diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index bde56e5..1cfff06 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ lazy val root = project
       "java.sources" -> baseDirectory.value.toGlob / "src" / "main" / "java" / ** / "*.java",
       "glue.sources" -> baseDirectory.value.toGlob / "glue" / "src" / ** / "*.rs"
     ),
+    path := Map(
+      "glue.base" -> (baseDirectory.value / "glue").toString,
+      "glue.target" -> (baseDirectory.value / "target" / "glue" / "debug").toString,
+      "java.classTarget" -> (baseDirectory.value / "target" / "scala-3.2.2" / "classes").toString
+    ),
+    Test / javaOptions ++= Seq(
+      "-Djava.library.path="++path.value("glue.target"),
+    ),
     Compile / doc / javacOptions ++= Seq(
       "--enable-preview",
       "--release",
@@ -38,11 +46,6 @@ lazy val root = project
       "-Xlint:unchecked",
       "-Xlint:deprecation"
     ),
-    path := Map(
-      "glue.base" -> (baseDirectory.value / "glue").toString,
-      "glue.target" -> (baseDirectory.value / "target" / "glue" / "debug").toString,
-      "java.classTarget" -> (baseDirectory.value / "target" / "scala-3.2.2" / "classes").toString
-    ),
     ejectHeaders := {
       val files =
         FileTreeView.default.iterator(glob.value("java.sources")).foldLeft("") {
diff --git a/glue/Cargo.lock b/glue/Cargo.lock
index 06cbdb2..f81de88 100644
--- a/glue/Cargo.lock
+++ b/glue/Cargo.lock
@@ -570,6 +570,8 @@ name = "toad-java-glue"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "jni",
+ "log",
+ "naan",
  "nb",
  "no-std-net",
  "tinyvec",
@@ -580,10 +582,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toad-jni"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ef61b22c3478d481635b9eb67496d4dc18f22b8321961aca5dc2084f5253ccb7"
+checksum = "8e6f9b7ff8462ec97df69ef2bb01b485626fb43ce62a8fe33c6179f3537a9d38"
 dependencies = [
+ "embedded-time",
  "jni",
  "nb",
  "no-std-net",
@@ -591,6 +594,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "toad",
  "toad-array 0.5.0",
  "toad-len",
+ "toad-msg",
  "toad-stem",
 ]
 
diff --git a/glue/Cargo.toml b/glue/Cargo.toml
index 21a33e5..ce23fc2 100644
--- a/glue/Cargo.toml
+++ b/glue/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ e2e = []
 jni = "0.21.1"
 nb = "1"
 toad = "0.17.3"
-toad-jni = "0.9.1"
+toad-jni = "0.10.1"
 no-std-net = "0.6"
 toad-msg = "0.18.1"
 tinyvec = {version = "1.5", default_features = false, features = ["rustc_1_55"]}
+naan = "0.1.32"
+log = "0.4.17"
diff --git a/glue/src/dev/toad/mod.rs b/glue/src/dev/toad/mod.rs
index cae2e85..bf97eb8 100644
--- a/glue/src/dev/toad/mod.rs
+++ b/glue/src/dev/toad/mod.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub use retry_strategy::RetryStrategy;
 use toad::platform::Platform;
 use toad::retry::{Attempts, Strategy};
 use toad::time::Millis;
+use toad_jni::java::nio::channels::{DatagramChannel, PeekableDatagramChannel};
 use toad_jni::java::{self, Object};
 
 use crate::mem::{Shared, SharedMemoryRegion};
@@ -18,9 +19,10 @@ use crate::Runtime;
 pub struct Toad(java::lang::Object);
 
 impl Toad {
-  pub fn new(e: &mut java::Env, cfg: Config) -> Self {
-    static CTOR: java::Constructor<Toad, fn(Config)> = java::Constructor::new();
-    CTOR.invoke(e, cfg)
+  pub fn new(e: &mut java::Env, cfg: Config, channel: PeekableDatagramChannel) -> Self {
+    static CTOR: java::Constructor<Toad, fn(Config, PeekableDatagramChannel)> =
+      java::Constructor::new();
+    CTOR.invoke(e, cfg, channel)
   }
 
   pub fn poll_req(&self, e: &mut java::Env) -> Option<msg::ref_::Message> {
@@ -34,8 +36,8 @@ impl Toad {
     CONFIG.invoke(e, self)
   }
 
