diff --git a/src/generator.c b/src/generator.c
index 14abf05a..3583279a 100644
--- a/src/generator.c
+++ b/src/generator.c
@@ -17,8 +17,45 @@
 
 int generator(proc_instance_t *pi)
 {
+	ckpool_t *ckp = pi->ckp;
+	char *userpass = NULL;
 	connsock_t cs;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	memset(&cs, 0, sizeof(cs));
-	return 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+	if (!ckp->btcdurl)
+		ckp->btcdurl = strdup("localhost:8332");
+	if (!ckp->btcdauth)
+		ckp->btcdauth = strdup("user");
+	if (!ckp->btcdpass)
+		ckp->btcdpass = strdup("pass");
+	if (!extract_sockaddr(ckp->btcdurl, &cs.url, &cs.port)) {
+		LOGWARNING("Failed to extract address from %s", ckp->btcdurl);
+		ret = 1;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	userpass = strdup(ckp->btcdauth);
+	realloc_strcat(&userpass, ckp->btcdpass);
+	cs.auth = http_base64(userpass);
+	if (!cs.auth) {
+		LOGWARNING("Failed to create base64 auth from %s", userpass);
+		ret = 1;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	dealloc(userpass);
+	cs.fd = connect_socket(cs.url, cs.port);
+	if (cs.fd < 0) {
+		LOGWARNING("Failed to connect socket to %s:%s", cs.url, cs.port);
+		ret = 1;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+out:
+	/* Clean up here */
+	dealloc(cs.url);
+	dealloc(cs.port);
+	dealloc(userpass);
+
+	LOGINFO("%s generator exiting with return code %d", ckp->name, ret);
+	return ret;
+}