diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8face6f..f6306b1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,16 +39,18 @@ file(GLOB_RECURSE PROTOBUF_SOURCE_FILES
 
 file(GLOB_RECURSE PROTOBUF_HEADER_FILES
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/protobuf_gen/*.h)
+set_source_files_properties(${PROTOBUF_HEADER_FILES} ${PROTOBUF_SOURCE_FILES} PROPERTIES GENERATED TRUE)
 
-add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} STATIC
     GenerateProtobuf
     ${LIBRARY_HEADER_FILES}
-    ${LIBRARY_SOURCE_FILES}
     ${PROTOBUF_HEADER_FILES}
+    ${LIBRARY_SOURCE_FILES}
     ${PROTOBUF_SOURCE_FILES}
 )
+add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME} GenerateProtobuf)
 
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} protobuf-c)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC protobuf-c)
 
 
 # Compile Server
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ file(GLOB_RECURSE SERVER_HEADER_FILES
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/server/*.h)
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}-server ${SERVER_HEADER_FILES} ${SERVER_SOURCE_FILES})
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}-server ${PROJECT_NAME})
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}-server PUBLIC ${PROJECT_NAME})
 
 # Compile Client
 file(GLOB_RECURSE CLIENT_SOURCE_FILES
@@ -69,4 +71,4 @@ file(GLOB_RECURSE CLIENT_HEADER_FILES
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/client/*.h)
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}-client ${CLIENT_HEADER_FILES} ${CLIENT_SOURCE_FILES})
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}-client ${PROJECT_NAME})
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}-client PUBLIC ${PROJECT_NAME})
diff --git a/src/server/main.c b/src/server/main.c
index eee833b..d158c1d 100644
--- a/src/server/main.c
+++ b/src/server/main.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Sorry in advance for all the comments. This project is also a way for me to
 // learn C.
 
-#include "error.h"
+#include <error.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h> //sockaddr_in
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h> // Keeping for conversion functions
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+
   // Set up containers for file descriptor id's
   int sockfd, clientsockfd, portno, errflag;
   char msgbuffer[255];
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     error_crash("Can't open socket.");
   }
 
+  error_warn("Can't open socket.");
+  int a = 1;
+  msg_amsg_test(a);
+
   // Make sure there is no junk data in serve_addr
   bzero((char *)&serv_addr, sizeof serv_addr);
 
diff --git a/src/shared_lib/error.c b/src/shared_lib/error.c
index 7919120..02e1bc9 100644
--- a/src/shared_lib/error.c
+++ b/src/shared_lib/error.c
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #include "error.h"
+#include "../protobuf_gen/amessage.pb-c.h"
+#define MAX_MSG_SIZE 1024
 
 void error_crash(const char *msg) {
   fprintf(stderr, "error crash: %s\n", msg);
@@ -9,3 +11,42 @@ void error_warn(const char *msg) { fprintf(stderr, "warning: %s\n", msg); }
 
 // TODO: Save the logs somewhere
 void error_log(const char *msg) { fprintf(stderr, "log: %s\n", msg); }
+
+void msg_amsg_test(int a) {
+  AMessage msg = AMESSAGE__INIT; // The massage format
+  void *buf;                     // Buffer to store serialized data
+  unsigned len;                  // length of serialized data
+
+  msg.a = a;
+  msg.b = 2;
+  msg.has_b = 1;
+  len = amessage__get_packed_size(&msg);
+  buf = malloc(len);
+  amessage__pack(&msg, buf); // we now have a serialised message buffer
+
+  fprintf(stderr, "Writing %d serialized bytes\n",
+          len); // See the length of message
+  fwrite(buf, len, 1, stderr);
+
+  // unpack the message
+  AMessage *msg2;
+  uint8_t buf2[MAX_MSG_SIZE];
+  size_t msg_len = len;
+  memcpy((void *)buf2, (void *)buf, msg_len);
+
+  free(buf);
+
+  msg2 = amessage__unpack(NULL, msg_len, buf2);
+  if (msg2 == NULL) {
+    error_crash("error unpacking incoming message\n");
+  }
+
+  // display the message's fields.
+  printf("Received: a=%d", msg2->a); // required field
+  if (msg2->has_b)                   // handle optional field
+    printf("  b=%d", msg2->b);
+  printf("\n");
+
+  // Free the unpacked message
+  amessage__free_unpacked(msg2, NULL);
+}
diff --git a/src/shared_lib/error.h b/src/shared_lib/error.h
index 3d9a50a..9f7b500 100644
--- a/src/shared_lib/error.h
+++ b/src/shared_lib/error.h
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 void error_crash(const char *msg);
 
 void error_warn(const char *msg);
 
 void error_log(const char *msg);
+
+void msg_amsg_test(int a);