diff --git a/common/Cargo.toml b/common/Cargo.toml
index 8dc262a..16d83b2 100644
--- a/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+rusqlite    = { version = "0.26" }
 serde           = { version = "1" }
 serde_derive    = { version = "1" }
 thiserror       = { version = "1" }
diff --git a/server/src/errors.rs b/common/src/errors.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from server/src/errors.rs
rename to common/src/errors.rs
diff --git a/common/src/lib.rs b/common/src/lib.rs
index e496787..b3a0e71 100644
--- a/common/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate serde_derive;
 
+pub mod errors;
 pub mod types;
diff --git a/common/src/types/mod.rs b/common/src/types/mod.rs
index 01f979c..cd63ae8 100644
--- a/common/src/types/mod.rs
+++ b/common/src/types/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-mod character;
+use rusqlite::types::{FromSql, FromSqlError, FromSqlResult, ValueRef};
+use std::{convert::Infallible, str::FromStr};
+use thiserror::Error;
 
+mod character;
 pub use character::CharacterSheet;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -12,3 +15,145 @@ pub struct Roll {
     dice: Vec<Die>,
     modifier: i8,
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error, PartialEq)]
+pub enum AuthenticationError {
+    #[error("username already exists")]
+    DuplicateUsername,
+    #[error("invitation is not valid")]
+    InvalidInvitation,
+    #[error("session token not found")]
+    InvalidSession,
+    #[error("user not found")]
+    UserNotFound,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct SessionToken(String);
+
+impl From<&str> for SessionToken {
+    fn from(s: &str) -> Self {
+        SessionToken(s.to_owned())
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for SessionToken {
+    type Err = Infallible;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        Ok(SessionToken(s.to_owned()))
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<SessionToken> for String {
+    fn from(s: SessionToken) -> Self {
+        s.0.clone()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Invitation(String);
+
+impl From<&str> for Invitation {
+    fn from(s: &str) -> Self {
+        Invitation(s.to_owned())
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for Invitation {
+    type Err = Infallible;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        Ok(Invitation(s.to_owned()))
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Invitation> for String {
+    fn from(s: Invitation) -> Self {
+        s.0.clone()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct UserId(String);
+
+impl From<&str> for UserId {
+    fn from(s: &str) -> Self {
+        UserId(s.to_owned())
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for UserId {
+    type Err = Infallible;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        Ok(UserId(s.to_owned()))
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<UserId> for String {
+    fn from(s: UserId) -> Self {
+        s.0.clone()
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromSql for UserId {
+    fn column_result(val: ValueRef<'_>) -> FromSqlResult<Self> {
+        match val {
+            ValueRef::Text(t) => Ok(UserId::from(
+                String::from_utf8(Vec::from(t)).unwrap().as_ref(),
+            )),
+            _ => Err(FromSqlError::InvalidType),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Username(String);
+
+impl From<&str> for Username {
+    fn from(s: &str) -> Self {
+        Username(s.to_owned())
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for Username {
+    type Err = Infallible;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        Ok(Username(s.to_owned()))
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<&Username> for String {
+    fn from(s: &Username) -> Self {
+        s.0.clone()
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Username> for String {
+    fn from(s: Username) -> Self {
+        s.0.clone()
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromSql for Username {
+    fn column_result(val: ValueRef<'_>) -> FromSqlResult<Self> {
+        match val {
+            ValueRef::Text(t) => Ok(Username::from(
+                String::from_utf8(Vec::from(t)).unwrap().as_ref(),
+            )),
+            _ => Err(FromSqlError::InvalidType),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct AuthenticateParams {
+    pub invitation: Invitation,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct AuthenticateResponse {
+    pub session_token: SessionToken,
+}
diff --git a/server/Cargo.lock b/server/Cargo.lock
index 7f7abd5..184322b 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.lock
+++ b/server/Cargo.lock
@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "common"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "rusqlite",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -716,6 +726,7 @@ name = "server"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "common",
  "rand",
  "rusqlite",
  "serde",
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index a459342..2f853f3 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ default-run = "server"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow      = { version = "1" }
+common      = { path = "../common" }
 rand        = { version = "0.8" }
 rusqlite    = { version = "0.26" }
 serde       = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/server/src/authentication.rs b/server/src/authentication.rs
index fd9b15d..9c7a4a4 100644
--- a/server/src/authentication.rs
+++ b/server/src/authentication.rs
@@ -1,143 +1,10 @@
-use crate::errors::{error, fatal, ok, AppResult, FatalError};
-use rusqlite::types::{FromSql, FromSqlError, FromSqlResult, ValueRef};
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use common::{
+    errors::{error, fatal, ok, AppResult, FatalError},
+    types::{AuthenticationError, Invitation, SessionToken, UserId, Username},
+};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::{convert::Infallible, str::FromStr};
-use thiserror::Error;
 use uuid::{adapter::Hyphenated, Uuid};
 
