diff --git a/client-demo/Cargo.toml b/client-demo/Cargo.toml
index bab8bfb1f..026c1dd98 100644
--- a/client-demo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client-demo/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ publish = false
 tor-netdir = { path="../tor-netdir", version= "*" }
 tor-netdoc = { path="../tor-netdoc", version= "*" }
 tor-proto = { path="../tor-proto", version= "*" }
+tor-linkspec = { path="../tor-linkspec", version= "*" }
+rand = "*"
 log = "*"
 async-std = "*"
 futures = "*"
@@ -18,3 +20,4 @@ native-tls = "*"
 async-native-tls = "*"
 thiserror = "*"
 
+simple-logging = "*"
diff --git a/client-demo/src/err.rs b/client-demo/src/err.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e95b73794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client-demo/src/err.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[error("Netdir: {0}")]
+    NetDir(#[source] tor_netdir::Error),
+    #[error("Protocol: {0}")]
+    Proto(#[source] tor_proto::Error),
+    #[error("Io: {0}")]
+    Io(#[source] std::io::Error),
+    #[error("Tls: {0}")]
+    Tls(#[source] native_tls::Error),
+    #[error("Misc: {0}")]
+    Misc(&'static str),
+}
+
+impl From<tor_netdir::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(e: tor_netdir::Error) -> Self {
+        Error::NetDir(e)
+    }
+}
+impl From<tor_proto::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(e: tor_proto::Error) -> Self {
+        Error::Proto(e)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<std::io::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(e: std::io::Error) -> Self {
+        Error::Io(e)
+    }
+}
+impl From<native_tls::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(e: native_tls::Error) -> Self {
+        Error::Tls(e)
+    }
+}
+
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
diff --git a/client-demo/src/main.rs b/client-demo/src/main.rs
index ae126f083..617280421 100644
--- a/client-demo/src/main.rs
+++ b/client-demo/src/main.rs
@@ -1,25 +1,38 @@
+mod err;
+
+use err::{Error, Result};
+
+use log::{info, LevelFilter};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use tor_linkspec::ChanTarget;
 
-#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
-pub enum Error {
-    #[error("Netdir: {0}")]
-    NetDir(#[source] tor_netdir::Error),
-    #[error("Protocol: {0}")]
-    Proto(#[source] tor_proto::Error),
-}
+//use async_std::prelude::*;
+use async_native_tls::TlsConnector;
+use async_std::net;
 
-impl From<tor_netdir::Error> for Error {
-    fn from(e: tor_netdir::Error) -> Self {
-        Error::NetDir(e)
-    }
-}
-impl From<tor_proto::Error> for Error {
-    fn from(e: tor_proto::Error) -> Self {
-        Error::Proto(e)
-    }
-}
+use rand::thread_rng;
 
-type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
+pub struct Channel {}
+
+async fn connect<C: ChanTarget>(target: &C) -> Result<Channel> {
+    let addr = target
+        .get_addrs()
+        .get(0)
+        .ok_or(Error::Misc("No addresses for chosen relay‽"))?;
+
+    let connector = TlsConnector::new()
+        .danger_accept_invalid_certs(true)
+        .danger_accept_invalid_hostnames(true);
+
+    info!("Connecting to {}", addr);
+    let stream = net::TcpStream::connect(addr).await?;
+
+    info!("Negotiating TLS with {}", addr);
+    let _tlscon = connector.connect("ignored", stream).await?;
+    info!("TLS negotiated.");
+
+    Ok(Channel {})
+}
 
 fn get_netdir() -> Result<tor_netdir::NetDir> {
     let mut pb: PathBuf = std::env::var_os("HOME").unwrap().into();
@@ -36,7 +49,17 @@ fn get_netdir() -> Result<tor_netdir::NetDir> {
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    let _dir = get_netdir()?;
+    simple_logging::log_to_stderr(LevelFilter::Info);
 
-    Ok(())
+    let dir = get_netdir()?;
+
+    let g = dir
+        .pick_relay(&mut thread_rng(), |_, u| u)
+        .ok_or(Error::Misc("no usable relays"))?;
+
+    async_std::task::block_on(async {
+        let _con = connect(&g).await?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    })
 }