diff --git a/connection.c b/connection.c
--- a/connection.c
+++ b/connection.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /**
- * connection.c
- * Copyright (C) 2008 mussolini
- * Copyright (C) 2008 mbroeker
+ * tcpconnect.c
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Markus Broeker
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 
-int connection (char *server, char *port)
+int tcpconnect (char *server, char *port)
 {
     struct addrinfo hints;
     struct addrinfo *result, *rp;
@@ -51,33 +50,53 @@
     return (sockfd);
 }
 
+char *get (int sockfd, const char *path)
+{
+    char *result, *current;
+    char buffer[1024];
+    int len;
+    int i = 1;
+
+    len = sprintf (buffer, "GET %s HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n", path);
+
+    if (write (sockfd, buffer, len) == -1) {
+        perror ("write");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    result = malloc (1024);
+    while ((len = read (sockfd, buffer, 1023)) > 0) {
+        buffer[len] = '\0';
+        strcat (result, buffer);
+        if ((current = realloc (result, 1024 * ++i)) == NULL) {
+            break;
+        }
+        result = current;
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
 int main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
-    char buffer[1024];
-
     int sockfd;
-
-    int num;
+    char *result;
 
     if (argc != 3) {
         printf ("Usage: %s <ipaddr> <service>\n", argv[0]);
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
-    if ((sockfd = connection (argv[1], argv[2])) < 0) {
+    if ((sockfd = tcpconnect (argv[1], argv[2])) < 0) {
         printf ("Connection error: %s:%s\n", argv[1], argv[2]);
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
-    if (write (sockfd, "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n", 18) == -1) {
-        perror ("write");
-        return EXIT_FAILURE;
-    }
+    result = get (sockfd, "/");
+    printf ("RESPONSE: %s", result);
 
-    while ((num = read (sockfd, buffer, 1023)) != 0) {
-        buffer[num] = 0;
-        printf ("%s", buffer);
-    }
+    if (result)
+        free (result);
 
     return close (sockfd);
 }