diff --git a/server/server.cpp b/server/server.cpp
index 0142057..7fc20c8 100644
--- a/server/server.cpp
+++ b/server/server.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using namespace std;
 
 Server::Server() {
 	running = true;
+	config.Load("config.cfg");
 }
 
 Server::~Server() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ void Server::Init() {
 	if (SDLNet_Init()) {
 		throw(runtime_error("Failed to init SDL_net"));
 	}
-	netMgr.Init(100);
+	netMgr.Init(config.Integer("port"), config.Integer("maxplayers"));
 }
 
 void Server::Proc() {
@@ -28,6 +29,9 @@ void Server::Proc() {
 		HandleInput();
 		UpdateWorld();
 		HandleOutput();
+
+		//debug
+		running = false;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -38,7 +42,11 @@ void Server::Quit() {
 
 void Server::HandleInput() {
 	//accept new connections
+	netMgr.AcceptConnections();
 	//accept updates from the clients
+	netMgr.CheckSockets();
+	//read the updates from the clients into internal containers
+	//...
 }
 
 void Server::UpdateWorld() {
diff --git a/server/server.hpp b/server/server.hpp
index 9682950..c2a4ccc 100644
--- a/server/server.hpp
+++ b/server/server.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define SERVER_HPP_
 
 #include "tcp_network_manager.hpp"
+#include "config_utility.hpp"
 
 class Server {
 public:
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ public:
 private:
 	bool running;
 	TCPNetworkManager netMgr;
+	ConfigUtility config;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/server/tcp_network_manager.cpp b/server/tcp_network_manager.cpp
index 326bb7b..25dc8dd 100644
--- a/server/tcp_network_manager.cpp
+++ b/server/tcp_network_manager.cpp
@@ -1,22 +1,34 @@
 #include "tcp_network_manager.hpp"
 
+#include <stdexcept>
+
 TCPNetworkManager::TCPNetworkManager() {
-	maxConnections = currentConnections = 0;
+	//
 }
 
 TCPNetworkManager::~TCPNetworkManager() {
 	//
 }
 
-void TCPNetworkManager::Init(int maxConnections) {
-	//
+void TCPNetworkManager::Init(Uint16 port, int maxSockets) {
+	IPaddress add;
+	if (SDLNet_ResolveHost(&add, nullptr, port)) {
+		throw(std::runtime_error("Failed to resolve the host"));
+	}
+	if (!(sock = SDLNet_TCP_Open(&add))) {
+		throw(std::runtime_error("Failed to create the server socket"));
+	}
+	if (!(clientSocks = SDLNet_AllocSocketSet(maxSockets))) {
+		throw(std::runtime_error("Failed to allocate the socket set"));
+	}
 }
 
 void TCPNetworkManager::Quit() {
-	//
+	SDLNet_FreeSocketSet(clientSocks);
+	SDLNet_TCP_Close(sock);
 }
 
-int TCPNetworkManager::AcceptConnection() {
+int TCPNetworkManager::AcceptConnections() {
 	//
 }
 
@@ -44,10 +56,10 @@ int TCPNetworkManager::CloseSocket(int index) {
 	//
 }
 
-int TCPNetworkManager::GetMaxConnections() {
+int TCPNetworkManager::GetMaxConnections() const {
 	//
 }
 
-int TCPNetworkManager::GetCurrentConnections() {
+int TCPNetworkManager::GetCurrentConnections() const {
 	//
 }
diff --git a/server/tcp_network_manager.hpp b/server/tcp_network_manager.hpp
index 0010df7..7df210b 100644
--- a/server/tcp_network_manager.hpp
+++ b/server/tcp_network_manager.hpp
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ public:
 	TCPNetworkManager();
 	~TCPNetworkManager();
 
-	void Init(int maxConnections);
+	void Init(Uint16 port, int maxSockets);
 	void Quit();
 
-	int AcceptConnection();
+	int AcceptConnections();
 	int CheckSockets();
 
 	int Send(int index, const void* data, int len);
@@ -21,12 +21,11 @@ public:
 	TCPsocket GetSocket(int index);
 	int CloseSocket(int index);
 
-	int GetMaxConnections();
-	int GetCurrentConnections();
+	int GetMaxConnections() const;
+	int GetCurrentConnections() const;
 private:
-	TCPsocket serverSocket;
-	SDLNet_SocketSet socketSet;
-	int maxConnections, currentConnections;
+	TCPsocket sock;
+	SDLNet_SocketSet clientSocks;
 };
 
 #endif