diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4b2fe8d..d0b1ccd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -100,6 +100,28 @@ version = "1.0.83"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "25bdb32cbbdce2b519a9cd7df3a678443100e265d5e25ca763b7572a5104f5f3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-stream"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cd56dd203fef61ac097dd65721a419ddccb106b2d2b70ba60a6b529f03961a51"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-stream-impl",
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-stream-impl"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "16e62a023e7c117e27523144c5d2459f4397fcc3cab0085af8e2224f643a0193"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.62",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
 version = "0.1.80"
@@ -126,6 +148,34 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0c4b4d0bd25bd0b74681c0ad21497610ce1b7c91b1022cd21c80c6fbdd9476b0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum"
+version = "0.6.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3b829e4e32b91e643de6eafe82b1d90675f5874230191a4ffbc1b336dec4d6bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "axum-core 0.3.4",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 0.2.12",
+ "http-body 0.4.6",
+ "hyper 0.14.28",
+ "itoa",
+ "matchit",
+ "memchr",
+ "mime",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustversion",
+ "serde",
+ "sync_wrapper 0.1.2",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "axum"
 version = "0.7.5"
@@ -133,13 +183,13 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3a6c9af12842a67734c9a2e355436e5d03b22383ed60cf13cd0c18fbfe3dcbcf"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "axum-core",
+ "axum-core 0.4.3",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
  "http-body-util",
- "hyper",
+ "hyper 1.3.1",
  "hyper-util",
  "itoa",
  "matchit",
@@ -160,6 +210,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-core"
+version = "0.3.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "759fa577a247914fd3f7f76d62972792636412fbfd634cd452f6a385a74d2d2c"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 0.2.12",
+ "http-body 0.4.6",
+ "mime",
+ "rustversion",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-core"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -169,8 +236,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
  "http-body-util",
  "mime",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -588,6 +655,12 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8fcfdc7a0362c9f4444381a9e697c79d435fe65b52a37466fc2c1184cee9edc6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fixedbitset"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ce7134b9999ecaf8bcd65542e436736ef32ddca1b3e06094cb6ec5755203b80"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flume"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -713,6 +786,31 @@ version = "0.28.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4271d37baee1b8c7e4b708028c57d816cf9d2434acb33a549475f78c181f6253"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "h2"
+version = "0.3.26"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "81fe527a889e1532da5c525686d96d4c2e74cdd345badf8dfef9f6b39dd5f5e8"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "fnv",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 0.2.12",
+ "indexmap 2.2.6",
+ "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 = "0.14.5"
@@ -729,7 +827,7 @@ version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e8094feaf31ff591f651a2664fb9cfd92bba7a60ce3197265e9482ebe753c8f7"
 dependencies = [
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -786,6 +884,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "http"
+version = "0.2.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "601cbb57e577e2f5ef5be8e7b83f0f63994f25aa94d673e54a92d5c516d101f1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "fnv",
+ "itoa",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -797,6 +906,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "http-body"
+version = "0.4.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7ceab25649e9960c0311ea418d17bee82c0dcec1bd053b5f9a66e265a693bed2"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "http 0.2.12",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http-body"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -804,7 +924,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1cac85db508abc24a2e48553ba12a996e87244a0395ce011e62b37158745d643"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "http",
+ "http 1.1.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -815,8 +935,8 @@ checksum = "0475f8b2ac86659c21b64320d5d653f9efe42acd2a4e560073ec61a155a34f1d"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
- "http",
- "http-body",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
@@ -848,6 +968,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper"
+version = "0.14.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf96e135eb83a2a8ddf766e426a841d8ddd7449d5f00d34ea02b41d2f19eef80"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "h2",
+ "http 0.2.12",
+ "http-body 0.4.6",
+ "httparse",
+ "httpdate",
+ "itoa",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "socket2",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+ "want",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
 version = "1.3.1"
@@ -857,8 +1001,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
  "httparse",
  "httpdate",
  "itoa",
@@ -867,6 +1011,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-timeout"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbb958482e8c7be4bc3cf272a766a2b0bf1a6755e7a6ae777f017a31d11b13b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "hyper 0.14.28",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-io-timeout",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-util"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -875,9 +1031,9 @@ checksum = "ca38ef113da30126bbff9cd1705f9273e15d45498615d138b0c20279ac7a76aa"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "hyper",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "hyper 1.3.1",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "socket2",
  "tokio",
@@ -888,7 +1044,7 @@ name = "hyperlog"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "axum",
+ "axum 0.7.5",
  "bus",
  "clap",
  "dirs",
@@ -911,7 +1067,7 @@ name = "hyperlog-core"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "axum",
+ "axum 0.7.5",
  "bus",
  "clap",
  "dirs",
@@ -928,19 +1084,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyperlog-protos"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "prost",
