diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8ee72e5..099fded 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8,12 +8,28 @@ version = "1.0.79"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "080e9890a082662b09c1ad45f567faeeb47f22b5fb23895fbe1e651e718e25ca"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "as-raw-xcb-connection"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "175571dd1d178ced59193a6fc02dde1b972eb0bc56c892cde9beeceac5bf0f6b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ed570934406eb16438a4e976b1b4500774099c13b8cb96eec99f620f05090ddf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ctor"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "30d2b3721e861707777e3195b0158f950ae6dc4a27e4d02ff9f67e3eb3de199e"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
 version = "0.3.8"
@@ -46,11 +62,37 @@ version = "0.4.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "01cda141df6706de531b6c46c3a33ecca755538219bd484262fa09410c13539c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-project-lite"
+version = "0.2.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8afb450f006bf6385ca15ef45d71d2288452bc3683ce2e2cacc0d18e4be60b58"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro2"
+version = "1.0.78"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2422ad645d89c99f8f3e6b88a9fdeca7fabeac836b1002371c4367c8f984aae"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quote"
+version = "1.0.35"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "291ec9ab5efd934aaf503a6466c5d5251535d108ee747472c3977cc5acc868ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rswm"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "as-raw-xcb-connection",
+ "tiny-xlib",
  "x11rb",
 ]
 
@@ -67,6 +109,50 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.48"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0f3531638e407dfc0814761abb7c00a5b54992b849452a0646b7f65c9f770f3f"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tiny-xlib"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d4098d49269baa034a8d1eae9bd63e9fa532148d772121dace3bcd6a6c98eb6d"
+dependencies = [
+ "as-raw-xcb-connection",
+ "ctor",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing"
+version = "0.1.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c3523ab5a71916ccf420eebdf5521fcef02141234bbc0b8a49f2fdc4544364ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-core"
+version = "0.1.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c06d3da6113f116aaee68e4d601191614c9053067f9ab7f6edbcb161237daa54"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-ident"
+version = "1.0.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3354b9ac3fae1ff6755cb6db53683adb661634f67557942dea4facebec0fee4b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.52.0"
@@ -196,7 +282,9 @@ version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f8f25ead8c7e4cba123243a6367da5d3990e0d3affa708ea19dce96356bd9f1a"
 dependencies = [
+ "as-raw-xcb-connection",
  "gethostname",
+ "libc",
  "rustix",
  "x11rb-protocol",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 70ee16e..dc4d6fb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-x11rb = { version = "0.13.0", features = ["extra-traits"] }
+tiny-xlib = "0.2.2"
+as-raw-xcb-connection = "1.0.1"
+x11rb = { version = "0.13.0", features = ["extra-traits", "allow-unsafe-code"] }
 anyhow = "1.0.79"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ecbc4da..5ee2d11 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-use anyhow::anyhow;
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Context};
+
+use as_raw_xcb_connection::AsRawXcbConnection;
+use tiny_xlib::Display;
+use x11rb::xcb_ffi::XCBConnection;
 
 fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let mut args = std::env::args().skip(1);
@@ -13,7 +17,10 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     // TODO: Investigate LC_CTYPE and Locale stuff from dwm
 
-    // TODO: Open Display, dwm uses XOpenDisplay(NULL) or bail
+    // Here we open a display and get an x11rb connection, we could also just use xcb I think
+    let display = Display::new(None).context("Failed to open display")?;
+    let xcb_conn = display.as_raw_xcb_connection();
+    let xcb_conn = unsafe { XCBConnection::from_raw_xcb_connection(xcb_conn.cast(), false)? };
 
     // TODO: Check if there are other wms running