diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cd02ca1c..41bd1921 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ authors = [
 description = "A console XMPP client"
 
 [dependencies]
-pyo3 = { version = "0.17", features = ["extension-module"] }
+pyo3 = { version = "0.17", features = ["auto-initialize", "nightly"] }
 nom = "7.1"
 chrono = "0.4"
 ncurses = "5"
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ clap = { version = "3.2.17", features = ["derive"] }
 directories = "4.0.1"
 configparser = "3.0.1"
 jid = "0.9.4"
+libc = "0.2.132"
+log = "0.4.17"
+simplelog = "0.12.0"
 
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 84ed56d9..baddcd94 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ use std::io;
 use std::num::TryFromIntError;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
+use pyo3::PyErr;
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub(crate) enum Error {
     IOError(io::Error),
     IntError(TryFromIntError),
+    PyError(PyErr),
+    StartupCheck(String),
     UnableToCreateConfigDir,
     InvalidConfigValueType(ConfigValue),
     InvalidValueType(String),
@@ -36,6 +40,8 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
         match self {
             Error::IOError(e) => write!(f, "io error: {}", e),
             Error::IntError(e) => write!(f, "int error: {}", e),
+            Error::PyError(e) => write!(f, "python error: {}", e),
+            Error::StartupCheck(e) => write!(f, "Startup check error: {}", e),
             Error::UnableToCreateConfigDir => write!(f, "Unable to create config dir"),
             Error::InvalidConfigValueType(err) => write!(f, "Invalid ConfigValue type: {}", err),
             Error::InvalidValueType(err) => write!(f, "Invalid value type: {}", err),
@@ -59,3 +65,9 @@ impl From<TryFromIntError> for Error {
         Error::IntError(err)
     }
 }
+
+impl From<PyErr> for Error {
+    fn from(err: PyErr) -> Error {
+        Error::PyError(err)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39164775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2018-2099 The crate authors.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+// under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+// Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+// option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+// ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+// for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#![feature(once_cell)]
+
+mod args;
+mod config;
+mod error;
+mod xdg;
+
+use crate::args::Args;
+use crate::config::Config;
+use crate::error::Error;
+
+use std::fs;
+use std::io::{self, Write};
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+use clap::Parser;
+use libc;
+use log;
+use simplelog::WriteLogger;
+use pyo3::{Python, PyResult, py_run};
+
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    if unsafe { libc::getuid() == 0 } {
+        return Err(Error::StartupCheck(String::from("Do not run as root")));
+    }
+
+    io::stdout().write_all(b"\x1b]0;poezio\x07")?;
+    io::stdout().flush()?;
+
+    let args = Args::parse();
+
+    let firstrun = !args.filename.exists();
+    if firstrun {
+        let parent = args
+            .filename
+            .parent()
+            .ok_or(Error::UnableToCreateConfigDir)?;
+        fs::create_dir_all(parent).map_err(|_| Error::UnableToCreateConfigDir)?;
+        let default = include_bytes!("../data/default_config.cfg");
+        let mut file = fs::File::create::<&Path>(args.filename.as_ref())?;
+        file.write_all(default)?;
+    };
+
+    let config: Config = Config::builder::<&Path>(args.filename.as_ref()).build()?;
+    // println!("Config: {:?}", config);
+    config.setup_logging(None::<PathBuf>)?;
+
+    if args.check_config {
+        config.check_config();
+        return Ok(())
+    }
+
+    let custom_version = args.custom_version;
+
+    update_themes_dir()?;
+
+    Python::with_gil(|py| -> PyResult<()> {
+        let pathlib = py.import("pathlib")?;
+        let path = pathlib.getattr("Path")?;
+        let configfile = path.call1((args.filename.clone(),))?;
+
+        py_run!(py, configfile firstrun custom_version, r#"
+            import signal
+
+            from poezio import config
+            from poezio.core.core import Core
+
+            config.config = config.Config(configfile)  # XXX: doesn't work.
+
+            signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_IGN)
+            cocore = Core(custom_version, firstrun)
+            signal.signal(signal.SIGUSR1, cocore.sigusr_handler)  # reload the config
+            signal.signal(signal.SIGHUP, cocore.exit_from_signal)
+            signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, cocore.exit_from_signal)
+            cocore.start()
+
+            from slixmpp.exceptions import IqError, IqTimeout
+
+            # Warning: asyncio must always be imported after the config. Otherwise
+            # the asyncio logger will not follow our configuration and won't write
+            # the tracebacks in the correct file, etc
+            import asyncio
+            loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+            loop.set_exception_handler(cocore.loop_exception_handler)
+
+            loop.add_reader(sys.stdin, cocore.on_input_readable)
+            loop.add_signal_handler(signal.SIGWINCH, cocore.sigwinch_handler)
+            cocore.xmpp.start()
+            loop.run_forever()
+            # We reach this point only when loop.stop() is called
+            try:
+                cocore.reset_curses()
+            except:
+                pass
+        "#);
+
+        Ok(())
+    })?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}