diff --git a/src/epoll.rs b/src/epoll.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 21777d6..0000000
--- a/src/epoll.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-/*
-#define MAX_EVENTS 10
-           struct epoll_event ev, events[MAX_EVENTS];
-           int listen_sock, conn_sock, nfds, epollfd;
-
-           /* Code to set up listening socket, 'listen_sock',
-              (socket(), bind(), listen()) omitted */
-
-           epollfd = epoll_create1(0);
-           if (epollfd == -1) {
-               perror("epoll_create1");
-               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-           }
-
-           ev.events = EPOLLIN;
-           ev.data.fd = listen_sock;
-           if (epoll_ctl(epollfd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, listen_sock, &ev) == -1) {
-               perror("epoll_ctl: listen_sock");
-               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-           }
-
-           for (;;) {
-               nfds = epoll_wait(epollfd, events, MAX_EVENTS, -1);
-               if (nfds == -1) {
-                   perror("epoll_wait");
-                   exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-               }
-
-               for (n = 0; n < nfds; ++n) {
-                   if (events[n].data.fd == listen_sock) {
-                       conn_sock = accept(listen_sock,
-                                          (struct sockaddr *) &addr, &addrlen);
-                       if (conn_sock == -1) {
-                           perror("accept");
-                           exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-                       }
-                       setnonblocking(conn_sock);
-                       ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLET;
-                       ev.data.fd = conn_sock;
-                       if (epoll_ctl(epollfd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, conn_sock,
-                                   &ev) == -1) {
-                           perror("epoll_ctl: conn_sock");
-                           exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-                       }
-                   } else {
-                       do_use_fd(events[n].data.fd);
-                   }
-               }
-           }
- */
-
-const MAX_EVENTS: usize = 10;
-
-pub fn example_from_man_page() -> Result<(), &'static str> {
-    // SAFETY: I trust man pages (maybe a mistake)
-    /*unsafe {
-        let listen_sock: i32 = todo!();
-        let mut events = [libc::epoll_event { events: 0, u64: 0 }; MAX_EVENTS]; // empty value
-
-        let epollfd = libc::epoll_create1(1);
-        if epollfd == -1 {
-            return Err("Failed to crate epoll instance");
-        }
-
-        let ev = libc::epoll_event {
-            events: libc::EPOLLIN.try_into().unwrap(),
-            u64: listen_sock.try_into().unwrap(),
-        };
-
-        loop {
-            let nfds = libc::epoll_wait(
-                epollfd,
-                events.as_mut_ptr(),
-                MAX_EVENTS.try_into().unwrap(),
-                -1,
-            );
-            if nfds == -1 {
-                return Err("Failed to wait for next event");
-            }
-
-            for i in 0usize..nfds.try_into().unwrap() {
-                if events[i].u64 == listen_sock.try_into().unwrap() {
-                    let conn_sock = libc::accept(listen_sock, todo!(), todo!());
-                    if conn_sock != -1 {
-                        return Err("Failed to accept");
-                    }
-                    todo!()
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }*/
-
-    Ok(()) // this is safe.
-}
diff --git a/src/epoll/mod.rs b/src/epoll/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..794ec5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/epoll/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+use std::{
+    io,
+    mem::MaybeUninit,
+    os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, RawFd},
+    ptr::addr_of,
+};
+
+use crate::{check_non_neg1, epoll::tcp::AsyncTcpListener};
+
+mod tcp;
+
+unsafe fn make_nonblock(fd: RawFd) -> io::Result<()> {
+    let status = check_non_neg1!(libc::fcntl(fd, libc::F_GETFL));
+    check_non_neg1!(libc::fcntl(fd, libc::F_SETFL, status | libc::O_NONBLOCK));
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub fn example_from_man_page() -> io::Result<()> {
