diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d162113..64648b8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ test/
 world/
 *.swp
 env/
+__pycache__/
diff --git a/message_queue.py b/message_queue.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5369726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/message_queue.py
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+import enum
+import logging
+import json
+import queue
+import select
+import socket
+import struct
+import time
+import threading
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional, TypeVar
+
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class ProtocolError(Exception):
+    """Error thrown when the SocketWrapper protocol is violated."""
+
+
+T = TypeVar("T")
+
+
+def _try_with_backoff(fn: Callable, error_callback: Callable) -> socket.socket:
+    backoff = 1
+    while True:
+        try:
+            return fn()
+        except Exception as e:
+            if error_callback(e):
+                LOG.exception(e)
+                LOG.warning("Trying again in {} seconds".format(backoff))
+                time.sleep(backoff)
+                backoff *= 2
+            else:
+                raise e
+        else:
+            break
+
+
+def socket_create_server(addr):
+    # socket.create_server doesn't exist until python 3.8 :(
+    soc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    soc.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+    soc.bind(addr)
+    return soc
+
+
+class SocketWrapper:
+    """Wraps a network socket with simpler connection, send, and receive logic.
+
+    Both ends of the connection must be using a SocketWrapper compatible
+    protocol. The protocol is as follows:
+
+    Messages are utf-8 encoded strings prefixed by their length as a 4-byte
+    big-endian integer. Example: 00 00 00 06 h e l l o \n.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, host: str, port: int):
+        self.host = host
+        self.port = port
+        self.soc = None
+
+    def connect(self):
+        LOG.debug("Connecting to {}:{}".format(self.host, self.port))
+        self.soc = _try_with_backoff(
+            lambda: socket.create_connection((self.host, self.port)),
+            lambda e: e is OSError and e.errno == 111
+        )
+        LOG.info("Socket Connected")
+
+    def bind(self):
+        LOG.info("Server Binding to {}:{}".format(self.host, self.port))
+        self.soc = _try_with_backoff(
+            lambda: socket_create_server((self.host, self.port)),
+            lambda e: e is OSError and e.errno == 98
+        )
+        LOG.info("Server Bound")
+
+    def accept(self):
+        self.bind()
+        self.soc.listen(1)
+        LOG.info("Server listen to host")
+        client_soc, addr = self.soc.accept()
+        self.soc.close()
+        self.soc = client_soc
+        self.soc.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+        # self.soc.send(b"\0\0\0\0")
+        LOG.info("Server accepted connection: {}".format(addr))
+
+    def _write_int(self, integer):
+        integer_buf = struct.pack(">i", integer)
+        self._write(integer_buf)
+
+    def _write(self, data: bytes):
+        if self.soc is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("Must call connect or accept before writing")
+        data_len = len(data)
+        offset = 0
+        while offset != data_len:
+            offset += self.soc.send(data[offset:])
+
+    def send(self, message: str):
+        _, writable, _ = select.select([], [self.soc], [], 1)
+        if writable == []:
+            # TODO Try to reacquire
+            raise RuntimeError("Unable to write to socket")
+        payload = message.encode("utf-8")
+        self._write_int(len(payload))
+        self._write(payload)
+        LOG.debug("sent {} bytes".format(len(payload)))
+
+    def _read(self, size) -> Optional[bytes]:
+        data = b""
+        while len(data) != size:
+            newdata = self.soc.recv(size - len(data))
+            if len(newdata) == 0:
+                # Orderly shutdown, or 0 bytes requested to read
+                return data
+            data = data + newdata
+        return data
+
+    def _read_int(self) -> Optional[int]:
+        int_size = struct.calcsize(">i")
+        intbuf = self._read(int_size)
+        if len(intbuf) == 0:
+            return None
+        return struct.unpack(">i", intbuf)[0]
+
+    def receive(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        if self.soc is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("Must call connect or accept before writing")
+        readable, _, _ = select.select([self.soc], [], [], 1)
+        if readable == []:
+            return None
+        message_size = self._read_int()
+        if message_size is None:
+            # socket closed
+            return None
+        data = self._read(message_size)
+        return data.decode("utf-8") if data is not None else None
+
+    def close(self):
+        self.soc.close()
+
+
+class Side(enum.Enum):
+    CLIENT = enum.auto()
+    SERVER = enum.auto()
+
+
+class MessageQueue:
+    """A bidirectional queue of JSON messages over a network socket.
+
+    Asynchronously sends and receives messages until closed. Consume messages
+    with iteration and enqueue messages with add().
