diff --git a/bot/bot.js b/bot/bot.js
index f78aeec..437d8a2 100644
--- a/bot/bot.js
+++ b/bot/bot.js
@@ -13,13 +13,48 @@ class Bot {
     /**
      * Initialize the bot connection
      */
-    init() {
+    init(messageCallback) {
         logger.info("Creating Matrix Client")
         this.client = sdk.createClient({
             baseUrl: this.config.baseUrl,
             accessToken: this.config.accessToken,
             userId: this.config.userId
         });
+
+        this.client.on("sync", (state, previousState, data) => {
+            switch (state) {
+                case "PREPARED":
+                    this.connected = true;
+                    this.sendStatusStartup();
+                    break;
+                case "SYNCING":
+                    logger.debug("Syncing")
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    logger.error("Unexpected sync state: %s", state);
+                    process.exit(1);
+            }
+        });
+    
+        this.client.on("RoomMember.membership", (event, member) => {
+            if (member.membership === "invite"
+                && this.config.admin.indexOf(ember.userId) >= 0) {
+                    this.client.joinRoom(member.roomId).done(() => {
+                    logger.info("Auto-joined %s", member.roomId);
+                });
+            }
+        });
+
+        this.client.on("Room.timeline", messageCallback);
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    connect() {
+        // logger.info("Initializing Crypto");
+        // await bot.client.initCrypto();
+        logger.info("Starting Matrix SDK Client");
+        this.client.startClient();
     }
 
     sendStatusStartup() {
diff --git a/bot/engine.js b/bot/engine.js
index b206052..a55fb84 100644
--- a/bot/engine.js
+++ b/bot/engine.js
@@ -10,29 +10,19 @@ class Engine {
     init() {
         logger.info("Initializing modules");
         this.initModules();
-    
-        this.bot.init();
-    
-        this.bot.client.on("sync", (state, previousState, data) => {
-            switch (state) {
-                case "PREPARED":
-                    this.bot.connected = true;
-                    this.bot.sendStatusStartup();
-                    break;
-            }
-        });
-    
-        this.bot.client.on("RoomMember.membership", (event, member) => {
-            if (member.membership === "invite"
-                && this.bot.config.admin.indexOf(ember.userId) >= 0) {
-                    this.bot.client.joinRoom(member.roomId).done(() => {
-                    logger.info("Auto-joined %s", member.roomId);
-                });
+
+        /* Bind Message Parsing */
+        let handleMessages = function (event, room, toStartOfTimeline) {
+            if (event.getType() !== "m.room.message") {
+                return; // only use messages
             }
-        });
-    
+            logger.debug("[%s] %s", room.name, event.event.content.body);
+        }
+
+        this.bot.init(handleMessages);
+
         /* Capture Exit Conditions */
-    
+
         ["SIGINT", "SIGTERM"].forEach((signature) => {
             process.on(signature, async () => {
                 await this.bot.sendStatusShutdown()
@@ -43,11 +33,11 @@ class Engine {
                 process.exit(0);
             });
         });
-    
+
         process.on('exit', () => {
             logger.info("Shutting Down");
         });
-    
+
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -58,10 +48,7 @@ class Engine {
     }
 
     run() {
-        // logger.info("Initializing Crypto");
-        // await bot.client.initCrypto();
-        logger.info("Starting Matrix SDK Client");
-        this.bot.client.startClient();
+        this.bot.connect();
         return this;
     }
 }
diff --git a/bot/logging.js b/bot/logging.js
index 0c5c87b..2b0a863 100644
--- a/bot/logging.js
+++ b/bot/logging.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ let winston = require('winston');
 let logger = winston.createLogger({
     level: 'info',
     format: winston.format.combine(
+        winston.format.timestamp(),
         winston.format.splat(),
         winston.format.json()
     ),