diff --git a/data/archlinux-2023.10.14-x86_64.iso.torrent b/data/archlinux-2023.10.14-x86_64.iso.torrent
deleted file mode 100644
index 94c137d..0000000
Binary files a/data/archlinux-2023.10.14-x86_64.iso.torrent and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/hex.rs b/src/hex.rs
index e2f5092..1fdf1b9 100644
--- a/src/hex.rs
+++ b/src/hex.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use crate::types::ByteString;
-
-pub fn hex(str: &ByteString) -> String {
-    str.iter().map(|c| format!("{:x?}", c)).collect::<String>()
+pub fn hex(str: &[u8]) -> String {
+    str.iter().map(|c| format!("{:02x}", c)).collect::<String>()
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2ae6113..1cc27be 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use peer::handshake;
 use rand::{distributions::Alphanumeric, thread_rng, Rng};
 use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
 
@@ -6,12 +7,13 @@ use types::ByteString;
 
 use crate::{
     metainfo::Metainfo,
-    tracker::{tracker_request, TrackerRequest},
+    tracker::{tracker_request, TrackerRequest, TrackerResponse},
 };
 
 mod bencode;
 mod hex;
 mod metainfo;
+mod peer;
 mod sha1;
 mod tracker;
 mod types;
@@ -23,12 +25,12 @@ fn main() {
         (Some(metadata), left) if left.is_empty() => metadata,
         _ => panic!("metadata file parsing error"),
     };
-    println!("{metainfo_dict:#?}");
+    println!("{metainfo_dict:?}");
     let metainfo = match Metainfo::try_from(metainfo_dict.clone()) {
         Ok(info) => info,
         Err(e) => panic!("metadata file structure error: {e}"),
     };
-    println!("{metainfo:#?}");
+    println!("{metainfo:?}");
     let info_dict_str = match metainfo_dict {
         bencode::BencodeValue::Dict(d) => d.get("info").unwrap().encode(),
         _ => unreachable!(),
@@ -38,10 +40,26 @@ fn main() {
     println!("peer id {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(peer_id.as_slice()));
     let tracker_response = tracker_request(
         metainfo.announce,
-        TrackerRequest::new(info_hash, peer_id, tracker::TrackerEvent::Started, None),
+        TrackerRequest::new(
+            info_hash.clone(),
+            peer_id.clone(),
+            tracker::TrackerEvent::Started,
+            None,
+        ),
     )
     .expect("request failed");
     println!("tracker response: {tracker_response:?}");
+    if let TrackerResponse::Success(resp) = tracker_response {
+        for p in resp.peers {
+            match handshake(&p, &info_hash, &peer_id) {
+                Ok(_) => {
+                    println!("successfull handshake with peer {:?}", p);
+                    break;
+                }
+                Err(e) => eprintln!("{}", e),
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// Generate random 20 byte string, starting with -<2 byte client name><4 byte client version>-
diff --git a/src/peer.rs b/src/peer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a01d674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/peer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+use std::io::{self, Read, Write};
+use std::net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr, TcpStream};
+use std::str::FromStr;
+use std::thread::sleep;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use crate::hex::hex;
+use crate::tracker::TrackerPeer;
+use crate::types::ByteString;
+
+pub fn handshake(
+    peer: &TrackerPeer,
+    info_hash: &ByteString,
+    peer_id: &ByteString,
+) -> io::Result<()> {
+    println!("connecting to peer {peer:?}");
+    let timeout = Duration::new(2, 0);
+    let mut stream = TcpStream::connect_timeout(
+        &SocketAddr::new(IpAddr::from_str(&peer.ip).unwrap(), peer.port as u16),
+        timeout,
+    )?;
+    stream.set_read_timeout(Some(timeout))?;
+    stream.set_write_timeout(Some(timeout))?;
+    let handshake = handshake_packet(info_hash, peer_id);
+    println!("writing handshake {}", hex(&handshake.to_vec()));
+    match stream.write_all(&handshake) {
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("write error: {}", e);
+            return Err(e);
+        }
+        _ => println!("write ok"),
+    };
+    stream.flush()?;
+    let mut reader = stream;
+    let mut read_packet = vec![];
+    println!("reading response");
+    let mut retry = 0;
+    loop {
+        if retry > 3 {
+            return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "read timeout"));
+        };
+        match reader.read_to_end(&mut read_packet) {
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("read error: {}", e);
+                return Err(e);
+            }
+            Ok(n) if n > 0 => {
+                println!("peer response: {}", hex(&read_packet.to_vec()));
+            }
+            _ => {
+                println!("no data");
+                retry += 1;
+                sleep(Duration::new(1, 0));
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn handshake_packet(info_hash: &ByteString, peer_id: &ByteString) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let pstr = "BitTorrent protocol";
+    let pstrlen = &[pstr.len() as u8];
+    let reserved = &[0u8; 8];
+    [pstrlen, pstr.as_bytes(), reserved, &info_hash, &peer_id].concat()
+}
diff --git a/src/tracker.rs b/src/tracker.rs
index d11e81b..585d23b 100644
--- a/src/tracker.rs
+++ b/src/tracker.rs
@@ -168,19 +168,19 @@ impl TryFrom<BencodeValue> for TrackerResponse {
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct TrackerResponseSuccess {
-    peers: Vec<TrackerPeer>,
-    interval: i64,
-    warning_message: Option<String>,
-    min_interval: Option<i64>,
-    tracker_id: Option<ByteString>,
-    complete: Option<i64>,
-    incomplete: Option<i64>,
+    pub peers: Vec<TrackerPeer>,
+    pub interval: i64,
+    pub warning_message: Option<String>,
+    pub min_interval: Option<i64>,
+    pub tracker_id: Option<ByteString>,
+    pub complete: Option<i64>,
+    pub incomplete: Option<i64>,
 }
 
 pub struct TrackerPeer {
-    peer_id: ByteString,
-    ip: String,
-    port: i64,
+    pub peer_id: ByteString,
+    pub ip: String,
+    pub port: i64,
 }
 
 impl fmt::Debug for TrackerPeer {
@@ -217,9 +217,10 @@ pub fn tracker_request(
     let resp = Client::new()
         .get(format!("{announce}{query}"))
         .send()
-        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?
+        .map_err(|e| format!("request error: {}", e))?
         .bytes()
-        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+        .map_err(|e| format!("request body error: {}", e))?;
+    println!("{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&resp));
     let resp_dict = parse_bencoded(resp.to_vec())
         .0
         .ok_or("Malformed response")?;