diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8be8d7d..6f72b74 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -43,6 +43,19 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chrono"
+version = "0.4.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "670ad68c9088c2a963aaa298cb369688cf3f9465ce5e2d4ca10e6e0098a1ce73"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+ "time",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "3.0.0-beta.2"
@@ -301,6 +314,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-integer"
+version = "0.1.44"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2cc698a63b549a70bc047073d2949cce27cd1c7b0a4a862d08a8031bc2801db"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-traits"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a64b1ec5cda2586e284722486d802acf1f7dbdc623e2bfc57e65ca1cd099290"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num_cpus"
 version = "1.13.0"
@@ -324,15 +356,19 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "afb2e1c3ee07430c2cf76151675e583e0f19985fa6efae47d6848a3e2c824f85"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "panorama-core"
+name = "panorama-daemon"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
  "futures",
  "inotify",
+ "log",
  "serde",
+ "stderrlog",
  "tokio",
+ "toml",
+ "xdg",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -482,6 +518,19 @@ version = "1.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fe0f37c9e8f3c5a4a66ad655a93c74daac4ad00c441533bf5c6e7990bb42604e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "stderrlog"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "45a53e2eff3e94a019afa6265e8ee04cb05b9d33fe9f5078b14e4e391d155a38"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "chrono",
+ "log",
+ "termcolor",
+ "thread_local",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -517,6 +566,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d40c6d1b69745a6ec6fb1ca717914848da4b44ae29d9b3080cbee91d72a69b14"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time"
+version = "0.1.44"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6db9e6914ab8b1ae1c260a4ae7a49b6c5611b40328a735b21862567685e73255"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "wasi",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "1.9.0"
@@ -548,6 +617,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.5.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a31142970826733df8241ef35dc040ef98c679ab14d7c3e54d827099b3acecaa"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-segmentation"
 version = "1.8.0"
@@ -578,6 +656,12 @@ version = "0.9.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5fecdca9a5291cc2b8dcf7dc02453fee791a280f3743cb0905f8822ae463b3fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasi"
+version = "0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1a143597ca7c7793eff794def352d41792a93c481eb1042423ff7ff72ba2c31f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -608,3 +692,9 @@ name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "xdg"
+version = "2.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d089681aa106a86fade1b0128fb5daf07d5867a509ab036d99988dec80429a57"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3f3f176..7f470b0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [workspace]
 members = [
-	"core",
+	"daemon",
 ]
diff --git a/core/src/imap.rs b/core/src/imap.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/core/src/main.rs b/core/src/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 89658c9..0000000
--- a/core/src/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate serde;
-extern crate futures;
-
-mod config;
-mod imap;
-
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-
-use clap::Clap;
-use anyhow::Result;
-
-use crate::config::Config;
-
-/// Panorama core
-#[derive(Debug, Clap)]
-struct Options {
-    /// Config file path (defaults to XDG)
-    #[clap(long = "config", short = 'c')]
-    config_file: Option<PathBuf>,
-}
-
-async fn run_with_config(config: Config) -> Result<()> {
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-#[tokio::main]
-async fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    let opts = Options::parse();
-    println!("{:?}", opts);
-
-    let (tx, mut rx) = watch::channel(());
-    
-    loop {
-
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/daemon/Cargo.toml
similarity index 75%
rename from core/Cargo.toml
rename to daemon/Cargo.toml
index f25273d..32ad41f 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/daemon/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "panorama-core"
+name = "panorama-daemon"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1.9.0", features = ["full"] }
 clap = "3.0.0-beta.2"
 futures = "0.3.16"
 inotify = { version = "0.9.3", features = ["stream"] }
+xdg = "2.2.0"
+log = "0.4.14"
+toml = "0.5.8"
+stderrlog = "0.5.1"
diff --git a/core/src/config/mod.rs b/daemon/src/config/mod.rs
similarity index 82%
rename from core/src/config/mod.rs
rename to daemon/src/config/mod.rs
index 0f520de..e63c3c2 100644
--- a/core/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/daemon/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -1,33 +1,37 @@
 mod watcher;
 
-use std::path::{PathBuf, Path};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::Read;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 
+pub use self::watcher::spawn_config_watcher_system;
+
 /// Configuration
 #[derive(Default, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct Config {
     /// Version of the config to use
     /// (potentially for migration later?)
     pub version: String,
+
     /// Directory to store panorama-related data in
     pub data_dir: PathBuf,
+
     /// Mail accounts
     #[serde(rename = "mail")]
     pub mail_accounts: HashMap<String, MailAccountConfig>,
 }
 
 impl Config {
-	pub async fn from_file(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<Self> {
-	    let mut file = File::open(path.as_ref())?;
-	    let mut contents = Vec::new();
-	    file.read_to_end(&mut contents)?;
-	    let config = toml::from_slice(&contents)?;
-	    Ok(config)
-	}
+    pub async fn from_file(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<Self> {
+        let mut file = File::open(path.as_ref())?;
+        let mut contents = Vec::new();
+        file.read_to_end(&mut contents)?;
+        let config = toml::from_slice(&contents)?;
+        Ok(config)
+    }
 }
 
