diff --git a/src/bin/client.rs b/src/bin/client.rs
index 3dda6fc22..a862737be 100644
--- a/src/bin/client.rs
+++ b/src/bin/client.rs
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ extern crate rustc_serialize;
 extern crate log;
 extern crate env_logger;
 
-use std::io::*;
+use std::io::stdin;
 use std::env;
 use log::{LogLevelFilter};
 use env_logger::LogBuilder;
-use util::hash::*;
+use util::*;
+use ethcore::client::*;
 use ethcore::service::ClientService;
 use ethcore::ethereum;
+use ethcore::sync::*;
 
 fn setup_log() {
 	let mut builder = LogBuilder::new();
@@ -26,7 +28,9 @@ fn setup_log() {
 fn main() {
 	setup_log();
 	let spec = ethereum::new_frontier();
-	let mut _service = ClientService::start(spec).unwrap();
+	let mut service = ClientService::start(spec).unwrap();
+	let io_handler  = Box::new(ClientIoHandler { client: service.client(), timer: 0 });
+	service.io().register_handler(io_handler).expect("Error registering IO handler");
 	loop {
 		let mut cmd = String::new();
 		stdin().read_line(&mut cmd).unwrap();
@@ -36,3 +40,21 @@ fn main() {
 	}
 }
 
+
+struct ClientIoHandler {
+	client: Arc<RwLock<Client>>,
+	timer: TimerToken,
+}
+
+impl IoHandler<NetSyncMessage> for ClientIoHandler {
+	fn initialize<'s>(&'s mut self, io: &mut IoContext<'s, NetSyncMessage>) { 
+		self.timer = io.register_timer(5000).expect("Error registering timer");
+	}
+
+	fn timeout<'s>(&'s mut self, _io: &mut IoContext<'s, NetSyncMessage>, timer: TimerToken) {
+		if self.timer == timer {
+			println!("Chain info: {:?}", self.client.read().unwrap().deref().chain_info());
+		}
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 6e74f21a0..3ee84ccd7 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use verification::*;
 use block::*;
 
 /// General block status
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum BlockStatus {
 	/// Part of the blockchain.
 	InChain,
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ pub enum BlockStatus {
 }
 
 /// Information about the blockchain gthered together.
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct BlockChainInfo {
 	/// Blockchain difficulty.
 	pub total_difficulty: U256,
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ pub struct BlockChainInfo {
 }
 
 /// Block queue status
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct BlockQueueStatus {
 	pub full: bool,
 }
diff --git a/src/service.rs b/src/service.rs
index d6df3cf0a..3bc137c9c 100644
--- a/src/service.rs
+++ b/src/service.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ use client::Client;
 
 /// Client service setup. Creates and registers client and network services with the IO subsystem.
 pub struct ClientService {
-	_net_service: NetworkService<SyncMessage>,
+	net_service: NetworkService<SyncMessage>,
+	client: Arc<RwLock<Client>>,
 }
 
 impl ClientService {
@@ -22,14 +23,23 @@ impl ClientService {
 		let client = Arc::new(RwLock::new(try!(Client::new(spec, &dir, net_service.io().channel()))));
 		EthSync::register(&mut net_service, client.clone());
 		let client_io = Box::new(ClientIoHandler {
-			client: client
+			client: client.clone()
 		});
 		try!(net_service.io().register_handler(client_io));
 
 		Ok(ClientService {
-			_net_service: net_service,
+			net_service: net_service,
+			client: client,
 		})
 	}
+
+	pub fn io(&mut self) -> &mut IoService<NetSyncMessage> {
+		self.net_service.io()
+	}
+
+	pub fn client(&self) -> Arc<RwLock<Client>> {
+		self.client.clone()
+	}
 }
 
 /// IO interface for the Client handler