diff --git a/packages/core/src/backend/common.ts b/packages/core/src/backend/common.ts
index 85dd1e4..9dea619 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/backend/common.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/backend/common.ts
@@ -1,53 +1,45 @@
-import {App as BaseApp, AppOperations, Endpoint} from '../common';
+import {App as BaseApp, AppOperations, BaseAppState, Endpoint} from '../common';
+
+export interface Response {}
 
 interface BackendParams<App extends BaseApp> {
 	app: App;
 }
 
-type AppOperationArgs<App extends BaseApp, Operation extends string> = (
-	App extends BaseApp<string, { endpoints: any; operations: infer S }>
-		? (
-			S extends Record<string, readonly string[]>
-				? S[Operation][number]
-				: never
-			)
-		: never
-	);
-
-interface ImplementationFunctionParams<App extends BaseApp, Operation extends AppOperations<App> = AppOperations<App>> {
+export interface ImplementationContext {
 	endpoint: Endpoint;
-	params: unknown;
-	arg?: AppOperationArgs<App, Operation>;
+	params: Record<string, unknown>;
 	query?: URLSearchParams;
 }
 
-type ImplementationFunction<App extends BaseApp, Operation extends AppOperations<App> = AppOperations<App>> = (params: ImplementationFunctionParams<App, Operation>) => void;
+type ImplementationFunction = (params: ImplementationContext) => Promise<Response | void>;
 
 export interface Backend<App extends BaseApp = BaseApp> {
 	app: App;
-	implementations: Map<string, ImplementationFunction<App>>;
-	implementOperation<Operation extends AppOperations<App>>(operation: Operation, implementation: ImplementationFunction<App, Operation>): this;
+	implementations: Map<string, ImplementationFunction>;
+	implementOperation<Operation extends AppOperations<App>>(
+		operation: Operation, implementation: ImplementationFunction): this;
 }
 
 class BackendInstance<App extends BaseApp> implements Backend<App> {
 	readonly app: App;
-	readonly implementations: Map<string, ImplementationFunction<App>>;
+	readonly implementations: Map<string, ImplementationFunction>;
 
 	constructor(params: BackendParams<App>) {
 		this.app = params.app;
-		this.implementations = new Map<string, ImplementationFunction<App>>();
+		this.implementations = new Map<string, ImplementationFunction>();
 	}
 
 	implementOperation<Operation extends AppOperations<App>>(
 		operation: Operation,
-		implementation: ImplementationFunction<App, Operation>
+		implementation: ImplementationFunction
 	) {
 		this.implementations.set(operation, implementation);
 		return this;
 	}
 }
 
-export const backend = <App extends BaseApp>(params: BackendParams<App>): Backend<App> => {
+export const backend = <App extends BaseApp<AppName, State>, AppName extends string, State extends BaseAppState = BaseAppState>(params: BackendParams<App>): Backend<App> => {
 	return new BackendInstance(params);
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/client/index.ts b/packages/core/src/client/index.ts
index 3b30785..fd1c211 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/client/index.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ export interface ClientParams<App extends BaseApp> {
 	fetch?: typeof fetch;
 }
 
-export interface Client<App extends BaseApp = BaseApp> {
+export interface ClientConnection {}
+
+export interface Client<App extends BaseApp = BaseApp, Connection extends ClientConnection = ClientConnection> {
 	app: App;
-	connect(params: ServiceParams): this;
+	connect(params: ServiceParams): Promise<Connection>;
+	disconnect(connection?: Connection): Promise<void>;
 	at<TheEndpoint extends Endpoint = Endpoint>(endpoint: TheEndpoint, params?: Record<GetEndpointParams<TheEndpoint>, unknown>): this;
-	makeRequest(operation: Operation): ReturnType<typeof fetch>;
+	makeRequest(operation: Operation, query?: URLSearchParams): ReturnType<typeof fetch>;
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/common/app.ts b/packages/core/src/common/app.ts
index 72475ce..7359c1c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/common/app.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/common/app.ts
@@ -7,17 +7,18 @@ export interface BaseAppState {
 }
 
 export type AppOperations<T extends App> = (
-	T extends App<any, infer R>
+	T extends App<string, infer R>
 		? R extends BaseAppState
-			? keyof R['operations']
-			: string
-		: string
+			? R['operations'] extends []
+				? R['operations'] extends readonly string[]
+					? R['operations'][number]
+					: string
+				: string
+			: never
+		: never
 	);
 
