diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ed89e4f..5cc99af 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8,6 +8,19 @@ version = "1.0.79"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "080e9890a082662b09c1ad45f567faeeb47f22b5fb23895fbe1e651e718e25ca"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-channel"
+version = "2.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ca33f4bc4ed1babef42cad36cc1f51fa88be00420404e5b1e80ab1b18f7678c"
+dependencies = [
+ "concurrent-queue",
+ "event-listener",
+ "event-listener-strategy",
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -55,12 +68,48 @@ dependencies = [
  "target-lexicon",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "concurrent-queue"
+version = "2.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d16048cd947b08fa32c24458a22f5dc5e835264f689f4f5653210c69fd107363"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-utils"
+version = "0.8.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "248e3bacc7dc6baa3b21e405ee045c3047101a49145e7e9eca583ab4c2ca5345"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "event-listener"
+version = "4.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "67b215c49b2b248c855fb73579eb1f4f26c38ffdc12973e20e07b91d78d5646e"
+dependencies = [
+ "concurrent-queue",
+ "parking",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "event-listener-strategy"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "958e4d70b6d5e81971bebec42271ec641e7ff4e170a6fa605f2b8a8b65cb97d3"
+dependencies = [
+ "event-listener",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "field-offset"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -375,6 +424,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "gtk4-rs-adw-project-template"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-channel",
  "gtk4",
  "libadwaita",
 ]
@@ -504,6 +554,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "system-deps",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "parking"
+version = "2.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bb813b8af86854136c6922af0598d719255ecb2179515e6e7730d468f05c9cae"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
 version = "0.2.13"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 103e33d..adc2e58 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 adw = { version = "0.5.3", package = "libadwaita", features = ["v1_4"] }
 gtk = { version = "0.7.3", package = "gtk4", features = ["v4_12"] }
+async-channel = "2.1.1"
diff --git a/src/connection_check.rs b/src/connection_check.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02c8279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/connection_check.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use std::io::prelude::*;
+use std::net::TcpStream;
+pub fn check_internet_connection() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let mut stream = TcpStream::connect("google.com:443")?;
+
+    stream.write(&[1])?;
+    stream.read(&mut [0; 128])?;
+    Ok(())
+}
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diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3e7a5da..36d00d5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ mod build_ui;
 use crate::build_ui::build_ui;
 mod save_window_size;
 use crate::save_window_size::save_window_size;
+mod connection_check;
+use crate::connection_check::check_internet_connection;
 /// first setup crates
 mod first_setup;
 
diff --git a/target/.rustc_info.json b/target/.rustc_info.json
index e001c22..2e361c3 100644
--- a/target/.rustc_info.json
+++ b/target/.rustc_info.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
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+{"rustc_fingerprint":11104695642277176061,"outputs":{"15729799797837862367":{"success":true,"status":"","code":0,"stdout":"___\nlib___.rlib\nlib___.so\nlib___.so\nlib___.a\nlib___.so\n/home/ward/.rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu\noff\npacked\nunpacked\n___\ndebug_assertions\npanic=\"unwind\"\nproc_macro\ntarget_arch=\"x86_64\"\ntarget_endian=\"little\"\ntarget_env=\"gnu\"\ntarget_family=\"unix\"\ntarget_feature=\"fxsr\"\ntarget_feature=\"sse\"\ntarget_feature=\"sse2\"\ntarget_has_atomic=\"16\"\ntarget_has_atomic=\"32\"\ntarget_has_atomic=\"64\"\ntarget_has_atomic=\"8\"\ntarget_has_atomic=\"ptr\"\ntarget_os=\"linux\"\ntarget_pointer_width=\"64\"\ntarget_vendor=\"unknown\"\nunix\n","stderr":""},"4614504638168534921":{"success":true,"status":"","code":0,"stdout":"rustc 1.75.0 (82e1608df 2023-12-21)\nbinary: rustc\ncommit-hash: 82e1608dfa6e0b5569232559e3d385fea5a93112\ncommit-date: 2023-12-21\nhost: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu\nrelease: 1.75.0\nLLVM version: 17.0.6\n","stderr":""}},"successes":{}}
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