-#[derive(Debug, Error, PartialEq)]
-pub enum AuthenticationError {
-    #[error("username already exists")]
-    DuplicateUsername,
-    #[error("invitation is not valid")]
-    InvalidInvitation,
-    #[error("session token not found")]
-    InvalidSession,
-    #[error("user not found")]
-    UserNotFound,
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct SessionToken(String);
-
-impl From<&str> for SessionToken {
-    fn from(s: &str) -> Self {
-        SessionToken(s.to_owned())
-    }
-}
-
-impl FromStr for SessionToken {
-    type Err = Infallible;
-
-    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
-        Ok(SessionToken(s.to_owned()))
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<SessionToken> for String {
-    fn from(s: SessionToken) -> Self {
-        s.0.clone()
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct Invitation(String);
-
-impl From<&str> for Invitation {
-    fn from(s: &str) -> Self {
-        Invitation(s.to_owned())
-    }
-}
-
-impl FromStr for Invitation {
-    type Err = Infallible;
-
-    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
-        Ok(Invitation(s.to_owned()))
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<Invitation> for String {
-    fn from(s: Invitation) -> Self {
-        s.0.clone()
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct UserId(String);
-
-impl From<&str> for UserId {
-    fn from(s: &str) -> Self {
-        UserId(s.to_owned())
-    }
-}
-
-impl FromStr for UserId {
-    type Err = Infallible;
-
-    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
-        Ok(UserId(s.to_owned()))
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<UserId> for String {
-    fn from(s: UserId) -> Self {
-        s.0.clone()
-    }
-}
-
-impl FromSql for UserId {
-    fn column_result(val: ValueRef<'_>) -> FromSqlResult<Self> {
-        match val {
-            ValueRef::Text(t) => Ok(UserId::from(
-                String::from_utf8(Vec::from(t)).unwrap().as_ref(),
-            )),
-            _ => Err(FromSqlError::InvalidType),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct Username(String);
-
-impl From<&str> for Username {
-    fn from(s: &str) -> Self {
-        Username(s.to_owned())
-    }
-}
-
-impl FromStr for Username {
-    type Err = Infallible;
-
-    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
-        Ok(Username(s.to_owned()))
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<&Username> for String {
-    fn from(s: &Username) -> Self {
-        s.0.clone()
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<Username> for String {
-    fn from(s: Username) -> Self {
-        s.0.clone()
-    }
-}
-
-impl FromSql for Username {
-    fn column_result(val: ValueRef<'_>) -> FromSqlResult<Self> {
-        match val {
-            ValueRef::Text(t) => Ok(Username::from(
-                String::from_utf8(Vec::from(t)).unwrap().as_ref(),
-            )),
-            _ => Err(FromSqlError::InvalidType),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 pub trait AuthenticationDB: Send + Sync {
     fn create_user(&mut self, username: Username) -> AppResult<UserId, AuthenticationError>;
 
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index 547b424..a60c593 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-use errors::{ok, AppResult};
+use common::types::{
+    AuthenticateParams, AuthenticateResponse, Invitation, SessionToken, UserId, Username,
+};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{
     net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr},
@@ -7,12 +9,9 @@ use std::{
 use warp::Filter;
 
 mod authentication;
-use authentication::{
-    AuthenticationDB, AuthenticationError, Invitation, MemoryAuth, SessionToken, UserId, Username,
-};
+use authentication::{AuthenticationDB, MemoryAuth};
 
 mod database;
-mod errors;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct AuthenticationRefused;
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ struct MakeInvitationResponse {
     invitation: Invitation,
 }
 
