diff --git a/outside/src/arraymap.rs b/outside/src/arraymap.rs
index fdbd791..9fa11a5 100644
--- a/outside/src/arraymap.rs
+++ b/outside/src/arraymap.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pub struct ArrayMap<const N: usize, K,V> {
 }
 
 impl<const N: usize, K, V> ArrayMap<N, K, V> where K: Eq {
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
+    pub const fn new() -> Self {
         Self { keys: [const { None };N], values: [const { None };N], index: 0 }
     }
 
diff --git a/outside/src/auth.rs b/outside/src/auth.rs
index dea1285..7fa06a8 100644
--- a/outside/src/auth.rs
+++ b/outside/src/auth.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn send_badge(channel: Receiver<'static,CriticalSectionRawMutex
     loop {
         let card = channel.receive().await;
 
-        let name = Name::from_badge(card);
+        let name = Name::from_badge(card).await;
         COMMANDS.send(MusicCommand::Introduce(name, name.authorized())).await;
 
         // this is also checked on the backend (TODO)
diff --git a/outside/src/main.rs b/outside/src/main.rs
index 4428bad..27a023a 100644
--- a/outside/src/main.rs
+++ b/outside/src/main.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ use music::{music_manager, COMMANDS};
 use rand::RngCore;
 use reqwless::response;
 use scanner::{data_extractor, spawn_poller};
+use server::server_task;
 use static_cell::StaticCell;
 use defmt_rtt as _;
 use wiggle::wiggle_manager;
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ mod wiggle;
 mod music;
 mod scanner;
 mod auth;
+mod arraymap;
+mod server;
 
 bind_interrupts!(struct Irqs {
     PIO0_IRQ_0 => InterruptHandler<PIO0>;
@@ -160,6 +163,7 @@ async fn main(spawner: Spawner) {
     spawner.spawn(send_badge(CHANNEL.receiver(),stack)).unwrap();
     spawner.spawn(button_manager(p.PIN_22)).unwrap();
     spawner.spawn(wiggle_manager(p.PWM_SLICE5, p.PIN_26, p.PIN_27)).unwrap();
+    spawner.spawn(server_task(stack)).unwrap();
 
 }
 
diff --git a/outside/src/music.rs b/outside/src/music.rs
index 0b160a3..70b3798 100644
--- a/outside/src/music.rs
+++ b/outside/src/music.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ use embedded_io_async::Read;
 use embedded_io_async::Write;
 use rand::RngCore;
 
+use crate::server::NAMES;
+
 use super::WAGS;
 
 use embassy_rp::uart::BufferedUart;
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ use log::*;
 pub static COMMANDS: Channel<CriticalSectionRawMutex, MusicCommand, 3> = Channel::new();
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+#[repr(u8)]
 pub enum Name {
     Andy,
     Evan,
@@ -79,9 +82,15 @@ impl Name {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn from_badge(badge: u64) -> Self {
+    pub async fn from_badge(badge: u64) -> Self {
         match badge {
-            _ => Name::Unknown,
+            badge => {
+                if let Some(name) = NAMES.lock().await.borrow().get(badge) {
+                    *name
+                } else {
+                    Name::Unknown
+                }
+            },
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/outside/src/server.rs b/outside/src/server.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..602b774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/outside/src/server.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+use core::{cell::RefCell, str::from_utf8};
+
+use embassy_net::tcp::TcpSocket;
+use embassy_sync::{blocking_mutex::raw::CriticalSectionRawMutex, mutex::Mutex};
+use embedded_io_async::Write;
+use log::*;
+
+use crate::{arraymap::ArrayMap, music::Name, READ_CARD};
+
+pub static NAMES: Mutex<CriticalSectionRawMutex, RefCell<ArrayMap<64, u64, Name>>> =
+    Mutex::new(RefCell::new(ArrayMap::new()));
+
+#[embassy_executor::task]
+pub async fn server_task(stack: embassy_net::Stack<'static>) {
+    let mut rx_buffer = [0; 4096];
+    let mut tx_buffer = [0; 4096];
+    let mut buf = [0; 4096];
+
+    loop {
+        let mut socket = TcpSocket::new(stack, &mut rx_buffer, &mut tx_buffer);
+        info!("Listening on TCP:1234...");
+        if let Err(e) = socket.accept(1234).await {
+            warn!("accept error: {:?}", e);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        info!("Received connection from {:?}", socket.remote_endpoint());
+
+        loop {
+            let n = match socket.read(&mut buf).await {
+                Ok(0) => {
+                    warn!("read EOF");
+                    break;
+                }
+                Ok(n) => n,
+                Err(e) => {
+                    warn!("read error: {:?}", e);
+                    break;
+                }
+            };
+
+            info!("rxd {}", from_utf8(&buf[..n]).unwrap());
+
+            let mut segs = buf[..n].trim_ascii().split(|c| *c == ' ' as u8);
+
+            match char::from_u32(segs.next().unwrap()[0] as u32).unwrap() {
+                'B' => {
+                    let card = critical_section::with(|cs| {
+                        READ_CARD.borrow(cs).clone().into_inner()
+                    });
+
+                    socket.write_all(itoa::Buffer::new().format(card).as_bytes()).await.unwrap();
+                },
+                'R' => {
+                    let card = critical_section::with(|cs| {
+                        READ_CARD.borrow(cs).clone().into_inner()
+                    });
+
+                    NAMES.lock().await.borrow_mut().insert(card, Name::Unknown);
+
+                },
+                _ => {}
+                
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}