_success) {
+        close(handler->socket_descriptor);
+        handler->socket_descriptor = -1;
+        unlink(UNIX_SOCKET_HANDLER_SOCKET_NAME);
+        handler->flags = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    handler->thread = malloc(sizeof(thrd_t));
+    ret = thrd_create(handler->thread,
+                      unix_socket_handler_thread_function,
+                      handler);
+    if (ret != thrd_success) {
+        close(handler->socket_descriptor);
+        handler->socket_descriptor = -1;
+        unlink(UNIX_SOCKET_HANDLER_SOCKET_NAME);
+        mtx_destroy(handler->mutex);
+        handler->flags = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    return;
 }
 
 void cleanup_unix_socket_handler(UnixSocketHandler *handler) {
@@ -59,6 +149,20 @@ void cleanup_unix_socket_handler(UnixSocketHandler *handler) {
         handler->socket_descriptor = -1;
         unlink(UNIX_SOCKET_HANDLER_SOCKET_NAME);
     }
+    if (handler->mutex) {
+        mtx_lock(handler->mutex);
+        handler->ccflags |= 1;
+        mtx_unlock(handler->mutex);
+        thrd_join(*handler->thread, 0);
+
+        free(handler->thread);
+        handler->thread = 0;
+
+        mtx_destroy(handler->mutex);
+        free(handler->mutex);
+        handler->mutex = 0;
+    }
+
     handler->flags = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/socket.h b/src/socket.h
index 78d1560..e00e278 100644
--- a/src/socket.h
+++ b/src/socket.h
@@ -3,39 +3,32 @@
 
 // standard library includes
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <threads.h>
 
 // unix includes
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
 
-typedef enum UnixSocketEventType {
-    UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_NOP,
-    UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_HEAD,
-    UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_TAIL,
-    UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_START_RECORDING,
-    UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_STOP_RECORDING,
-    UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_START_STREAMING,
-    UNIX_SOCKET_EVENT_STOP_STREAMING
-} UnixSocketEventType;
-
-typedef struct UnixSocketEvent {
-    struct UnixSocketEvent *next;
-    struct UnixSocketEvent *prev;
-    UnixSocketEventType type;
-} UnixSocketEvent;
+// local includes
+#include "common_constants.h"
 
 typedef struct UnixSocketHandler {
     /*
      * All ones - invalid/cleaned-up instance
      */
     uint64_t flags;
-    UnixSocketEvent events_head;
-    UnixSocketEvent events_tail;
     struct sockaddr_un name;
+    thrd_t *thread;
+    mtx_t *mutex;
+    /*
+     * ???? 0001 - thread should stop
+     */
+    volatile uint64_t ccflags;
+
     int socket_descriptor;
 } UnixSocketHandler;
 
-UnixSocketHandler init_unix_socket_handler(void);
+void init_unix_socket_handler(UnixSocketHandler *handler);
 void cleanup_unix_socket_handler(UnixSocketHandler *handler);
 int is_unix_socket_handler_valid(UnixSocketHandler handler);