-export interface App<AppName extends string = string, AppState extends BaseAppState = {
-	endpoints: [];
-	operations: Record<string, []>;
-}> {
+export interface App<AppName extends string = string, AppState extends BaseAppState = BaseAppState> {
 	name: AppName;
 	operations: Set<Operation>;
 	endpoints: Set<Endpoint>;
@@ -28,7 +29,11 @@ export interface App<AppName extends string = string, AppState extends BaseAppSt
 			operations: AppState['operations'] extends Array<unknown> ? [...AppState['operations'], NewOperation['name']] : [NewOperation['name']]
 		}
 	>;
-	endpoint<NewEndpoint extends Endpoint = Endpoint>(newEndpoint: EndpointOperations<NewEndpoint> extends AppOperations<this> ? NewEndpoint : never): App<
+	endpoint<NewEndpoint extends Endpoint = Endpoint>(
+		newEndpoint: EndpointOperations<NewEndpoint> extends AppOperations<this>
+			? NewEndpoint
+			: never
+	): App<
 		AppName,
 		{
 			endpoints: AppState['endpoints'] extends Array<unknown> ? [...AppState['endpoints'], NewEndpoint] : [NewEndpoint],
@@ -65,6 +70,9 @@ class AppInstance<Params extends AppParams, State extends BaseAppState> implemen
 	}
 }
 
-export const app = <Params extends AppParams>(params: Params): App<Params['name']> => {
+export const app = <Params extends AppParams>(params: Params): App<Params['name'], {
+	endpoints: [];
+	operations: [];
+}> => {
 	return new AppInstance(params);
 };
diff --git a/packages/core/src/common/endpoint.ts b/packages/core/src/common/endpoint.ts
index 8f50739..26bca88 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/common/endpoint.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/common/endpoint.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ export const serializeEndpointQueue = (endpointQueue: EndpointQueue) => {
 };
 
 export const parseToEndpointQueue = (urlWithoutBase: string, endpoints: Set<Endpoint>) => {
-	const fragments = urlWithoutBase.split('/').filter((s) => s.trim().length > 0);
+	const [urlWithoutQueryParams] = urlWithoutBase.split('?');
+	const fragments = urlWithoutQueryParams.split('/').filter((s) => s.trim().length > 0);
 	const endpointsArray = Array.from(endpoints);
 
 	return fragments.reduce(
@@ -79,7 +80,11 @@ interface BaseEndpointState {
 
 type OpValueType = undefined | boolean | Record<string, boolean> | readonly string[];
 
-export interface Endpoint<Name extends string = string, Schema extends v.BaseSchema = v.BaseSchema, State extends BaseEndpointState = BaseEndpointState> {
+export interface Endpoint<
+	Name extends string = string,
+	Schema extends v.BaseSchema = v.BaseSchema,
+	State extends BaseEndpointState = BaseEndpointState
+> {
 	name: Name;
 	schema: Schema;
 	params: Set<string>;
@@ -166,6 +171,12 @@ export const endpoint = <Params extends EndpointParams>(params: Params): Endpoin
 };
 
 
-export type EndpointOperations<T extends Endpoint> = T extends Endpoint<any, infer R> ? (
-	R extends { operations: Record<number, any> } ? R['operations'][number] : never
+export type EndpointOperations<T extends Endpoint> = T extends Endpoint<string, v.BaseSchema, infer R> ? (
+	R extends BaseEndpointState
+		? R['operations'] extends []
+			? R['operations'] extends readonly string[]
+				? R['operations'][number]
+				: string
+			: string
+		: never
 ) : never;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extenders/http/backend.ts b/packages/core/src/extenders/http/backend/core.ts
similarity index 75%
rename from packages/core/src/extenders/http/backend.ts
rename to packages/core/src/extenders/http/backend/core.ts
index b68b90e..dfa7ac4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extenders/http/backend.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extenders/http/backend/core.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
-import {parseToEndpointQueue, ServiceParams} from '../../common';
+import {parseToEndpointQueue, ServiceParams} from '../../../common';
 import {
 	Backend as BaseBackend,
 	Server,
 	ServerRequest,
 	ServerResponse,
 	ServerParams,
-} from '../../backend';
+} from '../../../backend';
 import http from 'http';
 import { constants } from 'http2';
 
-declare module '../../backend/server' {
+declare module '../../../backend' {
 	interface ServerRequest extends http.IncomingMessage {}
 
 	interface ServerResponse extends http.ServerResponse {}
+
+	interface ImplementationContext {
+		res: ServerResponse;
+	}
 }
 
 class ServerInstance<Backend extends BaseBackend> implements Server<Backend> {
@@ -23,7 +27,7 @@ class ServerInstance<Backend extends BaseBackend> implements Server<Backend> {
 		this.backend = params.backend;
 	}
 
