diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a2e32db..b3be25a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ path = "src/shuttle.rs"
 futures-util = "0.3"
 tungstenite = "0.21.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.28.1", features = ["full"] }
-tokio-tungstenite = { version = "0.21.0", features =["rustls-tls-webpki-roots"] }
+tokio-tungstenite = { version = "0.21.0", features = [
+  "rustls-tls-webpki-roots",
+] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.3.2", features = ["v4"] }
@@ -47,8 +49,8 @@ tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
 shuttle-axum = { version = "0.44.0" }
 shuttle-runtime = { version = "0.44.0" }
 dotenvy = "0.15.7"
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.4", features = ["blocking", "json"] }
 hex = "0.4.3"
-reqwest = { version = "0.12.4", features = ["json", "blocking"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 prost-build = "0.12.4"
diff --git a/src/receiver/http_client.rs b/src/receiver/http_client.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c6e155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/receiver/http_client.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use hex;
+use reqwest;
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+use tracing::error;
+
+use crate::relay::transfer::Transfer;
+
+type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>;
+
+pub async fn download_info(relay: &str, name: &str) -> Result<String> {
+    let url = String::from("http://") + relay;
+    let hashed_name = Sha256::digest(name.as_bytes());
+    let hashed_string = hex::encode(hashed_name);
+
+    match reqwest::get(format!("{}/download/{}", url, hashed_string)).await {
+        Ok(resp) => match resp.json::<Transfer>().await {
+            Ok(res) => Ok(res.room_id),
+            Err(e) => Err(Box::new(e)),
+        },
+        Err(err) => {
+            error!("Error: {err}");
+            Err(Box::new(err))
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/receiver/mod.rs b/src/receiver/mod.rs
index db83660..7221412 100644
--- a/src/receiver/mod.rs
+++ b/src/receiver/mod.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 /// The `start` function takes ownership of the WebSocket stream and
 /// the file paths, so we pass them by value.
 pub mod client;
+pub mod http_client;
 
 use crate::receiver::client as receiver;
 
@@ -43,10 +44,18 @@ use tokio_tungstenite::{
     connect_async,
     tungstenite::{client::IntoClientRequest, http::HeaderValue},
 };
-use tracing::error;
+use tracing::{debug, error};
 
 pub async fn start_receiver(relay: &str, name: &str) {
-    let Ok(mut request) = relay.into_client_request() else {
+    let room_id = http_client::download_info(relay, name).await.unwrap();
+    debug!("Got Room_ID from Server: {room_id}");
+
+    start_ws_com(relay, room_id.as_str()).await;
+}
+
+pub async fn start_ws_com(relay: &str, name: &str) {
+    let url = String::from("ws://") + relay + "/ws";
+    let Ok(mut request) = url.into_client_request() else {
         println!("Error: Failed to create request.");
         return;
     };
@@ -59,13 +68,17 @@ pub async fn start_receiver(relay: &str, name: &str) {
 
     println!("Attempting to connect...");
 
-    let Ok((socket, _)) = connect_async(request).await else {
-        error!("Error: Failed to connect.");
-        return;
-    };
+    // let Ok((socket, _)) = connect_async(request).await else {
+    //     error!("Error: Failed to connect.");
+    //     return;
+    // };
 
+    match connect_async(request).await {
+        Ok((socket, _)) => receiver::start(socket, name).await,
+        Err(e) => error!("Error: Failed to connect: {e:?}"),
+    };
     // The start function is defined in the
     // receiver::client module and is the function that interacts with
     // the server to receive files.
-    receiver::start(socket, name).await
+    // receiver::start(socket, name).await
 }