diff --git a/cmd/bspwm/main.go b/cmd/bspwm/main.go
index 74dfc58..fa77b00 100644
--- a/cmd/bspwm/main.go
+++ b/cmd/bspwm/main.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/jezek/xgbutil"
+	"tuxpa.in/a/zlog/log"
 	"tuxpa.in/t/wm/src/bsp"
 	"tuxpa.in/t/wm/src/handler"
 	"tuxpa.in/t/wm/src/handler/domains"
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ func _main() (code int, err error) {
 	w := bsp.NewWM()
 	// create a wm-x11 connection
 	xwm := bsp.NewXWM(w, x11)
+
+	go func() {
+		err := xwm.Start(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Err(err).Msg("x server shutdown")
+			stop()
+		}
+	}()
 	// create a handler
 	h := &handler.Handler{
 		XWM: xwm,
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c6f6993..50c8797 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,10 +10,15 @@ require (
 	github.com/jezek/xgb v1.1.0
 	github.com/jezek/xgbutil v0.0.0-20230603163917-04188eb39cf0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
+	tuxpa.in/a/zlog v1.61.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.12 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.28.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220915200043-7b5979e65e41 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0ac6493..9498220 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,12 +1,29 @@
 github.com/BurntSushi/freetype-go v0.0.0-20160129220410-b763ddbfe298/go.mod h1:D+QujdIlUNfa0igpNMk6UIvlb6C252URs4yupRUV4lQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/graphics-go v0.0.0-20160129215708-b43f31a4a966/go.mod h1:Mid70uvE93zn9wgF92A/r5ixgnvX8Lh68fxp9KQBaI0=
+github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.3.3-0.20220203105225-a9a7ef127534/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
+github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.12 h1:jF+Du6AlPIjs2BiUiQlKOX0rt3SujHxPnksPKZbaA40=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.12/go.mod h1:u5H1YNBxpqRaxsYJYSkiCWKzEfiAb1Gb520KVy5xxl4=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14 h1:yVuAays6BHfxijgZPzw+3Zlu5yQgKGP2/hcQbHb7S9Y=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14/go.mod h1:7GGIvUiUoEMVVmxf/4nioHXj79iQHKdU27kJ6hsGG94=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/rs/xid v1.4.0/go.mod h1:trrq9SKmegXys3aeAKXMUTdJsYXVwGY3RLcfgqegfbg=
+github.com/rs/zerolog v1.28.0 h1:MirSo27VyNi7RJYP3078AA1+Cyzd2GB66qy3aUHvsWY=
+github.com/rs/zerolog v1.28.0/go.mod h1:NILgTygv/Uej1ra5XxGf82ZFSLk58MFGAUS2o6usyD0=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210927094055-39ccf1dd6fa6/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220915200043-7b5979e65e41 h1:ohgcoMbSofXygzo6AD2I1kz3BFmW1QArPYTtwEM3UXc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220915200043-7b5979e65e41/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+tuxpa.in/a/zlog v1.61.0 h1:7wrS6G4QwpnOmgHRQknrr7IgiMXrfGpekkU0PjM9FhE=
+tuxpa.in/a/zlog v1.61.0/go.mod h1:CNpMe8laDHLSypx/DyxfX1S0oyxUydeo3aGTEbtRBhg=
diff --git a/src/bsp/loop.go b/src/bsp/loop.go
index 2830461..7af0b57 100644
--- a/src/bsp/loop.go
+++ b/src/bsp/loop.go
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ package bsp
 import (
 	"context"
 
+	"github.com/jezek/xgb/xproto"
 	"github.com/jezek/xgbutil"
+	"github.com/jezek/xgbutil/keybind"
+	"github.com/jezek/xgbutil/mousebind"
+	"github.com/jezek/xgbutil/xevent"
+	"tuxpa.in/a/zlog/log"
 )
 
 type XWM struct {
@@ -20,14 +25,68 @@ func NewXWM(w *WM, x *xgbutil.XUtil) *XWM {
 }
 
 func (xwm *XWM) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
-	for {
-		err := xwm.run(ctx)
+	keybind.Initialize(xwm.X)
+
+	mousebind.Initialize(xwm.X)
+
+	captureCombos := []string{
+		"Mod4-1",
+		"Mod3-1",
+		"Mod2-1",
+		"Mod1-1",
+	}
+
+	for _, combo := range captureCombos {
+		err := mousebind.ButtonPressFun(func(xu *xgbutil.XUtil, event xevent.ButtonPressEvent) {
+			log.Trace().Str("name", event.String()).Str("mod", combo).Msg("press")
+		}).Connect(xwm.X, xwm.X.RootWin(), combo, false, true)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		err = mousebind.ButtonReleaseFun(func(xu *xgbutil.XUtil, event xevent.ButtonReleaseEvent) {
+			log.Trace().Str("name", event.String()).Str("mod", combo).Msg("depress")
+		}).Connect(xwm.X, xwm.X.RootWin(), combo, false, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+	tree, err := xproto.QueryTree(xwm.X.Conn(), xwm.X.RootWin()).Reply()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, v := range tree.Children {
+		if v == xwm.X.Dummy() {
+			continue
+		}
+		attrs, err := xproto.GetWindowAttributes(xwm.X.Conn(), v).Reply()
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if attrs.MapState == xproto.MapStateUnmapped {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		log.Trace().
+			Uint16("class", attrs.Class).
+			Msg("found existing window")
+		log.Println(attrs)
+	}
+
+	xevent.ConfigureNotifyFun(func(xu *xgbutil.XUtil, event xevent.ConfigureNotifyEvent) {
+		log.Trace().Str("name", event.String()).Msg("notify event")
+	}).Connect(xwm.X, xwm.X.RootWin())
+	xevent.Main(xwm.X)
+
+	//	for {
+	//		err := xwm.run(ctx)
+	//		if err != nil {
+	//			return err
+	//		}
+	//	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (xwm *XWM) run(ctx context.Context) error {
+
 	return nil
 }