diff --git a/src/server/Makefile.am b/src/server/Makefile.am
--- a/src/server/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/server/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 COMMON_SOURCES =  slavefuncs.c slavefuncs.h distrenjob.c distrenjob.h
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = distrend distrenslave
-distrend_SOURCES = distrend.c ${COMMON_SOURCES} user_mgr.c user_mgr.h
+distrend_SOURCES = distrend.c distrend.h ${COMMON_SOURCES} user_mgr.c user_mgr.h listen.h listen.c
 distrend_LDADD = @DISTLIBS_LIBS@ @top_builddir@/src/common/libdistrencommon.la @LIST_LIBS@
 distrend_CFLAGS = @DISTLIBS_CFLAGS@ -I@top_srcdir@/src/common
 
diff --git a/src/server/distrend.c b/src/server/distrend.c
--- a/src/server/distrend.c
+++ b/src/server/distrend.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "execio.h"
 #include "options.h"
 #include "distrenjob.h"
+#include "listen.h"
 #include "protocol.h"
 #include "slavefuncs.h"
 #include "asprintf.h"
@@ -50,15 +51,6 @@
 
 /* ******************* Structs ************************ */
 
-// Gets config info from confs
-struct distrend_config
-{
-  cfg_t *mycfg;
-  struct options_common *options;
-  struct distrend_listen **listens; /*< Null terminated array of structs */
-  char *datadir;
-};
-
 struct general_info {
   short int jobs_in_queue; //
   unsigned short int free_clients;
@@ -124,27 +116,6 @@ void distrend_action_free()
 {
 
 }
-/**
-   Start listening
-*/
-void distrend_listen()
-{
-
-}
-/**
-   Stop listening
-*/
-void distrend_unlisten()
-{
-
-}
-/**
-   This is probably just a placeholder for remotio
-*/
-void remotio_send_to_client()
-{
-	// I am futile!
-}
 
 /** Fill variables after crash / shutdown from XML dumps */
 int start_data(struct distrenjob *head, char *datadir)
@@ -1072,7 +1043,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   struct distrenjob head;
 
   int cont;
-  struct distrend_listenset *listenset;
+  struct distrend_clientset *clients;
   struct distrend_config *config;
 
   enum clientstatus
@@ -1217,7 +1188,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
   }
 
-  distrend_listen(&listenset, config);
+  distrend_listen(config, &clients);
   /* This is called the "main loop" */
   while(cont)
     {
@@ -1255,7 +1226,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
       distrend_action_free(action);
     }
 
-  distrend_unlisten(listenset);
+  distrend_unlisten(config->listens, clients);
   distrend_config_free(config);
 
   xmlcleanup();
diff --git a/src/server/distrend.h b/src/server/distrend.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/distrend.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+  Copyright 2009 Nathan Phillip Brink
+
+  This file is a part of DistRen.
+
+  DistRen is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  DistRen is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+  along with DistRen.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+
+struct distrend_config;
+
+#ifndef _DISTREN_DISTREN_H_
+#define _DISTREN_DISTREN_H_
+
+#include <confuse.h>
+
+#include "listen.h"
+
+struct distrend_config
+{
+  cfg_t *mycfg;
+  struct options_common *options;
+  struct distrend_listen *listens; /*< Null terminated array of structs */
+  char *datadir;
+};
+
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/server/listen.c b/src/server/listen.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/listen.c
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+  Copyright 2009 Nathan Phillip Brink
+
+  This file is a part of DistRen.
+
+  DistRen is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  DistRen is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+  along with DistRen.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include "listen.h"
+
+#include <list.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+/* local */
+
+struct distrend_client
+{
+  int sock;
+  int state;
+};
+
+struct distrend_clientset
+{
+  LIST *clients;
+};
+
+
+int distrend_listen(struct distrend_config *config, struct distrend_clientset **clients)
+{
+  int tmp;
+
+  struct sockaddr_in6 sockaddr =
+    {
+      .sin6_family = AF_INET6,
+      .sin6_port = 0,
+      .sin6_flowinfo = 0,
+      .sin6_addr = IN6ADDR_ANY_INIT,
+      .sin6_scope_id = 0
+    };
+
+  *clients = malloc(sizeof(struct distrend_clientset));
+
+  (*clients)->clients = list_init();
+
+  sockaddr.sin6_port = htonl(4050);
+
+  config->listens->sock = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+  tmp = bind(config->listens->sock, (struct sockaddr *)&sockaddr, sizeof(sockaddr));
+  if(tmp == -1)
+    {
+      perror("bind");
+      free(*clients);
+
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  tmp = listen(config->listens->sock, 1);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int distrend_unlisten(struct distrend_listen *listens, struct distrend_clientset *clients)
+{
+  fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: I am a stub that needn't be implemented 'til later\n", __FILE__, __LINE__);
+
+  return 1;
+}
+/**
+   This is probably just NOT a placeholder for remotio
+*/
+void remotio_send_to_client()
+{
+  fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: I am futile! And I'm happy because of it :-D\n", __FILE__, __LINE__);
+}
diff --git a/src/server/listen.h b/src/server/listen.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/listen.h
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+  Copyright 2009 Nathan Phillip Brink
+
+  This file is a part of DistRen.
+
+  DistRen is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  DistRen is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+  along with DistRen.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+struct distrend_clientset;
+struct distrend_listen;
+
+#ifndef _DISTREN_LISTEN_H
+#define _DISTREN_LISTEN_H
+
+#include "distrend.h"
+
+struct distrend_listen
+{
+  int port;
+  int sock;
+};
+
+
+/**
+   initializes the listens and clientset
+   @param config the configuration from distrend
+   @param clients a pointer to a struct distrend_clientset pointer which will be set to memory allocated for the clientset
+ */
+int distrend_listen(struct distrend_config *config, struct distrend_clientset **clients);
+
+/**
+   cleans listening socket. Unnecessary for a working server, currently a stub.
+ */
+int distrend_unlisten(struct distrend_listen *listens, struct distrend_clientset *clients);
+
+/**
+   This is probably just NOT a placeholder for remotio
+*/
+void remotio_send_to_client();
+
+#endif