diff --git a/file-server.go b/file-server.go
index 6a4fff1..170ff0f 100644
--- a/file-server.go
+++ b/file-server.go
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"net"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/gnana997/decentralised-storage-go/p2p"
 )
 
 type FileServerOpts struct {
-	RootFolder string
+	RootFolder     string
+	BootstrapNodes []string
 
 	Transport         p2p.Transport
 	PathTransformFunc PathTransformFunc
@@ -16,6 +20,9 @@ type FileServerOpts struct {
 type FileServer struct {
 	FileServerOpts
 
+	peerLock sync.Mutex
+	peers    map[net.Addr]p2p.Peer
+
 	store  *Store
 	quitch chan struct{}
 }
@@ -28,6 +35,7 @@ func NewFileServer(opts FileServerOpts) *FileServer {
 			PathTransformFunc: opts.PathTransformFunc,
 		}),
 		quitch: make(chan struct{}),
+		peers:  make(map[net.Addr]p2p.Peer),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -35,6 +43,17 @@ func (fs *FileServer) Stop() {
 	close(fs.quitch)
 }
 
+func (fs *FileServer) OnPeer(p p2p.Peer) error {
+	fs.peerLock.Lock()
+	defer fs.peerLock.Unlock()
+
+	fs.peers[p.RemoteAddr()] = p
+
+	log.Printf("FileServer handling new peer: %s", p.RemoteAddr())
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (fs *FileServer) loop() {
 	defer func() {
 		if err := fs.Transport.Close(); err != nil {
@@ -54,11 +73,30 @@ func (fs *FileServer) loop() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (fs *FileServer) bootstrapNetwork() error {
+	for _, addr := range fs.BootstrapNodes {
+		if len(addr) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		go func(addr string) {
+			fmt.Printf("dialing %s\n", addr)
+			if err := fs.Transport.Connect(addr); err != nil {
+				log.Printf("dial error: %s", err)
+			}
+		}(addr)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (fs *FileServer) Start() error {
 	if err := fs.Transport.ListenAndAccept(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if len(fs.BootstrapNodes) != 0 {
+		fs.bootstrapNetwork()
+	}
+
 	fs.loop()
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index dbd691d..c33d298 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"time"
+	"log"
 
 	"github.com/gnana997/decentralised-storage-go/p2p"
 )
@@ -13,31 +13,37 @@ func OnPeer(peer p2p.Peer) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func main() {
+func makeServer(listenAddr string, nodes ...string) *FileServer {
 
 	tcpTransportOpts := p2p.TCPTransportOptions{
-		ListenAddr:    ":3000",
+		ListenAddr:    listenAddr,
 		HandshakeFunc: p2p.NOPHandshakeFunc,
 		Decoder:       p2p.NOPDecoder{},
 	}
 	tcptransport := p2p.NewTCPTransport(tcpTransportOpts)
 
 	fileServerOpts := FileServerOpts{
-		RootFolder:        "3000_network",
-		PathTransformFunc: CASPathTransformFunc,
+		RootFolder:     listenAddr + "_network",
+		BootstrapNodes: nodes,
 
-		Transport: tcptransport,
+		PathTransformFunc: CASPathTransformFunc,
+		Transport:         tcptransport,
 	}
 
-	fs := NewFileServer(fileServerOpts)
+	s := NewFileServer(fileServerOpts)
+
+	tcptransport.OnPeer = s.OnPeer
+
+	return s
+}
+
+func main() {
+	s1 := makeServer(":3000", "")
+	s2 := makeServer(":4000", ":3000")
 
 	go func() {
-		time.Sleep(time.Second * 3)
-		fs.Stop()
+		log.Fatal(s1.Start())
 	}()
 
-	if err := fs.Start(); err != nil {
-		fmt.Println(err)
-		return
-	}
+	s2.Start()
 }
diff --git a/p2p/tcp_transport.go b/p2p/tcp_transport.go
index 85d34b0..550069f 100644
--- a/p2p/tcp_transport.go
+++ b/p2p/tcp_transport.go
@@ -25,6 +25,25 @@ func NewTCPPeer(conn net.Conn, outbound bool) *TCPPeer {
 	}
 }
 
+func (tp *TCPPeer) Send(payload []byte) error {
+	if tp.conn == nil {
+		return errors.New("peer is closed")
+	}
+
+	_, err := tp.conn.Write(payload)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// RemoteAddr impements the peer interface and will return the
+// remoteAddr of its underlying connection.
+func (tp *TCPPeer) RemoteAddr() net.Addr {
+	return tp.conn.RemoteAddr()
+}
+
 // Close implements the peer interface.
 func (tp *TCPPeer) Close() error {
 	return tp.conn.Close()
@@ -60,6 +79,19 @@ func (t *TCPTransport) Consume() <-chan RPC {
 	return t.rpcch
 }
 
+// Connect implements the Transport interface,
+// to connect to the peers over TCP.
+func (t *TCPTransport) Connect(addr string) error {
+	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	go t.handleConn(conn, true)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (t *TCPTransport) ListenAndAccept() error {
 	var err error
 	t.listener, err = net.Listen("tcp", t.ListenAddr)
@@ -85,18 +117,18 @@ func (t *TCPTransport) startAcceptLoop() {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		go t.handleConn(conn)
+		go t.handleConn(conn, false)
 
 	}
 }
 
-func (t *TCPTransport) handleConn(conn net.Conn) {
+func (t *TCPTransport) handleConn(conn net.Conn, outbound bool) {
 	var err error
 	defer func() {
 		fmt.Printf("droppig peer connection: %s", err)
 		conn.Close()
 	}()
-	peer := NewTCPPeer(conn, true)
+	peer := NewTCPPeer(conn, outbound)
 
 	if err = t.HandshakeFunc(peer); err != nil {
 		return
diff --git a/p2p/transport.go b/p2p/transport.go
index 22f3c35..8cbb7f3 100644
--- a/p2p/transport.go
+++ b/p2p/transport.go
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package p2p
 
+import "net"
+
 // Peer is an interface that represents the
 // remote nodes in the network.
 type Peer interface {
+	Send([]byte) error
+	RemoteAddr() net.Addr
 	Close() error
 }
 
@@ -10,6 +14,7 @@ type Peer interface {
 // between peers in the network. This can be of
 // form (TCP, UDP, websocket, etc)
 type Transport interface {
+	Connect(addr string) error
 	ListenAndAccept() error
 	Consume() <-chan RPC
 	Close() error