diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc3df31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# tcp-chat
+
+## Build
+1. Clone the repository with submodules.
+    ```
+    git clone --recurse-submodules --depth 0 https://timerix.ddns.net/git/Timerix/tcp-chat.git
+    ```
+2. Install [cbuild](https://timerix.ddns.net/git/Timerix/cbuild).
+3. Build executable
+    ```
+    cd tcp-chat
+    cbuild build_exec
+    ```
+
+## Usage
+**Client:**
+```sh
+cd bin
+./tcp-chat
+```
+**Server:**
+1.  ```sh
+    cp tcp-chat-server.config.default bin/tcp-chat-server.config
+    ```
+2. Edit config
+3.  ```sh
+    cd bin
+    ./tcp-chat -l
+    ```
diff --git a/dependencies/tlibc b/dependencies/tlibc
index ae0fa95..4257943 160000
--- a/dependencies/tlibc
+++ b/dependencies/tlibc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ae0fa95d6aee2a7427c3e3575d74af1ed360e6e5
+Subproject commit 425794361bc52240bb50001becbb5fb6e9ebcf20
diff --git a/src/client/ServerConnection.c b/src/client/ServerConnection.c
index 6657e78..51c036d 100644
--- a/src/client/ServerConnection.c
+++ b/src/client/ServerConnection.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "client.h"
-#include "network/tcp-chat-protocol/v1.h"
+#include "requests/requests.h"
 
 void ServerConnection_close(ServerConnection* conn){
     if(!conn)
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ void ServerConnection_close(ServerConnection* conn){
     RSA_destroyPublicKey(&conn->server_pk);
     EncryptedSocketTCP_destroy(&conn->sock);
     free(conn->session_key.data);
+    free(conn->name.data);
+    free(conn->description.data);
     free(conn);
 }
 
@@ -64,53 +66,39 @@ Result(ServerConnection*) ServerConnection_open(cstr server_link_cstr){
     try_void(socket_connect(_s, conn->server_end));
     EncryptedSocketTCP_construct(&conn->sock, _s, NETWORK_BUFFER_SIZE, conn->session_key);
     
-    // send PacketHeader and ClientHandshake
-    // encryption by server public key
-    PacketHeader packet_header;
+    // send ClientHandshake using server public key for encryption
+    PacketHeader req_header;
     ClientHandshake client_handshake;
-    try_void(ClientHandshake_tryConstruct(&client_handshake, &packet_header,
+    try_void(ClientHandshake_tryConstruct(&client_handshake, &req_header,
         conn->session_key));
-    try_void(EncryptedSocketTCP_sendStructRSA(&conn->sock, &conn->rsa_enc, &packet_header));
+    try_void(EncryptedSocketTCP_sendStructRSA(&conn->sock, &conn->rsa_enc, &req_header));
     try_void(EncryptedSocketTCP_sendStructRSA(&conn->sock, &conn->rsa_enc, &client_handshake));
     
     // receive server response
-    try_void(EncryptedSocketTCP_recvStruct(&conn->sock, &packet_header));
-    try_void(PacketHeader_validateMagic(&packet_header));
-    
-    // handle server response
-    switch(packet_header.type){
-        case PacketType_ErrorMessage: {
-            ErrorMessage err_msg;
-            try_void(EncryptedSocketTCP_recvStruct(&conn->sock, &err_msg));
-            if(err_msg.msg_size > conn->sock.recv_buf.size)
-                err_msg.msg_size = conn->sock.recv_buf.size;
-            Array(u8) err_buf = Array_alloc_size(err_msg.msg_size + 1);
-            bool err_msg_completed = false;
-            Defer(if(!err_msg_completed) free(err_buf.data));
+    PacketHeader res_header;
+    ServerHandshake server_handshake;
+    try_void(recvResponse(&conn->sock, &res_header, &server_handshake, 
+        PacketType_ServerHandshake));
+    conn->session_id = server_handshake.session_id;
 
