diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2c6a8ad..3753ff9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -371,15 +371,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "encoding_rs"
-version = "0.8.33"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7268b386296a025e474d5140678f75d6de9493ae55a5d709eeb9dd08149945e1"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -582,31 +573,6 @@ version = "0.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6fb8d784f27acf97159b40fc4db5ecd8aa23b9ad5ef69cdd136d3bc80665f0c0"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "h2"
-version = "0.3.21"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "91fc23aa11be92976ef4729127f1a74adf36d8436f7816b185d18df956790833"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "fnv",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-sink",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "indexmap 1.9.3",
- "slab",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-util",
- "tracing",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.12.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.0"
@@ -623,7 +589,7 @@ version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "312f66718a2d7789ffef4f4b7b213138ed9f1eb3aa1d0d82fc99f88fb3ffd26f"
 dependencies = [
- "hashbrown 0.14.0",
+ "hashbrown",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -685,17 +651,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "http-body"
-version = "0.4.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d5f38f16d184e36f2408a55281cd658ecbd3ca05cce6d6510a176eca393e26d1"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "http",
- "pin-project-lite",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "http-body"
 version = "1.0.0-rc.2"
@@ -715,7 +670,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
- "http-body 1.0.0-rc.2",
+ "http-body",
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
@@ -731,30 +686,6 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "df3b46402a9d5adb4c86a0cf463f42e19994e3ee891101b1841f30a545cb49a9"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hyper"
-version = "0.14.27"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ffb1cfd654a8219eaef89881fdb3bb3b1cdc5fa75ded05d6933b2b382e395468"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-util",
- "h2",
- "http",
- "http-body 0.4.5",
- "httparse",
- "httpdate",
- "itoa",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2 0.4.9",
- "tokio",
- "tower-service",
- "tracing",
- "want",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
 version = "1.0.0-rc.3"
@@ -766,7 +697,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
- "http-body 1.0.0-rc.2",
+ "http-body",
  "httparse",
  "httpdate",
  "itoa",
@@ -786,16 +717,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-normalization",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "indexmap"
-version = "1.9.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bd070e393353796e801d209ad339e89596eb4c8d430d18ede6a1cced8fafbd99"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
- "hashbrown 0.12.3",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -803,7 +724,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d5477fe2230a79769d8dc68e0eabf5437907c0457a5614a9e8dddb67f65eb65d"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
- "hashbrown 0.14.0",
+ "hashbrown",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -812,12 +733,6 @@ version = "0.1.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c8fae54786f62fb2918dcfae3d568594e50eb9b5c25bf04371af6fe7516452fb"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ipnet"
-version = "2.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "28b29a3cd74f0f4598934efe3aeba42bae0eb4680554128851ebbecb02af14e6"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.10.5"
@@ -853,7 +768,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "figment",
  "futures-util",
  "http-body-util",
- "hyper 1.0.0-rc.3",
+ "hyper",
  "lazy_static",
  "mgmt-api",
  "nom",
@@ -862,7 +777,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proto-irc",
  "quick-xml",
  "regex",
- "reqwest",
  "rustls-pemfile",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -950,12 +864,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "mime"
-version = "0.3.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6877bb514081ee2a7ff5ef9de3281f14a4dd4bceac4c09388074a6b5df8a139a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "minimal-lexical"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -1354,40 +1262,6 @@ version = "0.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dbb5fb1acd8a1a18b3dd5be62d25485eb770e05afb408a9627d14d451bae12da"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "reqwest"
-version = "0.11.20"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3e9ad3fe7488d7e34558a2033d45a0c90b72d97b4f80705666fea71472e2e6a1"
-dependencies = [
- "base64",
- "bytes",
- "encoding_rs",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-util",
- "h2",
- "http",
