diff --git a/www/js/ts.js b/www/js/ts.js
index a59d091..18acb66 100644
--- a/www/js/ts.js
+++ b/www/js/ts.js
@@ -584,7 +584,19 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
             // render views
             this.user.view.render();
             this.timelines.view.render();
-            this.entries.view.render(); },
+            this.entries.view.render();
+            
+            // create our WebSocket for receiving push notifications of changed
+            // content.
+            if (false) { // (Modernizr.websockets)
+                TS.updateConnection = new WebSocket('wss://' +
+                    window.location.hostname +
+                    (window.location.port ? ":" window.location.port : "") +
+                    '/ts_api/update_service?user_id=' +
+                    this.user.model.get("id"));
+                TS.updateConnection.onopen = this.syncConnected;
+                TS.updateConnection.onmessage = this.syncUpdate;
+                TS.updateConnection.onclose = this.syncDisconnected; } },
 
         loadInitialData: function() {
             // assume we are authenticated
@@ -653,7 +665,32 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
                 this.timelines.view.render();
 
                 // fetch the new EntryList records
-                this.entries.collection.fetch() } } });
+                this.entries.collection.fetch() } },
+                
+        syncConnected: function() { },
+        
+        syncDisconnected: function() {err) {
+            // TODO: reconnect. Possibly display a button for the user to
+            // manually reconnect if we've already tried and failed too many
+            // times.
+        },
+        
+        syncUpdate: function(message) {
+            if (!message.data) return;
+
+            var data = JSON.parse(message.data);
+
+            if (data.record_type == "ts_entry") {
+                // Check to see if the record is for the same timeline we are
+                // currently using.
+
+                // 
+            }
+
+            if (data.record_type == "ts_timeline") {
+
+            }
+        } });
 
     TS.LoginView = Backbone.View.extend({
         el: $("#login")[0],