diff --git a/src/musicplayer.gleam b/src/musicplayer.gleam
index de7d965..6d7bfc3 100644
--- a/src/musicplayer.gleam
+++ b/src/musicplayer.gleam
@@ -1,22 +1,32 @@
 import gleam/erlang/process.{type Name}
 
-import musicplayer/input/input.{type Listener}
+import musicplayer/input/input
 import musicplayer/input/key.{type Key}
 import musicplayer/mpv/mpv
+import musicplayer/musicplayer
 
 pub fn main() -> Nil {
-  let exit = process.new_subject()
+  let input_keys_name: Name(Key) = process.new_name("input_keys")
+  let input_stream_name: Name(List(String)) = process.new_name("input_stream")
 
-  // `inject_input` is created by name to allow the `input` process that
+  // `input_inject` is created by name to allow the `input` process that
   // owns `read_input` to be able to register and receive from it,
   //  while the any other processes can use the name reference to
   // inject input
-  let inject_input_name: Name(Key) = process.new_name("inject_input")
+  let input_inject_name: Name(Key) = process.new_name("input_inject_keys")
 
-  let assert Ok(mpv_listener) = mpv.new(exit)
+  input.new(input_keys_name, input_stream_name, input_inject_name)
 
-  let listeners: List(Listener) = [mpv_listener]
+  let assert Ok(mpv) = mpv.new()
 
-  input.new(listeners, inject_input_name)
+  let exit = process.new_subject()
+  let assert Ok(_) =
+    musicplayer.new(
+      mpv,
+      input_keys_name,
+      input_stream_name,
+      input_inject_name,
+      exit,
+    )
   process.receive_forever(exit)
 }
diff --git a/src/musicplayer/control.gleam b/src/musicplayer/control.gleam
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36de686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/musicplayer/control.gleam
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import musicplayer/input/key.{type Key}
+
+pub type Control {
+  TogglePlayPause
+
+  Search
+
+  Exit
+}
+
+pub fn from_key(key: Key) -> Result(Control, Nil) {
+  case key {
+    key.Char(char) -> char_control(char)
+    _ -> Error(Nil)
+  }
+}
+
+fn char_control(char: String) -> Result(Control, Nil) {
+  case char {
+    " " -> Ok(TogglePlayPause)
+    "q" -> Ok(Exit)
+    "/" -> Ok(Search)
+    _ -> Error(Nil)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/musicplayer/input/input.gleam b/src/musicplayer/input/input.gleam
index d39fdd1..f590055 100644
--- a/src/musicplayer/input/input.gleam
+++ b/src/musicplayer/input/input.gleam
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 import gleam/erlang/process.{type Name, type Subject}
-import gleam/list
-import gleam/option.{type Option, None, Some}
 
 import musicplayer/input/key.{type Key}
 
-pub type Listener {
-  InputListener(final: Subject(Key), tap: Option(Subject(List(String))))
-}
+// TODO REWRITE below
 
 /// `new` accepts a list of listeners that are composed of two subjects;
 ///   - one to get the final `Key` and
@@ -14,46 +10,39 @@ pub type Listener {
 /// and
 ///   - a subject name that is used to create a `Subject` that other processes
 ///     know they can inject a `Key` into the input with
-pub fn new(listeners: List(Listener), inject_input_name: Name(Key)) -> Nil {
+pub fn new(
+  input_keys_name: Name(Key),
+  input_stream_name: Name(List(String)),
+  input_inject_name: Name(Key),
+) -> Nil {
   let _ =
     process.spawn(fn() {
-      let inject_input: Subject(Key) = process.named_subject(inject_input_name)
-      let assert Ok(_) = process.register(process.self(), inject_input_name)
+      let input_keys = process.named_subject(input_keys_name)
+      let input_stream = process.named_subject(input_stream_name)
+      let input_inject = process.named_subject(input_inject_name)
 
-      // Extract all finals and taps (that are defined)
-      let #(finals, taps) =
-        list.fold(listeners, #([], []), fn(acc, listener) {
-          let #(finals, taps) = acc
+      let assert Ok(_) = process.register(process.self(), input_inject_name)
 
