diff --git a/cmd/echo/opentel.go b/cmd/echo/opentel.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..221e923
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/echo/opentel.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package main
+
+import ()
diff --git a/cmd/echo/server.go b/cmd/echo/server.go
index 4950c99..fe7ef68 100644
--- a/cmd/echo/server.go
+++ b/cmd/echo/server.go
@@ -2,31 +2,61 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
-	"fmt"
+	"context"
 	"log"
 	"net"
+
+	"github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill"
+	"github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill/message"
 )
 
-type MUDHandler struct {
+type TELNETServer struct {
+	l net.Listener
 }
 
-func main() {
-	l, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":5555")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+func NewTELNETServer(l net.Listener) *TELNETServer {
+	ts := TELNETServer{
+		l: l,
 	}
-	defer l.Close()
+
+	return &ts
+}
+
+func (ts *TELNETServer) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 	for {
-		conn, err := l.Accept()
+		conn, err := ts.l.Accept()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
+
 		go func(c net.Conn) {
 			s := bufio.NewScanner(c)
 			defer c.Close()
+
 			for s.Scan() {
-				fmt.Printf("Received user input: %q\n", s.Text())
+				t := s.Text()
+				err := ts.Publish("raw_telnet", message.NewMessage(watermill.NewUUID(), []byte(t)))
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Fatalln("couldn't write to raw_telnet queue")
+				}
+				log.Printf("Received user input: %q\n", t)
 			}
 		}(conn)
 	}
 }
+
+func (ts *TELNETServer) Publish(topic string, messages ...*message.Message) error {
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func main() {
+	l, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":5555")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer l.Close()
+
+	ts := NewTELNETServer(l)
+	ts.Run(context.Background())
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f42edd5..0d9246a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ module code.ndumas.com/ndumas/gomud
 
 go 1.19
 
-require github.com/therealfakemoot/go-telnet v0.0.0-20230818185913-4f336ab6b975
+require github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill v1.3.3
 
-require github.com/reiver/go-oi v1.0.0 // indirect
+require (
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v3 v3.0.7 // indirect
+	github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 89546dd..62d054d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
-github.com/reiver/go-oi v1.0.0 h1:nvECWD7LF+vOs8leNGV/ww+F2iZKf3EYjYZ527turzM=
-github.com/reiver/go-oi v1.0.0/go.mod h1:RrDBct90BAhoDTxB1fenZwfykqeGvhI6LsNfStJoEkI=
-github.com/therealfakemoot/go-telnet v0.0.0-20230818185913-4f336ab6b975 h1:0ya9MAIQtQnj2zj4XA/lAkd/PHXCD1sIFh/vBMQxADM=
-github.com/therealfakemoot/go-telnet v0.0.0-20230818185913-4f336ab6b975/go.mod h1:W73X7Jmde9dHeL8DTG7y3+F4fcPhyNt9HSLe/oyOX5U=
+github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill v1.3.3 h1:ulVgkk7n/hhWmqKKJrquWJWwIDGr9LXJ8W5XmwgSDJ4=
+github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill v1.3.3/go.mod h1:FUH1a4BEmr5UCmCtg7CIYvEL11mdeVBDp1404+eLP+c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 h1:OxrOeh75EUXMY8TBjag2fzXGZ40LB6IKw45YeGUDY2I=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1 h1:H5DkEtf6CXdFp0N0Em5UCwQpXMWke8IA0+lD48awMYo=
+github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v3 v3.0.7 h1:trX0KTHy4Pbwo/6ia8fscyHoGA+mf1jWbPJVuvyJQQ8=
+github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v3 v3.0.7/go.mod h1:vMk8ke37EmiewwolSO1NLW8vP4ZaKlRuDIi8tWWmAts=
+github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1 h1:EGfNDEx6MqHz8B3uNV6QAib1UR2Lm97sHi3ocA6ESJ4=
+github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1/go.mod h1:CirwcVhetQ6Lv90oh/F+FBtV6XMibvdAFo93nm5qn4U=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
+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/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=