diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1bfeca7..1487351 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var store = require('memstore-cluster');
 var numCores = require('os').cpus().length;
 
 var opts = {
-  sock: '/tmp/mydb.memstore.sock'
+  sock: '/tmp/memstore.sock'
 
   // If left 'null' or 'undefined' this defaults to a similar memstore
   // with no special logic for 'cookie' or 'expires'
diff --git a/client.js b/client.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afbd018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client.js
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/*global Promise*/
+
+function startServer(opts) {
+  return require('./server').create(opts).then(function (server) {
+    // this process doesn't need to connect to itself
+    // through a socket
+    return server.masterClient;
+  });
+}
+
+function getConnection(opts) {
+  return new Promise(function (resolve) {
+    //setTimeout(function () {
+      var WebSocket = require('ws');
+      var ws = new WebSocket('ws+unix:' + opts.sock);
+
+      ws.on('error', function (err) {
+        console.error('[ERROR] ws connection failed, retrying');
+        console.error(err);
+
+        function retry() {
+          setTimeout(function () {
+            getConnection(opts).then(resolve, retry);
+          }, 100 + (Math.random() * 250));
+        }
+
+        if (!opts.connect && ('ENOENT' === err.code || 'ECONNREFUSED' === err.code)) {
+          console.log('[NO SERVER] attempting to create a server #######################');
+          return startServer(opts).then(function (client) {
+            // ws.masterClient = client;
+            resolve({ masterClient: client });
+          }, function () {
+            retry();
+          });
+        }
+
+        retry();
+      });
+
+      /*
+      ws.on('open', function () {
+        resolve(ws);
+      });
+      */
+      ws.___listeners = [];
+      ws.on('message', function (data) {
+        ws.___listeners.forEach(function (fn) {
+          try {
+            fn(data);
+          } catch(e) {
+            console.error("[ERROR] ws.on('message', fn) (multi-callback)");
+            console.error(e);
+            // ignore
+          }
+        });
+      });
+
+      function onInitMessage(str) {
+        // TODO there's no way to remove a listener... what to do?
+        var data;
+
+        try {
+          data = JSON.parse(str);
+        } catch(e) {
+          console.error('[ERROR]');
+          console.error(e);
+        }
+
+        if ('methods' !== data.type) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        var index = ws.___listeners.indexOf(onInitMessage);
+        ws.___listeners.splice(index, 1);
+        ws._methods = data.methods;
+
+        resolve(ws);
+      }
+
+      ws.___listeners.push(onInitMessage);
+    //}, 100 + (Math.random() * 250));
+  });
+}
+
+function create(opts) {
+  if (!opts.sock) {
+    opts.sock = '/tmp/memstore' + '.sock';
+  }
+
+  var promise;
+  var numcpus = require('os').cpus().length;
+  if (opts.standalone || (1 === numcpus && !opts.serve && !opts.connect)) {
+    return require('./memstore').create(opts);
+  }
+
+  function retryServe() {
+    return startServer(opts).then(function (client) {
+      // ws.masterClient = client;
+      return { masterClient: client };
+    }, function (err) {
+      console.error('[ERROR] retryServe()');
+      console.error(err);
+      retryServe();
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (opts.serve) {
+    promise = retryServe();
+  } else {
+    promise = getConnection(opts);
+  }
+
+  /*
+  if (opts.connect) {
+  }
+  */
+
+  // TODO maybe use HTTP POST instead?
