diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 426079b..be88b73 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+async-std = { version = "1.12.0", features = ["attributes"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.188", features = ["derive"] }
 zbus = "3.14.1"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b2e06aa..ed65eb2 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-use std::fs;
+use std::{fs, io};
 use std::{error::Error, future::pending};
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
 use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
-use zbus::{ConnectionBuilder, dbus_interface};
+use zbus::{Connection, ConnectionBuilder, Result, dbus_interface, zvariant::Value};
 
 // We use s(teamos)m(anager) prefix on all types to help avoid conflicts
 
@@ -18,10 +20,10 @@ pub enum SmApiType {
 // TODO: This may change to better match what zbus needs.
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub struct SmDbusApi {
-    bus_name: String,
-    object_path: String,
-    method_name: String,
-    // parameters: Vec
+    bus_name: String, // The servcive name, i.e. org.freedesktop.Notifications
+    object_path: String, // The object path, i.e. /org/freedesktop/Notifications
+    interface_name: String, // The interface used i.e. org.freedesktop.Notifications
+    method_name: String // The method name, i.e. Notify
 }
 
 // SmScript represents a script to be executed
@@ -46,12 +48,23 @@ pub struct SmEntry {
     outgoing: SmOperation, // TBD: Either the outgoing zbus method or a script to run
 }
 
-pub fn initialize_apis(path: String) -> Vec::<SmEntry>
+pub fn initialize_apis(path: String) -> Result<(Vec::<SmEntry>)>
 {
-    let mut res = Vec::<SmEntry>::new();
-    for file in fs::read_dir(path).unwrap() {
-        // Deserialize the file and add all entries to res
-        
+    let res = Vec::<SmEntry>::new();
+    for file in fs::read_dir(path)? {
+        // Deserialize the file and add SmEntry to res
     }
-    return res;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    return Ok(res);
+}
+
+pub fn create_dbus_apis(connection: zbus::Connection, entries: Vec::<SmEntry>) -> bool
+{
+    // Create each of the given apis as dbus methods that users, etc.
+    // can use to call into us.
+    for api in entries
+    {
+        // 
+
+    }
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b9899a8..e921503 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,33 @@
-use steamos_manager::{self, SmEntry, initialize_apis};
+use std::io::ErrorKind;
 
-fn main() {
+use steamos_manager::*;
+
+use zbus::{Connection, Result};
+
+#[async_std::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<()>
+{
     // This daemon is responsible for creating a dbus api that steam client can use to do various OS
     // level things (change brightness, etc.) In order to do that it reads a folder of dbus api
     // configuration files and exposes each configuration with the api in the config file. In order
     // to know what to do with each it gets the information from the same config file about whether
     // to run a script or call some other dbus api.
 
-    let mut manager_apis: Vec<SmEntry> = initialize_apis("/usr/share/steamos-manager".to_string());
+    let session_connection = Connection::session().await?;
+    session_connection.request_name("com.steampowered.SteamOSManager").await?;
+
+    let result = initialize_apis("/usr/share/steamos-manager".to_string());
+    match result {
+        Ok(manager_apis) => {
+            let worked: bool = create_dbus_apis(session_connection, manager_apis);
+        }
+        Err(error) => {
+            println!("There was an error reading configuration files, doing nothing. {:?}", error);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    loop
+    {
+        
+    }
 }