diff --git a/side-node/src/list_transaction_crdt.rs b/side-node/src/list_transaction_crdt.rs
index eae3822..9192b02 100644
--- a/side-node/src/list_transaction_crdt.rs
+++ b/side-node/src/list_transaction_crdt.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use bft_json_crdt::{
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
-use websockets::WebSocket;
 
 use crate::keys;
 
@@ -39,9 +38,9 @@ pub(crate) fn new(side_dir: PathBuf) -> (BaseCrdt<CrdtList>, Ed25519KeyPair) {
 pub(crate) async fn send(
     count: u32,
     bft_crdt: &mut BaseCrdt<CrdtList>,
-    ws: &mut WebSocket,
+    // ws: &mut WebSocket,
     keys: &Ed25519KeyPair,
-) -> Result<(), websockets::WebSocketError> {
+) {
     // generate a placeholder transaction
     let transaction = generate_transaction(count, keys.public().to_string());
 
@@ -53,9 +52,9 @@ pub(crate) async fn send(
         .insert_idx(next - 1, transaction.clone())
         .sign(&keys);
 
-    Ok(ws
-        .send_text(serde_json::to_string(&signed_op).unwrap())
-        .await?)
+    // Ok(ws
+    //     .send_text(serde_json::to_string(&signed_op).unwrap())
+    //     .await?)
 }
 
 fn generate_transaction(count: u32, pubkey: String) -> Value {
diff --git a/side-node/src/main.rs b/side-node/src/main.rs
index d65cd7d..f369ea6 100644
--- a/side-node/src/main.rs
+++ b/side-node/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/** use cli::{parse_args, Commands};
+use cli::{parse_args, Commands};
 
 pub(crate) mod cli;
 pub(crate) mod init;
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ async fn main() {
         Some(Commands::Run { name }) => {
             let side_dir = home(name);
             let (mut bft_crdt, keys) = list_transaction_crdt::new(side_dir);
-            websocket::start(keys, &mut bft_crdt).await.unwrap();
+            websocket::start(keys, &mut bft_crdt).await;
         }
         None => println!("No command provided. Exiting. See --help for more information."),
     }
@@ -34,46 +34,3 @@ fn home(name: &String) -> std::path::PathBuf {
     path.push(name);
     path
 }
-**/
-use async_trait::async_trait;
-use ezsockets::ClientConfig;
-use std::io::BufRead;
-
-struct Client {}
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl ezsockets::ClientExt for Client {
-    type Call = ();
-
-    async fn on_text(&mut self, text: String) -> Result<(), ezsockets::Error> {
-        tracing::info!("received message: {text}");
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    async fn on_binary(&mut self, bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), ezsockets::Error> {
-        tracing::info!("received bytes: {bytes:?}");
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    async fn on_call(&mut self, call: Self::Call) -> Result<(), ezsockets::Error> {
-        let () = call;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-#[tokio::main]
-async fn main() {
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
-    let config = ClientConfig::new("ws://localhost:8080/websocket");
-    let (handle, future) = ezsockets::connect(|_client| Client {}, config).await;
-    tokio::spawn(async move {
-        future.await.unwrap();
-    });
-    let stdin = std::io::stdin();
-    let lines = stdin.lock().lines();
-    for line in lines {
-        let line = line.unwrap();
-        tracing::info!("sending {line}");
-        handle.text(line).unwrap();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/side-node/src/websocket/mod.rs b/side-node/src/websocket/mod.rs
index f795924..60c380d 100644
--- a/side-node/src/websocket/mod.rs
+++ b/side-node/src/websocket/mod.rs
@@ -21,3 +21,49 @@ loop {
 }
 
 */
+
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use bft_json_crdt::json_crdt::BaseCrdt;
+use ezsockets::ClientConfig;
+use fastcrypto::ed25519::Ed25519KeyPair;
+use std::io::BufRead;
+
+use crate::list_transaction_crdt::CrdtList;
+
+struct Client {}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl ezsockets::ClientExt for Client {
+    type Call = ();
+
+    async fn on_text(&mut self, text: String) -> Result<(), ezsockets::Error> {
+        tracing::info!("received message: {text}");
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    async fn on_binary(&mut self, bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), ezsockets::Error> {
+        tracing::info!("received bytes: {bytes:?}");
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    async fn on_call(&mut self, call: Self::Call) -> Result<(), ezsockets::Error> {
+        let () = call;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn start(keys: Ed25519KeyPair, bft_crdt: &mut BaseCrdt<CrdtList>) {
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+    let config = ClientConfig::new("ws://localhost:8080/websocket");
+    let (handle, future) = ezsockets::connect(|_client| Client {}, config).await;
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        future.await.unwrap();
+    });
+    let stdin = std::io::stdin();
+    let lines = stdin.lock().lines();
+    for line in lines {
+        let line = line.unwrap();
+        tracing::info!("sending {line}");
+        handle.text(line).unwrap();
+    }
+}