-          let finals = [listener.final, ..finals]
-
-          let taps = case listener.tap {
-            Some(t) -> [t, ..taps]
-            None -> taps
-          }
-
-          #(finals, taps)
-        })
-
-      read_input(finals, taps, inject_input)
+      read_input(input_keys, input_stream, input_inject)
     })
 
+  echo "waiting for input"
+  key.start_raw_shell()
   Nil
 }
 
 fn read_input(
-  finals: List(Subject(Key)),
-  taps: List(Subject(List(String))),
-  inject_input: Subject(Key),
+  input_keys: Subject(Key),
+  input_stream: Subject(List(String)),
+  input_inject: Subject(Key),
 ) -> Nil {
-  let buffer = case process.receive(inject_input, 1) {
+  let buffer = case process.receive(input_inject, 1) {
     Ok(key.Continue(buffer)) -> buffer
     Ok(_) | Error(_) -> []
   }
 
-  let _ =
-    key.read_input_until_key(buffer, taps)
-    |> fn(k) { list.each(finals, process.send(_, k)) }
+  key.read_input_until_key(buffer, input_stream)
+  |> process.send(input_keys, _)
 
-  read_input(finals, taps, inject_input)
+  read_input(input_keys, input_stream, input_inject)
 }
diff --git a/src/musicplayer/input/key.gleam b/src/musicplayer/input/key.gleam
index efe94b6..f07aa53 100644
--- a/src/musicplayer/input/key.gleam
+++ b/src/musicplayer/input/key.gleam
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ pub fn start_raw_shell() {
 
 pub fn read_input_until_key(
   l: List(String),
-  taps: List(Subject(List(String))),
+  input_stream: Subject(List(String)),
 ) -> Key {
   case
     internal_input.read_input()
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ pub fn read_input_until_key(
     |> from_list
   {
     Continue(l) -> {
-      list.each(taps, process.send(_, l))
-      read_input_until_key(l, taps)
+      process.send(input_stream, l)
+      read_input_until_key(l, input_stream)
     }
     k -> k
   }
diff --git a/src/musicplayer/mpv/control.gleam b/src/musicplayer/mpv/control.gleam
index 0e0b935..fde5fd7 100644
--- a/src/musicplayer/mpv/control.gleam
+++ b/src/musicplayer/mpv/control.gleam
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+import gleam/erlang/process.{type Subject}
 import gleam/json
 import gleam/result
 import gleam/string
 
-import musicplayer/input/key.{type Key}
 import musicplayer/mpv/internal as internal_control
 import musicplayer/tcp/reason.{type Reason}
 import musicplayer/tcp/tcp.{type Socket}
@@ -10,28 +10,15 @@ import musicplayer/tcp/tcp.{type Socket}
 pub type Control {
   TogglePlayPause
 
-  Exit
+  GetPlaybackTime(reply_to: Subject(Result(PlaybackTime, ControlError)))
+
+  Exit(reply_to: Subject(Nil))
 }
 
 pub type ControlError {
   ControlError(details: String)
 }
 
-pub fn from_key(key: Key) -> Result(Control, Nil) {
-  case key {
-    key.Char(char) -> char_control(char)
-    _ -> Error(Nil)
-  }
-}
-
-fn char_control(char: String) -> Result(Control, Nil) {
-  case char {
-    " " -> Ok(TogglePlayPause)
-    "q" -> Ok(Exit)
-    _ -> Error(Nil)
-  }
-}
-
 pub fn toggle_play_pause(socket: Socket) -> Result(Nil, ControlError) {
   let command =
     json.object([#("command", json.array(["cycle", "pause"], of: json.string))])
diff --git a/src/musicplayer/mpv/mpv.gleam b/src/musicplayer/mpv/mpv.gleam
index 6f4732f..c701b40 100644
--- a/src/musicplayer/mpv/mpv.gleam
+++ b/src/musicplayer/mpv/mpv.gleam
@@ -1,89 +1,62 @@
 import gleam/erlang/process.{type Subject}
-import gleam/float
-import gleam/option.{None}
 import gleam/otp/actor
 import gleam/result
 import gleam/string
 
-import musicplayer/input/input.{type Listener, InputListener}
-import musicplayer/input/key.{type Key}
-import musicplayer/mpv/control.{type Control}
+import musicplayer/mpv/control
 import musicplayer/tcp/reason
 import musicplayer/tcp/tcp.{type Socket}
 