-            // receive message content
-            try_void(
-                EncryptedSocketTCP_recv(
-                    &conn->sock,
-                    Array_sliceTo(err_buf, err_msg.msg_size),
-                    SocketRecvFlag_WholeBuffer
-                )
-            );
+    // get server name
+    ServerPublicInfoRequest public_info_req;
+    ServerPublicInfoResponse public_info_res;
+    ServerPublicInfoRequest_construct(&public_info_req, &req_header,
+        ServerPublicInfo_Name);
+    try_void(sendRequest(&conn->sock, &req_header, &public_info_req));
+    try_void(recvResponse(&conn->sock, &res_header, &public_info_res,
+        PacketType_ServerPublicInfoResponse));
+    try_void(recvStr(&conn->sock, public_info_res.data_size, &conn->name));
+
+    // get server description
+    ServerPublicInfoRequest_construct(&public_info_req, &req_header,
+        ServerPublicInfo_Description);
+    try_void(sendRequest(&conn->sock, &req_header, &public_info_req));
+    try_void(recvResponse(&conn->sock, &res_header, &public_info_res,
+        PacketType_ServerPublicInfoResponse));
+    try_void(recvStr(&conn->sock, public_info_res.data_size, &conn->description));
 
-            ((u8*)err_buf.data)[err_msg.msg_size] = 0;
-            err_msg_completed = true;
-            Return RESULT_ERROR((char*)err_buf.data, true);
-        }
-        case PacketType_ServerHandshake: {
-            ServerHandshake server_handshake;
-            try_void(EncryptedSocketTCP_recvStruct(&conn->sock, &server_handshake));
-            conn->session_id = server_handshake.session_id;
-            break;
-        }
-        default:
-            Return RESULT_ERROR_FMT("unexpected response type: %i", packet_header.type);
-    }
-    
     success = true;
     Return RESULT_VALUE(p, conn);
 }
diff --git a/src/client/client.c b/src/client/client.c
index 6326ba9..1437bad 100644
--- a/src/client/client.c
+++ b/src/client/client.c
@@ -157,24 +157,18 @@ static Result(void) commandExec(Client* client, str command, bool* stop){
             ServerConnection_open(new_server_link.data));
         printf("connection established\n");
 
-        // TODO: request server info
-        // show server info
-        // save server info to user's db
-        // try log in
-        // if not registered, request registration and then log in
+        // TODO: show server info
+        // TODO: save server info to user's db
+        // TODO: ask in loop: log in / register
 
-        // call Client_runIO(): 
+        //TODO: call Client_runIO(): 
         //      function with infinite loop which sends and receives messages
         //      with navigation across server channels
-        //
     }
     else if(is_alias("c") || is_alias("connect")){
         // TODO: read saved servers from database
-        // show scrollable list of them
-        // select one
-        // try log in
-        // if not registered, ask user if they want to register
-        // regiser and then log in
+        // TODO: show scrollable list of servers, get selected one
+        // TODO: ask in loop: log in / register
     }
     else {
         printf("ERROR: unknown command.\n"
diff --git a/src/client/client.h b/src/client/client.h
index 1fb47dd..2d934b9 100644
--- a/src/client/client.h
+++ b/src/client/client.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "cryptography/AES.h"
 #include "cryptography/RSA.h"
 #include "network/encrypted_sockets.h"
+#include "tlibc/string/str.h"
 
 typedef struct Client Client;
 
@@ -20,16 +21,17 @@ void ClientCredentials_destroy(ClientCredentials* cred);
 
 
 typedef struct ServerConnection {
-    u64 session_id;
     EndpointIPv4 server_end;
     br_rsa_public_key server_pk;
     RSAEncryptor rsa_enc;
+    u64 session_id;
     Array(u8) session_key;
     EncryptedSocketTCP sock;
+    str name;
+    str description;
 } ServerConnection;
 
