diff --git a/src/Gemenon.jl b/src/Gemenon.jl
index 76c0e89..81c7831 100644
--- a/src/Gemenon.jl
+++ b/src/Gemenon.jl
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export Connection, Request, Status, Response
 include("types.jl")
 
 include("server.jl")
+include("client.jl")
 
 include("rw.jl")
 export link, document, status, not_found
diff --git a/src/client.jl b/src/client.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..213ab8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import Base.get
+function get(request::Request)
+    ctx = OpenSSL.SSLContext(mode = OpenSSL.ClientMode)
+    io = Sockets.connect(request.host, request.port)
+
+    client = SSLClient(ctx, io)
+    isreadable(io)
+
+    status = OpenSSL.do_ssl_handshake(client)
+
+    while true
+        if isreadable(io) && length(client.write_buf) == 0
+            # verbose && println("do_read")
+            if OpenSSL.do_sock_read(client) == -1
+                break
+            end
+        end
+        if iswritable(io) && length(client.write_buf) > 0
+            # verbose && println("do_write")
+            if OpenSSL.do_sock_write(client) == -1
+                break
+            end
+        end
+        # verbose && println("end loop")
+        if OpenSSL.ssl_init_finished(client)
+            write(client, string(request, "\r\n"))
+            while isopen(io)
+                # println("HERE")
+                OpenSSL.do_sock_read(client)
+            end
+            return String(client.context.data)
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+