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, host: str, port: int, side: Side):
+        self.inbox: queue.Queue[str] = queue.Queue()
+        self.outbox: queue.Queue[str] = queue.Queue()
+        self.closed = False
+        self.process_worker = threading.Thread(
+            target=(
+                process_messages_client if side == Side.CLIENT
+                else process_messages_server
+            ),
+            args=(SocketWrapper(host, port), self),
+            daemon=True,
+            name="MessageQueue/" + str(side)
+        )
+        self.process_worker.start()
+
+    def add(self, message: Dict[str, Any]):
+        self.outbox.put(json.dumps(message))
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __next__(self):
+        return json.loads(self.inbox.get())
+
+    def close(self):
+        self.closed = True
+        self.process_worker.join()
+
+
+def process_messages_client(socket: SocketWrapper, queue: MessageQueue):
+    log = LOG.getChild("client.worker")
+    while not queue.closed:
+        try:
+            socket.connect()
+            while not queue.closed:
+                message = socket.receive()
+                if message is not None:
+                    queue.inbox.put(message)
+                while not queue.outbox.empty():
+                    log.debug("Sending outbox item")
+                    socket.send(queue.outbox.get(block=False))
+        except Exception as e:
+            LOG.exception(e)
+        finally:
+            socket.close()
+
+
+def process_messages_server(socket: SocketWrapper, queue: MessageQueue):
+    log = LOG.getChild("server.worker")
+    while not queue.closed:
+        try:
+            socket.accept()
+            while not queue.closed:
+                message = socket.receive()
+                if message is not None:
+                    queue.inbox.put(message)
+                while not queue.outbox.empty():
+                    log.debug("Sending outbox item")
+                    socket.send(queue.outbox.get(block=False))
+        except Exception as e:
+            LOG.exception(e)
+        finally:
+            socket.close()
diff --git a/message_queue_test.py b/message_queue_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f50e5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/message_queue_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import logging
+import random
+import threading
+import unittest
+
+import message_queue
+
+
+class MessageQueueTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+
+    def test_message_queue(self):
+        port = random.randint(10000, 65535)
+        server_queue = message_queue.MessageQueue(
+            host="localhost",
+            port=port,
+            side=message_queue.Side.SERVER
+        )
+        client_queue = message_queue.MessageQueue(
+            host="localhost",
+            port=port,
+            side=message_queue.Side.CLIENT
+        )
+        # Worker threads + main thread
+        self.assertEqual(threading.active_count(), 3)
+
+        # Test sending server -> client
+        expected_message = {"hello": "client", "from": "server"}
+        server_queue.add(expected_message)
+        received_message = next(client_queue)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_message, received_message)
+
+        # Test sending client-> server
+        expected_message = {"hello": "server", "from": "client"}
+        client_queue.add(expected_message)
+        received_message = next(server_queue)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_message, received_message)
+
+        server_queue.close()
+        client_queue.close()
+        self.assertEqual(threading.active_count(), 1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/service.py b/service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8870efa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+import argparse
+import base64
+import io
+import json
+import logging
+import re
+import threading
+import time
+from typing import Dict
+import urllib
+
+from matrix_client.api import MatrixHttpApi
+import PIL
+import requests
+import flask
+
+import message_queue
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+USER_RE = re.compile(r"(?<=\@).*(?=\:)")
+
+app = flask.Flask(__name__)
+roomsync = set()
+
+
+@app.route("/transactions/<transaction>", methods=["PUT"])
+def on_receive_events(transaction):
+    LOG.info("got event")
+    events = flask.request.get_json()["events"]
+    for event in events:
+        LOG.info("User: %s Room: %s" % (event["user_id"], event["room_id"]))
+        LOG.info("Event Type: %s" % event["type"])
+        LOG.info("Content: %s" % event["content"])
+        roomsync.add(event["room_id"])
+        if (
+            event["type"] == "m.room.message"
+            and event["content"]["msgtype"] == "m.text"
+            and event["user_id"].find("@mc_") == -1
+        ):
+
+            m_user = USER_RE.search(event["user_id"]).group(0)
+            m_cont = event["content"]["body"]
+            m_user, m_cont
+            # minecraft.msglist.insert(0, "/tellraw @a {\"text\":\"<" + m_user + "> " + m_cont + "\",\"insertion\":\"/tellraw @p %s\"}")
+
+    return flask.jsonify({})
+
+
+@app.route("/rooms/<room>", methods=["GET"])
+def on_room(room):
+    LOG.info("returning: " + str(room))
+    return flask.jsonify({})
+
+
+class Appservice:
+    def __init__(self, appservice_token: str, matrix_server_name: str):
+        self.api = MatrixHttpApi(
+            "http://localhost:8008", token=appservice_token
+        )
+        self.avatar_update_log: Dict[str, float] = {}
+        self.matrix_server_name = matrix_server_name
+
+    def process_message(self, msg):
+        # for msg, create user and post as user
+        # add minecraft user to minecraft channel, if this fails, no big deal
+        try:
+            new_user = "mc_" + msg["user"]
+            user_id = "@{}:{}".format(new_user, self.matrix_server_name)
+            LOG.info("trying to create user {}...".format(new_user))
+            self.api.register(
+                {"type": "m.login.application_service", "username": new_user}
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            LOG.exception(e)
+        # for each room we're aware of, post server chat inside. Eventually 1 room should equal 1 server
+        for room in roomsync:
+            # generate a unique transaction id based on the current time
+            txn_id = str(int(time.time() * 1000))
+            # attempt to join room
+            LOG.info("trying to join room as user and as bridge manager")
+            self.api._send(
+                "POST",
+                "/rooms/" + room + "/join",
+                query_params={"user_id": user_id},
+                headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+            )
+            self.api._send(
+                "POST",
+                "/rooms/" + room + "/join",
+                headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+            )
+            # set our display name to something nice
+            LOG.info("trying to set display name...")
