diff --git a/client/App.ts b/client/App.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 71f980b..0000000
--- a/client/App.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  BareClient,
-  registerRemoteListener,
-  setBareClientImplementation,
-} from "bare-client-custom";
-import { RTCTransport } from "./RTCTransport";
-//import "./firebase";
-
-
-import { AdriftBareClient } from "./AdriftClient";
-import Connection from "./Connection";
-import { DevWsTransport } from "./DevWsTransport";
-
-const rtcEnable = false;
-
-let rtc;
-let connection;
-if (rtcEnable) {
-  rtc = new RTCTransport(
-    console.log,
-    () => {
-      // rtc.dataChannel.send("test message");
-      // let client = new AdriftBareClient;
-      // setBareClientImplementation(client);
-      //
-    },
-    console.log,
-    console.log,
-    console.log
-  );
-  connection = new Connection(rtc);
-} else {
-  connection = new Connection(
-    new DevWsTransport(
-      () => console.log("onopen"),
-      () => console.log("onclose")
-    )
-  );
-}
-
-window["co"] = connection;
-// connection.httprequest({ a: 1, b: 2 });
-
-let bare = new AdriftBareClient(connection);
-setBareClientImplementation(bare);
-registerRemoteListener();
-
-// if (import.meta.env.VITE_APP_ENV === 'development') {
-
-            // if (rtcEnable) {
-            //   let offer = await this.rtc.createOffer();
-            //   console.log("offer created", offer);
-            //   console.log(JSON.stringify(offer));
-            //
-            //   const r = await fetch("http://localhost:3000/connect", {
-            //     method: "POST",
-            //     headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
-            //     body: JSON.stringify(offer),
-            //   });
-            //   if (r.status != 200) {
-            //     throw new Error("connect: " + r.status + " " + r.statusText);
-            //   }
-            //   const { answer, candidates } = await r.json();
-            //   await this.rtc.answer(answer, candidates);
-            //   alert("connected");
-            // } else {
-            //   window["bare"].fetch("https://httpbin.org/get");
-            // }
-            //
diff --git a/client/firebase.ts b/client/firebase.ts
index 34be678..80bc660 100644
--- a/client/firebase.ts
+++ b/client/firebase.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import "../firebase-config";
 import { getDatabase, ref, onValue, set } from "firebase/database";
 
+
 const db = getDatabase();
 console.log(db);
 let reff = ref(db, "/peers/demo");
diff --git a/firebase-config.ts b/firebase-config.ts
index cc0db0e..6872ae1 100644
--- a/firebase-config.ts
+++ b/firebase-config.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ const firebaseConfig = {
   messagingSenderId: "175846512414",
   appId: "1:175846512414:web:5c6e06d231ab58e9029b0f",
   measurementId: "G-L0P2EF6Q72"
+
 };
+console.warn("firebase is initializing");
+
 // Initialize Firebase
 export const app = initializeApp(firebaseConfig);
 export const auth = getAuth(app);
diff --git a/frontend/App.svelte b/frontend/App.svelte
index 19cba40..7d44339 100644
--- a/frontend/App.svelte
+++ b/frontend/App.svelte
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@
   import { DevWsTransport } from "../client/DevWsTransport";
   import { RTCTransport } from "../client/RTCTransport";
   import type Transport from "../client/Transport";
+  // note: even though we import firebase, due to the tree shaking, it will only run if we use "auth" so if ADRIFT_DEV is set it won't import
+  import { auth } from "../firebase-config";
   import {
     BareClient,
     registerRemoteListener,
     setBareClientImplementation,
   } from "bare-client-custom";
+  import { signInWithEmailAndPassword } from "firebase/auth";
+  import { getDatabase, onValue, ref, set } from "firebase/database";
 
   let transport: Transport;
 
@@ -50,6 +54,38 @@
     console.log("registering bare-client-custom");
     registerRemoteListener();
   }
+  async function connectFirebase() {
+    if (!rtctransport) return;
+
+    let creds = await signInWithEmailAndPassword(
+      auth,
+      "test@test.com",
+      "123456"
+    );
+
+    const db = getDatabase();
+    let peer = ref(db, `/peers/${creds.user.uid}`);
+
+    let offer = await rtctransport.createOffer();
+
+    set(peer, JSON.stringify(offer));
+
+    onValue(peer, (snapshot) => {
+      const data = snapshot.val();
+      console.log(data);
+      if (data && data.answer && data.candidates) {
+        set(peer, null);
+        const { answer, candidates } = JSON.parse(data);
+        rtctransport?.answer(answer, candidates);
+      }
+    });
+  }
 </script>
 
-<h1>testa</h1>
+<h1>
+  {#if !import.meta.env.VITE_ADRIFT_DEV}
+    <button on:click={connectFirebase}>Connect with firebase </button>
+  {:else}
+    connected to dev server
+  {/if}
+</h1>