diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9ff8493..d20318d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ $(OBJDIR)/%.o : %.c Makefile $(HEADERS)
 $(OBJDIR)/twinklclient.so : $(OBJDIR)/twinklsocket.o $(OBJDIR)/message_wrapper.o
 	$(CC) $+ -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
-$(OBJDIR)/twinkl-client : $(OBJDIR)/main.o $(OBJDIR)/twinklsocket.o
+$(OBJDIR)/twinkl-client : $(OBJDIR)/main.o $(OBJDIR)/twinklclient.so
 	$(CC) $+ $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
 clean :
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05a4fe6..d88c3c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ They can be connected to a twinkle-client process using a pipe.
 **Examples:**
 
 ```
-python2 fullwithe.py | ../bin/twinkl-client lightwall.lan 7
 python2 gradient.py | ../bin/twinkl-client lightwall.lan 7
-python2 matrix.py | ../bin/twinkl-client lightwall.lan 7
+python2 fullwithe.py lightwall.lan 7
+python2 matrix.py lightwall.lan 7
 
 python2 random.py | ../bin/twinkl-client ampel.lan 7
 ```
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ It offers the following functions:
  * Functions for handling sockets
  */
 
-// Opens a 'connected' upd socket for this host and port, returns the filedescriptor
+// Opens a 'connected' upd socket for this host and port. Returns the filedescriptor or -1 on error.
 int twinklsocket_open(const char *host, const char *port);
 
-// Sends a twinkl message
-void twinklsocket_send(int sockfd, const struct twinkl_message *message);
+// Sends a twinkl message. Returns 0 on success else -1.
+int twinklsocket_send(int sockfd, const struct twinkl_message *message);
 
