diff --git a/include/communication.h b/include/communication.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e53a2db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/communication.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+bool ping();
+void connect(int port);
+void sendcmd(const char* cmd, ...);
+void ioctl(...)
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diff --git a/include/systemapicommunication/communication.c b/include/systemapicommunication/communication.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fa099e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/systemapicommunication/communication.c
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#include "../communication.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+static int sock = -1;
+
+void connect(int port) {
+    struct sockaddr_in server;
+
+    sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    if (sock < 0) {
+        perror("socket");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    server.sin_family = AF_INET;
+    server.sin_port = htons(port);
+    server.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr("127.0.0.1"); 
+
+    if (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&server, sizeof(server)) < 0) {
+        perror("connect");
+        close(sock);
+        sock = -1;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    printf("Connected to server on port %d\n", port);
+    
+}
+
+void sendcmd(const char* cmd, ...) {
+    if (sock == -1) {
+        printf("Not connected to server\n");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    char buffer[4096];
+
+    va_list args;
+    va_start(args, cmd);
+    vsnprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), cmd, args);
+    va_end(args);
+
+    send(sock, buffer, strlen(buffer), 0);
+}
+
+
+void ioctl(...) {
+    sendcmd("ioctl", ...)
+}
+
+bool ping() {
+    sendcmd(
+        "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+        "Host: localhost\r\n"
+        "\r\n"
+    );
+
+    char buffer[4096];
+    ssize_t bytes = recv(sock, buffer, sizeof(buffer), 0);
+
+    if (bytes <= 0) {
+        printf("No response from server\n");
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    buffer[bytes] = '\0';
+
+    if (strstr(buffer, "Pong") != NULL) {
+        if (output) {
+            printf("Server replied with Pong\n");
+            return 1;
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (output) {
+            printf("Unexpected response:\n%s\n", buffer);
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/input/gamepad.c b/input/gamepad.c
index 08d2991..d6e5e30 100644
--- a/input/gamepad.c
+++ b/input/gamepad.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include "../libfinite/libfinite/include/communication.h" //replaces ioctl has the same stuff
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/mailroom/src/core.c b/mailroom/src/core.c
index b3a6422..cf29410 100644
--- a/mailroom/src/core.c
+++ b/mailroom/src/core.c
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 
 int main() {
     init_log(stdout, LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, false);
-    FINITE_LOG("Test");
+    FINITE_LOG("Test"); 
 }