-	private readonly requestListener = (req: ServerRequest, res: ServerResponse) => {
+	private readonly requestListener = async (req: ServerRequest, res: ServerResponse) => {
 		// const endpoints = this.backend.app.endpoints;
 		if (typeof req.method === 'undefined') {
 			res.writeHead(constants.HTTP_STATUS_BAD_REQUEST, {});
@@ -75,14 +79,25 @@ class ServerInstance<Backend extends BaseBackend> implements Server<Backend> {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		implementation({
+		const [, search] = req.url.split('?');
+
+		const responseSpec = await implementation({
 			endpoint,
-			params: endpointParams
+			params: endpointParams ?? {},
+			query: typeof search !== 'undefined' ? new URLSearchParams(search) : undefined,
+			res,
 		});
 
-		res.writeHead(constants.HTTP_STATUS_OK, {});
-		res.statusMessage = 'Yes';
-		res.end();
+		if (typeof responseSpec === 'undefined') {
+			res.writeHead(constants.HTTP_STATUS_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY, {});
+			res.end();
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const finalRes = responseSpec.res ?? res;
+		finalRes.statusMessage = responseSpec.statusMessage; // TODO add default status message per status code
+		finalRes.writeHead(responseSpec.statusCode, {});
+		finalRes.end();
 	};
 
 	serve(params: ServiceParams) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extenders/http/backend/index.ts b/packages/core/src/extenders/http/backend/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b080f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/extenders/http/backend/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export * from './core';
+export * from './response';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extenders/http/response.ts b/packages/core/src/extenders/http/backend/response.ts
similarity index 87%
rename from packages/core/src/extenders/http/response.ts
rename to packages/core/src/extenders/http/backend/response.ts
index f53823a..37e3c13 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extenders/http/response.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extenders/http/backend/response.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-import {ErrorStatusCode, isErrorStatusCode, StatusCode} from './status-codes';
+import {Response} from '../../../backend';
+import {ErrorStatusCode, isErrorStatusCode, StatusCode} from '../status-codes';
 import http from 'http';
 
-export interface Response {
-	statusCode: number;
-	statusMessage: string;
-	body?: Buffer;
-	res?: http.ServerResponse;
+declare module '../../../backend' {
+	interface Response {
+		statusCode: number;
+		statusMessage: string;
+		body?: Buffer;
+		res?: http.ServerResponse;
+	}
 }
 
 interface ErrorResponse extends Error, Response {}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extenders/http/client.ts b/packages/core/src/extenders/http/client.ts
index 9887d82..d052d1e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extenders/http/client.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extenders/http/client.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,15 @@ import {
 	Operation, serializeEndpointQueue,
 	ServiceParams,
 } from '../../common';
-import {Client, ClientParams} from '../../client';
+import {Client, ClientParams, ClientConnection} from '../../client';
+
+declare module '../../client' {
+	interface ClientConnection {
+		host: string;
+		port: number;
+		basePath: string;
+	}
+}
 
 class ClientInstance<App extends BaseApp> implements Client<App> {
 	readonly app: App;
@@ -19,9 +27,20 @@ class ClientInstance<App extends BaseApp> implements Client<App> {
 		this.fetchFn = params.fetch ?? fetch;
 	}
 
-	connect(params: ServiceParams) {
-		this.connection = params;
-		return this;
+	async connect(params: ServiceParams): Promise<ClientConnection> {
+		const connection = {
+			host: params.host ?? '0.0.0.0',
+			port: params.port ?? 80,
+			basePath: params.basePath ?? '',
+		};
+
+		this.connection = connection;
+
+		return connection;
+	}
+
+	async disconnect() {
+		// noop
 	}
 
 	at<TheEndpoint extends Endpoint = Endpoint>(endpoint: TheEndpoint, params?: Record<GetEndpointParams<TheEndpoint>, unknown>) {
@@ -31,7 +50,7 @@ class ClientInstance<App extends BaseApp> implements Client<App> {
 		return this;
 	}
 
-	makeRequest(operation: Operation) {
+	makeRequest(operation: Operation, query?: URLSearchParams) {
 		const baseUrlFragments = [
 			this.connection?.host ?? '0.0.0.0'
 		];
@@ -43,18 +62,23 @@ class ClientInstance<App extends BaseApp> implements Client<App> {
 
 		const scheme = 'http';
 		// todo need a way to decode url back to endpoint queue
-		const url = serializeEndpointQueue(this.endpointQueue);
+		const urlString = serializeEndpointQueue(this.endpointQueue);
 		this.endpointQueue = [];
+
+		const url = new URL(
+			this.connection?.basePath ? `${this.connection.basePath}${urlString}` : urlString,
+			`${scheme}://${baseUrlFragments.join(':')}`
+		);
+		if (typeof query !== 'undefined') {
+			url.search = query.toString();
+		}
 		const rawEffectiveMethod = (operation.method ?? 'GET').toUpperCase();
 		const finalEffectiveMethod = (AVAILABLE_EXTENSION_METHODS as unknown as string[]).includes(rawEffectiveMethod)
 			? 'POST' as const
 			: rawEffectiveMethod;
 