-  fn init_impl(e: &mut java::Env, cfg: Config) -> i64 {
-    let r = || Runtime::try_new(cfg.addr(e), cfg.to_toad(e)).unwrap();
+  fn init_impl(e: &mut java::Env, cfg: Config, channel: PeekableDatagramChannel) -> i64 {
+    let r = || Runtime::new(cfg.to_toad(e), channel);
     unsafe { crate::mem::Shared::init(r).addr() as i64 }
   }
 
@@ -49,7 +51,8 @@ impl Toad {
       },
       | Err(nb::Error::WouldBlock) => java::util::Optional::<msg::ref_::Message>::empty(e),
       | Err(nb::Error::Other(err)) => {
-        e.throw(format!("{:?}", err)).unwrap();
+        let err = err.downcast_ref(e).to_local(e);
+        e.throw(jni::objects::JThrowable::from(err)).unwrap();
         java::util::Optional::<msg::ref_::Message>::empty(e)
       },
     }
@@ -70,11 +73,6 @@ impl java::Class for Config {
 }
 
 impl Config {
-  pub fn addr(&self, e: &mut java::Env) -> SocketAddr {
-    static ADDRESS: java::Field<Config, java::net::InetSocketAddress> = java::Field::new("addr");
-    ADDRESS.get(e, self).to_std(e)
-  }
-
   pub fn concurrency(&self, e: &mut java::Env) -> u8 {
     static RUNTIME_CONFIG_CONCURRENCY: java::Field<Config, ffi::u8> =
       java::Field::new("concurrency");
@@ -86,9 +84,8 @@ impl Config {
     RUNTIME_CONFIG_MSG.invoke(e, self)
   }
 
-  pub fn new(e: &mut java::Env, c: toad::config::Config, addr: SocketAddr) -> Self {
-    static CTOR: java::Constructor<Config, fn(java::net::InetSocketAddress, ffi::u8, Msg)> =
-      java::Constructor::new();
+  pub fn new(e: &mut java::Env, c: toad::config::Config) -> Self {
+    static CTOR: java::Constructor<Config, fn(ffi::u8, Msg)> = java::Constructor::new();
 
     let con = Con::new(e,
                        c.msg.con.unacked_retry_strategy,
@@ -104,9 +101,7 @@ impl Config {
 
     let concurrency = ffi::u8::from_rust(e, c.max_concurrent_requests);
 
-    let address = java::net::InetSocketAddress::from_std(e, addr);
-
-    let jcfg = CTOR.invoke(e, address, concurrency, msg);
+    let jcfg = CTOR.invoke(e, concurrency, msg);
     jcfg
   }
 
@@ -264,20 +259,20 @@ impl Non {
 pub extern "system" fn Java_dev_toad_Toad_defaultConfigImpl<'local>(mut env: java::Env<'local>,
                                                                     _: JClass<'local>)
                                                                     -> jobject {
-  Config::new(&mut env,
-              toad::config::Config::default(),
-              SocketAddr::new(Ipv4Addr::UNSPECIFIED.into(), 5683)).yield_to_java(&mut env)
+  Config::new(&mut env, toad::config::Config::default()).yield_to_java(&mut env)
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "system" fn Java_dev_toad_Toad_init<'local>(mut e: java::Env<'local>,
                                                        _: JClass<'local>,
+                                                       channel: JObject<'local>,
                                                        cfg: JObject<'local>)
                                                        -> i64 {
   let e = &mut e;
   let cfg = java::lang::Object::from_local(e, cfg).upcast_to::<Config>(e);
+  let channel = java::lang::Object::from_local(e, channel).upcast_to::<DatagramChannel>(e);
 
