diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cbcd2cc..b2510b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1214,6 +1214,10 @@ version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b7c388c1b5e93756d0c740965c41e8822f866621d41acbdf6336a6a168f8840c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "socker"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.10.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2caac63..7caa9f0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ members = [
   "members/revsqrt",
   "members/serde-json-demo",
   "members/slog-demo",
+  "members/socker",
 ]
 default-members = [
   ".",
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ default-members = [
   "members/slog-demo",
   "members/cucumber-demo",
   "members/panic-calm",
+  "members/socker",
 ]
 
 [package]
diff --git a/members/socker/Cargo.toml b/members/socker/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3035cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/members/socker/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "socker"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/members/socker/src/main.rs b/members/socker/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bad230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/members/socker/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+use std::{
+    io::{BufRead, BufReader, Write},
+    net::{TcpListener, TcpStream},
+    process::exit,
+};
+
+fn main() {
+    println!("Starting the server");
+    let target_address = "127.0.0.1:7878";
+    let listener = match TcpListener::bind(target_address) {
+        Ok(listener) => listener,
+        Err(err) => {
+            eprintln!("Could not start server: {err}");
+            exit(1);
+        }
+    };
+    for stream in listener.incoming() {
+        let stream = stream.unwrap();
+
+        handle_connection(stream);
+    }
+}
+
+fn handle_connection(mut stream: TcpStream) {
+    let buf_rd = BufReader::new(&mut stream);
+    let request: Vec<_> = buf_rd
+        .lines()
+        .map(|result| result.unwrap())
+        .take_while(|line| !line.is_empty())
+        .collect();
+    println!("Request: {:#?}", request);
+    match request[0].as_str() {
+        "ping" => {
+            writeln!(stream, "> pong!").unwrap();
+        }
+        _ => {
+            writeln!(stream, "> command not recognized.").unwrap();
+        }
+    }
+}