diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d71e959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Chatty is a simple, multithreaded chat program by Dane MacFadden.
+It's inspired by an assignment I did in university that was a similar project
+and is intended to be an exercise in networked and multithreaded programming.
+Check out Beej's guide to network programming (and his other guides) if you want
+to build something similar. Much of my code is based on his client and server.
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 8a76e91..82f4f3a 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #define MAXBUFSIZE 30
 #define BACKLOG 10
 
+LIST *receivelist, *sendlist;
+
 void *input(void *arg) {
 	while (1) {
 	/*
@@ -59,7 +61,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	char *remote_machine, *local_port, *remote_port;
 	int status, socketfd, confd, len;
 	int yes = 1;
-  char buf[10];
 
 	if (argc != 4) {
 		printf("Wrong number of arguments. Usage: ./chatty <local port> \ 
@@ -71,6 +72,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	remote_machine = argv[2];
 	remote_port = argv[3];
 
+  receivelist = ListCreate();
+  sendlist = ListCreate();  
+
 	if (atoi(local_port) < atoi(remote_port)) {
 		/* Congrats, you're the server */
 		memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));