diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5028384..be0709c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ func main() {
 	config := initializeConfig("config.yaml")
 	sshConn, sshConfig := initializeConnection(config)
 	clientConns := sshConn.dialConnection(sshConfig)
+	fmt.Println(clientConns)
 	clientSessions := sshConn.openSession(clientConns)
 	fmt.Println(clientSessions)
+	success := sshConn.executeTarFile(clientSessions)
+	fmt.Println(success)
 }
diff --git a/remote/main.go b/remote/main.go
index e69de29..ff0da6e 100644
--- a/remote/main.go
+++ b/remote/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println("Hello from the remote side!")
+}
diff --git a/remote/ssh_remote.go b/remote/ssh_remote.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f5c8df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remote/ssh_remote.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package main
+
+// this file is to ssh back to the master machine to send back the tarball
+// still planning this piece out. stay tuned for more!
+// handsomely, Wyatt J. Miller, the guy who doesn't know what socket is headed where
diff --git a/remote/tar.go b/remote/tar.go
index e69de29..06ab7d0 100644
--- a/remote/tar.go
+++ b/remote/tar.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package main
diff --git a/ssh.go b/ssh.go
index d67309d..fca447f 100644
--- a/ssh.go
+++ b/ssh.go
@@ -21,8 +21,15 @@ type SSHConnection struct {
 
 type SSHCleints []*ssh.Client
 
+// TODO: I've got two slices of the same type. To take one slice out, some refactoring is needed
 type SSHSessions []*ssh.Session
 
+type SSHTarFile []*ssh.Session
+
+type SSHPush []*ssh.Client
+
+type SSHSuccess []error
+
 func initializeConnection(config Configuration) (SSHConnection, *ssh.ClientConfig) {
 	var sshConn SSHConnection
 	sshConn.Username = config.Username
@@ -63,7 +70,6 @@ func (s SSHConnection) dialConnection(sshConfig *ssh.ClientConfig) SSHCleints {
 }
 
 func (s SSHConnection) openSession(client SSHCleints) SSHSessions {
-	// don't forget there's a return type here
 	clientSessions := SSHSessions{}
 
 	for _, j := range client {
@@ -78,3 +84,21 @@ func (s SSHConnection) openSession(client SSHCleints) SSHSessions {
 
 	return clientSessions
 }
+
+func (s SSHConnection) executeTarFile(execute SSHSessions) SSHSuccess {
+	// execute order 66 lol
+	success := SSHSuccess{}
+
+	for _, j := range execute {
+		// this is just a placeholder, change to the actual tarring executable
+		err := j.Run("echo 'hello world'! > test.txt")
+
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Errorf("Can't execute program", err)
+		}
+
+		success = append(success, err)
+	}
+
+	return success
+}