diff --git a/emaild/alfonso.go b/emaild/alfonso.go
index a105b9f..8c5e219 100644
--- a/emaild/alfonso.go
+++ b/emaild/alfonso.go
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ import "fmt"
 import "log"
 import "net/http"
 import "io/ioutil"
+import "strings"
 
-// import "github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
+import "github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
+
+import "github.com/golang/protobuf/jsonpb"
+import pb "git.wit.com/wit/witProtobuf"
 
 func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	// spew.Dump(r)
@@ -13,6 +17,17 @@ func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	log.Printf("handler: fucking unknown path")
 }
 
+func JSONtoPB(a string) pb.Account {
+	sets := pb.Account{}
+
+	err := jsonpb.Unmarshal(strings.NewReader(string(a)), &sets)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("jsonpb.Unmarshal() ERROR =", err)
+	}
+	spew.Dump(sets)
+	return sets
+}
+
 func main() {
 	log.Println("listen on :9000")
 
@@ -34,4 +49,9 @@ func handler2(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	j := string(body)
 	log.Println("body =", j)
 	log.Println("err =", err)
+
+	account := JSONtoPB(string(body))
+	account.Token = "testing a token"
+
+	log.Println("account =", account)
 }