diff --git a/bin/digd.js b/bin/digd.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..263b382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/digd.js
@@ -0,0 +1,331 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+'use strict';
+
+var dnsjs = require('dns-suite');
+var cli = require('cli');
+var hexdump = require('../hexdump');
+var crypto = require('crypto');
+cli.parse({
+//  'b': [ false, 'set source IP address (defaults to 0.0.0.0)', 'string' ]
+  'debug': [ false, 'more verbose output', 'boolean', false ]
+//, 'insecure': [ false, 'turn off RaNDOm cAPS required for securing queries']
+//, 'ipv4': [ '4', 'use ipv4 exclusively (defaults to false)', 'boolean', false ]
+//, 'ipv6': [ '6', 'use ipv6 exclusively (defaults to false)', 'boolean', false ]
+//, 'json': [ false, 'output results as json', 'string' ]
+//, 'lint': [ false, 'attack (in the metaphorical sense) a nameserver with all sorts of queries to test for correct responses', 'string', false ]
+, 'mdns': [ false, "Alias for setting defaults to -p 5353 @224.0.0.251 -t PTR -q _services._dns-sd._udp.local and waiting for multiple responses", 'boolean', false ]
+, 'output': [ 'o', 'output prefix to use for writing query and response(s) to disk', 'file' ]
+, 'port': [ 'p', 'port (defaults to 53 for dns and 5353 for mdns)', 'int' ]
+//, 'serve': [ 's', 'path to json file with array of responses to issue for given queries', 'string' ]
+, 'type': [ 't', 'type (defaults to ANY for dns and PTR for mdns)', 'string' ]
+, 'query': [ 'q', 'a superfluous explicit option to set the query as a command line flag' ]
+});
+
+var fs = require('fs');
+var dgram = require('dgram');
+var commonTypes = [ 'A', 'AAAA', 'CNAME', 'MX', 'NS', 'PTR', 'SOA', 'SRV', 'TXT' ];
+var commonPrinters = {
+  'ANY': function (q) {
+    console.log(';' + q.name + '.', q.ttl, q.className, q.typeName, q.data || q.rdata || 'unknown record type');
+  }
+
+, 'A': function (q) {
+    console.log(';' + q.name + '.', q.ttl, q.className, q.typeName, q.address);
+  }
+, 'AAAA': function (q) {
+    console.log(';' + q.name + '.', q.ttl, q.className, q.typeName, q.address);
+  }
+, 'CNAME': function (q) {
+    console.log(';' + q.name + '.', q.ttl, q.className, q.typeName, q.data + '.');
+  }
+, 'MX': function (q) {
+    console.log(';' + q.name + '.', q.ttl, q.className, q.typeName, q.priority + ' ' + q.exchange + '.');
+  }
+, 'NS': function (q) {
+    console.log(';' + q.name + '.', q.ttl, q.className, q.typeName, q.data);
+  }
+, 'PTR': function (q) {
+    console.log(';' + q.name + '.', q.ttl, q.className, q.typeName, q.data);
+  }
+/*
+, 'SOA': function (q) {
+    console.log(';' + q.name + '.', q.ttl, q.className, q.typeName, q.data);
+  }
+*/
+, 'SRV': function (q) {
+    console.log(';' + q.name + '.', q.ttl, q.className, q.typeName, q.priority + ' ' + q.weight + ' ' + q.port + ' ' + q.target);
+  }
+, 'TXT': function (q) {
+    console.log(';' + q.name + '.', q.ttl, q.className, q.typeName, '"' + q.data.join('" "') + '"');
+  }
+};
+
+function writeQuery(opts, query, queryAb) {
+  var path = require('path');
+  var binname = query.question[0].name + '.' + query.question[0].typeName.toLowerCase() + '.query.bin';
+  var jsonname = query.question[0].name + '.' + query.question[0].typeName.toLowerCase() + '.query.json';
+  var binpath = opts.output + '.' + binname;
+  var jsonpath = opts.output + '.' + jsonname;
+  var json = JSON.stringify(query, null, 2);
+  if (-1 !== ['.', '/', '\\' ].indexOf(opts.output[opts.output.length -1])) {
+    binpath = path.join(opts.output, binname);
