diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 186a743..d9f2e0a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ num-derive = "0.3"
 num-traits = "0.2"
 rustls = "0.18"
 webpki = "0.21.0"
+webpki-roots = "0.20"
 log = "0.4"
 url = "2"
 thiserror = "1"
diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cba5e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+use crate::{Response, StatusCode};
+use rustls::{ClientConfig, ClientSession, Stream, TLSError};
+use std::{io::prelude::*, net::TcpStream, sync::Arc};
+use url::Url;
+
+fn config() -> ClientConfig {
+    let mut config = ClientConfig::new();
+    config
+        .root_store
+        .add_server_trust_anchors(&webpki_roots::TLS_SERVER_ROOTS);
+    config
+}
+
+#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[error("TLS error: {0:?}")]
+    TLS(#[from] TLSError),
+
+    #[error("URL error: {0:?}")]
+    URL(#[from] url::ParseError),
+
+    #[error("Invalid DNS name: {0:?}")]
+    InvalidDNSName(#[from] webpki::InvalidDNSNameError),
+
+    #[error("IO error: {0:?}")]
+    IO(#[from] std::io::Error),
+
+    #[error("Response parsing error: {0:?}")]
+    ResponseParse(#[from] crate::ResponseError),
+}
+
+pub fn get(u: String) -> Result<crate::Response, Error> {
+    let mut ur = Url::parse(&u.clone())?;
+    if ur.port().is_none() {
+        ur.set_port(Some(1965)).unwrap();
+    }
+    let cfg = Arc::new(config());
+    let host = ur.host_str().unwrap();
+    let mut sock = TcpStream::connect(&format!("{}:{}", host, ur.port().unwrap()))?;
+    let name_ref = webpki::DNSNameRef::try_from_ascii_str(host)?;
+    let mut client = ClientSession::new(&cfg, name_ref);
+    let mut tls = Stream::new(&mut client, &mut sock);
+
+    let req = format!("{}\r\n", u);
+    log::trace!("writing request {:?}", req);
+    tls.write(req.as_bytes())?;
+    Ok(Response::parse(&mut tls)?)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    #[test]
+    fn gemini_homepage() -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let _ = pretty_env_logger::try_init();
+        let resp = get("gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/".to_string())?;
+
+        assert_eq!(resp.status, StatusCode::Success);
+        assert_eq!(resp.meta, "text/gemini");
+        assert_ne!(resp.body.len(), 0);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6878d34..ef4c3f7 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+mod client;
 mod status_code;
 mod response;
 
 pub use status_code::StatusCode;
 pub use response::{Response, Error as ResponseError};
+pub use client::{get, Error as ClientError};
diff --git a/src/response.rs b/src/response.rs
index 08319e5..c55c2da 100644
--- a/src/response.rs
+++ b/src/response.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 use crate::StatusCode;
 use num::FromPrimitive;
-use std::io::prelude::*;
+use std::io::{prelude::*, ErrorKind};
 
 /// A Gemini response as specified in [the spec](https://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/specification.html).
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct Response {
-    status: StatusCode,
-    meta: String,
-    body: Vec<u8>,
+    pub status: StatusCode,
+    pub meta: String,
+    pub body: Vec<u8>,
 }
 
 /// The parser state.
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ pub enum Error {
 
     #[error("None found when none should not be found")]
     NoneFound,
+
+    #[error("TLS error: {0:?}")]
+    TLS(#[from] rustls::TLSError),
 }
 
 impl Response {
@@ -57,8 +60,19 @@ impl Response {
                         }
                     }
                     log::trace!("buf: {:?}: {:?}", buf, buf[0] as char);
+                    log::trace!("n: {}", n);
+                }
+
+                Err(why) => {
+                    if why.kind() == ErrorKind::ConnectionAborted {
+                        if let State::ReadBody { data } = state {
+                            result.body = data;
+                            return Ok(result);
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    return Err(Error::IO(why));
                 }
-                Err(why) => return Err(Error::IO(why)),
             }
 
             // log::trace!("state: {:?}", state);