- "http-body 0.4.5",
- "hyper 0.14.27",
- "ipnet",
- "js-sys",
- "log",
- "mime",
- "once_cell",
- "percent-encoding",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "serde_urlencoded",
- "tokio",
- "tower-service",
- "url",
- "wasm-bindgen",
- "wasm-bindgen-futures",
- "web-sys",
- "winreg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ring"
 version = "0.16.20"
@@ -1552,18 +1426,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde_urlencoded"
-version = "0.7.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d3491c14715ca2294c4d6a88f15e84739788c1d030eed8c110436aafdaa2f3fd"
-dependencies = [
- "form_urlencoded",
- "itoa",
- "ryu",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sha1"
 version = "0.10.5"
@@ -1618,7 +1480,18 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "sim-irc"
 version = "0.0.1-dev"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "clap",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper",
+ "mgmt-api",
  "proto-irc",
+ "rand",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1636,16 +1509,6 @@ version = "1.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "62bb4feee49fdd9f707ef802e22365a35de4b7b299de4763d44bfea899442ff9"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "socket2"
-version = "0.4.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "64a4a911eed85daf18834cfaa86a79b7d266ff93ff5ba14005426219480ed662"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
 version = "0.5.3"
@@ -1727,7 +1590,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "hashlink",
  "hex",
- "indexmap 2.0.0",
+ "indexmap",
  "log",
  "memchr",
  "once_cell",
@@ -1999,7 +1862,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "signal-hook-registry",
- "socket2 0.5.3",
+ "socket2",
  "tokio-macros",
  "windows-sys",
 ]
@@ -2025,20 +1888,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-util"
-version = "0.7.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "806fe8c2c87eccc8b3267cbae29ed3ab2d0bd37fca70ab622e46aaa9375ddb7d"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-sink",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "tokio",
- "tracing",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
 version = "0.7.6"
@@ -2066,19 +1915,13 @@ version = "0.19.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f8123f27e969974a3dfba720fdb560be359f57b44302d280ba72e76a74480e8a"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap 2.0.0",
+ "indexmap",
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
  "winnow",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tower-service"
-version = "0.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b6bc1c9ce2b5135ac7f93c72918fc37feb872bdc6a5533a8b85eb4b86bfdae52"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
 version = "0.1.37"
@@ -2282,18 +2125,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen-futures"
-version = "0.4.37"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c02dbc21516f9f1f04f187958890d7e6026df8d16540b7ad9492bc34a67cea03"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "js-sys",
- "wasm-bindgen",
- "web-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
 version = "0.2.87"
@@ -2436,16 +2267,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "winreg"
-version = "0.50.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "524e57b2c537c0f9b1e69f1965311ec12182b4122e45035b1508cd24d2adadb1"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "windows-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "yansi"
 version = "1.0.0-rc.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 702da58..bf1679d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ anyhow = "1.0.68" # error utils
 nonempty = "0.8.1"
 clap = { version = "4.4.4", features = ["derive"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.152", features = ["rc", "serde_derive"] }
+tracing = "0.1.37" # logging & tracing api
+tracing-subscriber = "0.3.16"
+http-body-util = "0.1.0-rc.3"
+serde_json = "1.0.93"
 
 [package]
 name = "lavina"
@@ -29,12 +33,12 @@ publish = false
 anyhow.workspace = true
 figment = { version = "0.10.8", features = ["env", "toml"] } # configuration files
 hyper = { version = "1.0.0-rc.3,<1.0.0-rc.4", features = ["server", "http1"] } # http server
-http-body-util = "0.1.0-rc.3"
+http-body-util.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
-serde_json = "1.0.93"
+serde_json.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
-tracing = "0.1.37" # logging & tracing api
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3.16"
+tracing.workspace = true
+tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
 futures-util.workspace = true
 prometheus = { version = "0.13.3", default-features = false }
 regex = "1.7.1"
@@ -54,4 +58,3 @@ clap.workspace = true
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_matches.workspace = true
 regex = "1.7.1"
-reqwest = { version = "0.11", default-features = false }
diff --git a/crates/sim-irc/Cargo.toml b/crates/sim-irc/Cargo.toml
index bf777d1..c465d11 100644
