diff --git a/managers/ShardingManager.ts b/managers/ShardingManager.ts
index 1f2128397..e82c74479 100644
--- a/managers/ShardingManager.ts
+++ b/managers/ShardingManager.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 class ShardingManager extends Map {
-    constructor(class)
 }
 
-export default ShardingManager
\ No newline at end of file
+export default ShardingManager
diff --git a/module/Client.ts b/module/Client.ts
index 8208bfc68..1511cd5da 100644
--- a/module/Client.ts
+++ b/module/Client.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,76 @@
-import { endpoints } from "../constants/discord.ts"
-import RequestHandler from "../services/RequestHandler.ts"
+import { endpoints } from "../constants/discord.ts";
+import RequestManager from "../managers/RequestManager.ts";
+import { DiscordBotGateway, DiscordPayload, DiscordHeartbeatPayload } from "../types/discord.ts";
+import ShardingManager from "../managers/ShardingManager.ts";
+import {
+  connectWebSocket,
+  isWebSocketCloseEvent,
+  isWebSocketPingEvent,
+  isWebSocketPongEvent
+} from "https://deno.land/std/ws/mod.ts";
+// import { encode } from "https://deno.land/std/strings/mod.ts"
+// import { BufReader } from "https://deno.land/std/io/bufio.ts"
+// import { TextProtoReader } from "https://deno.land/std/textproto/mod.ts"
+import { blue, green, red, yellow } from "https://deno.land/std/fmt/colors.ts"
+import { keepDiscordWebsocketAlive } from "./websocket";
 
 class Client {
-	/** The bot's token. This should never be used by end users. It is meant to be used internally to make requests to the Discord API. */
-	token: string
-	/** The Rate limit manager to handle all outgoing requests to discord. Not meant to be used by users. */
-	RequestHandler: RequestHandler
+  /** The bot's token. This should never be used by end users. It is meant to be used internally to make requests to the Discord API. */
+  token: string;
+  /** The Rate limit manager to handle all outgoing requests to discord. Not meant to be used by users. */
+  RequestManager: RequestManager;
+  /** Creates and handles all the shards necessary for the bot. */
+  ShardingManager: ShardingManager;
 
-	constructor(token: string) {
-		this.token = `Bot ${token}`
-		this.RequestHandler = new RequestHandler(this, this.token)
-	}
+  constructor(token: string) {
+    this.token = `Bot ${token}`;
+    this.RequestManager = new RequestManager(this, this.token);
+    this.ShardingManager = new ShardingManager();
+  }
 
-	async connect() {
-		// const data = await fetch(endpoints.GATEWAY_BOT).then(res => res.json())
-		// console.log(data)
-		console.log(await this.RequestHandler.get(endpoints.GATEWAY_BOT))
-	}
+  /** Begins initial handshake, creates the websocket with Discord and spawns all necessary shards. */
+  async connect() {
+    const data = (await this.RequestManager.get(
+      endpoints.GATEWAY_BOT
+    )) as DiscordBotGateway;
+    // Open a WS with the url from discord.
+    const sock = await connectWebSocket(data.url);
+    console.log(sock)
+    console.log(green("ws connected! (type 'close' to quit)"));
+
+    for await (const msg of sock.receive()) {
+      if (typeof msg === "string") {
+        try {
+          const json = JSON.parse(msg)
+          this.handleDiscordPayload(json)
+        } catch {
+          console.log(red(`Invalid JSON String send by discord: ${msg}`))
+        }
+        console.log(yellow("< " + msg));
+      } else if (isWebSocketPingEvent(msg)) {
+        console.log(blue("< ping"));
+      } else if (isWebSocketPongEvent(msg)) {
+        console.log(blue("< pong"));
+      } else if (isWebSocketCloseEvent(msg)) {
+        console.log(red(`closed: code=${msg.code}, reason=${msg.reason}`));
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Begin spawning all necessary shards
+    this.spawnShards(data.shards);
+  }
+
+  handleDiscordPayload(data: DiscordPayload) {
+    switch (data.op) {
+      case 10: // Initial Heartbeat
+        keepDiscordWebsocketAlive((data.d as DiscordHeartbeatPayload).heartbeat_interval, data.s)
+    }
+  }
+
+  spawnShards(total: number, id = 1) {
+    // this.ShardingManager.spawnShard(id);
+    if (id < total) this.spawnShards(total, id + 1);
+  }
 }
 
-export default Client
\ No newline at end of file
+export default Client;
diff --git a/module/websocket.ts b/module/websocket.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c9428352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/websocket.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export const keepDiscordWebsocketAlive = (millesecondsInterval: number, payload: number | null = null) => {
+	let previousSequenceNumber = payload
+
+	setInterval(() => {
+		
+	}, millesecondsInterval)
+}
diff --git a/types/discord.ts b/types/discord.ts
index 2d5f01e7c..a80e58e94 100644
--- a/types/discord.ts
+++ b/types/discord.ts
@@ -24,3 +24,7 @@ export interface DiscordBotGateway {
 		reset_after: number
 	}
 }
+
+export interface DiscordHeartbeatPayload {
+	heartbeat_interval: number
+}