-/*
 fn make_invitation(
     auth_ctx: Arc<RwLock<impl AuthenticationDB>>,
 ) -> impl Filter<Extract = impl warp::Reply, Error = warp::Rejection> + Clone {
@@ -96,7 +94,7 @@ fn make_invitation(
         .and(warp::body::json())
         .map(move |params: MakeInvitationParams| {
             let mut auth_ctx = auth_ctx.write().unwrap();
-            match (*auth_ctx).create_invitation(params.userid) {
+            match (*auth_ctx).create_invitation(&params.userid) {
                 Ok(Ok(invitation)) => warp::reply::json(&MakeInvitationResponse { invitation }),
                 Ok(Err(auth_error)) => warp::reply::json(&ErrorResponse {
                     error: format!("{:?}", auth_error),
@@ -105,17 +103,6 @@ fn make_invitation(
             }
         })
 }
-*/
-
-#[derive(Deserialize)]
-struct AuthenticateParams {
-    invitation: Invitation,
-}
-
-#[derive(Serialize)]
-struct AuthenticateResponse {
-    session_token: SessionToken,
-}
 
 fn authenticate(
     auth_ctx: Arc<RwLock<impl AuthenticationDB>>,
@@ -135,7 +122,6 @@ fn authenticate(
         })
 }
 
-/*
 fn list_users(
     auth_ctx: Arc<RwLock<impl AuthenticationDB>>,
 ) -> impl Filter<Extract = impl warp::Reply, Error = warp::Rejection> + Clone {
@@ -147,7 +133,7 @@ fn list_users(
                 Ok(Ok(users)) => warp::reply::json(
                     &users
                         .iter()
-                        .map(|u| String::from(u))
+                        .map(|u| String::from(u.clone()))
                         .collect::<Vec<String>>(),
                 ),
                 Ok(auth_error) => warp::reply::json(&ErrorResponse {
@@ -157,45 +143,15 @@ fn list_users(
             }
         })
 }
-*/
 
 #[tokio::main]
 pub async fn main() {
     let auth_ctx: Arc<RwLock<MemoryAuth>> = Arc::new(RwLock::new(Default::default()));
 
-    let echo_unauthenticated = warp::path!("api" / "v1" / "echo" / String).map(|param: String| {
-        println!("param: {}", param);
-        warp::reply::json(&vec!["unauthenticated", param.as_str()])
-    });
-
-    /*
-    let authenticate = warp::path!("api" / "v1" / "auth" / String).map(|param: String| {
-        println!("param: {}", param);
-        warp::reply::json(&param)
-    });
-    */
-
-    let echo_authenticated = warp::path!("api" / "v1" / "echo" / String)
-        .and(with_session(auth_ctx.clone()))
-        .map(|param: String, (username, userid)| {
-            println!("param: {:?}", username);
-            println!("param: {:?}", userid);
-            println!("param: {}", param);
-            warp::reply::json(&vec!["authed", param.as_str()])
-        });
-
-    /*
-    let filter = list_users(auth_ctx.clone())
-        .or(make_user(auth_ctx.clone()))
+    let filter = make_user(auth_ctx.clone())
         .or(make_invitation(auth_ctx.clone()))
         .or(authenticate(auth_ctx.clone()))
-        .or(echo_authenticated)
-        .or(echo_unauthenticated);
-        */
-    let filter = make_user(auth_ctx.clone())
-        .or(authenticate(auth_ctx.clone()))
-        .or(echo_authenticated)
-        .or(echo_unauthenticated);
+        .or(list_users(auth_ctx.clone()));
 
