diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b0eb9bf..11949f5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3,4 +3,14 @@
 [[package]]
 name = "avarice"
 version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "custom_error 1.9.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "custom_error"
+version = "1.9.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
+[metadata]
+"checksum custom_error 1.9.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4f8a51dd197fa6ba5b4dc98a990a43cc13693c23eb0089ebb0fcc1f04152bca6"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e8facc0..58d91ba 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ edition = "2018"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+custom_error="1.9.2"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/link/mod.rs b/src/link/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a317a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/link/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,300 @@
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
+use std::str;
+
+extern crate custom_error;
+use custom_error::custom_error;
+
+const RECEIVED_FIELD_SIZE: usize = 4;
+const LENGTH_FIELD_SIZE: usize = 4;
+const HEAD_RECEIVED: u8 = 85;
+const HEAD_MESSAGE: u8 = 42;
+const MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH: usize = 0xA00000;
+
+custom_error! { pub ReadingStreamError
+    InvalidHead{input: u8}          = "Invalid byte used as a HEAD: {input}",
+    MessageTooLong{length: usize}   = "Message to receive is too long: {length}",
+    InvalidUnicode                  = "Invalid utf-8 was received",
+    BrokenStream                    = "Used stream is broken"
+}
+
+enum ReadingState {
+    Head,
+    ReceivedBytes,
+    Length,
+    Payload,
+}
+
+pub struct MessageReader {
+    is_broken: bool,
+    reading_state: ReadingState,
+    read_bytes: usize,
+    current_message_length: usize,
+    current_message: Vec<u8>,
+    read_messages: VecDeque<String>,
+    next_received_bytes: u32,
+    received_bytes: u64,
+}
+
+///     For converting byte stream expected to be generated by Acedia mod from the game server into
+/// actual messages. Expected format is a sequence of either:
+///     [HEAD_RECEIVED: 1 byte] [amount of bytes received by game server since last update: 4 bytes]
+///     [HEAD_MESSAGE: 1 byte] [length of the message: 4 bytes] [utf8-encoded string: ??? bytes]
+///     On any invalid input enters a failure state (can be checked by `is_broken()`) and
+/// never recovers from it.
+///     Use either `push_byte()` or `push()` to input byte stream from game server and `pop()` to
+/// retrieve resulting messages.
+impl MessageReader {
+    pub fn new() -> MessageReader {
+        MessageReader {
+            is_broken: false,
+            reading_state: ReadingState::Head,
+            read_bytes: 0,
+            current_message_length: 0,
+            current_message: Vec::new(),
+            read_messages: VecDeque::new(),
+            next_received_bytes: 0,
+            received_bytes: 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn push_byte(&mut self, input: u8) -> Result<(), ReadingStreamError> {
+        if self.is_broken {
+            return Err(ReadingStreamError::BrokenStream);
+        }
+        match &self.reading_state {
+            ReadingState::Head => {
+                if input == HEAD_RECEIVED {
+                    self.reading_state = ReadingState::ReceivedBytes;
+                } else if input == HEAD_MESSAGE {
+                    self.reading_state = ReadingState::Length;
+                } else {
+                    self.is_broken = true;
+                    return Err(ReadingStreamError::InvalidHead { input });
+                }
+            }
+            ReadingState::ReceivedBytes => {
+                self.next_received_bytes = self.next_received_bytes << 8;
+                self.next_received_bytes += input as u32;
+                self.read_bytes += 1;
+                if self.read_bytes >= RECEIVED_FIELD_SIZE {
+                    self.received_bytes += self.next_received_bytes as u64;
+                    self.next_received_bytes = 0;
+                    self.read_bytes = 0;
+                    self.reading_state = ReadingState::Head;
+                }
+            }
+            ReadingState::Length => {
+                self.current_message_length = self.current_message_length << 8;
+                self.current_message_length += input as usize;
+                self.read_bytes += 1;
+                if self.read_bytes >= LENGTH_FIELD_SIZE {
+                    self.read_bytes = 0;
+                    self.reading_state = ReadingState::Payload;
+                    if self.current_message_length > MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH {
+                        self.is_broken = true;
+                        return Err(ReadingStreamError::MessageTooLong {
+                            length: self.current_message_length,
+                        });
+                    }
+                    self.current_message = Vec::with_capacity(self.current_message_length);
+                }
+            }
+            ReadingState::Payload => {
+                self.current_message.push(input);
+                self.read_bytes += 1 as usize;
+                if self.read_bytes >= self.current_message_length {
+                    match str::from_utf8(&self.current_message) {
+                        Ok(next_message) => self.read_messages.push_front(next_message.to_owned()),
+                        _ => {
+                            self.is_broken = true;
+                            return Err(ReadingStreamError::InvalidUnicode);
+                        }
+                    };
+                    self.current_message.clear();
+                    self.current_message_length = 0;
+                    self.read_bytes = 0;
+                    self.reading_state = ReadingState::Head;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn push(&mut self, input: &[u8]) -> Result<(), ReadingStreamError> {
