diff --git a/frontend/src/app.ts b/frontend/src/app.ts
index a295f7a..456c261 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app.ts
@@ -10,3 +10,20 @@ term.open(document.getElementById("terminal"));
 
 fitAddon.fit();
 window.addEventListener("resize", () => fitAddon.fit());
+
+const socket = new WebSocket(
+  (document.location.protocol === "http:" ? "ws://" : "wss://") +
+    document.location.host +
+    "/api/v1/ws"
+);
+
+socket.onopen = () => console.log("Successfully connected to server");
+socket.onmessage = (event) => console.log(event);
+socket.onclose = (event) => {
+  if (event.wasClean) {
+    console.log("Connection closed cleanly");
+  } else {
+    console.error("Connection died");
+  }
+};
+socket.onerror = (event) => console.error("Connection error:", event);