     let server = warp::serve(filter);
     server
diff --git a/v-client/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/v-client/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 102a019..db57231 100644
--- a/v-client/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/v-client/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "aae1277d39aeec15cb388266ecc24b11c80469deae6067e17a1a7aa9e5c1f234"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ahash"
+version = "0.7.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fcb51a0695d8f838b1ee009b3fbf66bda078cd64590202a864a8f3e8c4315c47"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.2.8",
+ "once_cell",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "0.7.19"
@@ -48,12 +59,26 @@ checksum = "216261ddc8289130e551ddcd5ce8a064710c0d064a4d2895c67151c92b5443f6"
 name = "app"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "common",
+ "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tauri",
  "tauri-build",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-trait"
+version = "0.1.58"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e805d94e6b5001b651426cf4cd446b1ab5f319d27bab5c644f61de0a804360c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "atk"
 version = "0.15.1"
@@ -308,6 +333,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "common"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "rusqlite",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "convert_case"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -587,6 +622,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fallible-iterator"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4443176a9f2c162692bd3d352d745ef9413eec5782a80d8fd6f8a1ac692a07f7"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fallible-streaming-iterator"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7360491ce676a36bf9bb3c56c1aa791658183a54d2744120f27285738d90465a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
 version = "1.8.0"
@@ -711,6 +758,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-sink"
+version = "0.3.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "39c15cf1a4aa79df40f1bb462fb39676d0ad9e366c2a33b590d7c66f4f81fcf9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-task"
 version = "0.3.25"
@@ -1017,12 +1070,49 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "h2"
+version = "0.3.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5f9f29bc9dda355256b2916cf526ab02ce0aeaaaf2bad60d65ef3f12f11dd0f4"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "fnv",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "indexmap",
+ "slab",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.11.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ab5ef0d4909ef3724cc8cce6ccc8572c5c817592e9285f5464f8e86f8bd3726e"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashlink"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7249a3129cbc1ffccd74857f81464a323a152173cdb134e0fd81bc803b29facf"
+dependencies = [
+ "hashbrown 0.11.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -1072,12 +1162,72 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa 1.0.4",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "http-body"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d5f38f16d184e36f2408a55281cd658ecbd3ca05cce6d6510a176eca393e26d1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "http",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http-range"
 version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "21dec9db110f5f872ed9699c3ecf50cf16f423502706ba5c72462e28d3157573"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "httparse"
+version = "1.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d897f394bad6a705d5f4104762e116a75639e470d80901eed05a860a95cb1904"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "httpdate"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c4a1e36c821dbe04574f602848a19f742f4fb3c98d40449f11bcad18d6b17421"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper"
+version = "0.14.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "034711faac9d2166cb1baf1a2fb0b60b1f277f8492fd72176c17f3515e1abd3c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "h2",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "httparse",
+ "httpdate",
+ "itoa 1.0.4",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "socket2",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+ "want",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-tls"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d6183ddfa99b85da61a140bea0efc93fdf56ceaa041b37d553518030827f9905"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "hyper",
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ico"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1142,7 +1292,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "10a35a97730320ffe8e2d410b5d3b69279b98d2c14bdb8b70ea89ecf7888d41e"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.12.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1172,6 +1322,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ipnet"
+version = "2.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f88c5561171189e69df9d98bcf18fd5f9558300f7ea7b801eb8a0fd748bd8745"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "0.4.8"
@@ -1280,6 +1436,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libsqlite3-sys"
+version = "0.23.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2cafc7c74096c336d9d27145f7ebd4f4b6f95ba16aa5a282387267e6925cb58"
+dependencies = [
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "line-wrap"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -1395,6 +1561,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mime"
+version = "0.3.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2a60c7ce501c71e03a9c9c0d35b861413ae925bd979cc7a4e30d060069aaac8d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
 version = "0.5.4"
@@ -1413,6 +1585,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "adler",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mio"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e5d732bc30207a6423068df043e3d02e0735b155ad7ce1a6f76fe2baa5b158de"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "native-tls"
 version = "0.2.11"
@@ -2146,6 +2330,43 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "reqwest"
+version = "0.11.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68cc60575865c7831548863cc02356512e3f1dc2f3f82cb837d7fc4cc8f3c97c"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "bytes",
+ "encoding_rs",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "h2",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-tls",
+ "ipnet",
+ "js-sys",
+ "log",
+ "mime",
+ "native-tls",
+ "once_cell",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+ "tower-service",
+ "url",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "web-sys",
+ "winreg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rfd"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -2170,6 +2391,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows 0.37.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rusqlite"
+version = "0.26.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ba4d3462c8b2e4d7f4fcfcf2b296dc6b65404fbbc7b63daa37fd485c149daf7"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "fallible-iterator",
+ "fallible-streaming-iterator",
+ "hashlink",
+ "libsqlite3-sys",
+ "memchr",
+ "smallvec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_version"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -2466,6 +2702,16 @@ version = "1.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a507befe795404456341dfab10cef66ead4c041f62b8b11bbb92bffe5d0953e0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "socket2"
+version = "0.4.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "02e2d2db9033d13a1567121ddd7a095ee144db4e1ca1b1bda3419bc0da294ebd"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "soup2"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -2954,9 +3200,37 @@ checksum = "a9e03c497dc955702ba729190dc4aac6f2a0ce97f913e5b1b5912fc5039d9099"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "bytes",
+ "libc",
  "memchr",
+ "mio",
  "num_cpus",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "socket2",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-native-tls"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f7d995660bd2b7f8c1568414c1126076c13fbb725c40112dc0120b78eb9b717b"
+dependencies = [
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-util"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0bb2e075f03b3d66d8d8785356224ba688d2906a371015e225beeb65ca92c740"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2968,6 +3242,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-service"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b6bc1c9ce2b5135ac7f93c72918fc37feb872bdc6a5533a8b85eb4b86bfdae52"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
 version = "0.1.37"
@@ -3039,6 +3319,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "try-lock"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "59547bce71d9c38b83d9c0e92b6066c4253371f15005def0c30d9657f50c7642"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.15.0"
@@ -3152,6 +3438,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "want"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ce8a968cb1cd110d136ff8b819a556d6fb6d919363c61534f6860c7eb172ba0"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "try-lock",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.9.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -3618,6 +3914,15 @@ version = "0.42.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f40009d85759725a34da6d89a94e63d7bdc50a862acf0dbc7c8e488f1edcb6f5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winreg"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "80d0f4e272c85def139476380b12f9ac60926689dd2e01d4923222f40580869d"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winres"
 version = "0.1.12"
diff --git a/v-client/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/v-client/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 2f1dbb2..8dc12db 100644
--- a/v-client/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/v-client/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@ rust-version = "1.57"
 tauri-build = { version = "1.0.4", features = [] }
 