-type State(socket, exit) {
-  State(socket: Socket, exit: Subject(Nil))
+type State(socket) {
+  State(socket: Socket)
 }
 
-pub fn new(exit: Subject(Nil)) -> Result(Listener, String) {
+pub fn new() -> Result(Subject(control.Control), String) {
   // TODO start up mvp here, currently hi-jacking `naviterm`s socket
   let socket_path = "/tmp/naviterm_mpv"
 
   case tcp.connect(socket_path) {
     Error(r) -> Error("Could not connect to mpv: " <> reason.to_string(r))
     Ok(socket) -> {
-      let final_input_name = process.new_name("mpv_final_input")
-      let final_input: Subject(Key) = process.named_subject(final_input_name)
-
       case
-        actor.new(State(socket, exit))
+        actor.new(State(socket))
         |> actor.on_message(handle_message)
         |> actor.start
       {
         Error(start_error) ->
           Error("Could not start actor: " <> string.inspect(start_error))
-        Ok(actor.Started(data:, ..)) -> {
-          echo "waiting for input"
-          key.start_raw_shell()
-
-          process.spawn(fn() {
-            let assert Ok(_) =
-              process.register(process.self(), final_input_name)
-
-            handle_key(final_input, data)
-          })
-
-          Ok(InputListener(final: final_input, tap: None))
-        }
+        Ok(actor.Started(data: mpv, ..)) -> Ok(mpv)
       }
     }
   }
 }
 
 fn handle_message(
-  state: State(socket, exit),
-  control: Control,
-) -> actor.Next(State(socket, exit), Control) {
+  state: State(socket),
+  control: control.Control,
+) -> actor.Next(State(socket), control.Control) {
   case control {
     control.TogglePlayPause -> {
-      echo "toggling play/pause"
+      echo "mpv: toggling play/pause"
 
       let _ =
         result.map_error(control.toggle_play_pause(state.socket), fn(err) {
           echo "Could not toggle play/pause: " <> err.details
         })
 