 Result(ServerConnection*) ServerConnection_open(cstr server_link_cstr);
-
 void ServerConnection_close(ServerConnection* conn);
 
 
diff --git a/src/client/requests/ErrorMessage.c b/src/client/requests/ErrorMessage.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64275ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/requests/ErrorMessage.c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#include "requests.h"
+
+Result(void) recvStr(EncryptedSocketTCP* sock, u32 size, str* out_s){
+    Deferral(4);
+    
+    str s = str_construct(malloc(size + 1), size, true);
+    bool success = false;
+    Defer(if(!success) free(s.data));
+
+    // receive message content
+    try_void(
+        EncryptedSocketTCP_recv(
+            sock,
+            str_castTo_Array(s),
+            SocketRecvFlag_WholeBuffer
+        )
+    );
+
+    s.data[s.size] = 0;
+    *out_s = s;
+    success = true;
+    Return RESULT_VOID;
+}
+
+Result(void) recvErrorMessage(EncryptedSocketTCP* sock, PacketHeader* res_header,
+    str* out_err_msg)
+{
+    Deferral(4);
+
+    ErrorMessage res;
+    try_void(PacketHeader_validateContentSize(res_header, sizeof(res)));
+    try_void(EncryptedSocketTCP_recvStruct(sock, &res));
+    // limit msg_size to fit in single EncryptedSocketTCP_recv call
+    // TODO: receive ErrorMessage content in a loop
+    if(res.msg_size > sock->recv_buf.size)
+        res.msg_size = sock->recv_buf.size;
+    
+    str err_msg;
+    try_void(recvStr(sock, res.msg_size, &err_msg));
+    *out_err_msg = err_msg;
+    
+    Return RESULT_VOID;
+}
diff --git a/src/client/requests/requests.c b/src/client/requests/requests.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bd5999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/requests/requests.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#include "requests.h"
+
+
+Result(void) _recvResponse(EncryptedSocketTCP* sock,
+    PacketHeader* res_header, Array(u8) res, PacketType res_type)
+{
+    Deferral(4);
+    
+    try_void(EncryptedSocketTCP_recvStruct(sock, res_header));
+    try_void(PacketHeader_validateMagic(res_header));
+    if(res_header->type == PacketType_ErrorMessage){
+        str err_msg;
+        try_void(recvErrorMessage(sock, res_header, &err_msg));
+        Return RESULT_ERROR(err_msg.data, true);
+    }
+    
+    try_void(PacketHeader_validateType(res_header, res_type));
+    try_void(PacketHeader_validateContentSize(res_header, res.size));
+
+    try_void(EncryptedSocketTCP_recv(sock, res, SocketRecvFlag_WholeBuffer));
+
+    Return RESULT_VOID;
+}
+
+Result(void) _sendRequest(EncryptedSocketTCP* sock,
+    PacketHeader* req_header, Array(u8) req)
+{
+    Deferral(4);
+    
+    try_void(EncryptedSocketTCP_sendStruct(sock, req_header));
+    try_void(EncryptedSocketTCP_send(sock, req));
+
+    Return RESULT_VOID;
+}
diff --git a/src/client/requests/requests.h b/src/client/requests/requests.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abd5bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/requests/requests.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "network/tcp-chat-protocol/v1.h"
+#include "client/client.h"
+
+
+Result(void) recvErrorMessage(EncryptedSocketTCP* sock, PacketHeader* res_header,
+    str* out_err_msg);
+
+Result(void) recvStr(EncryptedSocketTCP* sock, u32 size, str* out_s);
+
+Result(void) _recvResponse(EncryptedSocketTCP* sock,
+    PacketHeader* res_header, Array(u8) res, PacketType res_type);
+#define recvResponse(sock, res_header_ptr, res_ptr, res_type) \
+    _recvResponse(sock, res_header_ptr, struct_castTo_Array(res_ptr), res_type)
+
+
+Result(void) _sendRequest(EncryptedSocketTCP* sock,
+    PacketHeader* req_header, Array(u8) req);
+#define sendRequest(sock, req_header_ptr, req_ptr) \
+    _sendRequest(sock, req_header_ptr, struct_castTo_Array(req_ptr))
diff --git a/src/db/idb.c b/src/db/idb.c
index 02ac64c..f06bf8c 100644
--- a/src/db/idb.c
+++ b/src/db/idb.c
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ static const Magic32 TABLE_FILE_MAGIC = { .bytes = { 'I', 'D', 'B', 't' } };
 
