diff --git a/protocol b/protocol
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d60279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocol
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+PROTOCOL
+
+this is almost a carbon copy of every other tcp/ip protocol i write
+don't care enough to make it fancy
+
+packed values are msb
+
+byte n is b.sub n
+
+---
+
+byte the zero: packet id
+byte the one: region count
+for 0 <= n < b.sub 1
+    byte the byte after the last byte byte:
+        region length < 128: one byte
+        region length >= 128: two bytes, highest bit on msb always 1
+
+byte the bytes after the header octet bytes:
+    raw body data shoved next to each other with no separation
+
+---    
+   
+server -> client
+    
+
+---
+
+client -> server
+    
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diff --git a/src/client/screen.h b/src/client/screen.h
index 8d2aacf..c79a2fc 100644
--- a/src/client/screen.h
+++ b/src/client/screen.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#ifndef SCREEN_H
-#define SCREEN_H
+#ifndef CLIENT_SCREEN_H
+#define CLIENT_SCREEN_H
 
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/src/client/ui.c b/src/client/ui.c
index 287a7d8..5ba296b 100644
--- a/src/client/ui.c
+++ b/src/client/ui.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ struct {
     WINDOW *main_win;
     WINDOW *chat_win;
     WINDOW *info_win;
-} ui_ctx;
+} ctx;
 
 static void ui_draw_borders();
 
diff --git a/src/client/ui.h b/src/client/ui.h
index 94cbada..99010f3 100644
--- a/src/client/ui.h
+++ b/src/client/ui.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#ifndef UI_H
-#define UI_H
+#ifndef CLIENT_UI_H
+#define CLIENT_UI_H
 
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/src/server/context.c b/src/server/context.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71d5929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/context.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#include "context.h"
+
+struct {
+    BOOL running;
+    pthread_t *thread;
+} ctx;
+
+void server_context() {
+    while(ctx.running == TRUE) {
+        
+    }
+}
+
+void server_context_start() {
+    if(ctx.running == TRUE)
+        return;
+    
+    pthread_create(ctx.thread, NULL, server_context, NULL);
+    ctx.running = TRUE;
+}
+
+void server_context_stop() {
+    ctx.running = FALSE;
+    
+}
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diff --git a/src/server/context.h b/src/server/context.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8939abb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/context.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#ifndef SERVER_CONTEXT_H
+#define SERVER_CONTEXT_H
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include "common.h"
+
+void server_context_start();
+void server_context_stop();
+
+#endif
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diff --git a/src/server/server.c b/src/server/server.c
index c1364ec..a779e61 100644
--- a/src/server/server.c
+++ b/src/server/server.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ void server() {
 
     sock_set_timeout_us(sock, 0, 100);
     
-
+    
     printf("awaiting connection...\r\n");
     socket_t *conn = sock_accept(sock);
 
@@ -21,5 +21,3 @@ void server() {
     sock_stop(sock);
     sock_free(sock);
 }
-
-