--- a/crates/sim-irc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sim-irc/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,3 +5,14 @@ version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 proto-irc = { path = "../proto-irc" }
+mgmt-api = { path = "../mgmt-api" }
+clap.workspace = true
+tracing.workspace = true
+tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
+rand = "0.8.5"
+tokio.workspace = true
+anyhow.workspace = true
+hyper = { version = "1.0.0-rc.3,<1.0.0-rc.4", features = ["client", "http1"] }
+http-body-util.workspace = true
+serde.workspace = true
+serde_json = "1.0.93"
diff --git a/crates/sim-irc/src/main.rs b/crates/sim-irc/src/main.rs
index e7a11a9..1c1ea44 100644
--- a/crates/sim-irc/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/sim-irc/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,126 @@
-fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+use anyhow::Result;
+use clap::Parser;
+use http_body_util::Full;
+use hyper::body::{Bytes, Incoming};
+use hyper::client::conn::http1::SendRequest;
+use hyper::{Request, Response};
+use rand::prelude::Distribution;
+use rand::{distributions::Uniform, Rng};
+use serde::Serialize;
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio::io::{AsyncWriteExt, BufReader};
+use tokio::net::tcp::{ReadHalf, WriteHalf};
+use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader};
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
+struct CliArgs {
+    /// Management API address
+    #[arg(long)]
+    mgmt: SocketAddr,
+    /// IRC server address
+    #[arg(long)]
+    irc: SocketAddr,
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+    let args = CliArgs::parse();
+    let mut gen = rand::thread_rng();
+
+    tracing::info!("Starting");
+    let stream = TcpStream::connect(args.mgmt).await?;
+    let (mut request_sender, connection) = hyper::client::conn::http1::handshake(stream).await?;
+    tracing::info!("Mgmt connected");
+
+    let fiber = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        if let Err(e) = connection.await {
+            eprintln!("Error in connection: {}", e);
+        }
+    });
+
+    let name = generate_player_name(&mut gen);
+    let pass = generate_password(&mut gen);
+    {
+        let v = mgmt_api::CreatePlayerRequest { name: &*name };
+        let response = http_send(&mut request_sender, mgmt_api::paths::CREATE_PLAYER, &v).await?;
+        assert!(response.status().is_success());
+        tracing::info!("Player {} created", name);
+    }
+    {
+        let v = mgmt_api::ChangePasswordRequest {
+            player_name: &*name,
+            password: &*pass,
+        };
+        let response = http_send(&mut request_sender, mgmt_api::paths::SET_PASSWORD, &v).await?;
+        assert!(response.status().is_success());
+        tracing::info!("Password set for {}", name);
+    }
+    drop(request_sender);
+    fiber.await?;
+
+    let mut stream = TcpStream::connect(args.irc).await?;
+    tracing::info!("IRC connected");
+    let (reader, writer) = stream.split();
+    let reader = BufReader::new(reader);
+    let test_scope = TestScope { reader, writer, buffer: vec![] };
+
+    test_scope.send(&format!("PASS {pass}")).await?;
+    test_scope.send(&format!("NICK {name}")).await?;
+    test_scope.send(&format!("USER UserName 0 * :Real Name")).await?;
+
+    stream.shutdown().await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+struct TestScope<'a> {
+    reader: BufReader<ReadHalf<'a>>,
+    writer: WriteHalf<'a>,
+    buffer: Vec<u8>,
+}
+impl<'a> TestScope<'a> {
+    async fn send(&mut self, str: &(impl AsRef<str> + ?Sized)) -> Result<()> {
+        self.writer.write_all(str.as_ref().as_bytes()).await?;
+        self.writer.write_all(b"\r\n").await?;
+        self.writer.flush().await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    async fn assert(&mut self, f: impl FnOnce(&str) -> Result<()>) -> Result<()> {
+        let len = self.reader.read_until(b'\n', &mut self.buffer).await?;
+        let res = f(std::str::from_utf8(&self.buffer[0..len])?);
+        self.buffer.clear();
+        res
+    }
+}
+
+async fn http_send(
+    client: &mut SendRequest<Full<Bytes>>,
+    path: &str,
+    payload: &impl Serialize,
+) -> Result<Response<Incoming>> {
+    let mut buffer = vec![];
+    serde_json::to_writer(&mut buffer, payload).expect("unexpected fail when writing to vec");
+    let body = Full::new(Bytes::from(buffer));
+    let request = Request::builder().method("POST").uri(path).body(body)?;
+    let response = client.send_request(request).await?;
+    Ok(response)
+}
+
+fn generate_player_name(gen: &mut impl Rng) -> Arc<str> {
+    let len = Uniform::from(7..14).sample(gen);
+    gen.sample_iter(Uniform::from('a'..'z'))
+        .take(len)
+        .collect::<String>()
+        .into()
+}
+
+fn generate_password(gen: &mut impl Rng) -> Arc<str> {
+    let len = Uniform::from(8..32).sample(gen);
+    gen.sample_iter(Uniform::from('0'..'z'))
+        .take(len)
+        .collect::<String>()
+        .into()
 }