 
 void Table_close(Table* t){
+    if(t == NULL)
+        return;
     fclose(t->table_file);
     fclose(t->changes_file);
     free(t->name.data);
@@ -164,10 +166,9 @@ static Result(void) Table_validateEncryption(Table* t){
 
 static Result(void) Table_validateRowSize(Table* t, u32 row_size){
     if(row_size != t->header.row_size){
-        ResultVar(void) error_result = RESULT_ERROR_FMT(
+        return RESULT_ERROR_FMT(
             "Requested row size (%u) doesn't match saved row size (%u)",
             row_size, t->header.row_size);
-        return error_result;
     }
 
     return RESULT_VOID;
@@ -198,6 +199,8 @@ Result(IncrementalDB*) idb_open(str db_dir, NULLABLE(Array(u8) aes_key)){
 }
 
 void idb_close(IncrementalDB* db){
+    if(db == NULL)
+        return;
     free(db->db_dir.data);
     free(db->aes_key.data);
     HashMap_destroy(&db->tables_map);
@@ -268,10 +271,9 @@ Result(Table*) idb_getOrCreateTable(IncrementalDB* db, str table_name, u32 row_s
     }
 
     if(!HashMap_tryPush(&db->tables_map, t->name, &t)){
-        ResultVar(void) error_result = RESULT_ERROR_FMT(
+        Return RESULT_ERROR_FMT(
             "Table '%s' is already open", 
             t->name.data);
-        Return error_result;
     }
 
     success = true;
diff --git a/src/network/encrypted_sockets.c b/src/network/encrypted_sockets.c
index e5b2316..cb82553 100644
--- a/src/network/encrypted_sockets.c
+++ b/src/network/encrypted_sockets.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Result(void) EncryptedSocketTCP_send(EncryptedSocketTCP* ptr,
         )
     );
 
+    // printf("SEND data_size: %u, enc_size: %u\n", buffer.size, encrypted_size);
     Return RESULT_VOID;
 }
 
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ Result(u32) EncryptedSocketTCP_recv(EncryptedSocketTCP* ptr,
         )
     );
 
+    // printf("RECV recv_size: %u, dec_size: %u\n", received_size, decrypted_size);
     Return RESULT_VALUE(u, decrypted_size);
 }
 
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ Result(void) EncryptedSocketTCP_sendRSA(EncryptedSocketTCP* ptr,
         )
     );
 
+    // printf("SEND-RSA data_size: %u, enc_size: %u\n", buffer.size, encrypted_size);
     Return RESULT_VOID;
 }
 
@@ -144,6 +147,8 @@ Result(u32) EncryptedSocketTCP_recvRSA(EncryptedSocketTCP* ptr,
     }
 
     memcpy(buffer.data, ptr->recv_buf.data, decrypted_size);
+    
+    // printf("RECV-RSA recv_size: %u, dec_size: %u\n", received_size, decrypted_size);
     Return RESULT_VALUE(u, decrypted_size);
 }
 
@@ -165,7 +170,6 @@ void EncryptedSocketUDP_construct(EncryptedSocketUDP* ptr,
 void EncryptedSocketUDP_destroy(EncryptedSocketUDP* ptr){
     if(!ptr)
         return;
-
     socket_close(ptr->sock);
     free(ptr->recv_buf.data);
     free(ptr->send_buf.data);
diff --git a/src/network/tcp-chat-protocol/v1.h b/src/network/tcp-chat-protocol/v1.h
index b48ae0a..19d9618 100644
--- a/src/network/tcp-chat-protocol/v1.h
+++ b/src/network/tcp-chat-protocol/v1.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ typedef enum PacketType {
 typedef struct ErrorMessage {
     u32 msg_size; // <= ERROR_MESSAGE_MAX_SIZE
     /* stream of size msg_size */
-} ErrorMessage;
+} ALIGN_PACKET_STRUCT ErrorMessage;
 