+    let listener = AsyncTcpListener::bind_any(8888)?;
+    println!("Created listener {listener:?}");
+
+    unsafe {
+        let listen_sock = listener.as_raw_fd();
+
+        let epollfd = check_non_neg1!(libc::epoll_create1(0));
+
+        println!("Created epoll instance");
+
+        let mut ev = libc::epoll_event {
+            events: libc::EPOLLIN as _,
+            u64: listen_sock as _,
+        };
+
+        check_non_neg1!(libc::epoll_ctl(
+            epollfd,
+            libc::EPOLL_CTL_ADD,
+            listen_sock,
+            &mut ev
+        ));
+
+        loop {
+            let mut events = [libc::epoll_event { events: 0, u64: 0 }; 16];
+
+            let nfds = check_non_neg1!(libc::epoll_wait(
+                epollfd,
+                events.as_mut_ptr(),
+                events.len() as _,
+                -1,
+            ));
+
+            for event in &events[0..nfds as _] {
+                if event.u64 == listen_sock as _ {
+                    // our TCP listener received a new connection
+                    let mut peer_sockaddr = MaybeUninit::uninit();
+                    let mut sockaddr_size = 0;
+
+                    let conn_sock = check_non_neg1!(libc::accept(
+                        listener.as_raw_fd(),
+                        peer_sockaddr.as_mut_ptr(),
+                        &mut sockaddr_size,
+                    ));
+
+                    make_nonblock(conn_sock)?;
+                    let mut ev = libc::epoll_event {
+                        events: (libc::EPOLLIN | libc::EPOLLET) as _,
+                        u64: conn_sock as _,
+                    };
+                    check_non_neg1!(libc::epoll_ctl(
+                        epollfd,
+                        libc::EPOLL_CTL_ADD,
+                        conn_sock,
+                        &mut ev
+                    ));
+                    println!("Received new connection! (fd: {conn_sock})");
+                } else {
+                    println!(
+                        "something else happened! {}",
+                        addr_of!(event.u64).read_unaligned()
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/epoll/tcp.rs b/src/epoll/tcp.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af0cc3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/epoll/tcp.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+use std::{
+    fmt::{Debug, Formatter},
+    io,
+    os::{unix, unix::io::RawFd},
+};
+
+use crate::{check_is_zero, format_addr, SOCKADDR_IN_SIZE};
+
+pub struct AsyncTcpListener {
+    fd: unix::io::RawFd,
+    addr: libc::sockaddr_in,
+}
+
+impl AsyncTcpListener {
+    pub fn bind_any(port: u16) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        let socket =
+            unsafe { libc::socket(libc::AF_INET, libc::SOCK_STREAM | libc::SOCK_NONBLOCK, 0) };
+
+        if socket == -1 {
+            return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+        }
+
+        let addr = libc::sockaddr_in {
+            sin_family: libc::AF_INET.try_into().unwrap(),
+            sin_port: port.to_be(),
+            sin_addr: libc::in_addr {
+                s_addr: libc::INADDR_ANY,
+            },
+            sin_zero: [0; 8],
+        };
+        let addr_erased_ptr = &addr as *const libc::sockaddr_in as _;
+
+        let result = unsafe { libc::bind(socket, addr_erased_ptr, SOCKADDR_IN_SIZE) };
+        if result == -1 {
+            return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+        }
+        check_is_zero!(unsafe { libc::listen(socket, 5) });
+
+        Ok(Self { fd: socket, addr })
+    }
+}
+
+impl unix::io::AsRawFd for AsyncTcpListener {
+    fn as_raw_fd(&self) -> RawFd {
+        self.fd
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for AsyncTcpListener {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        unsafe { libc::close(self.fd) };
+    }
+}
+
+impl Debug for AsyncTcpListener {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("SyncTcpListener")
+            .field("fd", &self.fd)
+            .field("addr", &format_addr(self.addr))
+            .finish()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a27a493..8fef512 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,44 @@
 #![warn(rust_2018_idioms)]
-#![allow(dead_code)]
+#![allow(clippy::single_component_path_imports)] // lol clippy
 
