diff --git a/signald/signald.go b/signald/signald.go
index f1b8144..6e97b11 100644
--- a/signald/signald.go
+++ b/signald/signald.go
@@ -34,34 +34,41 @@ func crash(err error) {
 }
 
 // Connect connects to the signad socket
-func (s *Signald) Connect() {
+func (s *Signald) Connect() error {
 	if s.SocketPath == "" {
 		s.SocketPath = "/var/run/signald/signald.sock"
 	}
 	socket, err := net.Dial("unix", s.SocketPath)
-	crash(err)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	s.socket = socket
 	log.Print("Connected to signald socket ", socket.RemoteAddr().String())
+	return nil
 }
 
 // Listen listens for events from signald
-func (s *Signald) Listen(c chan Response) {
+func (s *Signald) Listen(c chan Response) error {
 	// we create a decoder that reads directly from the socket
 	d := json.NewDecoder(s.socket)
 
 	var msg Response
 
 	for {
-		crash(d.Decode(&msg))
+		if err := d.Decode(&msg); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		c <- msg
 	}
 }
 
 // SendRequest sends a request to signald. Mostly used interally.
-func (s *Signald) SendRequest(request Request) {
+func (s *Signald) SendRequest(request Request) error {
 	b, err := json.Marshal(request)
-	crash(err)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	log.Print("Sending ", string(b))
 	e := json.NewEncoder(s.socket)
-	e.Encode(request)
+	return e.Encode(request)
 }
diff --git a/signald/signaldrequest.go b/signald/signaldrequest.go
index 9e54eb2..fb622bd 100644
--- a/signald/signaldrequest.go
+++ b/signald/signaldrequest.go
@@ -38,18 +38,28 @@ class JsonRequest {
 
 // Request represents a message sent to signald
 type Request struct {
-	Type                string   `json:"type"`
-	ID                  string   `json:"id,omitempty"`
-	Username            string   `json:"username,omitempty"`
-	MessageBody         string   `json:"messageBody,omitempty"`
-	RecipientNumber     string   `json:"recipientNumber,omitempty"`
-	RecipientGroupID    string   `json:"recipientGroupId,omitempty"`
-	Voice               bool     `json:"voice,omitempty"`
-	Code                string   `json:"code,omitempty"`
-	DeviceName          string   `json:"deviceName,omitempty"`
-	AttachmentFilenames []string `json:"attachmentFilenames,omitempty"`
-	URI                 string   `json:"uri,omitempty"`
-	GroupName           string   `json:"groupName,omitempty"`
-	Members             []string `json:"members,omitempty"`
-	Avatar              string   `json:"avatar,omitempty"`
+	Type                string       `json:"type"`
+	ID                  string       `json:"id,omitempty"`
+	Username            string       `json:"username,omitempty"`
+	MessageBody         string       `json:"messageBody,omitempty"`
+	RecipientNumber     string       `json:"recipientNumber,omitempty"`
+	RecipientGroupID    string       `json:"recipientGroupId,omitempty"`
+	Voice               bool         `json:"voice,omitempty"`
+	Code                string       `json:"code,omitempty"`
+	DeviceName          string       `json:"deviceName,omitempty"`
+	AttachmentFilenames []string     `json:"attachmentFilenames,omitempty"`
+	URI                 string       `json:"uri,omitempty"`
+	Attachments         []Attachment `json:"attachments,omitempty"`
+	GroupName           string       `json:"groupName,omitempty"`
+	Members             []string     `json:"members,omitempty"`
+	Avatar              string       `json:"avatar,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type Attachment struct {
+	Filename  string `json:"filename"`
+	Caption   string `json:"caption"`
+	Width     int    `json:"width"`
+	Height    int    `json:"height"`
+	VoiceNote bool   `json:"voiceNote"`
+	Preview   bool   `json:"preview"`
 }
diff --git a/signald/signaldresponse.go b/signald/signaldresponse.go
index 1625918..22b23e1 100644
--- a/signald/signaldresponse.go
+++ b/signald/signaldresponse.go
@@ -9,10 +9,18 @@ type Response struct {
 
 // ResponseData is where most of the data in the response is stored.
 type ResponseData struct {
-	Groups   []Group
-	Accounts []Account
-	URI      string
-	Message  string
+	Groups          []Group
+	Accounts        []Account
+	URI             string
+	DataMessage     DataMessage
+	Message         string
+	Username        string
+	Source          string
+	SourceDevice    int
+	Type            int
+	IsReceipt       bool
+	Timestamp       float64
+	ServerTimestamp float64
 }
 
 // Group represents a group in signal
@@ -32,3 +40,17 @@ type Account struct {
 	HasKeys    bool `json:"has_keys"`
 	Subscribed bool
 }
+
+// DataMessage is the main component of incoming text messages
+type DataMessage struct {
+	Timestamp        float64
+	Message          string
+	ExpiresInSeconds float64
+	GroupInfo        IncomingGroupInfo
+}
+
+// IncomingGroupInfo is information about a particular group
+type IncomingGroupInfo struct {
+	GroupID string
+	Type    string
+}