 void ErrorMessage_construct(ErrorMessage* ptr, PacketHeader* header,
     u32 msg_size);
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ void ServerPublicInfoRequest_construct(ServerPublicInfoRequest* ptr, PacketHeade
 typedef struct ServerPublicInfoResponse {
     u32 data_size;
     /* stream of size data_size */
-} ServerPublicInfoResponse;
+} ALIGN_PACKET_STRUCT ServerPublicInfoResponse;
 
 void ServerPublicInfoResponse_construct(ServerPublicInfoResponse* ptr, PacketHeader* header,
     u32 data_size);
diff --git a/src/server/ClientConnection.c b/src/server/ClientConnection.c
index 80e2250..4dc07a4 100644
--- a/src/server/ClientConnection.c
+++ b/src/server/ClientConnection.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Result(ClientConnection*) ClientConnection_accept(ConnectionHandlerArgs* args)
     memcpy(conn->session_key.data, client_handshake.session_key, conn->session_key.size);
     EncryptedSocketTCP_changeKey(&conn->sock, conn->session_key);
     
-    // send PacketHeader and ServerHandshake over encrypted TCP socket
+    // send ServerHandshake
     ServerHandshake server_handshake;
     ServerHandshake_construct(&server_handshake, &packet_header,
         conn->session_id);
diff --git a/src/server/request_handlers/ServerPublicInfo.c b/src/server/request_handlers/ServerPublicInfo.c
index 4466bee..077bab4 100644
--- a/src/server/request_handlers/ServerPublicInfo.c
+++ b/src/server/request_handlers/ServerPublicInfo.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ declare_RequestHandler(ServerPublicInfo)
             content = str_castTo_Array(server->name);
             break;
         case ServerPublicInfo_Description:
-            content = str_castTo_Array(server->name);
+            content = str_castTo_Array(server->description);
             break;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/server/server.c b/src/server/server.c
index adf067f..d13208c 100644
--- a/src/server/server.c
+++ b/src/server/server.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Result(Server*) Server_createFromConfig(cstr config_path){
     
     try_void(ServerCredentials_tryConstruct(&server->cred, sk_base64_cstr, pk_base64_cstr));
     
-    // parse db_key
+    // parse db_aes_key
     try_void(config_findValue(config_str, STR("db_aes_key"), &tmp_str, true));
     Array(u8) db_aes_key = Array_alloc_size(base64_decodedSize(tmp_str.data, tmp_str.size));
     base64_decode(tmp_str.data, tmp_str.size, db_aes_key.data);
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Result(Server*) Server_createFromConfig(cstr config_path){
     // load whole table to list
     try_void(idb_getRows(server->db_users_table, 0, server->users_cache_list.data, users_count));
     // build name-id map
-    for(u64 id; id < users_count; id++){
+    for(u64 id = 0; id < users_count; id++){
         User* u = &List_index(server->users_cache_list, User, id);
         str key = str_construct(u->name, u->name_len, true);
         if(!HashMap_tryPush(&server->users_name_id_map, key, &id)){
@@ -145,9 +145,10 @@ static void* handleConnection(void* _args){
     
     ResultVar(void) r = try_handleConnection(args, log_ctx);
     if(r.error){
-        str error_s = Error_toStr(r.error);
-        logError(log_ctx, "%s", error_s.data);
-        free(error_s.data);
+        str e_str = Error_toStr(r.error);
+        logError(log_ctx, "%s", e_str.data);
+        free(e_str.data);
+        Error_free(r.error);
     }
     
     return NULL;
diff --git a/tcp-chat-server.config.default b/tcp-chat-server.config.default
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..393f2b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tcp-chat-server.config.default
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name = test server
+description = Lorem ipsum labuba aboba
+landing_channel_id = 0
+local_address = 127.0.0.1:9988
+db_dir = server-db
+db_aes_key = <generate with './tcp-chat --random-bytes-base64 32'>
+
+rsa_private_key = <generate with './tcp-chat --rsa-gen-random'>
+rsa_public_key =