+            self.api._send(
+                "PUT",
+                "/profile/" + user_id + "/displayname/",
+                content={"displayname": msg["user"]},
+                query_params={"user_id": user_id},
+                headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+            )
+
+            # get our mc skin!!
+            # backup: #avatar_url = "https://www.minecraftskinstealer.com/face.php?u="+msg['user']
+            # only get this if the user hasn't updated in a long time
+            try:
+                LOG.info("Checking if we need to update avatar...")
+                if (
+                    msg["user"] not in self.avatar_update_log.keys()
+                    or abs(self.avatar_update_log[msg["user"]] - time.time())
+                    > 180
+                ):
+                    self.avatar_update_log[msg["user"]] = time.time()
+                    avatar_url = self.get_mc_skin(msg["user"], user_id)
+                    if avatar_url:
+                        LOG.debug("avatar_url is " + avatar_url)
+                        self.api._send(
+                            "PUT",
+                            "/profile/" + user_id + "/avatar_url/",
+                            content={"avatar_url": avatar_url},
+                            query_params={"user_id": user_id},
+                            headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+                        )
+            except Exception as e:
+                LOG.exception(e)
+                # Not the end of the world if it fails, send the message now.
+
+            # attempt to post in room
+            LOG.info("Attempting to post in Room")
+            self.api._send(
+                "PUT",
+                "/rooms/" + room + "/send/m.room.message/" + txn_id,
+                content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": msg["msg"]},
+                query_params={"user_id": user_id},
+                headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+            )
+
+    def get_mc_skin(self, user, user_id):
+        LOG.info("Getting Minecraft Avatar")
+
+        mojang_info = requests.get(
+            "https://api.mojang.com/users/profiles/minecraft/" + user
+        ).json()  # get uuid
+        mojang_info = requests.get(
+            "https://sessionserver.mojang.com/session/minecraft/profile/"
+            + mojang_info["id"]
+        ).json()  # get more info from uuid
+        mojang_info = json.loads(
+            base64.b64decode(mojang_info["properties"][0]["value"])
+        )
+        mojang_url = mojang_info["textures"]["SKIN"]["url"]
+        # r = requests.get(mojang_url, stream=True)
+        # r.raw.decode_content = True # handle spurious Content-Encoding
+        file = io.BytesIO(urllib.request.urlopen(mojang_url).read())
+        im = PIL.Image.open(file)
+        img_head = im.crop((8, 8, 16, 16))
+        img_head = img_head.resize(
+            (im.width * 8, im.height * 8), resample=PIL.Image.NEAREST
+        )  # Resize with nearest neighbor to get pixels
+        image_buffer_head = io.BytesIO()
+        img_head.save(image_buffer_head, "PNG")
+
+        # compare to user's current id so we're not uploading the same pic twice
+        # GET /_matrix/client/r0/profile/{userId}/avatar_url
+        LOG.info("Getting Current Avatar URL")
+        curr_url = self.api._send(
+            "GET",
+            "/profile/" + user_id + "/avatar_url/",
+            query_params={"user_id": user_id},
+            headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+        )
+        upload = True
+        if "avatar_url" in curr_url.keys():
+            LOG.info("Checking Avatar...")