+  return promise.then(function (ws) {
+    if (ws.masterClient) {
+      return ws.masterClient;
+    }
+
+    var db = {};
+
+    function rpc(fname, args) {
+      var id;
+      var cb;
+
+      if ('function' === typeof args[args.length - 1]) {
+        id = Math.random();
+        cb = args.pop();
+      }
+
+      ws.send(JSON.stringify({
+        type: 'rpc'
+      , func: fname
+      , args: args
+      , filename: opts.filename
+      , id: id
+      }));
+
+      if (!cb) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      function onMessage(data) {
+        var cmd;
+
+        try {
+          cmd = JSON.parse(data.toString('utf8'));
+        } catch(e) {
+          console.error('[ERROR] in client, from sql server parse json');
+          console.error(e);
+          console.error(data);
+          console.error();
+
+          //ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'error', value: { message: e.message, code: "E_PARSE_JSON" } }));
+          return;
+        }
+
+        if (cmd.id !== id) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        if ('on' !== fname) {
+          var index = ws.___listeners.indexOf(onMessage);
+          ws.___listeners.splice(index, 1);
+        }
+
+        cb.apply(cmd.this, cmd.args);
+      }
+
+      ws.___listeners.push(onMessage);
+    }
+
+    ws._methods.forEach(function (key) {
+      db[key] = function () {
+        rpc(key, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments));
+      };
+    });
+
+    return db;
+  });
+}
+
+module.exports.create = create;
diff --git a/cluster.js b/cluster.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37b7bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var memstore = require('./index');
+
+function create(opts) {
+  var cluster = require('cluster');
+  var numCores = require('os').cpus().length;
+
+  if (!opts.serve && ('boolean' !== typeof opts.serve)) {
+    opts.serve = (numCores > 1) && cluster.isMaster;
+  }
+
+  if (!opts.connect && ('boolean' !== typeof opts.connect)) {
+    opts.connect = (numCores > 1) && cluster.isWorker;
+  }
+
+  return memstore.create(opts);
+}
+
+module.exports.create = create;
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a961216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = require('./client');
diff --git a/memstore.js b/memstore.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d7d26f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/memstore.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/*global Promise*/
+var defer;
+
+if ('function' === typeof setImmediate) {
+  defer = setImmediate;
+} else {
+  defer = function (fn) { process.nextTick(fn.bind.apply(fn, arguments)); };
+}
+
+function create(/*opts*/) {
+  // don't leak prototypes as implicitly non-null
+  var db = Object.create(null);
+
+  return Promise.resolve({
+    // required / recommended
+    set: function (id, data, fn) {
+      db[id] = data;
+
+      if (!fn) { return; }
+      defer(fn, null);
+    }
+  , get: function (id, fn) {
+      if (!fn) { return; }
+      defer(fn, null, 'undefined' === typeof db[id] ? null : db[id]);
+    }
+  , touch: function (id, data, fn) {
+      db[id] = data;
+
+      if (!fn) { return; }
+      defer(fn, null);
+    }
+  , destroy: function (id, fn) {
+      delete db[id];
+
+      if (!fn) { return; }
+      defer(fn, null);
+    }
+    // optional
+  , all: function (fn) {
+      if (!fn) { return; }
+      defer(fn, null, Object.keys(db).map(function (key) {
+        return db[key];
+      }));
+    }
+  , length: function (fn) {
+      if (!fn) { return; }
+      defer(fn, null, Object.keys(db).length);
+    }
+  , clear: function (fn) {
+      db = Object.create(null);
+
+      if (!fn) { return; }
+      defer(fn, null);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+module.exports.create = create;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9eaec96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  "name": "memstore-cluster",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "A wrapper to enable the use of a in-process store with node cluster via a socket server (i.e. for Raspberry Pi 2).",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "node test-cluster.js",
+    "start": "node server.js"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/coolaj86/memstore-cluster.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "store",
+    "session",
+    "connect",
+    "express",
+    "memstore",
+    "cluster",
+    "rpi2"
+  ],
+  "author": "AJ ONeal <coolaj86@gmail.com> (http://coolaj86.com/)",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/coolaj86/memstore-cluster/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/coolaj86/memstore-cluster#readme",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "ws": "^0.7.2"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d60f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+'use strict';
+/*global Promise*/
+
+var wsses = {};
+
+function createApp(server, options) {
+  var promise;
+
+  if (wsses[options.filename]) {
+    return Promise.resolve(wsses[options.filename]);
+  }
+
+  if (options.store) {
+    promise = Promise.resolve(options.store);
+  } else {
+    promise = require('./memstore').create(options);
+  }
+
+  return promise.then(function (db) {
+    var url = require('url');
+    //var express = require('express');
+    //var app = express();
+    var wss = server.wss;
+
+    function app(req, res) {
+      res.end('NOT IMPLEMENTED');
+    }
+
+    function getMethods(db) {
+      /*
+      var instanceMethods = Object.keys(db)
+        .map(function (key) { return 'function' === typeof db[key] ? key : null; })
+        .filter(function (key) { return key; })
+        ;
+
+      var protoMethods = Object.keys(Object.getPrototypeOf(db))
+        .map(function (key) { return 'function' === typeof Object.getPrototypeOf(db)[key] ? key : null; })
+        .filter(function (key) { return key; })
+        ;
+
+      return instanceMethods.concat(protoMethods);
