diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1923301..875c2ea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 
 /coverage.txt
 /bitcask
+/bitcaskd
 /tmp
 /dist
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 720596a..f261aca 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 builds:
   - 
+    binary: bitcask
     main: ./cmd/bitcask
     flags: -tags "static_build"
     ldflags: -w -X .Version={{.Version}} -X .Commit={{.Commit}}
     env:
       - CGO_ENABLED=0
+  - 
+    binary: bitcaskd
+    main: ./cmd/bitcaskd
+    flags: -tags "static_build"
+    ldflags: -w -X .Version={{.Version}} -X .Commit={{.Commit}}
+    env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
 sign:
   artifacts: checksum
 archive:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e232a10..df3bc41 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,12 +7,17 @@ all: dev
 
 dev: build
 	@./bitcask --version
+	@./bitcaskd --version
 
 build: clean generate
 	@go build \
 		-tags "netgo static_build" -installsuffix netgo \
 		-ldflags "-w -X $(shell go list)/.Commit=$(COMMIT)" \
 		./cmd/bitcask/...
+	@go build \
+		-tags "netgo static_build" -installsuffix netgo \
+		-ldflags "-w -X $(shell go list)/.Commit=$(COMMIT)" \
+		./cmd/bitcaskd/...
 
 generate:
 	@go generate $(shell go list)/...
diff --git a/bitcask.go b/bitcask.go
index 17211d2..280ae87 100644
--- a/bitcask.go
+++ b/bitcask.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func (b *Bitcask) setMaxDatafileSize(size int64) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func MaxDatafileSize(size int64) func(*Bitcask) error {
+func WithMaxDatafileSize(size int64) func(*Bitcask) error {
 	return func(b *Bitcask) error {
 		return b.setMaxDatafileSize(size)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/bitcaskd/main.go b/cmd/bitcaskd/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8daa987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/bitcaskd/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
+	"github.com/tidwall/redcon"
+
+	"github.com/prologic/bitcask"
+)
+
+var (
+	bind            string
+	debug           bool
+	version         bool
+	maxDatafileSize int64
+)
+
+func init() {
+	flag.Usage = func() {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Usage: %s [options] <path>\n", os.Args[0])
+		flag.PrintDefaults()
+	}
+
+	flag.BoolVarP(&version, "version", "v", false, "display version information")
+	flag.BoolVarP(&debug, "debug", "d", false, "enable debug logging")
+
+	flag.StringVarP(&bind, "bind", "b", ":6379", "interface and port to bind to")
+
+	flag.Int64Var(&maxDatafileSize, "max-datafile-size", 1<<20, "maximum datafile size in bytes")
+}
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if debug {
+		log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
+	} else {
+		log.SetLevel(log.InfoLevel)
+	}
+
+	if version {
+		fmt.Printf("bitcaskd version %s", bitcask.FullVersion())
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
+	if len(flag.Args()) < 1 {
+		flag.PrintDefaults()
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	path := flag.Arg(0)
+
+	db, err := bitcask.Open(path, bitcask.WithMaxDatafileSize(maxDatafileSize))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).WithField("path", path).Error("error opening database")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	log.WithField("bind", bind).WithField("path", path).Infof("starting bitcaskd v%s", bitcask.FullVersion())
+
+	err = redcon.ListenAndServe(bind,
+		func(conn redcon.Conn, cmd redcon.Command) {
+			switch strings.ToLower(string(cmd.Args[0])) {
+			case "ping":
+				conn.WriteString("PONG")
+			case "quit":
+				conn.WriteString("OK")
+				conn.Close()
+			case "set":
+				if len(cmd.Args) != 3 {
+					conn.WriteError("ERR wrong number of arguments for '" + string(cmd.Args[0]) + "' command")
+					return
+				}
+				key := string(cmd.Args[0])
+				value := cmd.Args[1]
+				err = db.Put(key, value)
+				if err != nil {
+					conn.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("ERR: %s", err))
+				} else {
+					conn.WriteString("OK")
+				}
+			case "get":
+				if len(cmd.Args) != 2 {
+					conn.WriteError("ERR wrong number of arguments for '" + string(cmd.Args[0]) + "' command")
+					return
+				}
+				key := string(cmd.Args[0])
+				value, err := db.Get(key)
+				if err != nil {
+					conn.WriteNull()
+				} else {
+					conn.WriteBulk(value)
+				}
+			case "del":
+				if len(cmd.Args) != 2 {
+					conn.WriteError("ERR wrong number of arguments for '" + string(cmd.Args[0]) + "' command")
+					return
+				}
+				key := string(cmd.Args[0])
+				err := db.Delete(key)
+				if err != nil {
+					conn.WriteInt(0)
+				} else {
+					conn.WriteInt(1)
+				}
+			default:
+				conn.WriteError("ERR unknown command '" + string(cmd.Args[0]) + "'")
+			}
+		},
+		func(conn redcon.Conn) bool {
+			return true
+		},
+		func(conn redcon.Conn, err error) {
+		},
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Fatal("oops")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1360dc1..f57542d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.2 // indirect
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.3.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.3
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.3.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0
+	github.com/tidwall/redcon v0.9.0
 	gopkg.in/vmihailenco/msgpack.v2 v2.9.1
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e4127ac..a373297 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0 h1:TivCn/peBQ7UY8ooIcPgZFpTNSz0Q2U6UrFlUfqbe0Q=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
+github.com/tidwall/redcon v0.9.0 h1:tiT9DLAoohsdNaFg9Si5dRsv9+FjvZYnhMOEtSFwBqA=
+github.com/tidwall/redcon v0.9.0/go.mod h1:bdYBm4rlcWpst2XMwKVzWDF9CoUxEbUmM7CQrKeOZas=
 github.com/ugorji/go/codec v0.0.0-20181204163529-d75b2dcb6bc8/go.mod h1:VFNgLljTbGfSG7qAOspJ7OScBnGdDN/yBr0sguwnwf0=
 github.com/xordataexchange/crypt v0.0.3-0.20170626215501-b2862e3d0a77/go.mod h1:aYKd//L2LvnjZzWKhF00oedf4jCCReLcmhLdhm1A27Q=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180904163835-0709b304e793/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=