diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index 3550a30..24a35d2 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 use flake
+
+export RELEASE_NODE=frajtano-test@nomos
+export FRAJTANO_DIR=$PWD/.frajtano_state
+export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$FRAJTANO_DIR/agent.sock
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 804e0e2..b263742 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ frajtano-*.tar
 /.nix-hex
 /.nix-mix
 /result
+/.frajtano_state
+/todo
diff --git a/config/runtime.exs b/config/runtime.exs
index f763b8c..1e1b7d2 100644
--- a/config/runtime.exs
+++ b/config/runtime.exs
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 import Config
-config :frajtano, listen_path: Path.expand(System.get_env("FRAJTANO_DIR")) |> Path.join("agent.sock")
+config :frajtano,
+  listen_path: Path.expand(System.get_env("FRAJTANO_DIR")) |> Path.join("agent.sock"),
+  initial_peers: System.get_env("FRAJTANO_PEERS", "") |> String.split(":", trim: true) |> Enum.map(&Path.expand/1)
+                
+
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index e34944f..2af2dc3 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   };
   script = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin pname ''
     set -eu
+    ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/mkdir -p $FRAJTANO_DIR
     file="$FRAJTANO_DIR/cookie"
     (umask 077; [ -f "$file" ] || ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/head -c 128 /dev/urandom | ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/base64 -w0 > "$file")
     export RELEASE_COOKIE=$(${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/cat "$file")
@@ -28,10 +29,13 @@
       exec ${lib.getExe pkg} "$@"
     }
 
-    case $1 in
+    case "''${1:-}" in
       assimilate)
         run rpc ":ok = \"$(echo -n "$2" | ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/base64)\" |> Base.decode64!() |> Frajtano.Agent.add_peer()"
       ;;
+      socket)
+        echo $FRAJTANO_DIR/agent.sock
+      ;;
       *)
         run "$@"
       ;;
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 08a0b24..fef79fd 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
           ownPkgs = self.packages.${system};
         });
   in {
-    devShells = eachSystem ({pkgs, ownPkgs, ...}: {
+    devShells = eachSystem ({
+      pkgs,
+      ownPkgs,
+      ...
+    }: {
       default = pkgs.beam.packages.erlang_26.callPackage ./shell.nix {
         inherit ownPkgs;
       };
@@ -23,5 +27,46 @@
     packages = eachSystem ({pkgs, ...}: {
       default = pkgs.beam.packages.erlang_26.callPackage ./default.nix {};
     });
+    homeModules.default = {
+      config,
+      lib,
+      pkgs,
+      ...
+    }: let
+      cfg = config.bluepython508.frajtano;
+    in {
+      options.bluepython508.frajtano = {
+        enable = lib.mkEnableOption "frajtano";
+        dir = lib.mkOption {
+          description = "directory in which to place the listening socket";
+          default = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/.ssh/frajtano";
+        };
+      };
+
+      config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+        home.sessionVariables.FRAJTANO_DIR = cfg.dir;
+        home.packages = [self.packages.${pkgs.system}.default];
+
+        systemd.user.services.frajtano = {
+          Unit.Description = "frajtano";
+          Unit.After = ["default.target"];
+          Service.Environment = "'FRAJTANO_DIR=${cfg.dir}'";
+          Service.ExecStart = "${self.packages.${pkgs.system}.default}/bin/frajtano start";
+          Install.WantedBy = ["default.target"];
+        };
+
+        launchd.agents.frajtano = {
+          enable = true;
+          config = {
+            EnvironmentVariables = {
+              FRAJTANO_DIR = cfg.dir;
+            };
+            ProgramArguments = ["${self.packages.${pkgs.system}.default}/bin/frajtano" "start"];
+            RunAtLoad = true;
+            KeepAlive = true;
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/lib/agent.ex b/lib/agent.ex
index a3bc661..3434edb 100644
--- a/lib/agent.ex
+++ b/lib/agent.ex
@@ -8,10 +8,19 @@ defmodule Frajtano.Agent do
 
   @impl true
   def init(_) do
-    {:ok,
-     %{
-       keys: %{}
-     }}
+    {
+      :ok,
+      %{
+        keys: %{}
+      },
+      {:continue, :init_peers}
+    }
+  end
+
+  @impl true
+  def handle_continue(:init_peers, state) do
+    for peer <- Application.fetch_env!(:frajtano, :initial_peers), do: {:ok, _} = Peer.start(peer)
+    {:noreply, state}
   end
 
   @impl true
@@ -26,10 +35,9 @@ defmodule Frajtano.Agent do
         with {:ok, idents} <- Peer.identities(peer),
              do: {:ok, {idents, peer}}
       end)
-      
 
     # Double :ok-wrapping because of Task.async_stream
-    idents = (for {:ok, {:ok, {idents, peer}}} <- idents, do: {idents, peer})
+    idents = for {:ok, {:ok, {idents, peer}}} <- idents, do: {idents, peer}
 
     {
       :reply,
@@ -61,7 +69,8 @@ defmodule Frajtano.Agent do
   end
 
   def sign(agent \\ __MODULE__, request) do
-    GenServer.call(agent, {:sign, request})
+    # Signing can take some time, as a password may need to be entered or similar
+    GenServer.call(agent, {:sign, request}, :infinity)
   end
 
   def add_peer(agent \\ __MODULE__, path) do
diff --git a/lib/frajtano.ex b/lib/frajtano.ex
index 88d1233..c42464e 100644
--- a/lib/frajtano.ex
+++ b/lib/frajtano.ex
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ defmodule Frajtano.Supervisor do
   @impl true
   def init(:ok) do
   	children = [
+  	  {DynamicSupervisor, name: Frajtano.Peer},
   	  Frajtano.Agent,
-  	  {Frajtano.Listener, [Application.fetch_env!(:frajtano, :listen_path)]},
   	  {Task.Supervisor, name: Frajtano.ClientSupervisor},
-  	  {DynamicSupervisor, name: Frajtano.Peer}
+  	  {Frajtano.Listener, [Application.fetch_env!(:frajtano, :listen_path)]},
   	]
 
