diff --git a/extension/background.js b/extension/background.js
index a53dae0..c7815e6 100644
--- a/extension/background.js
+++ b/extension/background.js
@@ -289,10 +289,14 @@ async function releasedir(path) {
   if (route.releasedir) return route.releasedir(path);
 }
 
+function log(...ss) {
+  console.log(...ss);
+}
+
 let port;
 /* let ws;*/
 async function onMessage(req) {
-  console.log('req', req);
+  log('req', req);
 
   let response = { op: req.op, error: unix.EIO };
   /* console.time(req.op + ':' + req.path);*/
@@ -366,14 +370,16 @@ async function onMessage(req) {
   }
   /* console.timeEnd(req.op + ':' + req.path);*/
 
-  console.log('resp', response);
-  ws.send(JSON.stringify(response));
+  log('resp', response);
+  /* ws.send(JSON.stringify(response));*/
 };
 
 function tryConnect() {
   port = chrome.runtime.connectNative('com.rsnous.TabFS');
-  updateToolbarIcon();
+  /* console.log('hello', port);*/
+  /* updateToolbarIcon();*/
   port.onMessage.addListener(onMessage);
+  port.onDisconnect.addListener(p => {log(p)});
 
   /* ws = new WebSocket("ws://localhost:8888");
    * updateToolbarIcon();
diff --git a/fs/test-native.c b/fs/test-native.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c53df29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/test-native.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int main() {
+    FILE *log = fopen("log.txt", "w");
+    fprintf(log, "hello\n"); fflush(log);
+
+    for (;;) {
+        char *outMsg = "{\"text\":\"This is a response message\"}";
+        unsigned int outLen = strlen(outMsg);
+        char *bOutLen = (char *)&outLen;
+        write(1, bOutLen, 4); // 1 is stdout
+        write(1, outMsg, outLen);
+        fflush(stdout);
+        fprintf(log, "wrote msg\n"); fflush(log);
+
+        char bInLen[4];
+        read(0, bInLen, 4); // 0 is stdin
+        unsigned int inLen = *(unsigned int *)bInLen;
+        char *inMsg = (char *)malloc(inLen);
+        read(0, inMsg, inLen);
+        inMsg[inLen] = '\0';
+        fprintf(log, "msg: [%s]\n", inMsg); fflush(log);
+        free(inMsg);
+ 
+    }
+    return 0;
+}