diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 578e06d..d221a70 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "react-dom": "^15.6.1",
     "react-redux": "^5.0.5",
     "redux": "^3.7.2",
+    "redux-thunk": "^2.2.0",
     "style-loader": "^0.18.2",
     "webpack": "^3.1.0",
     "webpack-dev-middleware": "^1.12.0",
diff --git a/src/actions/filter_subscribe.js b/src/actions/filter_subscribe.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c99cc40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/actions/filter_subscribe.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import ws_send from '../socket';
+
+export const FILTER_SUBSCRIBE = 'FILTER_SUBSCRIBE';
+export const FILTER_UNSUBSCRIBE = 'FILTER_UNSUBSCRIBE';
+
+export function filter_subscribe(kind='torrent', criteria=[]) {
+  return dispatch => {
+    const serial = ws_send(FILTER_SUBSCRIBE, { criteria, kind });
+    dispatch({ type: FILTER_SUBSCRIBE, serial });
+  };
+}
+
+export function filter_unsubscribe(serial) {
+  return dispatch => {
+    ws_send(FILTER_UNSUBSCRIBE, { serial });
+    dispatch({ type: FILTER_UNSUBSCRIBE, serial });
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/actions/subscribe.js b/src/actions/subscribe.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce77c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/actions/subscribe.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import ws_send from '../socket';
+
+export const SUBSCRIBE = 'SUBSCRIBE';
+export const UNSUBSCRIBE = 'UNSUBSCRIBE';
+
+export function subscribe(...ids) {
+  return dispatch => {
+    const serial = ws_send(SUBSCRIBE, { ids });
+    dispatch({
+      type: SUBSCRIBE,
+      serial,
+      ids
+    });
+  };
+}
+
+export function unsubscribe(...ids) {
+  return dispatch => {
+    ws_send(UNSUBSCRIBE, { ids });
+    dispatch({
+      type: UNSUBSCRIBE,
+      ids
+    });
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index f29ac0a..07c8669 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 
 import store from './store';
 import scss from '../scss/base.scss';
+import { ws_init } from './socket';
+import { filter_subscribe } from './actions/filter_subscribe';
+
+ws_init(() => {
+  store.dispatch(filter_subscribe());
+  store.dispatch(filter_subscribe('server'));
+});
 
 render(
   <Provider store={store}>
diff --git a/src/reducers/filter_subscribe.js b/src/reducers/filter_subscribe.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d02d1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/reducers/filter_subscribe.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import {
+  FILTER_SUBSCRIBE,
+  FILTER_UNSUBSCRIBE
+} from '../actions/filter_subscribe';
+
+export default function filter_subscribe(state = [], action) {
+  switch (action.type) {
+    case FILTER_SUBSCRIBE: {
+      const { serial } = action;
+      return [...state, serial];
+    }
+    case FILTER_UNSUBSCRIBE: {
+      const { serial } = action;
+      return state.filter(s => s !== serial);
+    }
+  }
+  return state;
+}
diff --git a/src/reducers/index.js b/src/reducers/index.js
index 0ec8ab2..1cc260d 100644
--- a/src/reducers/index.js
+++ b/src/reducers/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import { combineReducers } from 'redux';
+import subscribe from './subscribe';
+import filter_subscribe from './filter_subscribe';
 import torrents from './torrents';
 
 const root = combineReducers({
+  subscribe,
+  filter_subscribe,
   torrents
 });
 
diff --git a/src/reducers/subscribe.js b/src/reducers/subscribe.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af4c475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/reducers/subscribe.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE } from '../actions/subscribe';
+
+export default function subscribe(state = [], action) {
+  switch (action.type) {
+    case SUBSCRIBE: {
+      const { ids, serial } = action;
+      return [ ...state, ...ids.map(id => ({ serial, id })) ];
+    }
+    case UNSUBSCRIBE: {
+      const { ids } = action;
+      return state.filter(sub => ids.indexOf(sub.id) === -1);
+    }
+  }
+  return state;
+}
diff --git a/src/reducers/torrents.js b/src/reducers/torrents.js
index 4aba48e..10ddeaa 100644
--- a/src/reducers/torrents.js
+++ b/src/reducers/torrents.js
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ import { UPDATE_RESOURCES } from '../actions/resources';
 
 export default function torrents(state = {}, action) {
   switch (action.type) {
-  case UPDATE_RESOURCES:
-    return {
-      ...state,
-      ...action.resources
-        .filter(r => r.type === "torrent")
-        .reduce((s, r) => s[r.id] = r, {})
-    };
+    case UPDATE_RESOURCES:
+      return {
+        ...state,
+        ...action.resources
+          .filter(r => r.type === "torrent")
+          .reduce((s, r) => ({ ...s, [r.id]: r }), {})
+      };
   }
   return state;
 }
diff --git a/src/socket.js b/src/socket.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0072dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/socket.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { dispatch } from './store';
+import { subscribe } from './actions/subscribe';
+
+let ws;
+let serial = 0;
+let transactions = {};
+
+export default function ws_send(type, body, callback = null) {
+  const _serial = serial++;
+  if (callback) {
+    transactions[_serial] = callback;
+  }
+  const msg = JSON.stringify({
+    type,
+    serial: _serial,
+    ...body
+  });
+  console.log("->", msg);
+  ws.send(msg);
+  return _serial;
+}
+
+const handlers = {
+  RESOURCES_EXTANT: msg => dispatch(subscribe(...msg.ids)),
+  UPDATE_RESOURCES: msg => dispatch(msg)
+};
+
+function ws_recv(e) {
+  const msg = JSON.parse(e.data);
+  console.log("<-", msg);
+  const cb = transactions[msg.serial];
+  cb && cb(msg);
+  const handler = handlers[msg.type];
+  handler && handler(msg);
+}
+
+export function ws_init(cb) {
+  ws = new WebSocket("ws://127.0.0.1:8412");
+  ws.addEventListener("open", cb);
+  ws.addEventListener("message", ws_recv);
+}
diff --git a/src/store.js b/src/store.js
index 30ae752..faf3c90 100644
--- a/src/store.js
+++ b/src/store.js
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
-import { createStore } from 'redux';
-
+import {
+  applyMiddleware,
+  createStore,
+  compose
+} from 'redux';
+import thunk from 'redux-thunk';
 import reducer from './reducers';
 
+const _compose =
+  window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION_COMPOSE__
+  || compose;
 const store = createStore(
   reducer,
-  window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__ && window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__()
+  _compose(applyMiddleware(thunk)),
 );
 
+export const dispatch = action => store.dispatch(action);
+
 export default store;