 		return this.fetchFn(
-			new URL(
-				this.connection?.basePath ? `${this.connection.basePath}${url}` : url,
-				`${scheme}://${baseUrlFragments.join(':')}`
-			),
+			url,
 			{
 				method: finalEffectiveMethod,
 			},
diff --git a/packages/core/test/http/default.test.ts b/packages/core/test/http/default.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fff887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/http/default.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import {
+	describe,
+	beforeAll,
+	afterAll,
+	it,
+	expect,
+} from 'vitest';
+
+import {app, endpoint, Endpoint, operation, Operation, validation as v} from '../../src/common';
+import {Server, backend} from '../../src/backend';
+import {Client} from '../../src/client';
+import {server, HttpResponse} from '../../src/extenders/http/backend';
+import {client} from '../../src/extenders/http/client';
+
+describe('default', () => {
+	let theClient: Client;
+	let theServer: Server;
+	let theEndpoint: Endpoint;
+	let theOperation: Operation;
+
+	beforeAll(async () => {
+		theOperation = operation({
+			name: 'fetch' as const,
+		});
+
+		theEndpoint = endpoint({
+			name: 'users' as const,
+			schema: v.object({
+				username: v.string(),
+			}),
+		})
+			.param('resourceId');
+
+		const theApp = app({
+			name: 'default' as const,
+		})
+			.operation(theOperation)
+			.endpoint(theEndpoint);
+
+		const theBackend = backend({
+			app: theApp,
+		});
+
+		theBackend.implementOperation('fetch', async (ctx) => {
+			class YesResponse extends HttpResponse(204) {}
+
+			return new YesResponse({
+				statusMessage: 'Yes',
+			}, {
+				res: ctx.res,
+			});
+		});
+
+		theServer = server({
+			backend: theBackend,
+		});
+
+		const connectionParams = {
+			port: 3001,
+		};
+
+		await theServer.serve(connectionParams);
+
+		theClient = client({
+			app: theApp,
+		});
+
+		await theClient.connect(connectionParams);
+	});
+
+	afterAll(async () => {
+		await theClient.disconnect();
+		await theServer.close();
+	});
+
+	it('works', async () => {
+		theEndpoint.can('fetch');
+
+		// TODO create wrapper for fetch's Response here
+		//
+		// should we create a helper object to process client-side received response from server's sent response?
+		//
+		// the motivation is to remove the manual deserialization from the client (provide serialization on the response
+		// object so as the client is not limited to .text(), .json(), .arrayBuffer() etc)
+		const response = await theClient
+			.at(theEndpoint)
+			.makeRequest(theOperation, new URLSearchParams({
+				foo: 'bar',
+			}));
+
+		expect(response).toHaveProperty('status', 204);
+		expect(response).toHaveProperty('statusText', 'Yes');
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/test/index.test.ts b/packages/core/test/index.test.ts
index f5baade..80d7869 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/index.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 import {describe, it, expect, beforeAll, afterAll} from 'vitest';
-import {App, app, DataSource, Endpoint, endpoint, Operation, operation, validation as v} from '../src/common';
-import {server} from '../src/extenders/http/backend';
+import {
+  App,
+  app,
+  AppOperations,
+  DataSource,
+  Endpoint,
+  endpoint, EndpointOperations,
+  Operation,
+  operation,
+  validation as v,
+} from '../src/common';
 import {Backend, backend, Server} from '../src/backend';
 import {Client} from '../src/client';
+import {server} from '../src/extenders/http/backend/core';
 import {client} from '../src/extenders/http/client';
 
 const op = operation({
@@ -59,7 +69,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
     // of operations.
     //
     // recipes should have a backend and client counterpart.
-    theBackend.implementOperation('fetch', (params) => {
+    theBackend.implementOperation('fetch', async (ctx) => {
       // noop
     });
 
@@ -75,12 +85,14 @@ describe('app', () => {
 
     theClient = client({
       app: theApp
-    })
-      .connect(connectionParams);
+    });
+
+    await theClient.connect(connectionParams);
   });
 
-  afterAll(() => {
-    theServer.close();
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await theClient.disconnect();
+    await theServer.close();
   });
 
   it('works', async () => {
@@ -88,7 +100,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       .at(theEndpoint, { resourceId: 3 })
       .makeRequest(theOperation);
 
-    expect(response).toHaveProperty('status', 200);
+    expect(response).toHaveProperty('status', 422);
   });
 });