+            file = io.BytesIO(
+                urllib.request.urlopen(
+                    self.api.get_download_url(curr_url["avatar_url"])
+                ).read()
+            )
+            im = PIL.Image.open(file)
+            image_buffer_curr = io.BytesIO()
+            im.save(image_buffer_curr, "PNG")
+            if (image_buffer_head.getvalue()) == (image_buffer_curr.getvalue()):
+                LOG.debug("Image Same")
+                upload = False
+        if upload:
+            # upload img
+            # POST /_matrix/media/r0/upload
+            LOG.debug("Returning updated avatar")
+            LOG.debug(image_buffer_head)
+            return self.api.media_upload(
+                image_buffer_head.getvalue(), "image/png"
+            )["content_uri"]
+        else:
+            return None
+
+
+def receive_messages(
+    appservice: Appservice, msg_queue: message_queue.MessageQueue
+):
+    for message in msg_queue:
+        appservice.process_message(message)
+
+
+def main():
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--matrix_server_name", required=True)
+    parser.add_argument("--appservice_token", required=True)
+    parser.add_argument("--matrix_api_port", type=int, default=5000)
+    parser.add_argument("--minecraft_wrapper_port", type=int, default=5001)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    LOG.info("Running Minecraft Matrix Bridge")
+    appservice = Appservice(
+        appservice_token=args.appservice_token,
+        matrix_server_name=args.matrix_server_name,
+    )
+    queue = message_queue.MessageQueue(
+        host="0.0.0.0",
+        port=args.minecraft_wrapper_port,
+        side=message_queue.Side.SERVER,
+    )
+    flask_thread = threading.Thread(
+        target=app.run,
+        kwargs={"port": args.matrix_api_port},
+        daemon=True,
+    )
+    receive_worker = threading.Thread(
+        target=receive_messages,
+        args=(appservice, queue),
+        daemon=True,
+    )
+    flask_thread.start()
+    receive_worker.start()
+    LOG.info("All threads created")
+    receive_worker.join()
+    flask_thread.join()
+    queue.close()
+    LOG.info("All threads terminated")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/wrapper.py b/wrapper.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b585502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wrapper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+import argparse
+import logging
+import re
+import subprocess
+import threading
+from typing import List
+
+import message_queue
+
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class ProcessWrapper:
+    """Iterator that spawns a process and yields lines from its stdout."""
+
+    def __init__(self, command: List[str], queue: message_queue.MessageQueue):
+        self.proc = subprocess.Popen(
+            " ".join(command),
+            shell=True,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+            universal_newlines=True,
+        )
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return iter(self.proc.stdout.readline, "")
+
+    def send(self, msg):
+        self.proc.stdin.write(msg)
+
+    def wait(self):
+        return self.proc.wait()
+
+
+def send_process_output(
+    process: ProcessWrapper, msg_queue: message_queue.MessageQueue
+):
+    # "[07:36:28] [Server thread/INFO] [minecraft/DedicatedServer]: <khr_> test"
+    prog = re.compile(r"\[.*\] \[(.*)\] \[(.*)\]: <(.*)> (.*)")
+    for line in process:
+        LOG.info(line.rstrip("\n"))
+        result = prog.search(line)
+        if result:
+            LOG.info("user: {} msg: {}".format(
+                result.group(3),
+                result.group(4).rstrip("\n"),
+            ))
+            msg_queue.add(
+                {
+                    "user": result.group(3),
+                    "msg": result.group(4).rstrip("\n"),
+                },
+            )
+
+
+def relay_queue_input(
+    process: ProcessWrapper, msg_queue: message_queue.MessageQueue
+):
+    for message in msg_queue:
+        if "command" in message:
+            process.send(message["command"])
+        else:
+            LOG.debug(message)
+
+
+def main():
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--matrix_server")
+    parser.add_argument("--matrix_server_port", type=int, default=5001)
+    parser.add_argument("command", nargs=argparse.REMAINDER)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    LOG.info("Running Minecraft Server Wrapper")
+    wrapper = ProcessWrapper(args.command)
+    queue = message_queue.MessageQueue(
+        host=args.matrix_server,
+        port=args.matrix_server_port,
+        side=message_queue.Side.CLIENT,
+    )
+    send_worker = threading.Thread(
+        target=send_process_output,
+        args=(wrapper, queue),
+        daemon=True,
+    )
+    receive_worker = threading.Thread(
+        target=relay_queue_input,
+        args=(wrapper, queue),
+        daemon=True,
+    )
+    send_worker.start()
+    receive_worker.start()
+    LOG.info("All threads created")
+    send_worker.join()
+    receive_worker.join()
+    queue.close()
+    LOG.info("All threads terminated")
+    return wrapper.wait()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()