diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 211d5d3..9a98c75 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ Cargo.lock
 # Added by cargo
 
 /target
+
+# Needed to ignore IntelliJ stettings
+/.idea
diff --git a/src/bin/client.rs b/src/bin/client.rs
index 33295a2..6d8a0f9 100644
--- a/src/bin/client.rs
+++ b/src/bin/client.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+use std::net::TcpStream;
+
 fn main() {
-    println! ("client");
-}
+    let stream = TcpStream::connect("127.0.0.1:8080");
+    if stream.is_ok() {
+        println!("Connected to the server!");
+    } else {
+        println!("Couldn't connect to server...");
+    }
+} // the stream is closed here
\ No newline at end of file