   	Supervisor.init(children, strategy: :one_for_one)
diff --git a/lib/peer.ex b/lib/peer.ex
index f01ff71..6208096 100644
--- a/lib/peer.ex
+++ b/lib/peer.ex
@@ -17,18 +17,8 @@ defmodule Frajtano.Peer do
     {:ok, %{conn: conn, clients: :queue.new(), buffer: <<>>}}
   end
 
-  @impl true
-  def handle_call(packet, from, %{conn: conn, clients: clients} = state) do
-    case :gen_tcp.send(conn, Proto.encode(packet)) do
-      :ok ->
-        {:noreply, %{state | clients: :queue.in(from, clients)}}
-
-      {:error, :closed} ->
-        {:noreply, state, {:continue, :closed}}
-
-      {:error, e} ->
-        raise(e)
-    end
+  def reply({client, ref}, msg) do
+    send(client, {ref, msg})
   end
 
   defp handle_messages(%{clients: clients, buffer: buffer} = state) do
@@ -38,42 +28,85 @@ defmodule Frajtano.Peer do
 
       {msg, buffer} ->
         {{:value, client}, clients} = :queue.out(clients)
-        GenServer.reply(client, {:ok, msg})
+        reply(client, {:ok, msg})
         handle_messages(%{state | clients: clients, buffer: buffer})
     end
   end
 
+  @impl true
+  def handle_info({:send, packet, from}, %{conn: conn, clients: clients} = state) do
+    case :gen_tcp.send(conn, Proto.encode(packet)) do
+      :ok ->
+        {:noreply, %{state | clients: :queue.in(from, clients)}}
+
+      {:error, e} ->
+        {:noreply, state, {:continue, {:error, e}}}
+    end
+  end
+
   @impl true
   def handle_info({:tcp, conn, msg}, %{conn: conn, buffer: buffer} = state) do
     :inet.setopts(conn, active: :once)
     buffer = buffer <> msg
 
-    handle_messages(%{ state | buffer: buffer })
+    handle_messages(%{state | buffer: buffer})
   end
 
   @impl true
   def handle_info({:tcp_closed, _}, state) do
-    {:noreply, state, {:continue, :closed}}
+    {:noreply, state, {:continue, {:error, :closed}}}
   end
 
   @impl true
-  def handle_continue(:closed, %{clients: clients}) do
+  def handle_info(:timeout, state) do
+    {:noreply, state, {:continue, {:error, :closed}}}
+  end
+
+  @impl true
+  def handle_continue({:error, e}, %{clients: clients}) do
     clients
     |> :queue.to_list()
-    |> Enum.each(&GenServer.reply(&1, {:error, :closed}))
+    |> Enum.each(&reply(&1, {:error, e}))
 
-    {:stop, :closed, %{}}
+    {:stop, {:error, e}, %{}}
   end
 
   def identities(peer) do
-    with {:ok, {:agent_identities_answer, identities}} <-
-           GenServer.call(peer, {:agentc_request_identities, nil}),
-         do: {:ok, identities}
+    ref = make_ref()
+    send(peer, {:send, {:agentc_request_identities, nil}, {self(), ref}})
+    # Needs to be less than the timeout in Frajtano.Agent.identities on the Task.async_stream call
+    # That's 5000 by default
+    timer = Process.send_after(peer, :timeout, 4500)
+
+    receive do
+      {^ref, msg} ->
+        Process.cancel_timer(timer)
+        msg
+    end
+    |> case do
+      {:ok, {:agent_identities_answer, identities}} -> {:ok, identities}
+      {:ok, {:agent_failure, nil}} -> {:error, :agent_failure}
+      {:ok, msg} -> raise("Unexpected message #{inspect(msg)}")
+      {:error, e} -> {:error, e}
+    end
   end
 
   def sign(peer, request) do
-    with {:ok, {:agent_sign_response, signature}} <-
-           GenServer.call(peer, {:agentc_sign_request, request}),
-         do: {:ok, signature}
+    # Signing may take some time, as a password may need to be entered or similar
+    # There is therefore no timeout
+    # If something requests identities afterwards, it will timeout, which also kills this signature request
+    # The SSH agent protocol strict ordering leaves fun problems with timeouts, as it turns out
+    ref = make_ref()
+    send(peer, {:send, {:agentc_sign_request, request}, {self(), ref}})
+
+    receive do
+      {^ref, msg} -> msg
+    end
+    |> case do
+      {:ok, {:agent_sign_response, signature}} -> {:ok, signature}
+      {:ok, {:agent_failure, nil}} -> {:error, :agent_failure}
+      {:ok, msg} -> raise("Unexpected message #{inspect(msg)}")
+      {:error, e} -> {:error, e}
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index d9b6c2e..ff47929 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ defmodule Frajtano.MixProject do
   def application do
     [
       extra_applications: [:logger],
-      env: [listen_path: nil],
       mod: {Frajtano, []}
     ]
   end
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 0b1308e..58f1cbd 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
   pkgs,
   ownPkgs,
   mkShell,
+  elixir,
   elixir-ls,
   inotify-tools,
 }:
 mkShell {
   inputsFrom = [ ownPkgs.default ];
   packages =
-    [elixir-ls]
+    [elixir elixir-ls]
     ++ lib.lists.optional (pkgs.system == "x86_64-linux") inotify-tools
     ++ lib.lists.optionals (pkgs.system == "aarch64-darwin") (with pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks; [
       CoreFoundation