diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 58426fc..3e5edc1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ futures = ["dep:futures-util"]
 tokio = ["dep:tokio"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.100"
 indoc = "2.0.7"
 pretty_assertions = "1.4.1"
+tokio = { version = "1.48.0", features = ["macros", "net", "rt"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 lalrpop = "0.22.2"
diff --git a/examples/mpd-client/main.rs b/examples/mpd-client/main.rs
index 98ecdb0..09e8f98 100644
--- a/examples/mpd-client/main.rs
+++ b/examples/mpd-client/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
-fn main() {
-    todo!()
+use empidee::MpdClient;
+
+#[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let socket = tokio::net::TcpSocket::new_v4()?;
+    let mut stream = socket.connect("127.0.0.1:6600".parse()?).await?;
+
+    let mut client = MpdClient::new(&mut stream);
+    println!("{}", client.read_initial_mpd_version().await?);
+
+    client.play(None).await?;
+
+    Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index a032772..a0c5379 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ where
         MpdClient { connection }
     }
 
-    async fn read_initial_mpd_version(&mut self) -> Result<String, MpdClientError> {
+    pub async fn read_initial_mpd_version(&mut self) -> Result<String, MpdClientError> {
         let mut reader = BufReader::new(&mut self.connection);
         let mut version_line = String::new();
 
@@ -98,9 +98,7 @@ where
             .map_err(MpdClientError::ConnectionError)?;
 
         let response_bytes = self.read_response().await?;
-
         let response = PlayResponse::parse_raw(&response_bytes)?;
-
         Ok(response)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/commands.rs b/src/commands.rs
index efb3fe0..e4eab65 100644
--- a/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src/commands.rs
@@ -428,7 +428,6 @@ pub(crate) use multi_item_command_response;
 pub(crate) use single_item_command_request;
 pub(crate) use single_item_command_response;
 pub(crate) use single_optional_item_command_request;
-use thiserror::Error;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub enum RequestParserError {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 7387134..37d0f45 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ mod server;
 pub mod filter;
 pub mod types;
 
-pub use client::MpdClient;
+pub use client::{MpdClient, MpdClientError};
 pub use request::Request;
 pub use response::Response;
 pub use server::MpdServer;