 pub mod epoll;
 pub mod sync_tcp;
 
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
 compile_error!("yeah not gonna compile that here, rip you");
+
+const SOCKADDR_IN_SIZE: libc::socklen_t = std::mem::size_of::<libc::sockaddr_in>() as _;
+
+fn format_addr(addr: libc::sockaddr_in) -> String {
+    let bytes = addr.sin_addr.s_addr.to_be_bytes();
+    format!(
+        "{}.{}.{}.{}:{}",
+        bytes[0],
+        bytes[1],
+        bytes[2],
+        bytes[3],
+        u16::from_be_bytes(addr.sin_port.to_ne_bytes())
+    )
+}
+
+macro_rules! check_is_zero {
+    ($result:expr) => {
+        if $result != 0 {
+            return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+use check_is_zero;
+
+macro_rules! check_non_neg1 {
+    ($result:expr) => {{
+        let result = $result;
+        if result == -1 {
+            return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+        }
+        result
+    }};
+}
+
+use check_non_neg1;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 633649c..a617186 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 use std::{
-    io,
     io::{Read, Write},
     time::Duration,
 };
 
-use survey::sync_tcp::{SyncTcpListener, SyncTcpStream};
-
-const PORT: u16 = 6547;
+use survey::epoll::example_from_man_page;
 
 pub fn main() {
-    match listener() {
+    match example_from_man_page() {
         Ok(()) => {}
         Err(err) => {
             eprintln!("{err}");
@@ -18,43 +15,43 @@ pub fn main() {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn listener() -> io::Result<()> {
-    let mut threads = Vec::new();
-
-    let listener = SyncTcpListener::bind_any(PORT)?;
-
-    println!("Bound listener on port {PORT}");
-
-    for stream in listener.incoming() {
-        let stream = stream?;
-        let handle = std::thread::spawn(move || handler_thread(stream));
-        threads.push(handle);
-    }
-
-    for thread in threads {
-        thread.join().unwrap();
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-fn handler_thread(stream: SyncTcpStream) {
-    match handler(stream) {
-        Ok(()) => {}
-        Err(err) => eprintln!("An error occurred while processing connection: {err}"),
-    }
-}
-
-fn handler(mut stream: SyncTcpStream) -> io::Result<()> {
-    println!("Received connection! {stream:?}");
-
-    stream.write_all(b"Hi! Write your favourite three characters: ")?;
-    let mut buf = [0u8; 3];
-    stream.read_exact(&mut buf)?;
-    println!("Read data: {buf:?}");
-    stream.write_all(b"\nAh, it's: '")?;
-    stream.write_all(&buf)?;
-    stream.write_all(b"'. I like them too owo")?;
-    std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
-    Ok(())
-}
+//pub fn listener() -> io::Result<()> {
+//    let mut threads = Vec::new();
+//
+//    let listener = SyncTcpListener::bind_any(PORT)?;
+//
+//    println!("Bound listener on port {PORT}");
+//
+//    for stream in listener.incoming() {
+//        let stream = stream?;
+//        let handle = std::thread::spawn(move || handler_thread(stream));
+//        threads.push(handle);
+//    }
+//
+//    for thread in threads {
+//        thread.join().unwrap();
+//    }
+//
+//    Ok(())
+//}
+//
+//fn handler_thread(stream: SyncTcpStream) {
+//    match handler(stream) {
+//        Ok(()) => {}
+//        Err(err) => eprintln!("An error occurred while processing connection: {err}"),
+//    }
+//}
+//
+//fn handler(mut stream: SyncTcpStream) -> io::Result<()> {
+//    println!("Received connection! {stream:?}");
+//
+//    stream.write_all(b"Hi! Write your favourite three characters: ")?;
+//    let mut buf = [0u8; 3];
+//    stream.read_exact(&mut buf)?;
+//    println!("Read data: {buf:?}");
+//    stream.write_all(b"\nAh, it's: '")?;
+//    stream.write_all(&buf)?;
+//    stream.write_all(b"'. I like them too owo")?;
+//    std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
+//    Ok(())
+//}
diff --git a/src/sync_tcp.rs b/src/sync_tcp.rs
index 1fe53d5..1da0c9d 100644
--- a/src/sync_tcp.rs
+++ b/src/sync_tcp.rs
@@ -2,20 +2,11 @@ use std::{
     fmt::{Debug, Formatter},
     io,
     io::{Read, Write},
-    mem,
     mem::MaybeUninit,
     os::{unix, unix::io::RawFd},
 };
 