-  Toad::init_impl(e, cfg)
+  Toad::init_impl(e, cfg, channel.peekable())
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
diff --git a/glue/src/dev/toad/msg/ref_/msg.rs b/glue/src/dev/toad/msg/ref_/msg.rs
index 3fa6059..424581b 100644
--- a/glue/src/dev/toad/msg/ref_/msg.rs
+++ b/glue/src/dev/toad/msg/ref_/msg.rs
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ pub extern "system" fn Java_dev_toad_msg_ref_Message_payload<'local>(mut env: ja
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
-pub extern "system" fn Java_dev_toad_msg_ref_Message_type<'local>(mut e: java::Env<'local>,
-                                                                  _: JClass<'local>,
-                                                                  addr: i64)
-                                                                  -> jobject {
+pub extern "system" fn Java_dev_toad_msg_ref_Message_typ<'local>(mut e: java::Env<'local>,
+                                                                 _: JClass<'local>,
+                                                                 addr: i64)
+                                                                 -> jobject {
   let msg = unsafe {
     Shared::deref::<toad_msg::alloc::Message>(addr).as_ref()
                                                    .unwrap()
diff --git a/glue/src/e2e.rs b/glue/src/e2e.rs
index dde22a2..3b86742 100644
--- a/glue/src/e2e.rs
+++ b/glue/src/e2e.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
 use no_std_net::SocketAddr;
 use toad::config::Config;
 use toad::net::Addrd;
 use toad::platform::Platform;
+use toad_jni::java::net::StandardProtocolFamily::INet;
+use toad_jni::java::nio::channels::{DatagramChannel, PeekableDatagramChannel};
 use toad_jni::java::{self, Object, Signature};
 use toad_msg::alloc::Message;
 use toad_msg::{Code, Id, Token, Type};
 
 use crate::{dev, Runtime};
 
+type RustRuntime =
+  toad::std::Platform<toad::std::dtls::N, toad::step::runtime::std::Runtime<toad::std::dtls::N>>;
+
 #[non_exhaustive]
 struct State {
   pub runtime: dev::toad::Toad,
   pub env: java::Env<'static>,
-  pub client: crate::Runtime,
+  pub client: RustRuntime,
   pub srv_addr: SocketAddr,
 }
 
@@ -20,17 +27,15 @@ fn init() -> State {
   let mut _env = crate::test::init();
   let env = &mut _env;
 
-  let cfg =
-    dev::toad::Config::new(env,
-                           Config::default(),
-                           std::net::SocketAddr::new(std::net::Ipv4Addr::UNSPECIFIED.into(), 5683));
-  let runtime = dev::toad::Toad::new(env, cfg);
-  let client = Runtime::try_new("0.0.0.0:5684", Default::default()).unwrap();
+  let cfg = dev::toad::Config::new(env, Config::default());
+  let sock = <PeekableDatagramChannel as toad::net::Socket>::bind(no_std_net::SocketAddr::new(no_std_net::Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST.into(), 5683)).unwrap();
+  let runtime = dev::toad::Toad::new(env, cfg, sock);
+  let client = RustRuntime::try_new("127.0.0.1:5684", Default::default()).unwrap();
 
   State { runtime,
           env: _env,
           client,
-          srv_addr: "0.0.0.0:5683".parse().unwrap() }
+          srv_addr: "127.0.0.1:5683".parse().unwrap() }
 }
 
 fn runtime_poll_req(State { runtime,
@@ -43,7 +48,14 @@ fn runtime_poll_req(State { runtime,
   let request = Message::new(Type::Con, Code::GET, Id(0), Token(Default::default()));
   client.send_msg(Addrd(request, *srv_addr)).unwrap();
 
