diff --git a/src/ckpool.c b/src/ckpool.c
index 0134b360..9922cd4f 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.c
+++ b/src/ckpool.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011-2014 Con Kolivas
+ * Copyright 2014 Con Kolivas
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
@@ -7,14 +7,77 @@
  * any later version.  See COPYING for more details.
  */
 
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #include "ckpool.h"
 #include "libckpool.h"
+#include "bitcoin.h"
 
-int main(void)
+static char *socket_dir = "/tmp/ckpool/";
+
+static void create_pthread(pthread_t *thread, void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg)
+{
+	int ret = pthread_create(thread, NULL, start_routine,  arg);
+
+	if (unlikely(ret))
+		quit(1, "Failed to pthread_create");
+}
+
+static void join_pthread(pthread_t thread)
+{
+	int ret = pthread_join(thread, NULL);
+
+	if (unlikely(ret))
+		quit(1, "Failed to pthread_join");
+}
+
+static void *listener(void *arg)
 {
+	unixsock_t *us = (unixsock_t *)arg;
+
+	close_unix_socket(us->sockd, us->path);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	pthread_t pth_listener;
+	unixsock_t uslistener;
+	ckpool_t ckp;
+	int c, ret;
+
+	memset(&ckp, 0, sizeof(ckp));
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "c:n:")) != -1) {
+		switch (c) {
+			case 'c':
+				ckp.config = optarg;
+				break;
+			case 'n':
+				ckp.name = optarg;
+				break;
+			case 's':
+				socket_dir = optarg;
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = mkdir(socket_dir, 0700);
+	if (ret && errno != EEXIST)
+		quit(1, "Failed to make directory %s", socket_dir);
+
+	uslistener.path = strdup(socket_dir);
+	realloc_strcat(&uslistener.path, "listener");
+	LOGDEBUG("Opening %s", uslistener.path);
+	uslistener.sockd = open_unix_server(uslistener.path);
+	if (unlikely(uslistener.sockd < 0))
+		quit(1, "Failed to open listener socket");
+	create_pthread(&pth_listener, listener, &uslistener);
+
+	join_pthread(pth_listener);
+
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/ckpool.h b/src/ckpool.h
index 017525d1..5739c663 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.h
+++ b/src/ckpool.h
@@ -122,4 +122,11 @@ static inline void flip_80(void *dest_p, const void *src_p)
 	for (i = 0; i < 20; i++)
 		dest[i] = bswap_32(src[i]);
 }
+
+struct ckpool_instance {
+	char *config;
+	char *name;
+};
+
+typedef struct ckpool_instance ckpool_t;
 #endif /* CKPOOL_H */
diff --git a/src/libckpool.h b/src/libckpool.h
index b34f4c63..e6a8f67c 100644
--- a/src/libckpool.h
+++ b/src/libckpool.h
@@ -115,6 +115,13 @@ struct connsock {
 
 typedef struct connsock connsock_t;
 
+struct unixsock {
+	int sockd;
+	char *path;
+};
+
+typedef struct unixsock unixsock_t;
+
 void _mutex_lock(pthread_mutex_t *lock, const char *file, const char *func, const int line);
 void _mutex_unlock_noyield(pthread_mutex_t *lock, const char *file, const char *func, const int line);
 void _mutex_unlock(pthread_mutex_t *lock, const char *file, const char *func, const int line);