diff --git a/ethermess.py b/ethermess.py
index 58dac16..cfcec78 100644
--- a/ethermess.py
+++ b/ethermess.py
@@ -1,10 +1,73 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 libexec_dir = __LIBEXECDIR__
 
+import select
+import socket
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import threading
 import time
 
+class Channel:
+	"""An asynchronic communication channel that can be used to send python object and can be poll()ed."""
+
+	def __init__(self):
+		# We use a socket to enable polling and blocking reads
+		self.write_socket, self.read_socket = socket.socketpair()
+		self.poll = select.poll()
+		self.poll.register(self.read_socket, select.POLLIN)
+
+		# Store messages in a list
+		self.messages = []
+		self.messages_lock = threading.Lock()
+
+	def send(self, message):
+		# Add message to the list of messages and write to the write socket to signal there's data to read
+		with self.messages_lock:
+			self.write_socket.sendall(b'!')
+			self.messages.append(message)
+
+	def recv(self, blocking = True):
+		# Timeout of -1 will make poll wait until data is available
+		# Timeout of 0 will make poll exit immediately if there's no data
+		if blocking:
+			timeout = -1
+		else:
+			timeout = 0
+
+		# See if there is data to read / wait until there is
+		results = self.poll.poll(timeout)
+
+		# None of the sockets were ready. This can only happen if we weren't blocking
+		# Return None to signal lack of data
+		if len(results) == 0:
+			assert not blocking
+			return None
+
+		# Remove first message from the list (FIFO principle), and read one byte from the socket
+		# This keeps the number of available messages and the number of bytes readable in the socket in sync
+		with self.messages_lock:
+			message = self.messages.pop(0)
+			self.read_socket.recv(1)
+
+		return message
+
+	def fileno(self):
+		# Allows for a Channel object to be passed directly to poll()
+		return self.read_socket.fileno()
+
+	def close(self):
+		# Close the file descriptors, so that we aren't leaking them
+		self.write_socket.close()
+		self.read_socket.close()
+
+	# Support with-statements
+	def __enter__(self):
+		return self
+
+	def __exit__(self, exception_type, exception_value, traceback):
+		self.close()
+
 def writeall(f, b):
 	written = 0
 	while written < len(b):
@@ -22,40 +85,103 @@ def parse_mac(text):
 
 	return parsed
 
-nick = input('nick> ').encode('utf-8')
+class PollBasedThread(threading.Thread):
+	def run(self):
+		poll = select.poll()
+		for f in self.pollin:
+			poll.register(f, select.POLLIN)
 
-proc = subprocess.Popen(['sudo', libexec_dir + '/ethermess-backend', *sys.argv[1:]], stdin = subprocess.PIPE, stdout = sys.stdout, stderr = sys.stderr, bufsize = 0)
+		self.initialize()
 
-writeall(proc.stdin, (bytes([0, len(nick)]) + nick))
+		running = True
+		while running:
+			for fd, event in poll.poll():
+				if self.poll_loop(fd, event) != None:
+					running = False
 
-print('s - request status, i - request msgid, m - send message, ^D - quit')
+		self.finalize()
 
-while True:
-	try:
-		try:
-			command = input('')
+	def initialize(self):
+		...
 
-			if command == 's':
-				mac = parse_mac(input('mac> '))
-				writeall(proc.stdin, b's' + mac)
+	def poll_loop(self, fd, event):
+		...
 
-			elif command == 'i':
-				mac = parse_mac(input('mac> '))
-				writeall(proc.stdin, b'i' + mac)
+	def finalize(self):
+		...
 
-			elif command == 'm':
-				mac = parse_mac(input('mac> '))
-				message = input('message> ').encode('utf-8')
-				writeall(proc.stdin, b'm' + mac + bytes([len(message) >> 8, len(message) & 0xff]) + message)
+class Backend(PollBasedThread):
+	def __init__(self, writes_channel, control_channel):
+		self.writes_channel = writes_channel
+		self.control_channel = control_channel
+		self.pollin = [self.writes_channel, self.control_channel]
+		super().__init__()
+
+	def initialize(self):
+		self.proc = subprocess.Popen(['sudo', libexec_dir + '/ethermess-backend', *sys.argv[1:]], stdin = subprocess.PIPE, stdout = sys.stdout, stderr = sys.stderr, bufsize = 0)
+
+	def poll_loop(self, fd, event):
+		if fd == self.writes_channel.fileno() and event & select.POLLIN:
+			data = self.writes_channel.recv()
+			writeall(self.proc.stdin, data)
+
+		elif fd == self.control_channel.fileno() and event & select.POLLIN:
+			command = self.control_channel.recv()
+			if command == 'quit':
+				return 'quit'
 
 			else:
-				print('s - request status, i - request msgid, m - send message, ^D - quit')
+				raise Exception('Unreachable')
 
-		except EOFError:
-			writeall(proc.stdin, b'q')
-			break
+		else:
+			raise Exception('Unreachable')
 
-	except Exception as err:
-		print(err)
+	def finalize(self):
+		self.proc.wait()
 
-sys.exit(proc.wait())
+class Input(threading.Thread):
+	def __init__(self, writes_channel, control_channel):
+		self.writes_channel = writes_channel
+		self.control_channel = control_channel
+		super().__init__()
+
+	def run(self):
+		print('s - request status, i - request msgid, m - send message, ^D - quit')
+
+		while True:
+			try:
+				try:
+					command = input('')
+
+					if command == 's':
+						mac = parse_mac(input('mac> '))
+						self.writes_channel.send(b's' + mac)
+
+					elif command == 'i':
+						mac = parse_mac(input('mac> '))
+						self.writes_channel.send(b'i' + mac)
+
+					elif command == 'm':
+						mac = parse_mac(input('mac> '))
+						message = input('message> ').encode('utf-8')
+						self.writes_channel.send(b'm' + mac + bytes([len(message) >> 8, len(message) & 0xff]) + message)
+
+					else:
+						print('s - request status, i - request msgid, m - send message, ^D - quit')
+
+				except EOFError:
+					self.writes_channel.send(b'q')
+					self.control_channel.send('quit')
+					break
+
+			except Exception as err:
+				print(err)
+
+writes_channel = Channel()
+control_channel = Channel()
+
+nick = input('nick> ').encode('utf-8')
+writes_channel.send((bytes([0, len(nick)]) + nick))
+
+Backend(writes_channel, control_channel).start()
+Input(writes_channel, control_channel).start()