diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2027e8e..3841e64 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -406,6 +406,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossterm"
+version = "0.26.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a84cda67535339806297f1b331d6dd6320470d2a0fe65381e79ee9e156dd3d13"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "crossterm_winapi",
+ "libc",
+ "mio",
+ "parking_lot 0.12.1",
+ "signal-hook",
+ "signal-hook-mio",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossterm_winapi"
 version = "0.9.1"
@@ -889,6 +905,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "ahash",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee512640fe35acbfb4bb779db6f0d80704c2cacfa2e39b601ef3e3f47d1ae4c7"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -1053,7 +1078,7 @@ version = "1.0.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "eae7b9aee968036d54dce06cebaefd919e4472e753296daccd6d344e3e2df0c2"
 dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi",
+ "hermit-abi 0.3.1",
  "libc",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
@@ -1385,6 +1410,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nu-ansi-term"
+version = "0.46.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77a8165726e8236064dbb45459242600304b42a5ea24ee2948e18e023bf7ba84"
+dependencies = [
+ "overload",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num_cpus"
+version = "1.15.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0fac9e2da13b5eb447a6ce3d392f23a29d8694bff781bf03a16cd9ac8697593b"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi 0.2.6",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.18.0"
@@ -1441,6 +1486,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "overload"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.11.2"
@@ -2143,6 +2194,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest 0.10.7",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sharded-slab"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "900fba806f70c630b0a382d0d825e17a0f19fcd059a2ade1ff237bcddf446b31"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook"
 version = "0.3.15"
@@ -2308,6 +2368,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.18",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3fdd6f064ccff2d6567adcb3873ca630700f00b5ad3f060c25b5dcfd9a4ce152"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -2333,11 +2403,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "libc",
  "mio",
+ "num_cpus",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "socket2",
+ "tokio-macros",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-macros"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "630bdcf245f78637c13ec01ffae6187cca34625e8c63150d424b59e55af2675e"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.60",
+ "quote 1.0.28",
+ "syn 2.0.18",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-native-tls"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -2424,14 +2507,44 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0955b8137a1df6f1a2e9a37d8a6656291ff0297c1a97c24e0d8425fe2312f79a"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-log"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "78ddad33d2d10b1ed7eb9d1f518a5674713876e97e5bb9b7345a7984fbb4f922"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "30a651bc37f915e81f087d86e62a18eec5f79550c7faff886f7090b4ea757c77"
+dependencies = [
+ "nu-ansi-term",
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "trinitrix"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "crossterm",
+ "anyhow",
+ "crossterm 0.26.1",
  "matrix-sdk",
+ "serde",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
  "tui",
 ]
 
@@ -2449,7 +2562,7 @@ checksum = "ccdd26cbd674007e649a272da4475fb666d3aa0ad0531da7136db6fab0e5bad1"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "cassowary",
- "crossterm",
+ "crossterm 0.25.0",
  "unicode-segmentation",
  "unicode-width",
 ]
@@ -2548,6 +2661,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.15"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d142cf6..6ee1b62 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,5 +7,9 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 tui = "0.19"
-crossterm = "0.25"
-matrix-sdk = "0.6"
\ No newline at end of file
+crossterm = "0.26"
+matrix-sdk = "0.6"
+anyhow = "1.0"
+tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
+tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
+serde = "1.0"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/accounts/mod.rs b/src/accounts/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..400cdbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/accounts/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+use matrix_sdk::{Client, config::SyncSettings, ruma::{user_id, events::room::message::SyncRoomMessageEvent}, Session};
+use anyhow::{Error, Result};
+use matrix_sdk::ruma::exports::serde_json;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Account {
+    homeserver: String,
+
+    session: Session,
+    sync_token: Option<String>,
+}
+
+pub async fn account_add(homeserver:&str, username:&str, password:&str) -> anyhow::Result<Account> {
+    let client = Client::builder()
+        .homeserver_url(homeserver)
+        .build()
+        .await?;
+
+    client
+        .login_username(username, password)
+        .initial_device_display_name("Trinitrix")
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+
+    let session = match client.session() {
+        None => return Err(Error::msg("session is None")),
+        Some(s) => s,
+    };
+
+    println!("logged in as {username} device ID: {}", session.device_id.as_str());
+
+    let account = Account {
+        homeserver: homeserver.to_string(),
+        session,
+        sync_token: None
+    };
+
+    let serialized_account = serde_json::to_string(&account)?;
+    println!("serialized account: {}", serialized_account);
+
+    Ok(account)
+}
+
+pub async fn account_login(account: Account) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    Ok(())
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 64a393b..99bfd77 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 mod ui;
+mod accounts;
 
-use std::io;
-use ui::ui_create;
+use tokio::time::{sleep, Duration};
 
-fn main() -> Result<(), io::Error> {
-    ui_create();
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+
+    accounts::account_add("https://nerdcult.net", "test", "abcd1234").await?;
 
     Ok(())
 }