diff --git a/client/main.go b/client/main.go
index 3f2d627..3b18efb 100644
--- a/client/main.go
+++ b/client/main.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/json"
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 
+	"github.com/kelvinmwinuka/memstore/serialization"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
@@ -108,4 +110,33 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	defer conn.Close()
+
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	// connRW := bufio.NewReadWriter(bufio.NewReader(conn), bufio.NewWriter(conn))
+	stdioRW := bufio.NewReadWriter(bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin), bufio.NewWriter(os.Stdout))
+
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			stdioRW.Write([]byte("\n> "))
+			stdioRW.Flush()
+
+			if in, err := stdioRW.ReadBytes(byte('\n')); err != nil {
+				stdioRW.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("ERROR: %s\n", err)))
+				stdioRW.Flush()
+			} else {
+				in := bytes.TrimSpace(in)
+
+				// Check for exit command
+				if bytes.Equal(bytes.ToLower(in), []byte("exit")) {
+					break
+				}
+
+				stdioRW.Write(serialization.Encode(in))
+				stdioRW.Flush()
+			}
+		}
+		done <- struct{}{}
+	}()
+
+	<-done
 }
diff --git a/serialization/decode.go b/serialization/decode.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..957a87f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serialization/decode.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package serialization
diff --git a/serialization/encode.go b/serialization/encode.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63cf0a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serialization/encode.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package serialization
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+)
+
+func tokenize(b []byte) ([][]byte, error) {
+	qOpen := false
+	transformed := []byte("")
+
+	for _, c := range b {
+
+		if c != ' ' && c != '"' {
+			transformed = append(transformed, c)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if c == '"' {
+			qOpen = !qOpen
+
+			if qOpen && !bytes.HasSuffix(transformed, []byte(" ")) {
+				transformed = append(transformed, ' ')
+			}
+
+			transformed = append(transformed, c)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if c == ' ' && qOpen {
+			transformed = append(transformed, []byte("*-*")...)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if c == ' ' && !qOpen {
+			transformed = append(transformed, c)
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+
+	if qOpen {
+		return nil, errors.New("open quote in command")
+	}
+
+	tokens := bytes.Split(transformed, []byte(" "))
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(tokens); i++ {
+		tokens[i] = bytes.Trim(tokens[i], "\"")
+		tokens[i] = bytes.ReplaceAll(tokens[i], []byte("*-*"), []byte(" "))
+	}
+
+	return tokens, nil
+}
+
+func Encode(b []byte) []byte {
+	tokens, err := tokenize(b)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if len(tokens) <= 0 {
+		return b
+	}
+
+	if len(tokens) == 1 && bytes.Equal(bytes.ToLower(tokens[0]), []byte("ping")) {
+		return []byte(fmt.Sprintf("+%s\r\n", string(bytes.ToUpper(tokens[0]))))
+	}
+
+	if len(tokens) > 1 && bytes.Equal(bytes.ToLower(tokens[0]), []byte("ping")) {
+		enc := []byte(fmt.Sprintf("*%d\r\n$%d\r\n%s\r\n",
+			len(tokens), len(tokens[0]), string(bytes.ToUpper(tokens[0]))))
+		for i := 1; i < len(tokens); i++ {
+			token := tokens[i]
+			enc = append(enc, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("$%d\r\n%s\r\n", len(token), token))...)
+		}
+		return enc
+	}
+
+	return b
+}