diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f944257..baf210e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f8aac770f1885fd7e387acedd76065302551364496e46b3dd00860b2f8359b9d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "53d1ccbaf7d9ec9537465a97bf19edc1a4e158ecb49fc16178202238c569cc42"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -430,6 +436,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
  "lazy_static",
+ "orion",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "structopt",
@@ -483,6 +490,18 @@ version = "1.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b1c601810575c99596d4afc46f78a678c80105117c379eb3650cf99b8a21ce5b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "orion"
+version = "0.15.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6e2dd0d645e94ec75aacc27460cb68438263342f4e4e1aeaf7af67847687e7a8"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "getrandom",
+ "subtle",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project"
 version = "0.4.15"
@@ -697,6 +716,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "subtle"
+version = "2.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7c65d530b10ccaeac294f349038a597e435b18fb456aadd0840a623f83b9e941"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.19"
@@ -835,3 +860,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.2.8",
  "winapi-build",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zeroize"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3cbac2ed2ba24cc90f5e06485ac8c7c1e5449fe8911aef4d8877218af021a5b8"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 77e6568..6e0a6d6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ structopt = "0.3.14"
 chrono = "0.4.11"
 futures = "0.3.5"
 toml = "0.5.6"
+orion = "0.15.1"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b386b5f..714cc07 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // modules
 mod client;
 mod config;
-#[allow(dead_code)]
 mod packet;
 mod server;
 
diff --git a/src/packet/join.rs b/src/packet/join.rs
index 0f82a9f..e0b759a 100644
--- a/src/packet/join.rs
+++ b/src/packet/join.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::Result;
 use chrono::prelude::*;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Join {
     user: String,
     timestamp: i64,
diff --git a/src/packet/message.rs b/src/packet/message.rs
index b30f6eb..ee6e1a4 100644
--- a/src/packet/message.rs
+++ b/src/packet/message.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use chrono::prelude::*;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 /// a Message
-#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Message {
     user: String,
     contents: String,
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 400beea..b4c83df 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ use async_std::{
     task,
 };
 use futures::io::{ReadHalf, WriteHalf};
-use futures_util::io::AsyncReadExt;
-use futures_util::stream::StreamExt;
+use futures_util::{io::AsyncReadExt, stream::StreamExt};
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Mutex};
 use uuid::Uuid;
@@ -62,10 +61,12 @@ async fn handle_stream(mut stream: ReadHalf<TcpStream>, stream_id: Uuid) -> Resu
             PacketType::Message => {
                 let msg = Message::from_packet(packet)?;
                 println!("{:?}", msg);
+                task::spawn(relay_packet(msg));
             }
             PacketType::Join => {
                 let join = Join::from_packet(packet)?;
                 println!("{:?}", join);
+                task::spawn(relay_packet(join));
             }
         }
 
@@ -83,12 +84,10 @@ async fn relay_packet<T: Clone + Sendable>(packet: T) -> Result<()> {
     let stream = futures::stream::iter(locked_write_streams.iter_mut());
 
     let packet = &packet;
-    stream
-        .for_each_concurrent(None, |(_, mut stream)| async move {
-            let packet = packet.clone().to_packet().expect("failed to convert to packet");
-            // in case any of the writes fail just ignore them
-            let _ = packet.write(&mut stream);
-        })
-        .await;
+    stream.for_each_concurrent(None, |(_, mut stream)| async move {
+        let packet = packet.clone().to_packet().expect("failed to convert to packet");
+        // in case any of the writes fail just ignore them
+        let _ = packet.write(&mut stream);
+    });
     Ok(())
 }