+        for &byte in input {
+            self.push_byte(byte)?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn pop(&mut self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.read_messages.pop_back()
+    }
+
+    pub fn received_bytes(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.received_bytes
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_broken(&self) -> bool {
+        self.is_broken
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn message_push_byte() {
+    let mut reader = MessageReader::new();
+    reader.push_byte(HEAD_MESSAGE).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(13).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0x48).unwrap(); // H
+    reader.push_byte(0x65).unwrap(); // e
+    reader.push_byte(0x6c).unwrap(); // l
+    reader.push_byte(0x6c).unwrap(); // l
+    reader.push_byte(0x6f).unwrap(); // o
+    reader.push_byte(0x2c).unwrap(); // ,
+    reader.push_byte(0x20).unwrap(); // <space>
+    reader.push_byte(0x77).unwrap(); // w
+    reader.push_byte(0x6f).unwrap(); // o
+    reader.push_byte(0x72).unwrap(); // r
+    reader.push_byte(0x6c).unwrap(); // l
+    reader.push_byte(0x64).unwrap(); // d
+    reader.push_byte(0x21).unwrap(); // <exclamation mark>
+    reader.push_byte(HEAD_MESSAGE).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(3).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0x59).unwrap(); // Y
+    reader.push_byte(0x6f).unwrap(); // o
+    reader.push_byte(0x21).unwrap(); // <exclamation mark>
+    assert_eq!(reader.pop().unwrap(), "Hello, world!");
+    assert_eq!(reader.pop().unwrap(), "Yo!");
+    assert_eq!(reader.pop(), None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn received_push_byte() {
+    let mut reader = MessageReader::new();
+    reader.push_byte(HEAD_RECEIVED).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(243).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(reader.received_bytes(), 243);
+    reader.push_byte(HEAD_RECEIVED).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(65).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(25).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(178).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(4).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(reader.received_bytes(), 1092203255);
+    reader.push_byte(HEAD_RECEIVED).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(231).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(34).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(154).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(reader.received_bytes(), 1092203255);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn mixed_push_byte() {
+    let mut reader = MessageReader::new();
+    reader.push_byte(HEAD_RECEIVED).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(243).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(HEAD_MESSAGE).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(3).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0x59).unwrap(); // Y
+    reader.push_byte(0x6f).unwrap(); // o
+    reader.push_byte(0x21).unwrap(); // <exclamation mark>
+    reader.push_byte(HEAD_RECEIVED).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(65).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(25).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(178).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(4).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(reader.received_bytes(), 1092203255);
+    assert_eq!(reader.pop().unwrap(), "Yo!");
+    assert_eq!(reader.pop(), None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn pushing_many_bytes_at_once() {
+    let mut reader = MessageReader::new();
+    reader
+        .push(&[
+            HEAD_RECEIVED,
+            0,
+            0,
+            0,
+            243,
+            HEAD_MESSAGE,
+            0,
+            0,
+            0,
+            3,
+            0x59, // Y
+            0x6f, // o
+            0x21, // <exclamation mark>
+            HEAD_RECEIVED,
+            65,
+            25,
+            178,
+            4,
+        ])
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(reader.received_bytes(), 1092203255);
+    assert_eq!(reader.pop().unwrap(), "Yo!");
+    assert_eq!(reader.pop(), None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn generates_error_invalid_head() {
+    let mut reader = MessageReader::new();
+    reader.push_byte(HEAD_RECEIVED).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(243).unwrap();
+    assert!(!reader.is_broken());
+    reader
+        .push_byte(25)
+        .expect_err("Testing failing on incorrect HEAD");
+    assert!(reader.is_broken());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn generates_error_message_too_long() {
+    let mut reader = MessageReader::new();
+    reader.push_byte(HEAD_MESSAGE).unwrap();
+    //  Max length right now is `0xA00000`
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0xA0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    assert!(!reader.is_broken());
+    reader
+        .push_byte(1)
+        .expect_err("Testing failing on exceeding allowed message length");
+    assert!(reader.is_broken());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn generates_error_invalid_unicode() {
+    let mut reader = MessageReader::new();
+    reader.push_byte(HEAD_MESSAGE).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(2).unwrap();
+    reader.push_byte(0b11010011).unwrap(); // start of 2-byte sequence
+    assert!(!reader.is_broken());
+    //  Bytes inside multi-byte code point have to have `1` for their high bit
+    reader
+        .push_byte(0b01010011)
+        .expect_err("Testing failing on incorrect unicode");
+    assert!(reader.is_broken());
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8f664c9..604053c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::env;
 use std::path::Path;
+mod link;
 mod unreal_config;
 
 fn main() {