-      let _ =
-        result.map(control.get_playback_time(state.socket), fn(playback) {
-          echo "playback: " <> float.to_string(playback.data)
-        })
-
       actor.continue(state)
     }
-    control.Exit -> {
-      process.send(state.exit, Nil)
+
+    control.GetPlaybackTime(reply_to) -> {
+      let res = control.get_playback_time(state.socket)
+      process.send(reply_to, res)
+      actor.continue(state)
+    }
+
+    control.Exit(reply_to) -> {
+      tcp.close(state.socket)
+      process.send(reply_to, Nil)
       actor.stop()
     }
   }
 }
-
-/// `handle_key` listens to a subject onto which `input` will send messages with
-/// parsed `Key`s which will be mapped to `Control`s (if possible)
-fn handle_key(final_input: Subject(Key), subject: Subject(Control)) -> Nil {
-  let _ =
-    process.receive_forever(final_input)
-    |> control.from_key
-    |> result.map(process.send(subject, _))
-
-  handle_key(final_input, subject)
-}
diff --git a/src/musicplayer/musicplayer.gleam b/src/musicplayer/musicplayer.gleam
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c55175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/musicplayer/musicplayer.gleam
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+import gleam/erlang/process.{type Name, type Subject}
+import gleam/float
+import gleam/otp/actor
+import gleam/result
+import gleam/string
+
+import musicplayer/control.{type Control}
+import musicplayer/input/key.{type Key}
+import musicplayer/mpv/control as mpv_control
+
+type State(mpv, input_inject, exit) {
+  State(
+    mpv: Subject(mpv_control.Control),
+    input_inject: Subject(Key),
+    exit: Subject(Nil),
+  )
+}
+
+pub fn new(
+  mpv: Subject(mpv_control.Control),
+  input_keys_name: Name(Key),
+  input_stream_name: Name(List(String)),
+  input_inject_name: Name(Key),
+  exit: Subject(Nil),
+) -> Result(Nil, String) {
+  let input_keys = process.named_subject(input_keys_name)
+  let input_stream = process.named_subject(input_stream_name)
+  let input_inject = process.named_subject(input_inject_name)
+
+  case
+    actor.new(State(mpv, input_inject, exit))
+    |> actor.on_message(handle_message)
+    |> actor.start
+  {
+    Error(start_error) ->
+      Error("Could not start actor: " <> string.inspect(start_error))
+    Ok(actor.Started(data: musicplayer, ..)) -> {
+      process.spawn(fn() {
+        let assert Ok(_) = process.register(process.self(), input_keys_name)
+        handle_key(musicplayer, input_keys)
+      })
+
+      process.spawn(fn() {
+        let assert Ok(_) = process.register(process.self(), input_stream_name)
+        temp_input_stream(input_stream)
+      })
+
+      Ok(Nil)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+fn handle_message(
+  state: State(mpv, input_inject, exit),
+  control: Control,
+) -> actor.Next(State(mpv, input_inject, exit), Control) {
+  case control {
+    control.Search -> {
+      process.send(state.input_inject, key.Continue([key.input_introducer]))
+
+      actor.continue(state)
+    }
+    control.TogglePlayPause -> {
+      echo "toggling play/pause"
+
+      process.send(state.mpv, mpv_control.TogglePlayPause)
+
+      case
+        process.call(state.mpv, 1000, fn(reply_to) {
+          mpv_control.GetPlaybackTime(reply_to)
+        })
+      {
+        Error(err) -> echo "! could not get playbackTime: " <> err.details
+        Ok(mpv_control.PlaybackTime(data: playback_time)) ->
+          echo "playbacktime from mpv: " <> float.to_string(playback_time)
+      }
+
+      actor.continue(state)
+    }
+    control.Exit -> {
+      // Close socket to `mpv`
+      process.call(state.mpv, 1000, fn(reply_to) { mpv_control.Exit(reply_to) })
+
+      // End main process
+      process.send(state.exit, Nil)
+      actor.stop()
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/// `handle_key` listens to a subject onto which `input` will send messages with
+/// parsed `Key`s which will be mapped to `Control`s (if possible)
+fn handle_key(musicplayer: Subject(Control), input_keys: Subject(Key)) -> Nil {
+  let _ =
+    process.receive_forever(input_keys)
+    |> control.from_key
+    |> result.map(process.send(musicplayer, _))
+
+  handle_key(musicplayer, input_keys)
+}
+
+fn temp_input_stream(input_stream: Subject(List(String))) -> Nil {
+  let stream = process.receive_forever(input_stream)
+  echo "input stream: " <> string.inspect(stream)
+  temp_input_stream(input_stream)
+}
diff --git a/test/musicplayer/mpv/control_test.gleam b/test/musicplayer/control_test.gleam
similarity index 57%
rename from test/musicplayer/mpv/control_test.gleam
rename to test/musicplayer/control_test.gleam
index d46f403..ab75436 100644
--- a/test/musicplayer/mpv/control_test.gleam
+++ b/test/musicplayer/control_test.gleam
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import gleam/list
 import gleeunit
 
+import musicplayer/control.{type Control}
 import musicplayer/input/key.{type Key, Char}
-import musicplayer/mpv/control.{type Control}
-import musicplayer/mpv/internal as control_internal
 
 pub fn main() -> Nil {
   gleeunit.main()
@@ -23,11 +22,3 @@ pub fn control_from_key_test() {
     assert tc.expected == control.from_key(tc.key)
   })
 }
-
-pub fn parse_playback_time_test() {
-  let json_string =
-    "{\"data\":\"123.456789\",\"request_id\":0,\"error\":\"success\"}\n"
-
-  let assert Ok(data) = control_internal.parse_playback_time(json_string)
-  assert data == 123.456789
-}
diff --git a/test/musicplayer/mpv/mpv_test.gleam b/test/musicplayer/mpv/mpv_test.gleam
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0fb0c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/musicplayer/mpv/mpv_test.gleam
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import gleeunit
+
+import musicplayer/mpv/internal as control_internal
+
+pub fn main() -> Nil {
+  gleeunit.main()
+}
+
+pub fn parse_playback_time_test() {
+  let json_string =
+    "{\"data\":\"123.456789\",\"request_id\":0,\"error\":\"success\"}\n"
+
+  let assert Ok(data) = control_internal.parse_playback_time(json_string)
+  assert data == 123.456789
+}