diff --git a/src/announce_server/__main__.py b/src/announce_server/__main__.py
index 92302da..649f35f 100644
--- a/src/announce_server/__main__.py
+++ b/src/announce_server/__main__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import argparse
 
 from announce_server import register_service
+from announce_server.client import start_client
 from announce_server.server import start_server
 
 
@@ -31,6 +32,20 @@ def main():
         help="Heartbeat timeout in seconds",
     )
 
+    # Start client subcommand
+    start_client_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
+        "start_client", help="Start the client server"
+    )
+    start_client_parser.add_argument(
+        "--host-ip",
+        type=str,
+        default="0.0.0.0",
+        help="Host IP address (default: 0.0.0.0)",
+    )
+    start_client_parser.add_argument(
+        "--host-port", type=int, default=4999, help="Host port number (default: 4999)"
+    )
+
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     if args.command == "start_registry":
@@ -40,6 +55,8 @@ def main():
             heartbeat_interval=args.heartbeat_interval,
             heartbeat_timeout=args.heartbeat_timeout,
         )
+    elif args.command == "start_client":
+        start_client(host_ip=args.host_ip, host_port=args.host_port)
     else:
         parser.print_help()
 
diff --git a/src/announce_server/client.py b/src/announce_server/client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a01bfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/announce_server/client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import argparse
+import asyncio
+
+import socketio
+
+sio = socketio.AsyncClient()
+
+
+@sio.event
+async def connect():
+    print("Connected to the host!")
+
+
+@sio.event
+async def disconnect():
+    print("Disconnected from the host.")
+
+
+@sio.event
+async def heartbeat():
+    print("Received heartbeat from the host.")
+
+
+async def main(host_ip, host_port):
+    print(f"Connecting to host at {host_ip}:{host_port}")
+    await sio.connect(f"http://{host_ip}:{host_port}")
+    await sio.wait()
+
+
+def start_client(host_ip="0.0.0.0", host_port=4999):
+    asyncio.run(main(host_ip, host_port))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Start announce_server client.")
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--host-ip",
+        type=str,
+        default="127.0.0.1",
+        help="Host IP address (default: 127.0.0.1)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--host-port", type=int, default=4999, help="Host port number (default: 4999)"
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    start_client(args.host_ip, args.host_port)
diff --git a/src/announce_server/server.py b/src/announce_server/server.py
index da0ddbe..dde2f76 100644
--- a/src/announce_server/server.py
+++ b/src/announce_server/server.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import argparse
 import asyncio
 import signal
 
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ def start_server(address, port, heartbeat_interval, heartbeat_timeout):
     #     heartbeat(sio, heartbeat_interval, heartbeat_timeout)
     # )
     # aiohttp_app = loop.create_task(web._run_app(app, host=address, port=port))
-    
+
     # Python 3.6+ compatible. Supports any awaitable:
     heartbeat_task = asyncio.ensure_future(
         heartbeat(sio, heartbeat_interval, heartbeat_timeout)
@@ -164,9 +165,28 @@ def start_server(address, port, heartbeat_interval, heartbeat_timeout):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Start announce_server client.")
+    parser.add_argument("--ip", default="0.0.0.0", help="IP address of the host server")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--port", default=4999, type=int, help="Port of the host server"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--heartbeat-interval",
+        default=5,
+        type=float,
+        help="Heartbeat interval in seconds",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--heartbeat-timeout",
+        default=3,
+        type=float,
+        help="Heartbeat timeout in seconds",
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
     start_server(
-        address="0.0.0.0",
-        port=4999,
-        heartbeat_interval=5,
-        heartbeat_timeout=3,
+        address=args.ip,
+        port=args.port,
+        heartbeat_interval=args.heartbeat_interval,
+        heartbeat_timeout=args.heartbeat_timeout,
     )