diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7ad0d49..abef209 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 module github.com/opthomas-prime/xmpp-webhook
 
-require github.com/emgee/go-xmpp v0.0.0-20170414153234-efce8dbb9711
+require (
+	github.com/emgee/go-xmpp v0.0.0-20170414153234-efce8dbb9711
+	mellium.im/sasl v0.2.1
+	mellium.im/xmlstream v0.13.5
+	mellium.im/xmpp v0.13.0
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 62760bb..3ce3f96 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,24 @@
 github.com/emgee/go-xmpp v0.0.0-20170414153234-efce8dbb9711 h1:BsL4akklVz02bS/nknhPwjwqtOyLjq3ZqUJT+IlqYgE=
 github.com/emgee/go-xmpp v0.0.0-20170414153234-efce8dbb9711/go.mod h1:MM5R8Ii02ZFUaKj/z80DmESVPuCGJEqdOcGue7NwRmw=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180910181607-0e37d006457b/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190701094942-4def268fd1a4 h1:HuIa8hRrWRSrqYzx1qI49NNxhdi2PrY7gxVSq1JjLDc=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190701094942-4def268fd1a4/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
+golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20181116024801-cd38e8056d9b/go.mod h1:ux5Hcp/YLpHSI86hEcLt0YII63i6oz57MZXIpbrjZUs=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190724013045-ca1201d0de80 h1:Ao/3l156eZf2AW5wK8a7/smtodRU+gha3+BeqJ69lRk=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190724013045-ca1201d0de80/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.2 h1:tW2bmiBqwgJj/UpqtC8EpXEZVYOwU0yG4iWbprSVAcs=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
+mellium.im/reader v0.1.0 h1:UUEMev16gdvaxxZC7fC08j7IzuDKh310nB6BlwnxTww=
+mellium.im/reader v0.1.0/go.mod h1:F+X5HXpkIfJ9EE1zHQG9lM/hO946iYAmU7xjg5dsQHI=
+mellium.im/sasl v0.2.1 h1:nspKSRg7/SyO0cRGY71OkfHab8tf9kCts6a6oTDut0w=
+mellium.im/sasl v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ROaEDLQNuf9vjKqE1SrAfnsobm2YKXT1gnN1uDp1PjQ=
+mellium.im/xmlstream v0.13.5 h1:Y3OBsAT3a5G2B9gEv7ia3SSaLykwFB9SWvRuwd+Fplw=
+mellium.im/xmlstream v0.13.5/go.mod h1:O7wqreSmFi1LOh4RiK7r2j4H4pYDgzo1qv5ZkYJZ7Ns=
+mellium.im/xmpp v0.13.0 h1:oYZKgkGOWIn+v9RNL/EHkk1KaDRLQDEQEVAHDFynNRA=
+mellium.im/xmpp v0.13.0/go.mod h1:ypSrEi/KFrDk9fu4JpQ8HKPFtlkVrhYCk1aObOMAof0=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8a30528..075e948 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,41 +1,53 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"log"
-	"net/http"
+	"mellium.im/sasl"
+	"mellium.im/xmpp"
+	"mellium.im/xmpp/dial"
+	mjid "mellium.im/xmpp/jid"
+	"mellium.im/xmpp/stanza"
+	"net"
 	"os"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/emgee/go-xmpp/src/xmpp"
 )
 
-// starts xmpp session and returns the xmpp client
-func xmppLogin(id string, pass string) (*xmpp.XMPP, error) {
-	// parse jid structure
-	jid, err := xmpp.ParseJID(id)
+func panicOnErr(err error) {
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		panic(err)
 	}
+}
 
-	// extract/generate address:port from jid
-	addr, err := xmpp.HomeServerAddrs(jid)
-	if err != nil {
+func initXMPP(jid mjid.JID, pass string) (*xmpp.Session, error) {
+	dialer := dial.Dialer{}
+	conn, err := dialer.Dial(context.TODO(), "tcp", jid)
+	switch err.(type) {
+	default:
 		return nil, err
+	case *net.DNSError:
+		dialer = dial.Dialer{NoLookup: true, NoTLS: true}
+		conn, err = dialer.Dial(context.TODO(), "tcp", jid)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
+	return xmpp.NegotiateSession(
+		context.TODO(),
+		jid.Domain(),
+		jid,
+		conn,
+		false,
+		xmpp.NewNegotiator(xmpp.StreamConfig{Features: []xmpp.StreamFeature{
+			xmpp.BindResource(),
+			xmpp.StartTLS(true, nil),
+			xmpp.SASL("", pass, sasl.ScramSha1Plus, sasl.ScramSha1, sasl.Plain),
+		}}),
+	)
+}
 
-	// create xml stream to address
-	stream, err := xmpp.NewStream(addr[0], nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	// create client (login)
-	client, err := xmpp.NewClientXMPP(stream, jid, pass, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return client, nil
+func closeXMPP(session *xmpp.Session) {
+	session.Close()
+	session.Conn().Close()
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -49,33 +61,19 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal("XMPP_ID, XMPP_PASS or XMPP_RECEIVERS not set")
 	}
 
-	// connect to xmpp server
-	xc, err := xmppLogin(xi, xp)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	jid, err := mjid.Parse(xi)
+	panicOnErr(err)
 
-	// announce initial presence
-	xc.Out <- xmpp.Presence{}
+	session, err := initXMPP(jid, xp)
+	panicOnErr(err)
 
-	// listen for incoming xmpp stanzas
-	go func() {
-		for stanza := range xc.In {
-			// check if stanza is a message
-			m, ok := stanza.(*xmpp.Message)
-			if ok && len(m.Body) > 0 {
-				// echo the message
-				xc.Out <- xmpp.Message{
-					To:   m.From,
-					Body: m.Body,
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		// xc.In is closed when the server closes the stream
-		log.Fatal("connection lost")
-	}()
+	defer closeXMPP(session)
 
-	// create chan for messages (webhooks -> xmpp)
+    panicOnErr(session.Send(context.TODO(), stanza.WrapPresence(mjid.JID{}, stanza.AvailablePresence, nil)))
+
+	panicOnErr(session.Serve(nil))
+
+	/*// create chan for messages (webhooks -> xmpp)
 	messages := make(chan string)
 
 	// wait for messages from the webhooks and send them to all receivers
@@ -98,5 +96,5 @@ func main() {
 	http.Handle("/grafana", newMessageHandler(messages, grafanaParserFunc))
 
 	// listen for requests
-	http.ListenAndServe(":4321", nil)
+	http.ListenAndServe(":4321", nil)*/
 }