diff --git a/kubi-server/src/client.rs b/kubi-server/src/client.rs
index 2508fa1..23587b7 100644
--- a/kubi-server/src/client.rs
+++ b/kubi-server/src/client.rs
@@ -6,18 +6,6 @@ use kubi_udp::{ClientId, ClientIdRepr};
 #[derive(Component)]
 pub struct Client(ClientId);
 
-
-// disconnected => connect => join => load => ingame
-#[derive(Component)]
-pub enum ClientJoinState {
-  /// Client has connected to the game, but haven't authenticated yet
-  Connected,
-  /// Client has joined the game, but haven't loaded the world yet
-  Joined,
-  /// Client is currently ingame 
-  InGame,
-}
-
 pub struct ClientMap(HashMap<ClientId, EntityId, BuildNoHashHasher<ClientIdRepr>>);
 impl ClientMap {
   pub fn new() -> Self {
diff --git a/kubi-shared/src/networking.rs b/kubi-shared/src/networking.rs
index ba63992..4945d0c 100644
--- a/kubi-shared/src/networking.rs
+++ b/kubi-shared/src/networking.rs
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 pub mod messages;
+pub mod state;
diff --git a/kubi-shared/src/networking/state.rs b/kubi-shared/src/networking/state.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbed8e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubi-shared/src/networking/state.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use shipyard::{Unique, Component};
+
+// disconnected => connect => join => load => ingame
+#[derive(Unique, Component)]
+pub enum ClientJoinState {
+  /// Not connected yet
+  Disconnected,
+  /// Client has connected to the game, but hasn't authenticated yet
+  Connected,
+  /// Client has joined the game, but haven't loaded the world yet
+  Joined,
+  /// Client is currently ingame 
+  InGame,
+}
diff --git a/kubi/Cargo.toml b/kubi/Cargo.toml
index c88d405..90d9250 100644
--- a/kubi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kubi/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 kubi-shared = { path = "../kubi-shared" }
-kubi-udp = { path = "../kubi-udp", optional = true }
+kubi-udp = { path = "../kubi-udp" }
 kubi-logging = { path = "../kubi-logging" }
 log = "*"
 glium = "0.32"
diff --git a/kubi/src/networking.rs b/kubi/src/networking.rs
index 3a3bea4..39c9989 100644
--- a/kubi/src/networking.rs
+++ b/kubi/src/networking.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+use shipyard::{Unique, AllStoragesView, UniqueView, UniqueViewMut, Workload, IntoWorkload, WorkloadModificator};
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
-
-use shipyard::Unique;
+use kubi_udp::client::{Client, ClientConfig};
+use kubi_shared::networking::{
+  messages::{ClientToServerMessage, ServerToClientMessage},
+  state::ClientJoinState
+};
 
 #[derive(Unique, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum GameType {
@@ -10,3 +14,54 @@ pub enum GameType {
 
 #[derive(Unique, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct ServerAddress(pub SocketAddr);
+
+#[derive(Unique)]
+pub struct UdpClient(pub Client<ClientToServerMessage, ServerToClientMessage>);
+
+pub fn create_client(
+  storages: AllStoragesView
+) {
+  let address = storages.borrow::<UniqueView<ServerAddress>>().unwrap();
+  storages.add_unique(UdpClient(Client::new(
+    address.0, 
+    ClientConfig::default()
+  ).unwrap()));
+  storages.add_unique(ClientJoinState::Disconnected);
+}
+
+pub fn client_connect(
+  mut client: UniqueViewMut<UdpClient>
+) {
+  client.0.connect().unwrap();
+}
+
+pub fn update_client(
+  mut client: UniqueViewMut<UdpClient>
+) {
+  client.0.update().unwrap();
+}
+
+pub fn init_networking() -> Workload {
+  (
+    create_client,
+    client_connect,
+  ).into_workload().run_if(is_multiplayer)
+}
+
+pub fn update_networking() -> Workload {
+  (
+    update_client,
+  ).into_workload().run_if(is_multiplayer)
+}
+
+pub fn is_multiplayer(
+  game_type: UniqueView<GameType>
+) -> bool {
+  *game_type == GameType::Muliplayer
+}
+
+pub fn is_singleplayer(
+  game_type: UniqueView<GameType>
+) -> bool {
+  *game_type == GameType::Singleplayer
+}