diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 6580e80..4e6e03a 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
         "illuminate/console": "5.6.*|5.7.*",
         "illuminate/http": "5.6.*|5.7.*",
         "illuminate/routing": "5.6.*|5.7.*",
-        "illuminate/support": "5.6.*|5.7.*"
+        "illuminate/support": "5.6.*|5.7.*",
+        "symfony/psr-http-message-bridge": "^1.1"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "larapack/dd": "^1.0",
diff --git a/src/Console/StartWebSocketServer.php b/src/Console/StartWebSocketServer.php
index e90caad..acc05a9 100644
--- a/src/Console/StartWebSocketServer.php
+++ b/src/Console/StartWebSocketServer.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebsockets\Console;
+namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\Console;
 
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 use BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\Server\WebSocketServer;
diff --git a/src/LaravelEcho/Http/Controllers/EchoController.php b/src/LaravelEcho/Http/Controllers/EchoController.php
index a63047d..1ac390a 100644
--- a/src/LaravelEcho/Http/Controllers/EchoController.php
+++ b/src/LaravelEcho/Http/Controllers/EchoController.php
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 <?php
 
-namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebsockets\LaravelEcho\Http\Controllers;
+namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\LaravelEcho\Http\Controllers;
 
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Ratchet\ConnectionInterface;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
+use GuzzleHttp\Psr7\ServerRequest;
 use Ratchet\Http\HttpServerInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\RequestInterface;
+use Symfony\Bridge\PsrHttpMessage\Factory\HttpFoundationFactory;
 
 abstract class EchoController implements HttpServerInterface
 {
@@ -39,7 +42,18 @@ abstract class EchoController implements HttpServerInterface
      */
     public function onOpen(ConnectionInterface $conn, RequestInterface $request = null)
     {
-        $response = $this($request);
+        $queryParameters = [];
+        parse_str($request->getUri()->getQuery(), $queryParameters);
+
+        $serverRequest = (new ServerRequest(
+            $request->getMethod(),
+            $request->getUri(),
+            $request->getHeaders(),
+            $request->getBody(),
+            $request->getProtocolVersion()
+        ))->withQueryParams($queryParameters);
+
+        $response = $this(Request::createFromBase((new HttpFoundationFactory)->createRequest($serverRequest)));
 
         $conn->send(JsonResponse::create($response)->send());
         $conn->close();
@@ -56,5 +70,5 @@ abstract class EchoController implements HttpServerInterface
         //
     }
 
-    abstract public function __invoke($request);
+    abstract public function __invoke(Request $request);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/LaravelEcho/Http/Controllers/EventController.php b/src/LaravelEcho/Http/Controllers/EventController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3c9d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/LaravelEcho/Http/Controllers/EventController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\LaravelEcho\Http\Controllers;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+
+class EventController extends EchoController
+{
+
+    public function __invoke(Request $request)
+    {
+        return $request->json()->all();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/LaravelEcho/Http/Controllers/StatusController.php b/src/LaravelEcho/Http/Controllers/StatusController.php
index 1729705..c487006 100644
--- a/src/LaravelEcho/Http/Controllers/StatusController.php
+++ b/src/LaravelEcho/Http/Controllers/StatusController.php
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 
 namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\LaravelEcho\Http\Controllers;
 
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+
 class StatusController extends EchoController
 {
 