+    jsonpath = path.join(opts.output, jsonname);
+  }
+
+  fs.writeFile(binpath, Buffer.from(queryAb), null, function () {
+    console.log('wrote ' + queryAb.byteLength + ' bytes to ' + binpath);
+  });
+  fs.writeFile(jsonpath, json, null, function () {
+    console.log('wrote ' + json.length + ' bytes to ' + jsonpath);
+  });
+}
+
+var count = 0;
+function writeResponse(opts, query, nb, packet) {
+  var path = require('path');
+  var binname = query.question[0].name + '.' + query.question[0].typeName.toLowerCase() + '.' + count + '.bin';
+  var jsonname = query.question[0].name + '.' + query.question[0].typeName.toLowerCase() + '.' + count + '.json';
+  var binpath = opts.output + '.' + binname;
+  var jsonpath = opts.output + '.' + jsonname;
+  var json = JSON.stringify(packet, null, 2);
+  if (-1 !== ['.', '/', '\\' ].indexOf(opts.output[opts.output.length -1])) {
+    binpath = path.join(opts.output, binname);
+    jsonpath = path.join(opts.output, jsonname);
+  }
+
+  count += 1;
+
+  fs.writeFile(binpath, nb, null, function () {
+    console.log('wrote ' + nb.byteLength + ' bytes to ' + binpath);
+  });
+  fs.writeFile(jsonpath, json, null, function () {
+    console.log('wrote ' + json.length + ' bytes to ' + jsonpath);
+  });
+}
+
+function request(query, opts) {
+  var queryAb = dnsjs.DNSPacket.write(query);
+
+  if (opts.debug) {
+    console.log('');
+    console.log('DNS Question:');
+    console.log('');
+    console.log(query);
+    console.log('');
+    console.log(hexdump(queryAb));
+    console.log('');
+    console.log(dnsjs.DNSPacket.parse(queryAb));
+    console.log('');
+  }
+
+  var handlers = {};
+  var server = dgram.createSocket({
+    type: 'udp4'
+  , reuseAddr: true
+  });
+
+  handlers.onError = function (err) {
+    console.error("error:", err.stack);
+    server.close();
+  };
+  handlers.onMessage = function (nb) {
+    console.log("YOYOYO GOT MESSAGE");
+    var packet = dnsjs.DNSPacket.parse(nb.buffer.slice(nb.byteOffset, nb.byteOffset + nb.byteLength));
+
+    if (opts.debug) {
+      console.log('');
+      console.log('DNS Request:');
+      console.log(packet);
+    }
+
+    console.log('');
+    console.log('; <<>> dig.js ' + 'v0.0.0' + ' <<>> ' + query.question[0].name);
+    console.log(';; Got answer:');
+    console.log(';; ->>HEADER<<-');
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(packet.header));
+    console.log('');
+    console.log(';; QUESTION SECTION:');
+    packet.question.forEach(function (q) {
+      console.log(';' + q.name + '.', ' ', q.className, q.typeName);
+    });
+    /*
+    function print(q) {
+      var printer = commonPrinters[q.typeName] || commonPrinters.ANY;
+      printer(q);
+    }
+    if (packet.answer.length) {
+      console.log('');
+      console.log(';; ANSWER SECTION:');
+      packet.answer.forEach(print);
+    }
+    if (packet.authority.length) {
+      console.log('');
+      console.log(';; AUTHORITY SECTION:');
+      packet.authority.forEach(print);
+    }
+    if (packet.additional.length) {
+      console.log('');
+      console.log(';; ADDITIONAL SECTION:');
+      packet.additional.forEach(print);
+    }
+    console.log('');
+    console.log(';; MSG SIZE  rcvd: ' + nb.byteLength);
+    console.log('');
+    */
+
+    if (opts.output) {
+      console.log('');
+      writeQuery(opts, query, queryAb);
+      //writeResponse(opts, query, nb, packet);
+    }
+  };
+  handlers.onListening = function () {
+    console.log("YOYOYO ON LISTENING");
+    /*jshint validthis:true*/
+    var server = this;
+    var nameserver = opts.nameserver;
+    var nameservers;
