diff --git a/src/mpvctl/mpvctl.rs b/src/mpvctl/mpvctl.rs
index 84bce53..8e6c2c7 100644
--- a/src/mpvctl/mpvctl.rs
+++ b/src/mpvctl/mpvctl.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 use super::command::Command;
+use super::mpv_framed::MpvFramed;
 use bytes::BytesMut;
+use std::borrow::BorrowMut;
+use std::collections::hash_map::Entry;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::os::unix::prelude::OsStrExt;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::{collections::BTreeMap, path::Path};
 use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
 use tokio::net::unix::OwnedWriteHalf;
 use tokio::net::UnixStream;
 use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 
+type CommandDb = Arc<Mutex<HashMap<u64, oneshot::Sender<serde_json::Value>>>>;
+
 pub struct MpvCtl {
     socket: OwnedWriteHalf,
     next_request_id: u64,
@@ -19,20 +25,50 @@ impl MpvCtl {
         socket_path: P,
     ) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         let socket = UnixStream::connect(socket_path).await?;
-        let (mut socket_read, socket_write) = socket.into_split();
+        let (socket_read, socket_write) = socket.into_split();
+        let mut framed_read = MpvFramed::new(socket_read);
+        let db: CommandDb = Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new()));
 
         tokio::spawn(async move {
-            let mut buf = vec![0; 1024];
             loop {
-                match socket_read.read(&mut buf).await {
-                    // Remote has closed
-                    Ok(0) => return,
-                    Ok(n) => {
-                        // TODO actually used the read value
+                match framed_read.read_frame().await {
+                    Ok(Some(frame)) => {
+                        // get the request id and push the result into the channel
+                        let reqid = {
+                            let obj = match &frame {
+                                serde_json::Value::Object(obj) => obj,
+                                _ => {
+                                    return Err(
+                                        "Got back a json value that wasn't an object.".to_string()
+                                    );
+                                }
+                            };
+                            match obj.get("request_id") {
+                                Some(serde_json::Value::Number(reqid)) if reqid.is_u64() => {
+                                    reqid.as_u64().unwrap()
+                                }
+                                _ => {
+                                    return Err("Unrecognized request_id".to_string());
+                                }
+                            }
+                        };
+
+                        {
+                            let mut db_handle = db.lock().unwrap();
+                            if let Entry::Occupied(o) = (*db_handle).entry(reqid) {
+                                o.remove()
+                                    .send(frame)
+                                    .map_err(|e| "Failed to send frame".to_string())?;
+                            } else {
+                                return Err("No entry found for request id".to_string());
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
-                    Err(_) => {
-                        // Ruh roh
-                        return;
+                    Ok(None) => {
+                        return Ok(());
+                    }
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        return Err("Ran into a problem".to_string());
                     }
                 }
             }