-  assert!(runtime.poll_req(env).is_some());
+  let start = Instant::now();
+  loop {
+    if Instant::now() - start > Duration::from_millis(10000) {
+      panic!("timed out waiting for DatagramChannel to receive message");
+    } else if runtime.poll_req(env).is_some() {
+      break;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/glue/src/lib.rs b/glue/src/lib.rs
index e05733b..be2f615 100644
--- a/glue/src/lib.rs
+++ b/glue/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,16 @@ use mem::SharedMemoryRegion;
 mod runtime {
   use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
-  use toad::platform::Effect;
-  use toad::std::{dtls, Platform};
-  use toad::step::runtime::std::Runtime as DefaultSteps;
+  use toad::config::Config;
+  use toad::net::Addrd;
+  use toad::platform::{Effect, Platform};
+  use toad::req::Req;
+  use toad::resp::Resp;
+  use toad::step::runtime::Runtime as DefaultSteps;
+  use toad_jni::java::io::IOException;
+  use toad_jni::java::lang::Throwable;
   use toad_jni::java::nio::channels::PeekableDatagramChannel;
-  use toad_msg::{OptValue, OptNumber};
+  use toad_msg::{OptNumber, OptValue};
 
   #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
   pub struct PlatformTypes;
@@ -27,7 +32,49 @@ mod runtime {
     type Effects = Vec<Effect<Self>>;
   }
 
-  pub type Runtime = Platform<dtls::N, DefaultSteps<dtls::N>>;
+  type Steps = DefaultSteps<PlatformTypes, naan::hkt::Vec, naan::hkt::BTreeMap>;
+
+  pub struct Runtime {
+    steps: Steps,
+    config: Config,
+    channel: PeekableDatagramChannel,
+    clock: toad::std::Clock,
+  }
+
+  impl Runtime {
+    pub fn new(config: Config, channel: PeekableDatagramChannel) -> Self {
+      Self { steps: Default::default(),
+             config,
+             channel,
+             clock: toad::std::Clock::new() }
+    }
+  }
+
+  impl Platform<Steps> for Runtime {
+    type Types = PlatformTypes;
+    type Error = IOException;
+
+    fn log(&self, level: log::Level, msg: toad::todo::String<1000>) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
+      println!("[{}]: {}", level, msg.as_str());
+      Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn config(&self) -> toad::config::Config {
+      self.config
+    }
+
+    fn steps(&self) -> &Steps {
+      &self.steps
+    }
+
+    fn socket(&self) -> &PeekableDatagramChannel {
+      &self.channel
+    }
+
+    fn clock(&self) -> &toad::std::Clock {
+      &self.clock
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 pub use runtime::Runtime;
@@ -59,21 +106,35 @@ pub mod e2e;
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub mod test {
   use std::net::{Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr};
+  use std::path::PathBuf;
+  use std::process::Command;
   use std::sync::Once;
 
   use jni::{InitArgsBuilder, JavaVM};
   use toad::config::Config;
   use toad::retry::Strategy;
   use toad::time::Millis;
-  use toad_jni::java;
+  use toad_jni::java::{self, Class, ResultExt};
 
   use crate::dev;
 
   pub fn init<'a>() -> java::Env<'a> {
     static INIT: Once = Once::new();
     INIT.call_once(|| {
+      let repo_root = Command::new("git").arg("rev-parse")
+                                         .arg("--show-toplevel")
+                                         .output()
+                                         .unwrap();
+      assert!(repo_root.status.success());
+
+      let lib_path = String::from_utf8(repo_root.stdout).unwrap()
+                                                        .trim()
+                                                        .to_string();
+      let lib_path = PathBuf::from(lib_path).join("target/glue/debug");
+
       let jvm =
-        JavaVM::new(InitArgsBuilder::new().option("-Djava.library.path=/home/orion/src/toad-lib/toad-java/target/glue/debug/")
+        JavaVM::new(InitArgsBuilder::new().option(format!("-Djava.library.path={}",
+                                                          lib_path.to_string_lossy()))
                                           .option("-Djava.class.path=../target/scala-3.2.2/classes")
                                           .option("--enable-preview")
                                           .build()
@@ -81,8 +142,13 @@ pub mod test {
       toad_jni::global::init_with(jvm);
     });
 