+    var index;
+
+    if (!nameserver) {
+      nameservers = require('dns').getServers();
+      index = crypto.randomBytes(2).readUInt16BE(0) % nameservers.length;
+      nameserver = nameservers[index];
+      if (opts.debug) {
+        console.log(index, nameservers);
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (opts.mdns || '224.0.0.251' === opts.nameserver) {
+      server.setBroadcast(true);
+      server.addMembership(opts.nameserver);
+    }
+
+    if (opts.debug) {
+      console.log('');
+      console.log('Bound and Listening:');
+      console.log(server.address());
+    }
+
+    if (opts.debug) {
+      console.log('querying ' + nameserver + ':' + opts.port);
+    }
+  };
+
+
+  server.on('error', handlers.onError);
+  server.on('message', handlers.onMessage);
+  server.on('listening', handlers.onListening);
+
+  // 53 dns server
+  // 5353 mdns
+  console.log("YOYOYO BINDING ON", opts.port);
+  server.bind(opts.port);
+}
+
+cli.main(function (args, cli) {
+  args.forEach(function (arg) {
+    if (-1 !== commonTypes.indexOf(arg.toUpperCase())) {
+      if (cli.type) {
+        console.error("'type' was specified more than once");
+        process.exit(1);
+        return;
+      }
+      cli.type = cli.t = arg.toUpperCase();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (/^\+time=/.test(arg)) {
+      if (cli.timeout) {
+        console.error("'+time=' was specified more than once");
+        process.exit(1);
+        return;
+      }
+      cli.timeout = Math.round(parseInt(arg.replace(/\+time=/, ''), 10) * 1000);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (/^@/.test(arg)) {
+      if (cli.nameserver) {
+        console.error("'@server' was specified more than once");
+        process.exit(1);
+        return;
+      }
+      cli.nameserver = cli.n = arg.substr(1);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (cli.query) {
+      console.error("'query' was specified more than once");
+      process.exit(1);
+      return;
+    }
+    cli.query = cli.q = arg;
+
+  });
+
+  if (cli.mdns) {
+    if (!cli.type) {
+      cli.type = cli.t = 'PTR';
+    }
+    if (!cli.port) {
+      cli.port = cli.p = 5353;
+    }
+    if (!cli.nameserver) {
+      cli.nameserver = '224.0.0.251';
+    }
+    if (!cli.query) {
+      cli.query = '_services._dns-sd._udp.local';
+    }
+    if (!cli.timeout) {
+      cli.timeout = 3000;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!cli.type) {
+    cli.type = cli.t = 'A';
+  }
+  if (!cli.port) {
+    cli.port = cli.p = 53;
+  }
+  if (!cli.class) {
+    cli.class = cli.c = 'IN';
+  }
+  if (!cli.query) {
+    cli.query = 'example.com';
+    /*
+    console.error('');
+    console.error('Usage:');
+    console.error('digd.js [@server] [TYPE] [domain]');
+    console.error('');
+    console.error('Example:');
+    console.error('digd.js daplie.com');
+    console.error('');
+    process.exit(1);
+    */
+  }
+
+  var query = {
+    header: {
+      id: crypto.randomBytes(2).readUInt16BE(0)
+    , qr: 0
+    , opcode: 0
+    , aa: 0     // NA
+    , tc: 0     // NA
+    , rd: 1
+    , ra: 0     // NA
+    , rcode: 0  // NA
+    }
+  , question: [
+      { name: cli.query
+      , typeName: cli.type
+      , className: cli.class
+      }
+    ]
+  };
+
+  if (!cli.daemon) {
+    request(query, cli);
+    return;
+  }
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d2b0ba4..a79990d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "bin": {
     "dig.js": "./bin/dig.js"
+  , "digd.js": "./bin/digd.js"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"