 /// Configuration for a single mail account
@@ -42,10 +46,13 @@ pub struct MailAccountConfig {
 pub struct ImapConfig {
     /// Host of the IMAP server (needs to be hostname for TLS)
     pub server: String,
+
     /// Port of the IMAP server
     pub port: u16,
+
     /// TLS
     pub tls: TlsMethod,
+
     /// Auth
     #[serde(flatten)]
     pub auth: ImapAuth,
@@ -57,7 +64,6 @@ pub struct ImapConfig {
 pub enum ImapAuth {
     /// Use plain username/password authentication
     #[serde(rename = "plain")]
-    #[allow(missing_docs)]
     Plain { username: String, password: String },
 }
 
@@ -67,10 +73,12 @@ pub enum TlsMethod {
     /// Perform TLS handshake immediately upon connection
     #[serde(rename = "on")]
     On,
+
     /// Perform TLS handshake after issuing the STARTTLS command
     #[serde(rename = "starttls")]
     Starttls,
+
     /// Don't perform TLS handshake at all (unsecured)
     #[serde(rename = "off")]
     Off,
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/core/src/config/watcher.rs b/daemon/src/config/watcher.rs
similarity index 87%
rename from core/src/config/watcher.rs
rename to daemon/src/config/watcher.rs
index a3967c5..cd139a1 100644
--- a/core/src/config/watcher.rs
+++ b/daemon/src/config/watcher.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+use std::fs;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
-use anyhow::{Result, Context};
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use futures::{future::TryFutureExt, stream::StreamExt};
-use inotify::Inotify;
-use tokio::{task::JoinHandle, sync::watch};
+use inotify::{Inotify, WatchMask};
+use tokio::{sync::watch, task::JoinHandle};
+use xdg::BaseDirectories;
 
 use super::Config;
 
@@ -18,19 +20,15 @@ pub fn spawn_config_watcher_system() -> Result<(JoinHandle<()>, ConfigWatcher)>
     if !config_home.exists() {
         fs::create_dir_all(&config_home)?;
     }
+
     inotify
         .add_watch(&config_home, WatchMask::CLOSE_WRITE)
         .context("adding watch for config home")?;
-    // let config_file_path = config_home.join("panorama.toml");
-    // if config_file_path.exists() {
-    //     inotify
-    //         .add_watch(config_file_path, WatchMask::ALL_EVENTS)
-    //         .context("adding watch for config file")?;
-    // }
+
     debug!("watching {:?}", config_home);
     let (config_tx, config_update) = watch::channel(Config::default());
     let handle = tokio::spawn(
-        start_inotify_stream(inotify, config_home, config_tx).unwrap_or_else(report_err),
+        start_inotify_stream(inotify, config_home, config_tx).unwrap_or_else(|_err| todo!()),
     );
     Ok((handle, config_update))
 }
diff --git a/daemon/src/imap.rs b/daemon/src/imap.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d284f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/src/imap.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub struct ImapClient {}
diff --git a/daemon/src/main.rs b/daemon/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab4043f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate serde;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate log;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate futures;
+
+mod config;
+mod imap;
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use clap::Clap;
+use futures::future::FutureExt;
+use tokio::sync::oneshot;
+
+use crate::config::Config;
+
+type ExitListener = oneshot::Receiver<()>;
+
+/// The panorama daemon runs in the background and communicates with other panorama components over Unix sockets.
+#[derive(Debug, Clap)]
+struct Options {
+    // /// Config file path (defaults to XDG)
+    // #[clap(long = "config", short = 'c')]
+    // config_file: Option<PathBuf>,
+    /// Verbose mode (-v, -vv, -vvv, etc)
+    #[clap(short = 'v', long = "verbose", parse(from_occurrences))]
+    verbose: usize,
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    let opt = Options::parse();
+    println!("{:?}", opt);
+
+    stderrlog::new()
+        .module(module_path!())
+        .verbosity(opt.verbose)
+        .init()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let (_, mut config_watcher) = config::spawn_config_watcher_system()?;
+
+    loop {
+        let (exit_tx, exit_rx) = oneshot::channel();
+        let new_config = config_watcher.borrow().clone();
+        tokio::spawn(run_with_config(new_config, exit_rx));
+
+        // wait till the config has changed, then tell the current thread to stop
+        config_watcher.changed().await?;
+        let _ = exit_tx.send(());
+    }
+}
+
+async fn run_with_config(config: Config, exit: ExitListener) -> Result<()> {
+    println!("run with config: {:?}", config);
+
+    let mut exit = exit.fuse();
+    loop {
+        select! {
+            _ = exit => break,
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}