diff --git a/App.axaml.cs b/App.axaml.cs
index ea60e6a..03afbe7 100644
--- a/App.axaml.cs
+++ b/App.axaml.cs
@@ -6,13 +6,20 @@ using Avalonia.Data.Core.Plugins;
 using Avalonia.Markup.Xaml;
 using BetterRaid.ViewModels;
 using BetterRaid.Views;
+using TwitchLib.Client;
+using TwitchLib.Client.Events;
+using TwitchLib.Client.Models;
+using TwitchLib.Communication.Clients;
+using TwitchLib.Communication.Models;
 
 namespace BetterRaid;
 
 public partial class App : Application
 {
+    public static string TwitchChannelName = "";
     public static string TokenClientId = "";
     public static string TokenClientSecret = "";
+    public static string TokenClientAccess = "";
 
     public override void Initialize()
     {
@@ -22,8 +29,10 @@ public partial class App : Application
             var profilePath    = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile);
             var tokenFilePath  = Path.Combine(profilePath, tokenFile);
             var tokenFileLines = File.ReadAllLines(tokenFilePath);
-            TokenClientId      = tokenFileLines[0].Split('=')[1];
-            TokenClientSecret  = tokenFileLines[1].Split('=')[1];
+            TwitchChannelName  = tokenFileLines[0].Split('=')[1];
+            TokenClientId      = tokenFileLines[1].Split('=')[1];
+            TokenClientSecret  = tokenFileLines[2].Split('=')[1];
+            TokenClientAccess  = tokenFileLines[3].Split('=')[1];
         }
         catch (Exception)
         {
@@ -31,9 +40,41 @@ public partial class App : Application
             Environment.Exit(1);
         }
 
+        var creds = new ConnectionCredentials(TwitchChannelName, TokenClientAccess);
+        var clientOptions = new ClientOptions
+        {
+            MessagesAllowedInPeriod = 750,
+            ThrottlingPeriod = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30)
+        };
+
+        var customClient = new WebSocketClient(clientOptions);
+        var client = new TwitchClient(customClient);
+
+        client.Initialize(creds, TwitchChannelName);
+        client.OnMessageReceived += OnMessageReceived;
+        client.OnConnected += OnConnected;
+        client.OnConnectionError += OnConnectionError;
+
+        client.Connect();
+
         AvaloniaXamlLoader.Load(this);
     }
 
+    private void OnConnectionError(object? sender, OnConnectionErrorArgs e)
+    {
+        Console.WriteLine("[ERROR] Twitch Client failed to connect!");
+    }
+
+    private void OnConnected(object? sender, OnConnectedArgs e)
+    {
+        Console.WriteLine("[INFO] Twitch Client connected!");
+    }
+
+    private void OnMessageReceived(object? sender, OnMessageReceivedArgs e)
+    {
+        Console.WriteLine($"{e.ChatMessage.DisplayName}: {e.ChatMessage.Message}");
+    }
+
     public override void OnFrameworkInitializationCompleted()
     {
         if (ApplicationLifetime is IClassicDesktopStyleApplicationLifetime desktop)
diff --git a/BetterRaid.csproj b/BetterRaid.csproj
index 148c6b8..a2bb39b 100644
--- a/BetterRaid.csproj
+++ b/BetterRaid.csproj
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@
     <!--Condition below is needed to remove Avalonia.Diagnostics package from build output in Release configuration.-->
     <PackageReference Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'" Include="Avalonia.Diagnostics" Version="11.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.Mvvm" Version="8.2.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="TwitchLib" Version="3.5.3" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>