 [dependencies]
-serde_json = "1.0"
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-tauri = { version = "1.0.5", features = ["api-all"] }
+async-trait = { version = "0.1" }
+common      = { path = "../../common" }
+reqwest     = { version = "0.11", features = [ "json" ] }
+serde_json  = { verison = "1.0" }
+serde       = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+tauri       = { version = "1.0.5", features = ["api-all"] }
 
 [features]
 # by default Tauri runs in production mode
diff --git a/v-client/src-tauri/src/client.rs b/v-client/src-tauri/src/client.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ee1f1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v-client/src-tauri/src/client.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use common::{
+    errors::{AppResult, FatalError},
+    types::{
+        AuthenticateParams, AuthenticateResponse, AuthenticationError, Invitation, SessionToken,
+        UserId, Username,
+    },
+};
+use reqwest::{self, Url};
+use serde_json::json;
+
+#[async_trait]
+trait Client {
+    async fn create_user(&self, username: Username) -> AppResult<UserId, AuthenticationError>;
+    async fn create_invitation(&self, userid: UserId)
+        -> AppResult<Invitation, AuthenticationError>;
+    async fn delete_user(&self, userid: UserId) -> AppResult<(), AuthenticationError>;
+    async fn delete_invitation(&self, invitation: Invitation)
+        -> AppResult<(), AuthenticationError>;
+    async fn delete_session(&self, session: SessionToken) -> AppResult<(), AuthenticationError>;
+    async fn authenticate(
+        &self,
+        invitation: Invitation,
+    ) -> AppResult<SessionToken, AuthenticationError>;
+    async fn list_users(&self) -> AppResult<Vec<UserId>, AuthenticationError>;
+}
+
+struct VisionsClient {
+    client: reqwest::Client,
+    url: Url,
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl Client for VisionsClient {
+    async fn create_user(&self, username: Username) -> AppResult<UserId, AuthenticationError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    async fn create_invitation(
+        &self,
+        userid: UserId,
+    ) -> AppResult<Invitation, AuthenticationError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    async fn delete_user(&self, userid: UserId) -> AppResult<(), AuthenticationError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    async fn delete_invitation(
+        &self,
+        invitation: Invitation,
+    ) -> AppResult<(), AuthenticationError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    async fn delete_session(&self, session: SessionToken) -> AppResult<(), AuthenticationError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    async fn authenticate(
+        &self,
+        invitation: Invitation,
+    ) -> AppResult<SessionToken, AuthenticationError> {
+        let mut url = self.url.clone();
+        url.set_path("api/v1/invitations");
+        match self
+            .client
+            .put(url)
+            .json(&AuthenticateParams { invitation })
+            .send()
+            .await
+        {
+            Ok(resp) => {
+                let js = resp.json().await;
+                println!("authenticate response: {:?}", js);
+                match js {
+                    Ok(response) => Ok(Ok(response)),
+                    Err(err) => panic!("could not decode response {:?}", err),
+                }
+            }
+            Err(err) => panic!("http client error {:?}", err),
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn list_users(&self) -> AppResult<Vec<UserId>, AuthenticationError> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/v-client/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/v-client/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index e994ea4..700eda5 100644
--- a/v-client/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/v-client/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #![cfg_attr(
-  all(not(debug_assertions), target_os = "windows"),
-  windows_subsystem = "windows"
+    all(not(debug_assertions), target_os = "windows"),
+    windows_subsystem = "windows"
 )]
 
+mod client;
+
 fn main() {
-  tauri::Builder::default()
-    .run(tauri::generate_context!())
-    .expect("error while running tauri application");
+    tauri::Builder::default()
+        .run(tauri::generate_context!())
+        .expect("error while running tauri application");
 }