diff --git a/chainqueue/adapters/eth.py b/chainqueue/adapters/eth.py
index a65a1fa..c5d872f 100644
--- a/chainqueue/adapters/eth.py
+++ b/chainqueue/adapters/eth.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from chainlib.eth.constant import ZERO_ADDRESS
 from chainlib.eth.tx import (
         unpack,
+        raw,
         )
 from hexathon import (
         add_0x,
@@ -15,8 +16,7 @@ from chainqueue.enum import StatusBits
 
 class EthAdapter(Adapter):
 
-
-    def translate(self, chain_spec, bytecode):
+    def translate(self, bytecode, chain_spec):
         tx = unpack(bytecode, chain_spec)
         tx['source_token'] = ZERO_ADDRESS
         tx['destination_token'] = ZERO_ADDRESS
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class EthAdapter(Adapter):
 
 
     def add(self, chain_spec, bytecode):
-        tx = self.translate(chain_spec, bytecode)
+        tx = self.translate(bytecode, chain_spec)
         session = self.backend.create_session()
         r = self.backend.create(chain_spec, tx['nonce'], tx['from'], tx['hash'], add_0x(bytecode.hex()), session=session)
         if r:
@@ -45,5 +45,13 @@ class EthAdapter(Adapter):
         session.close()
 
 
-    def process(self, chain_spec):
+    def upcoming(self, chain_spec):
         return self.backend.get(chain_spec, StatusBits.QUEUED, unpack)
+
+
+    def dispatch(self, chain_spec, rpc, tx_hash, signed_tx):
+        o = raw(signed_tx)
+        session = self.backend.create_session()
+        r = self.backend.dispatch(chain_spec, rpc, tx_hash, o)
+        session.close()
+        return r
diff --git a/chainqueue/runnable/server.py b/chainqueue/runnable/server.py
index 044b808..e92a2c6 100644
--- a/chainqueue/runnable/server.py
+++ b/chainqueue/runnable/server.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from xdg.BaseDirectory import (
         )
 from hexathon import strip_0x
 from chainlib.chain import ChainSpec
+from chainlib.eth.connection import EthHTTPConnection
 
 # local imports
 from chainqueue.sql.backend import SQLBackend
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ runtime_dir = os.path.join(get_runtime_dir(), 'chainqueue')
 
 argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser('chainqueue transaction submission and trigger server')
 argparser.add_argument('-c', '--config', dest='c', type=str, default=config_dir, help='configuration directory')
+argparser.add_argument('-p', type=str, help='rpc endpoint')
+argparser.add_argument('-i', type=str, help='chain spec')
 argparser.add_argument('--runtime-dir', dest='runtime_dir', type=str, default=runtime_dir, help='runtime directory')
 argparser.add_argument('--session-id', dest='session_id', type=str, default=str(uuid.uuid4()), help='session id to use for session')
 argparser.add_argument('-v', action='store_true', help='be verbose')
@@ -48,6 +51,8 @@ config = confini.Config(args.c)
 config.process()
 args_override = {
             'SESSION_RUNTIME_DIR': getattr(args, 'runtime_dir'),
+            'SESSION_CHAIN_SPEC': getattr(args, 'i'),
+            'RPC_ENDPOINT': getattr(args, 'p'),
         }
 config.dict_override(args_override, 'cli args')
 config.add(getattr(args, 'session_id'), '_SESSION_ID', True)
@@ -98,10 +103,12 @@ ctrl = SessionController(config)
 signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, ctrl.shutdown)
 signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, ctrl.shutdown)
 
+chain_spec = ChainSpec.from_chain_str(config.get('SESSION_CHAIN_SPEC'))
+
 dsn = dsn_from_config(config)
 backend = SQLBackend(dsn, debug=config.true('DATABASE_DEBUG'))
 adapter = EthAdapter(backend)
-chain_spec = ChainSpec.from_chain_str('evm:mainnet:1')
+rpc = EthHTTPConnection(url=config.get('RPC_ENDPOINT'), chain_spec=chain_spec)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     while True:
@@ -118,9 +125,10 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                 logg.error('entity on socket path is not a socket')
                 break
             if srvs == None:
-                txs = adapter.process(chain_spec)
+                txs = adapter.upcoming(chain_spec)
                 for k in txs.keys():
                     logg.debug('txs {} {}'.format(k, txs[k]))
+                    adapter.dispatch(chain_spec, rpc, k, txs[k])
                 continue
         srvs.setblocking(False)
         data_in = srvs.recv(1024)
diff --git a/chainqueue/sql/backend.py b/chainqueue/sql/backend.py
index 4f12d40..581aa4a 100644
--- a/chainqueue/sql/backend.py
+++ b/chainqueue/sql/backend.py
@@ -5,13 +5,18 @@ import logging
 from sqlalchemy.exc import (
     IntegrityError,
     )
+from chainlib.error import JSONRPCException
 
 # local imports
 from chainqueue.sql.tx import create as queue_create
 from chainqueue.db.models.base import SessionBase
 from chainqueue.db.models.tx import TxCache
 from chainqueue.sql.query import get_upcoming_tx
-from chainqueue.sql.state import set_ready
+from chainqueue.sql.state import (
+        set_ready,
+        set_reserved,
+        set_sent,
+        )
 
 logg = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -44,6 +49,23 @@ class SQLBackend:
         txs = get_upcoming_tx(chain_spec, typ, decoder=decoder)
         return txs
 
+    
+    def dispatch(self, chain_spec, rpc, tx_hash, payload, session=None):
+        set_reserved(chain_spec, tx_hash, session=session)
+        fail = False
+        r = 1
+        try:
+            rpc.do(payload)
+            r = 0
+        except ConnectionError:
+            fail = True
+        except JSONRPCException as e:
+            logg.error('error! {}'.format(e))
+
+        logg.debug('foo')
+        set_sent(chain_spec, tx_hash, fail=fail, session=session)
+        return r
+
 
     def create_session(self):
         return SessionBase.create_session()