diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8b6f3b6..8b3cc6b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -43,11 +43,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "amqp_messaging"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "amqp_core",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "amqp_transport"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "amqp_core",
+ "amqp_messaging",
  "anyhow",
  "criterion",
  "nom",
@@ -528,6 +537,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchers"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8263075bb86c5a1b1427b5ae862e8889656f126e9f77c484496e8b47cf5c5558"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-automata",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matches"
 version = "0.1.9"
@@ -843,6 +861,9 @@ name = "regex-automata"
 version = "0.1.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6c230d73fb8d8c1b9c0b3135c5142a8acee3a0558fb8db5cf1cb65f8d7862132"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
@@ -1220,9 +1241,13 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "74786ce43333fcf51efe947aed9718fbe46d5c7328ec3f1029e818083966d9aa"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "matchers",
+ "regex",
  "sharded-slab",
  "smallvec",
  "thread_local",
+ "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
  "tracing-log",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index eec63dd..930220a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [workspace]
-members = [".", "amqp_core", "amqp_dashboard", "amqp_transport","xtask"]
+members = [".", "amqp_core", "amqp_dashboard", "amqp_messaging", "amqp_transport","xtask"]
 
 [package]
 name = "amqp"
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ amqp_dashboard = { path = "./amqp_dashboard" }
 amqp_transport = { path = "./amqp_transport" }
 tokio = { version = "1.16.1", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1.30"
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3.8"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.8", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/amqp_messaging/Cargo.toml b/amqp_messaging/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..371f3c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/amqp_messaging/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "amqp_messaging"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+amqp_core = { path = "../amqp_core" }
+tracing = "0.1.31"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/amqp_messaging/src/lib.rs b/amqp_messaging/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..020bd3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/amqp_messaging/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#![warn(rust_2018_idioms)]
+
+mod method;
diff --git a/amqp_messaging/src/method.rs b/amqp_messaging/src/method.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b49b6ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/amqp_messaging/src/method.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+use amqp_core::ChannelHandle;
+
+pub async fn handle_method(channel_handle: ChannelHandle) {}
diff --git a/amqp_transport/Cargo.toml b/amqp_transport/Cargo.toml
index cb0199c..a69d7a7 100644
--- a/amqp_transport/Cargo.toml
+++ b/amqp_transport/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 amqp_core = { path = "../amqp_core" }
+amqp_messaging = { path = "../amqp_messaging" }
 anyhow = "1.0.53"
 nom = "7.1.0"
 once_cell = "1.9.0"
diff --git a/amqp_transport/src/connection.rs b/amqp_transport/src/connection.rs
index 6662933..7ba509c 100644
--- a/amqp_transport/src/connection.rs
+++ b/amqp_transport/src/connection.rs
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ impl Connection {
 
     async fn main_loop(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         loop {
+            debug!("Waiting for next frame");
             let frame = frame::read_frame(&mut self.stream, self.max_frame_size).await?;
             debug!(?frame);
             self.reset_timeout();
@@ -218,8 +219,8 @@ impl Connection {
                 // todo: handle closing
             }
             Method::ChannelOpen { .. } => self.channel_open(frame.channel).await?,
-
             _ => {
+                tokio::spawn(amqp_core::method::handle_method())
                 // we don't handle this here, forward it to *somewhere*
             }
         }
@@ -269,8 +270,6 @@ impl Connection {
         )
         .await?;
 
-        time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1000)).await; // for debugging the dashboard
-
         Ok(())
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 31638d4..a18e469 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,25 +2,21 @@
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use std::env;
-use tracing::Level;
 use tracing::{info_span, Instrument};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let mut dashboard = false;
-    let mut level = Level::INFO;
 
     for arg in env::args().skip(1) {
         match arg.as_str() {
-            "--debug" => level = Level::DEBUG,
-            "--trace" => level = Level::TRACE,
             "--dashboard" => dashboard = true,
             "ignore-this-clippy" => eprintln!("yes please"),
             _ => {}
         }
     }
 
-    setup_tracing(level);
+    setup_tracing();
 
     let global_data = amqp_core::GlobalData::default();
 
@@ -32,12 +28,14 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     amqp_transport::do_thing_i_guess(global_data).await
 }
 
-fn setup_tracing(level: Level) {
+fn setup_tracing() {
     tracing_subscriber::fmt()
         .with_level(true)
         .with_timer(tracing_subscriber::fmt::time::time())
         .with_ansi(true)
         .with_thread_names(true)
-        .with_max_level(level)
+        .with_env_filter(
+            std::env::var("RUST_LOG").unwrap_or_else(|_| "hyper=info,debug".to_string()),
+        )
         .init()
 }