-    toad_jni::global::jvm().attach_current_thread_permanently()
-                           .unwrap()
+    let mut env = toad_jni::global::jvm().attach_current_thread_permanently()
+                                         .unwrap();
+
+    env.call_static_method(crate::dev::toad::Toad::PATH, "loadNativeLib", "()V", &[])
+       .unwrap_java(&mut env);
+
+    env
   }
 
   #[test]
@@ -97,9 +163,7 @@ pub mod test {
     let mut e = init();
     let e = &mut e;
 
-    let r = dev::toad::Config::new(e,
-                                   Config::default(),
-                                   SocketAddr::new(Ipv4Addr::UNSPECIFIED.into(), 5683));
+    let r = dev::toad::Config::new(e, Config::default());
     assert_eq!(r.to_toad(e), Config::default());
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev.toad/Toad.java b/src/main/java/dev.toad/Toad.java
index e8a72c0..917c7c2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev.toad/Toad.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev.toad/Toad.java
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ public final class Toad implements AutoCloseable {
   }
 
   static {
+    Toad.loadNativeLib();
+  }
+
+  static void loadNativeLib() {
     System.loadLibrary("toad_java_glue");
   }
 
@@ -32,25 +36,25 @@ public final class Toad implements AutoCloseable {
   final Config config;
   final DatagramChannel channel;
 
-  static native long init(Config o);
+  static native long init(DatagramChannel chan, Config o);
 
-  native Optional<dev.toad.msg.ref.Message> pollReq(long ptr);
+  static native Optional<dev.toad.msg.ref.Message> pollReq(long ptr);
 
-  native Optional<dev.toad.msg.ref.Message> pollResp(
+  static native Optional<dev.toad.msg.ref.Message> pollResp(
     long ptr,
     dev.toad.msg.Token t,
     InetSocketAddress n
   );
 
-  Optional<dev.toad.msg.ref.Message> pollReq() {
-    return this.pollReq(this.ptr.addr());
+  public Optional<dev.toad.msg.ref.Message> pollReq() {
+    return Toad.pollReq(this.ptr.addr());
   }
 
-  Optional<dev.toad.msg.ref.Message> pollResp(
+  public Optional<dev.toad.msg.ref.Message> pollResp(
     dev.toad.msg.Token regarding,
     InetSocketAddress from
   ) {
-    return this.pollResp(this.ptr.addr(), regarding, from);
+    return Toad.pollResp(this.ptr.addr(), regarding, from);
   }
 
   public static BuilderRequiresSocket builder() {
@@ -60,7 +64,7 @@ public final class Toad implements AutoCloseable {
   Toad(Config o, DatagramChannel channel) {
     this.config = o;
     this.channel = channel;
-    this.ptr = Ptr.register(this.getClass(), this.init(o));
+    this.ptr = Ptr.register(this.getClass(), this.init(this.channel, o));
   }
 
   public Config config() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/ref/Message.java b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/ref/Message.java
index 31096bb..63848af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/ref/Message.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev.toad/msg/ref/Message.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public final class Message implements dev.toad.msg.Message, AutoCloseable {
 
   static native Code code(long addr);
 
-  static native Type type(long addr);
+  static native Type typ(long addr);
 
   static native dev.toad.msg.ref.Option[] opts(long addr);
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public final class Message implements dev.toad.msg.Message, AutoCloseable {
   }
 
   public Type type() {
-    return this.type(this.ptr.addr());
+    return this.typ(this.ptr.addr());
   }
 
   public dev.toad.msg.ref.Option[] optionRefs() {
diff --git a/src/test/scala/E2E.scala b/src/test/scala/E2E.scala
index 003eb7a..62b4ed7 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/E2E.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/E2E.scala
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import mock.java.nio.channels.Mock;
 
 class E2E extends munit.FunSuite {
   test("foo") {
-    val mock = Mock.Channel();
+    val mock = Mock.Channel()
+    val toad = Toad.builder.channel(mock).build
+    val req = Option.apply(toad.pollReq.get)
   }
 }