-    public function __invoke($request)
+    public function __invoke(Request $request)
     {
         return [
             'subscription_count' => 10
diff --git a/src/LaravelEcho/Pusher/Channels/Channel.php b/src/LaravelEcho/Pusher/Channels/Channel.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4adc13e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/LaravelEcho/Pusher/Channels/Channel.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\LaravelEcho\Pusher\Channels;
+
+use Ratchet\ConnectionInterface;
+
+class Channel
+{
+    protected $channelId;
+
+
+    public function __construct($channelId)
+    {
+        $this->channelId = $channelId;
+    }
+
+    public function subscribe(ConnectionInterface $conn, $payload)
+    {
+
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/LaravelEcho/Pusher/Channels/ChannelManager.php b/src/LaravelEcho/Pusher/Channels/ChannelManager.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b246e3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/LaravelEcho/Pusher/Channels/ChannelManager.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\LaravelEcho\Pusher\Channels;
+
+
+class ChannelManager
+{
+    protected $channels = [];
+
+    public function findOrCreate(string $channelId)
+    {
+        if (! isset($this->channels[$channelId])) {
+            $channelClass = $this->detectChannelClass($channelId);
+            $this->channels[$channelId] = new $channelClass($channelId);
+        }
+
+        return $this->channels[$channelId];
+    }
+
+    protected function detectChannelClass($channelId) : string
+    {
+        if (starts_with($channelId, 'private-')) {
+            return PrivateChannel::class;
+        } elseif(starts_with($channelId, 'presence-')) {
+            return PresenceChannel::class;
+        }
+        return Channel::class;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/LaravelEcho/Pusher/Channels/PresenceChannel.php b/src/LaravelEcho/Pusher/Channels/PresenceChannel.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be6bc8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/LaravelEcho/Pusher/Channels/PresenceChannel.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\LaravelEcho\Pusher\Channels;
+
+use Ratchet\ConnectionInterface;
+
+class PresenceChannel extends Channel
+{
+    protected $subscriptions = [];
+
+    public function subscribe(ConnectionInterface $conn, $payload)
+    {
+        $channelData = json_decode($payload->channel_data);
+        $this->subscriptions[$channelData->user_id] = $channelData;
+
+        // Send the success event
+        $conn->send(json_encode([
+            'event' => 'pusher_internal:subscription_succeeded',
+            'channel' => $this->channelId,
+            'data' => json_encode($this->getChannelData())
+        ]));
+    }
+
+    protected function getChannelData()
+    {
+        return [
+            'presence' => [
+                'ids' => array_keys($this->subscriptions),
+                'hash' => array_map(function($channelData) { return $channelData->user_info; }, $this->subscriptions),
+                'count' => count($this->subscriptions)
+            ]
+        ];
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/LaravelEcho/Pusher/Channels/PrivateChannel.php b/src/LaravelEcho/Pusher/Channels/PrivateChannel.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f358cb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/LaravelEcho/Pusher/Channels/PrivateChannel.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\LaravelEcho\Pusher\Channels;
+
+class PrivateChannel extends Channel
+{
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/LaravelEcho/WebSocket/EchoServer.php b/src/LaravelEcho/WebSocket/EchoServer.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3de747c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/LaravelEcho/WebSocket/EchoServer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\LaravelEcho\WebSocket;
+
+use Ratchet\ConnectionInterface;
+use Ratchet\RFC6455\Messaging\MessageInterface;
+use BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\WebSocketController;
+use BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\LaravelEcho\Pusher\Channels\ChannelManager;
+
+class EchoServer extends WebSocketController
+{
+    /** @var ChannelManager */
+    protected $channelManager;
+
+    public function __construct(ChannelManager $channelManager)
+    {
+        $this->channelManager = $channelManager;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * When a new connection is opened it will be passed to this method
+     * @param  ConnectionInterface $conn The socket/connection that just connected to your application
+     * @throws \Exception
+     */
+    function onOpen(ConnectionInterface $conn)
+    {
+        dump("Client connected");
+
+        $socketId = sprintf("%d.%d", getmypid(), random_int(1, 100000000));
+
+        // Store the socketId along with the connection so we can retrieve it.
+        $conn->socketId = $socketId;
+
+        $conn->send($this->buildPayload('pusher:connection_established', [
+            'socket_id' => $socketId,
+            'activity_timeout' => 60,
+        ]));
+    }
+
+    public function onMessage(ConnectionInterface $conn, MessageInterface $msg)
+    {
+        $payload = json_decode($msg->getPayload());
+
+        dump("Received payload", $payload);
+
+        // todo: validate payload
+        $event = camel_case(str_replace(':', '_', $payload->event));
+
+        if (method_exists($this, $event)) {
+            call_user_func([$this, $event], $conn, $payload->data);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @link https://pusher.com/docs/pusher_protocol#ping-pong
+     * @param ConnectionInterface $conn
+     * @param $payload
+     */
+    protected function pusherPing(ConnectionInterface $conn, $payload)
+    {
+        $conn->send($this->buildPayload('pusher:pong'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @link https://pusher.com/docs/pusher_protocol#pusher-subscribe
+     * @param ConnectionInterface $conn
+     * @param $payload
+     */
+    protected function pusherSubscribe(ConnectionInterface $conn, $payload)
+    {
+        $channel = $this->channelManager->findOrCreate($payload->channel);
+        $channel->subscribe($conn, $payload);
+    }
+
+    protected function buildPayload($event, $data = [])
+    {
+        return json_encode([
+            'event' => $event,
+            'data' => json_encode($data)
+        ]);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/LaravelWebSocketsServiceProvider.php b/src/LaravelWebSocketsServiceProvider.php
index 587a877..2769ed6 100644
--- a/src/LaravelWebSocketsServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/LaravelWebSocketsServiceProvider.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets;
 
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+use BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\LaravelEcho\Pusher\Channels\ChannelManager;
 
 class LaravelWebSocketsServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 {
@@ -24,5 +25,8 @@ class LaravelWebSocketsServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
         $this->app->singleton('websockets.router', function() {
             return new Router();
         });
+        $this->app->singleton(ChannelManager::class, function() {
+            return new ChannelManager();
+        });
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Router.php b/src/Router.php
index 0bf4fe2..6704b1b 100644
--- a/src/Router.php
+++ b/src/Router.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use Ratchet\WebSocket\WsServer;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route;
 use Ratchet\Http\HttpServerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection;
+use Ratchet\WebSocket\MessageComponentInterface;
 use BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\Exceptions\InvalidWebSocketController;
 
 class Router
@@ -73,11 +74,12 @@ class Router
      */
     public function echo()
     {
-        //$this->get('/', EchoWebsocketServer::class);
+        $this->get('/app/{appId}', LaravelEcho\WebSocket\EchoServer::class);
         $this->get('/apps/{appId}/status', LaravelEcho\Http\Controllers\StatusController::class);
         $this->get('/apps/{appId}/channels', LaravelEcho\Http\Controllers\StatusController::class);
         $this->get('/apps/{appId}/channels/{channelName}', LaravelEcho\Http\Controllers\StatusController::class);
         $this->get('/apps/{appId}/channels/{channelName}/users', LaravelEcho\Http\Controllers\StatusController::class);
+        $this->post('/apps/{appId}/events', LaravelEcho\Http\Controllers\EventController::class);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Server/WebSocketServer.php b/src/Server/WebSocketServer.php
index 53158be..b510f99 100644
--- a/src/Server/WebSocketServer.php
+++ b/src/Server/WebSocketServer.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebsockets\Server;
+namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\Server;
 
 use Ratchet\Http\Router;
 use Ratchet\Http\HttpServer;
diff --git a/src/WebSocketController.php b/src/WebSocketController.php
index bffe39a..23a0c93 100644
--- a/src/WebSocketController.php
+++ b/src/WebSocketController.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class WebSocketController implements MessageComponentInterface
      */
     function onOpen(ConnectionInterface $conn)
     {
-        //
+        dump("Client connected");
     }
 
     /**