+      */
+
+      return [
+        'set', 'get', 'touch', 'destroy'
+      , 'all', 'length', 'clear'
+      , 'on', 'off', 'removeEventListener', 'addEventListener'
+      ].filter(function (key) {
+        if ('function' === typeof db[key]) {
+          return true;
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
+    wss.on('connection', function (ws) {
+      ws.send(JSON.stringify({
+        type: 'methods'
+      , methods: getMethods(db)
+      }));
+
+      var location = url.parse(ws.upgradeReq.url, true);
+      // you might use location.query.access_token to authenticate or share sessions
+      // or ws.upgradeReq.headers.cookie (see http://stackoverflow.com/a/16395220/151312
+
+      ws.__session_id = location.query.session_id || Math.random();
+
+      ws.on('message', function (buffer) {
+        var cmd;
+
+        try {
+          cmd = JSON.parse(buffer.toString('utf8'));
+        } catch(e) {
+          console.error('[ERROR] parse json');
+          console.error(e);
+          console.error(buffer);
+          console.error();
+          ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'error', value: { message: e.message, code: "E_PARSE_JSON" } }));
+          return;
+        }
+
+        switch(cmd.type) {
+          case 'init':
+            break;
+
+          case 'rpc':
+            cmd.args.push(function () {
+              var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
+
+              ws.send(JSON.stringify({
+                this: this
+              , args: args
+              , id: cmd.id
+              }));
+            });
+
+            db[cmd.func].apply(db, cmd.args);
+            break;
+
+          default:
+            throw new Error('UNKNOWN TYPE');
+            //break;
+        }
+
+      });
+
+      ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'session', value: ws.__session_id }));
+    });
+
+    app.masterClient = db;
+    //wsses[options.filename] = app;
+
+    return app;
+  });
+}
+
+function create(options) {
+  var server = require('http').createServer();
+  var WebSocketServer = require('ws').Server;
+  var wss = new WebSocketServer({ server: server });
+  //var port = process.env.PORT || process.argv[0] || 4080;
+
+  var fs = require('fs');
+  var ps = [];
+
+  ps.push(new Promise(function (resolve) {
+    fs.unlink(options.sock, function () {
+      // ignore error when socket doesn't exist
+
+      server.listen(options.sock, resolve);
+    });
+  }));
+
+  ps.push(createApp({ server: server, wss: wss }, options).then(function (app) {
+    server.on('request', app);
+    return { masterClient: app.masterClient };
+  }));
+
+  return Promise.all(ps).then(function (results) {
+    return results[1];
+  });
+}
+
+module.exports.create = create;
diff --git a/standalone.js b/standalone.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29c090f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/standalone.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var memstore = require('./index');
+
+function create(opts) {
+  opts.standalone = true;
+
+  // TODO if cluster *is* used issue a warning?
+  // I suppose the user could be issuing a different filename for each
+  // ... but then they have no need to use this module, right?
+
+  return memstore.create(opts);
+}
+
+module.exports.create = create;
diff --git a/test-cluster.js b/test-cluster.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6b8ff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-cluster.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var cluster = require('cluster');
+//var numCores = 2;
+var numCores = require('os').cpus().length;
+var id = (cluster.isMaster && '0' || cluster.worker.id).toString();
+
+function run() {
+  var mstore = require('./cluster');
+
+  return mstore.create({
+      standalone: null
+    , serve: null
+    , connect: null
+  }).then(function (store) {
+    store.set('foo', 'bar', function (err) {
+      if (err) { console.error(err); return; }
+
+      store.get('baz', function (err, data) {
+        if (err) { console.error(err); return; }
+        console.log(id, 'should be null:', data);
+      });
+
+      store.get('foo', function (err, data) {
+        if (err) { console.error(err); return; }
+        console.log(id, 'should be bar:', data);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+if (cluster.isMaster) {
+  // not a bad idea to setup the master before forking the workers
+  run().then(function () {
+    var i;
+
+    for (i = 1; i <= numCores; i += 1) {
+      cluster.fork();
+    }
+  });
+} else {
+  run();
+}
+
+// The native Promise implementation ignores errors because... dumbness???
+process.on('unhandledPromiseRejection', function (err) {
+  console.error('Unhandled Promise Rejection');
+  console.error(err);
+  console.error(err.stack);
+
+  process.exit(1);
+});
diff --git a/test-standalone.js b/test-standalone.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe9ae75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-standalone.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+'use strict';
+
+function run() {
+  var mstore = require('./standalone');
+
+  mstore.create({
+      sock: '/tmp/memstore.sock'
+    , standalone: null
+    , serve: null
+    , connect: null
+  }).then(function (store) {
+    store.set('foo', 'bar', function (err) {
+      if (err) { console.error(err); return; }
+
+      store.get('baz', function (err, data) {
+        if (err) { console.error(err); return; }
+        console.log('should be null:', data);
+      });
+
+      store.get('foo', function (err, data) {
+        if (err) { console.error(err); return; }
+        console.log('should be bar:', data);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+run();
+
+// The native Promise implementation ignores errors because... dumbness???
+process.on('unhandledPromiseRejection', function (err) {
+  console.error('Unhandled Promise Rejection');
+  console.error(err);
+  console.error(err.stack);
+
+  process.exit(1);
+});