-const SOCKADDR_IN_SIZE: libc::socklen_t = mem::size_of::<libc::sockaddr_in>() as _;
-
-macro_rules! check_is_zero {
-    ($result:expr) => {
-        if $result != 0 {
-            return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
-        }
-    };
-}
+use crate::{check_is_zero, check_non_neg1, format_addr, SOCKADDR_IN_SIZE};
 
 pub struct SyncTcpListener {
     fd: unix::io::RawFd,
@@ -24,11 +15,7 @@ pub struct SyncTcpListener {
 
 impl SyncTcpListener {
     pub fn bind_any(port: u16) -> io::Result<Self> {
-        let socket = unsafe { libc::socket(libc::AF_INET, libc::SOCK_STREAM, 0) };
-
-        if socket == -1 {
-            return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
-        }
+        let socket = check_non_neg1!(unsafe { libc::socket(libc::AF_INET, libc::SOCK_STREAM, 0) });
 
         let addr = libc::sockaddr_in {
             sin_family: libc::AF_INET.try_into().unwrap(),
@@ -40,10 +27,9 @@ impl SyncTcpListener {
         };
         let addr_erased_ptr = &addr as *const libc::sockaddr_in as _;
 
-        let result = unsafe { libc::bind(socket, addr_erased_ptr, SOCKADDR_IN_SIZE) };
-        if result == -1 {
-            return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
-        }
+        let result =
+            check_non_neg1!(unsafe { libc::bind(socket, addr_erased_ptr, SOCKADDR_IN_SIZE) });
+
         check_is_zero!(unsafe { libc::listen(socket, 5) });
 
         Ok(Self { fd: socket, addr })
@@ -100,20 +86,16 @@ pub struct SyncTcpStream {
 
 impl Read for SyncTcpStream {
     fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        let size = unsafe { libc::read(self.fd, buf.as_mut_ptr().cast(), buf.len()) };
-        if size == -1 {
-            return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
-        }
+        let size =
+            check_non_neg1!(unsafe { libc::read(self.fd, buf.as_mut_ptr().cast(), buf.len()) });
         Ok(size.try_into().unwrap())
     }
 }
 
 impl Write for SyncTcpStream {
     fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        let size = unsafe { libc::send(self.fd, buf.as_ptr().cast(), buf.len(), 0) };
-        if size == -1 {
-            return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
-        }
+        let size =
+            check_non_neg1!(unsafe { libc::send(self.fd, buf.as_ptr().cast(), buf.len(), 0) });
         Ok(size.try_into().unwrap())
     }
 
@@ -135,7 +117,7 @@ impl Debug for SyncTcpStream {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         f.debug_struct("SyncTcpStream")
             .field("fd", &self.fd)
-            .field("peer_addr", &format_addr(self.peer_sockaddr))
+            .field("addr", &format_addr(self.peer_sockaddr))
             .finish()
     }
 }
@@ -145,11 +127,3 @@ impl unix::io::AsRawFd for SyncTcpStream {
         self.fd
     }
 }
-
-fn format_addr(addr: libc::sockaddr_in) -> String {
-    let bytes = addr.sin_addr.s_addr.to_be_bytes();
-    format!(
-        "{}.{}.{}.{}:{}",
-        bytes[0], bytes[1], bytes[2], bytes[3], addr.sin_port
-    )
-}