diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e2085d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+signup
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37c8196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# do this
+
+all:
+	go build
+	./signup
+
+# this is the raw socket server. it will
+# show all socket connects recieved
+raw-socket:
+	go run server.go
+
+push:
+	git pull
+	git add --all
+	-git commit -a -s
+	git push
diff --git a/signup.go b/signup.go
index 3c94c93..f55b712 100644
--- a/signup.go
+++ b/signup.go
@@ -3,44 +3,31 @@ package main
 import "fmt"
 import "log"
 import "net/http"
+import "io/ioutil"
+import "strings"
+import "os"
+import "time"
+
 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)
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Hi there, I love %s!", r.URL.Path[1:])
-	log.Printf("handler: unknown path")
+	log.Printf("handler: fucking unknown path")
 }
 
-func handler2(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
-	w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "POST, GET, OPTIONS, PUT, DELETE")
-	w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Accept, Content-Type, Content-Length, Accept-Encoding, X-CSRF-Token, Authorization")
+func JSONtoPB(a string) pb.Account {
+	sets := pb.Account{}
 
-	spew.Dump(r)
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "handler2 %s!", r.URL.Path[1:])
-
-	log.Printf("handler: method switch statement")
-	switch r.Method {
-	case http.MethodGet:
-		// Serve the resource.
-		log.Printf("handler2 GET")
-	case http.MethodPost:
-		// Create a new record.
-		log.Printf("handler2 POST")
-	case http.MethodPut:
-		// Update an existing record.
-		log.Printf("handler2 PUT")
-	case http.MethodDelete:
-		// Remove the record.
-		log.Printf("handler2 DELETE")
-	case http.MethodOptions:
-		// Remove the record.
-		log.Printf("handler2 OPTIONS")
-	default:
-		// Give an error message.
-		log.Printf("handler2 DEFAULT Method=", r.Method)
-		spew.Dump(r.Method)
+	err := jsonpb.Unmarshal(strings.NewReader(string(a)), &sets)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("jsonpb.Unmarshal() ERROR =", err)
 	}
+	spew.Dump(sets)
+	return sets
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -51,3 +38,39 @@ func main() {
 
 	http.ListenAndServe(":9000", nil)
 }
+
+func writeToFile(filename string, a string) {
+        f, _ := os.Create(filename)
+        f.WriteString(a)
+        f.Close()
+}
+
+func handler2(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
+	w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "POST, GET, OPTIONS, PUT, DELETE")
+	w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Accept, Content-Type, Content-Length, Accept-Encoding, X-CSRF-Token, Authorization")
+
+	// spew.Dump(r)
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Hi there, handler2 %s!", r.URL.Path[1:])
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	j := string(body)
+	log.Println("body =", j)
+	log.Println("err =", err)
+
+	// change the JSON int a protobuf
+	account := JSONtoPB(string(body))
+	account.Token = "testing a token"
+	log.Println("account =", account)
+
+	// change it back to JSON
+	marshaler := &jsonpb.Marshaler{}
+	stuff, _ := marshaler.MarshalToString(&account)
+	log.Println(stuff)
+
+	current := time.Now()
+	filename := "/tmp/" + current.Format("2006-01-02-15-04-05")
+	log.Println("filename =", filename)
+	// write to file
+	writeToFile(filename, stuff + "\n")
+}