diff --git a/daemon/src/lib.rs b/daemon/src/lib.rs
index be75f68..3c2e158 100644
--- a/daemon/src/lib.rs
+++ b/daemon/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,32 +37,21 @@ use crate::mail::{mail_main, MailStore};
 /// The panorama daemon runs in the background and communicates with other
 /// panorama components over Unix sockets.
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
-struct Options {
+pub struct Options {
   /// Config file path (defaults to XDG)
   #[clap(long = "config", short = 'c')]
-  config_file: Option<PathBuf>,
+  pub config_file: Option<PathBuf>,
 
   /// Verbose mode (-v, -vv, -vvv, etc)
   #[clap(short = 'v', long = "verbose", parse(from_occurrences))]
-  verbose: usize,
+  pub verbose: usize,
 }
 
-/// Primary entrypoint; this is the function that is called by main with no
-/// arguments.
+/// Primary entrypoint; this is the function that is called by main.
 ///
 /// The purpose of this function is to parse command line arguments
 /// and set up config watching, then call [`run_with_config`] with the config.
-pub async fn run() -> Result<()> {
-  let opt = Options::parse();
-
-  stderrlog::new()
-    .module(module_path!())
-    .module("panorama_daemon")
-    .module("panorama_imap")
-    .verbosity(opt.verbose)
-    .init()
-    .unwrap();
-
+pub async fn run(opt: Options) -> Result<()> {
   // if we're using a config-watcher, then start the watcher system
   #[cfg(feature = "config-watch")]
   {
diff --git a/daemon/src/mail/mod.rs b/daemon/src/mail/mod.rs
index f2e054a..4fe0202 100644
--- a/daemon/src/mail/mod.rs
+++ b/daemon/src/mail/mod.rs
@@ -68,15 +68,15 @@ pub async fn mail_main(
 
 async fn run_sync_loop(mut conn: ClientAuthenticated) -> Result<()> {
   // get the list of folders first
-  debug!(target: "run_sync_loop", "Retrieving folder list...");
+  debug!("Retrieving folder list...");
   let folder_list = conn.list().await?;
+  debug!("Mailbox list: {:?}", folder_list);
 
   // let _ = mail2ui_tx.send(MailEvent::FolderList(
   //     acct_name.clone(),
   //     folder_list.clone(),
   // ));
 
-  debug!("mailbox list: {:?}", folder_list);
   for folder in folder_list.iter() {
     debug!("folder: {:?}", folder);
     let select = conn.select("INBOX").await?;
diff --git a/daemon/src/main.rs b/daemon/src/main.rs
index b19a5c8..e0ea5ef 100644
--- a/daemon/src/main.rs
+++ b/daemon/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,18 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
+use clap::Parser;
+use panorama_daemon::Options;
 
 #[tokio::main]
-async fn main() -> Result<()> { panorama_daemon::run().await }
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+  let opt = Options::parse();
+
+  stderrlog::new()
+    .module(module_path!())
+    .module("panorama_daemon")
+    .module("panorama_imap")
+    .verbosity(opt.verbose)
+    .init()
+    .unwrap();
+
+  panorama_daemon::run(opt).await
+}
diff --git a/imap/src/client/client.rs b/imap/src/client/client.rs
index 31f3cdf..be72ab1 100644
--- a/imap/src/client/client.rs
+++ b/imap/src/client/client.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ impl ConfigBuilder {
 
     let hostname = config.hostname.as_ref();
     let port = config.port;
-    trace!("connecting to {}:{}...", hostname, port);
+    trace!(
+      "connecting to {}:{} {}...",
+      hostname,
+      port,
+      if config.tls { "(encrypted)" } else { "" }
+    );
     let conn = TcpStream::connect((hostname, port)).await?;
     trace!("connected.");
 
diff --git a/imap/src/pool/mod.rs b/imap/src/pool/mod.rs
index ca81e31..4e457b0 100644
--- a/imap/src/pool/mod.rs
+++ b/imap/src/pool/mod.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ use tokio::sync::Semaphore;
 
 use crate::{interface::ImapClient, proto::response::Envelope};
 
-use super::client::{ClientAuthenticated, Config};
+use super::client::{ClientAuthenticated, Config, ConfigBuilder};
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct PoolConfig {
   pub max_connections: usize,
 }
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ impl ImapClient for ImapPool {
 
 impl ImapPool {
   pub fn new(config: Config, pool_config: PoolConfig) -> Self {
+    debug!("Created new IMAP pool with config {:?}", pool_config);
     let inner = InnerPool::init(config, pool_config);
     ImapPool(Arc::new(inner))
   }
@@ -54,12 +56,23 @@ impl InnerPool {
   }
 
   pub async fn acquire(&self) -> Result<ClientAuthenticated> {
+    debug!("Trying to acquire a connection from the pool...");
     let guard = match self.connections.pop() {
       // we can reuse
-      Some(conn) => {}
+      Some(conn) => {
+        return Ok(conn);
+      }
 
       // no existing connection, time to make a new one
-      None => {}
+      None => {
+        let client = ConfigBuilder::default()
+          .hostname(self.config.hostname.clone())
+          .port(self.config.port)
+          .tls(self.config.tls)
+          .open()
+          .await?;
+        debug!("Client connected to {}", self.config.hostname);
+      }
     };
 
     todo!()