+ "tonic",
+ "tonic-build",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyperlog-server"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "axum",
+ "axum 0.7.5",
  "hyperlog-core",
+ "hyperlog-protos",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "similar-asserts",
  "sqlx",
  "tempfile",
  "tokio",
+ "tonic",
  "tower-http",
  "tracing",
  "uuid",
@@ -975,6 +1142,16 @@ 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 = "2.2.6"
@@ -982,7 +1159,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "168fb715dda47215e360912c096649d23d58bf392ac62f73919e831745e40f26"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1082,7 +1259,7 @@ version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d3262e75e648fce39813cb56ac41f3c3e3f65217ebf3844d818d1f9398cfb0dc"
 dependencies = [
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1149,6 +1326,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "multimap"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "defc4c55412d89136f966bbb339008b474350e5e6e78d2714439c386b3137a03"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nom"
 version = "7.1.3"
@@ -1314,6 +1497,16 @@ version = "2.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "petgraph"
+version = "0.6.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b4c5cc86750666a3ed20bdaf5ca2a0344f9c67674cae0515bec2da16fbaa47db"
+dependencies = [
+ "fixedbitset",
+ "indexmap 2.2.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project"
 version = "1.1.5"
@@ -1385,6 +1578,16 @@ version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b40af805b3121feab8a3c29f04d8ad262fa8e0561883e7653e024ae4479e6de"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "prettyplease"
+version = "0.2.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5f12335488a2f3b0a83b14edad48dca9879ce89b2edd10e80237e4e852dd645e"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "syn 2.0.62",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.82"
@@ -1394,6 +1597,59 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "prost"
+version = "0.12.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d0f5d036824e4761737860779c906171497f6d55681139d8312388f8fe398922"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "prost-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-build"
+version = "0.12.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "80b776a1b2dc779f5ee0641f8ade0125bc1298dd41a9a0c16d8bd57b42d222b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "heck 0.5.0",
+ "itertools",
+ "log",
+ "multimap",
+ "once_cell",
+ "petgraph",
+ "prettyplease",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-types",
+ "regex",
+ "syn 2.0.62",
+ "tempfile",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-derive"
+version = "0.12.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9554e3ab233f0a932403704f1a1d08c30d5ccd931adfdfa1e8b5a19b52c1d55a"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "itertools",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.62",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-types"
+version = "0.12.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3235c33eb02c1f1e212abdbe34c78b264b038fb58ca612664343271e36e55ffe"
+dependencies = [
+ "prost",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.36"
@@ -1896,7 +2152,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "hashlink",
  "hex",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.2.6",
  "log",
  "memchr",
  "once_cell",
@@ -2275,6 +2531,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-io-timeout"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "30b74022ada614a1b4834de765f9bb43877f910cc8ce4be40e89042c9223a8bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-macros"
 version = "2.2.0"
@@ -2297,6 +2563,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-util"
+version = "0.7.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9cf6b47b3771c49ac75ad09a6162f53ad4b8088b76ac60e8ec1455b31a189fe1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
 version = "0.8.12"
@@ -2324,12 +2603,52 @@ version = "0.22.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d3328d4f68a705b2a4498da1d580585d39a6510f98318a2cec3018a7ec61ddef"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.2.6",
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tonic"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "76c4eb7a4e9ef9d4763600161f12f5070b92a578e1b634db88a6887844c91a13"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-stream",
+ "async-trait",
+ "axum 0.6.20",
+ "base64",
+ "bytes",
+ "h2",
+ "http 0.2.12",
+ "http-body 0.4.6",
+ "hyper 0.14.28",
+ "hyper-timeout",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project",
+ "prost",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tonic-build"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "be4ef6dd70a610078cb4e338a0f79d06bc759ff1b22d2120c2ff02ae264ba9c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "prettyplease",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "prost-build",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.62",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower"
 version = "0.4.13"
@@ -2338,9 +2657,13 @@ checksum = "b8fa9be0de6cf49e536ce1851f987bd21a43b771b09473c3549a6c853db37c1c"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "pin-project",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "rand",
+ "slab",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -2354,8 +2677,8 @@ checksum = "1e9cd434a998747dd2c4276bc96ee2e0c7a2eadf3cae88e52be55a05fa9053f5"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.5.0",
  "bytes",
- "http",
- "http-body",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
  "http-body-util",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tower-layer",
@@ -2437,6 +2760,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-log",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "try-lock"
+version = "0.2.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e421abadd41a4225275504ea4d6566923418b7f05506fbc9c0fe86ba7396114b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.17.0"
@@ -2538,6 +2867,15 @@ version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "want"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bfa7760aed19e106de2c7c0b581b509f2f25d3dacaf737cb82ac61bc6d760b0e"
+dependencies = [
+ "try-lock",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7065027..2e6493a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 hyperlog-core = { path = "crates/hyperlog-core" }
 hyperlog-tui = { path = "crates/hyperlog-tui" }
 hyperlog-server = { path = "crates/hyperlog-server" }
+hyperlog-protos = { path = "crates/hyperlog-protos" }
 
