diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index fbe85dc..d46296d 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use error_stack::{report, Report, ResultExt};
 use std::fmt::Display;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use thiserror::Error;
+use tracing::Instrument;
 
 pub async fn hush(base_config: ClientConfiguration) -> error_stack::Result<(), OperationalError> {
     match base_config.command() {
@@ -99,34 +100,43 @@ async fn connect(
         .connect(resolver, 22)
         .await
         .change_context(OperationalError::Connection)?;
+    let stream_span = tracing::debug_span!(
+        "client connection",
+        server = %stream.peer_addr().map(|x| x.to_string()).unwrap_or_else(|_| "<unknown>".to_string()),
+        client = %stream.local_addr().map(|x| x.to_string()).unwrap_or_else(|_| "<unknown>".to_string()),
+    );
 
-    let _preamble = ssh::Preamble::read(&mut stream)
+    let their_preamble = ssh::Preamble::read(&mut stream)
+        .instrument(stream_span.clone())
         .await
         .change_context(OperationalError::Connection)?;
 
-    //    if !commentary.is_empty() {
-    //        tracing::debug!(?commentary, "Server sent commentary.");
-    //    }
-    //    if !pre_message.is_empty() {
-    //        for line in pre_message.lines() {
-    //            tracing::debug!(?line, "Server sent prefix line.");
-    //        }
-    //    }
-    //
-    //    let my_info = format!(
-    //        "SSH-2.0-{}_{}\r\n",
-    //        env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"),
-    //        env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")
-    //    );
-    //    connection
-    //        .write_all(my_info.as_bytes())
-    //        .await
-    //        .map_err(OperationalError::WriteBanner)?;
-    //
-    //    assert_eq!(4096, read_buffer.len());
-    //    read_buffer.fill(0);
-    //
-    //    let mut stream = SshChannel::new(connection);
+    let our_preamble = ssh::Preamble::default()
+        .write(&mut stream)
+        .instrument(stream_span)
+        .await
+        .change_context(OperationalError::Connection)?;
+
+    if !their_preamble.preamble.is_empty() {
+        for line in their_preamble.preamble.lines() {
+            tracing::info!("server: {}", line);
+        }
+    }
+
+    tracing::info!(
+        software = ?their_preamble.software_name,
+        version = ?their_preamble.software_version,
+        commentary = ?their_preamble.commentary,
+        "received server preamble"
+    );
+
+    let mut stream = ssh::SshChannel::new(stream);
+    let their_initial = stream
+        .read()
+        .await
+        .attach_printable_lazy(stream_error_info)
+        .change_context(OperationalError::KeyExchange)?
+        .ok_or_else();
     //    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
     //
     //    let packet = stream
diff --git a/src/operational_error.rs b/src/operational_error.rs
index f0df143..557810a 100644
--- a/src/operational_error.rs
+++ b/src/operational_error.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ pub enum OperationalError {
     ConfigurationError,
     #[error("Failed to connect to target address")]
     Connection,
+    #[error("Failure during key exchange / agreement protocol")]
+    KeyExchange,
     #[error("Failed to complete initial read: {0}")]
     InitialRead(std::io::Error),
     #[error("SSH banner was not formatted in UTF-8: {0}")]
diff --git a/src/ssh.rs b/src/ssh.rs
index 946d957..7f09015 100644
--- a/src/ssh.rs
+++ b/src/ssh.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ mod message_ids;
 mod packets;
 mod preamble;
 
+pub use channel::SshChannel;
 pub use message_ids::SshMessageID;
 pub use packets::SshKeyExchangeProcessingError;
 pub use preamble::Preamble;
diff --git a/src/ssh/preamble.rs b/src/ssh/preamble.rs
index ad830bf..3baf51e 100644
--- a/src/ssh/preamble.rs
+++ b/src/ssh/preamble.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
 
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Preamble {
-    preamble: String,
-    software_name: String,
-    software_version: String,
-    commentary: String,
+    pub preamble: String,
+    pub software_name: String,
+    pub software_version: String,
+    pub commentary: String,
 }
 
 impl Arbitrary for Preamble {