 // Closes the socket
 void twinklsocket_close(int sockfd);
@@ -119,12 +119,15 @@ Using the wrapper functions it is only necessary to deal with integers and point
 See `animations/twinklclient.py` and the example below for details.
 
 ```C
-twinkl_server = "127.0.0.1"
+twinkl_server = "127.0.0.1";
 port = "1337";
 
-fd = twinklsocket_open(twinkl_server, port)
+fd = twinklsocket_open(twinkl_server, port);
+if(fd == -1) {
+	PANIC();
+}
 
-msg = twinklmsg_create()
+msg = twinklmsg_create();
 
 twinklmsg_set_priority(msg, 0);
 
@@ -132,7 +135,10 @@ twinklmsg_set_value(msg, 23, 42);
 twinklmsg_set_value(msg, 46, 5);
 // ... more stuff
 
-twinklsocket_send(fd, msg);
+result = twinklsocket_send(fd, msg);
+if(result == -1) {
+	PANIC();
+}
 
 // Tear down
 
diff --git a/animations/matrix.py b/animations/matrix.py
index 15ad417..56f9921 100644
--- a/animations/matrix.py
+++ b/animations/matrix.py
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python2
 
+import sys
+import signal
+
 from random import randint
 from time import sleep
-from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+
+from twinklclient import TwinklSocket, TwinklMessage
 
 WIDTH = 6
 HEIGHT = 8
@@ -20,22 +24,17 @@ BOX_MAP = [
 		]
 
 
-channels = {}
+msg = TwinklMessage()
+socket = None
+priority = 0
 
 def set_box(x,y,r,g,b):
 	if x >= 0 and y >= 0 and x < WIDTH and y < HEIGHT:
 		base_address = BOX_MAP[y][x]
-		channels[base_address] = r
-		channels[base_address + 1] = g
-		channels[base_address + 2] = b
-
-
-def output_channels():
-	for channel, value in channels.items():
-		print "%d : %d" % (channel, value)
+		msg[base_address] = int(r)
+		msg[base_address + 1] = int(g)
+		msg[base_address + 2] = int(b)
 	
-	print ""
-
 
 def clear():
 	for x in range(0, WIDTH):
@@ -64,6 +63,29 @@ class Column(object):
 			self.y += 1
 
 
+
+def terminate(signal, frame):
+	msg.reset()
+	msg.set_priority(priority)
+	socket.send(msg)
+
+	if socket:
+		socket.close()
+	msg.destroy()
+	sys.exit(0)
+
+
+signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, terminate)
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+	print "Usage: %s host priority" % sys.argv[0]
+	sys.exit(1)
+
+socket = TwinklSocket(sys.argv[1], "1337")
+
+priority = int(sys.argv[2])
+msg.set_priority(priority)
+
 columns = []
 # Add some initial collums
 for i in range(0, 16):
@@ -81,5 +103,5 @@ while(True):
 		columns[i].update()
 		columns[i].render()
 
-	output_channels()
-	sleep(0.050)
+	socket.send(msg)
+	sleep(0.05)
diff --git a/animations/twinklclient.py b/animations/twinklclient.py
index 59f61c5..f5c8b30 100644
--- a/animations/twinklclient.py
+++ b/animations/twinklclient.py
@@ -29,18 +29,23 @@ _TWINKL_CLIENT.twinklsocket_open.argtypes = [c_char_p, c_char_p]
 _TWINKL_CLIENT.twinklsocket_open.restype = c_int
 
 _TWINKL_CLIENT.twinklsocket_send.argtypes = [c_int, c_void_p]
-_TWINKL_CLIENT.twinklsocket_send.restype = None
+_TWINKL_CLIENT.twinklsocket_send.restype = c_int
 
 
 class TwinklSocket(object):
 	def __init__(self, host, port):
 		self._socket = _TWINKL_CLIENT.twinklsocket_open(host, port)
+		if self._socket < 0:
+			print self._socket
+			raise RuntimeError("Could not open socket.")
 
 	def close(self):
 		_TWINKL_CLIENT.twinklsocket_close(self._socket)
 
 	def send(self, msg):
-		_TWINKL_CLIENT.twinklsocket_send(self._socket, msg._pointer)
+		result = _TWINKL_CLIENT.twinklsocket_send(self._socket, msg._pointer)
+		if result < 0:
+			raise RuntimeError("Could not send packet")
 
 
 class TwinklMessage(object):
diff --git a/include/twinklsocket.h b/include/twinklsocket.h
index 831c5dc..e6b6f50 100644
--- a/include/twinklsocket.h
+++ b/include/twinklsocket.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 int twinklsocket_open(const char *host, const char *port);
 
-void twinklsocket_send(int sockfd, const struct twinkl_message *message);
+int twinklsocket_send(int sockfd, const struct twinkl_message *message);
 
 void twinklsocket_close(int sockfd);
 
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 008e4a9..4305d93 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	twinklsocket = twinklsocket_open(argv[1], port);
+	if(twinklsocket == -1) {
+		exit(1);
+	}
 
 	struct twinkl_message msg;
 
@@ -47,14 +50,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	/*
 	 * Line format: <channel> : <value>
-	 * With abitrary many spaces btween the numbers and the colon
+	 * With arbitrary many spaces between the numbers and the colon
 	 * Example: "5 :   42"
 	 */
 	while(!feof(stdin)) {
 		
 		// Try to read a line from stdin, if the line is empty send the packet
 		if(getline(&line, &len, stdin) <= 1) {
-			twinklsocket_send(twinklsocket, &msg);
+			int result = twinklsocket_send(twinklsocket, &msg);
+			if(result != 0) {
+				printf("There was an error while sending the twinkl packet.\n");
+				exit(1);
+			}
 			printf("Twinkl paket sent.\n");
 			
 			twinkl_init_message(&msg);
diff --git a/twinklsocket.c b/twinklsocket.c
index 04415dc..dc12da7 100644
--- a/twinklsocket.c
+++ b/twinklsocket.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ int twinklsocket_open(const char *host, const char *port) {
 	result = getaddrinfo(host, port, &hints, &servinfo);
 	if(result != 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "getaddrinfo: %s\n", gai_strerror(result));
-		exit(1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	// loop through all the results and make a socket
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ int twinklsocket_open(const char *host, const char *port) {
 
 	if (p == NULL) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "failed to create socket\n");
-		exit(1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 	
 	result = connect(sockfd, p->ai_addr, p->ai_addrlen);
 	if(result != 0) {
 		perror("connect");
-		exit(1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	freeaddrinfo(servinfo);	
@@ -51,14 +51,16 @@ int twinklsocket_open(const char *host, const char *port) {
 	return sockfd;
 }
 
-void twinklsocket_send(int sockfd, const struct twinkl_message *message) {
+int twinklsocket_send(int sockfd, const struct twinkl_message *message) {
 	int numbytes;
 
 	numbytes = send(sockfd, message, sizeof(struct twinkl_message), 0);
 	if (numbytes == -1) {
 		perror("sendto");
-		exit(1);
+		return -1;
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void twinklsocket_close(int sockfd) {