 anyhow = { version = "1" }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.201", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.117"
 itertools = "0.12.1"
 uuid = { version = "1.8.0", features = ["v4"] }
+tonic = "0.11.0"
 
 [workspace.package]
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/crates/hyperlog-protos/Cargo.toml b/crates/hyperlog-protos/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb44920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/hyperlog-protos/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "hyperlog-protos"
+edition = "2021"
+version.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+tonic.workspace = true
+
+prost = "0.12.4"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+tonic-build = "0.11.0"
diff --git a/crates/hyperlog-protos/build.rs b/crates/hyperlog-protos/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c69b0e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/hyperlog-protos/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    tonic_build::compile_protos("proto/hyperlog.proto").unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/crates/hyperlog-protos/proto/hyperlog.proto b/crates/hyperlog-protos/proto/hyperlog.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e686ab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/hyperlog-protos/proto/hyperlog.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package hyperlog;
+
+service Graph {
+  rpc SayHello (HelloRequest) returns (HelloReply);
+}
+
+message HelloRequest {
+  string name = 1;
+}
+
+message HelloReply {
+  string message = 1;
+}
+
diff --git a/crates/hyperlog-protos/src/lib.rs b/crates/hyperlog-protos/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b22829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/hyperlog-protos/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub mod hyperlog {
+    tonic::include_proto!("hyperlog"); // Specify the same package name as in your .proto file
+}
diff --git a/crates/hyperlog-server/Cargo.toml b/crates/hyperlog-server/Cargo.toml
index 8991522..ba47071 100644
--- a/crates/hyperlog-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/hyperlog-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 hyperlog-core.workspace = true
+hyperlog-protos.workspace = true
 
 anyhow.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ axum.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 uuid.workspace = true
+tonic.workspace = true
 
 tower-http = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["cors", "trace"] }
 sqlx = { version = "0.7.4", features = [
diff --git a/crates/hyperlog-server/src/lib.rs b/crates/hyperlog-server/src/lib.rs
index 003b460..a63957a 100644
--- a/crates/hyperlog-server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/hyperlog-server/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,55 @@ use crate::state::{SharedState, State};
 
 mod external_http;
 mod internal_http;
+mod external_grpc {
+    use std::net::SocketAddr;
+
+    use hyperlog_protos::hyperlog::{
+        graph_server::{Graph, GraphServer},
+        HelloReply, HelloRequest,
+    };
+    use tonic::{transport, Response};
+
+    use crate::state::SharedState;
+
+    #[derive(Default)]
+    struct Server {}
+
+    #[tonic::async_trait]
+    impl Graph for Server {
+        async fn say_hello(
+            &self,
+            request: tonic::Request<HelloRequest>,
+        ) -> std::result::Result<tonic::Response<HelloReply>, tonic::Status> {
+            tracing::info!("received hello request");
+
+            Ok(Response::new(HelloReply {
+                message: "hello".into(),
+            }))
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn serve(state: &SharedState, host: SocketAddr) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        tracing::info!("listening on {}", host);
+
+        let graph_server = Server::default();
+
+        transport::Server::builder()
+            .add_service(GraphServer::new(graph_server))
+            .serve(host)
+            .await?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
 mod state;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct ServeOptions {
     pub external_http: SocketAddr,
     pub internal_http: SocketAddr,
+
+    pub external_grpc: SocketAddr,
 }
 
 pub async fn serve(opts: ServeOptions) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
@@ -28,6 +71,9 @@ pub async fn serve(opts: ServeOptions) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         res = internal_http::serve(&state, &opts.internal_http) => {
             res?
         },
+        res = external_grpc::serve(&state, opts.external_grpc) => {
+            res?
+        }
         () = ctrl_c => {}
     );
     tracing::debug!("serve finalized");
diff --git a/crates/hyperlog/src/cli.rs b/crates/hyperlog/src/cli.rs
index 94ea478..66d8f45 100644
--- a/crates/hyperlog/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/hyperlog/src/cli.rs
@@ -78,13 +78,14 @@ pub async fn execute() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         Some(Commands::Serve {
             external_host,
             internal_host,
-            ..
+            external_grpc_host,
         }) => {
             tracing::info!("Starting service");
 
             hyperlog_server::serve(hyperlog_server::ServeOptions {
                 external_http: external_host,
                 internal_http: internal_host,
+                external_grpc: external_grpc_host,
             })
             .await?;
         }
diff --git a/scripts/dev.sh b/scripts/dev.sh
index 81e6e60..2c81c29 100755
--- a/scripts/dev.sh
+++ b/scripts/dev.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@
 echo "starting services"
 docker compose -f templates/docker-compose.yaml up -d --remove-orphans
 
+sleep 5
+
 tear_down() {
-  docker compose -f templates/docker-compose.yaml down -v || true
+  echo "cleaning up services in the background"
+  (docker compose -f templates/docker-compose.yaml down -v &) > /dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
-trap  tear_down EXIT
+trap tear_down SIGINT
 
-RUST_LOG=trace,tokio=info,tower=info,mio=info,sqlx=info cargo run -F include_server -- serve
+RUST_LOG=info,hyperlog=trace cargo run -F include_server -- serve