diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b499759..ab77bc8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@ use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use structopt::StructOpt;
+use tokio::net::UdpSocket;
 use tokio::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
+use tokio::select;
 use tokio_postgres::{Client, Config, NoTls, Statement};
 
+// todo: do better errorhandling
+
 type Error = Box<dyn std::error::Error>;
 
 /// This application recieves logfiles in ubiquitis weird logfile format from the network,
@@ -65,29 +69,90 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
     let insert_statement = client
         .prepare("insert into log(prio, rcv_ip, rcv_date, date, daemon, message) values ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6)").await?;
 
-    let listener = TcpListener::bind(&options.addr)
+    let tcp_listener = TcpListener::bind(&options.addr)
         .await
-        .map_err(|e| format!("could not bind to {} with error {:?}", &options.addr, e))?;
+        .map_err(|e| format!("could not bind to tcp:{} with error {:?}", &options.addr, e))?;
+    let udp_socket = UdpSocket::bind(&options.addr)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| format!("could not bind to udp:{} with error {:?}", &options.addr, e))?;
 
     let blacklist: HashSet<_> = options.blacklist.into_iter().collect();
     let blacklist = Arc::new(blacklist);
 
+    // rfc says max length for messages is 1024
+    let mut buf = [0; 1024];
+
     loop {
-        match listener.accept().await {
-            Ok((socket, peer)) => {
-                tokio::spawn(handle_peer_and_error(
-                    socket,
-                    peer,
-                    client.clone(),
-                    insert_statement.clone(),
-                    blacklist.clone(),
-                ));
-            }
-            Err(e) => eprintln!("{:?}", e),
+        //todo: possibly better implemented by just running two tokio::spawn tasks that loop
+        select! {
+            tcp = tcp_listener.accept() => match tcp {
+                Ok((socket, peer)) => {
+                    tokio::spawn(handle_peer_and_error(
+                        socket,
+                        peer,
+                        client.clone(),
+                        insert_statement.clone(),
+                        blacklist.clone(),
+                    ));
+                }
+                Err(e) => eprintln!("tcp error: {:?}", e),
+            },
+            udp = udp_socket.recv_from(&mut buf) => match udp {
+                Ok((len, addr)) => {
+                    let line = &buf[0..len];
+                    let line = match std::str::from_utf8(&line) {
+                        Ok(l) => l,
+                        Err(e) => {eprintln!("udp packet is not valid utf8: {e}"); continue},
+                    };
+                    let line: String = line.into();
+
+                    tokio::spawn(handle_udp_and_error(
+                            line, addr, client.clone(), insert_statement.clone(),blacklist.clone()));
+
+                },
+                Err(e) => eprintln!("udp error: {:?}", e),
+            },
         }
     }
 }
 
+async fn handle_udp_and_error<S: AsRef<str>>(
+    line: S,
+    peer: SocketAddr,
+    db: Arc<Client>,
+    insert_statement: Statement,
+    blacklist: Arc<HashSet<String>>,
+) {
+    if let Err(e) = handle_udp(line.as_ref(), peer, db, insert_statement, blacklist).await {
+        eprintln!("udp line error: {e}");
+    }
+}
+
+async fn handle_udp(
+    line: &'_ str,
+    peer: SocketAddr,
+    db: Arc<Client>,
+    insert_statement: Statement,
+    blacklist: Arc<HashSet<String>>,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let ip = peer.ip();
+    let ParsedLine {
+        prio,
+        rcvtime,
+        logtime,
+        service,
+        entry,
+    } = parse_line(&line)?;
+    if !blacklist.contains(service) {
+        db.execute(
+            &insert_statement,
+            &[&prio, &ip, &rcvtime, &logtime, &service, &entry],
+        )
+        .await?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 async fn handle_peer_and_error(
     stream: TcpStream,
     peer: SocketAddr,
@@ -96,7 +161,7 @@ async fn handle_peer_and_error(
     blacklist: Arc<HashSet<String>>,
 ) {
     if let Err(e) = handle_peer(stream, peer, db, insert_statement, blacklist).await {
-        eprintln!("{}", e);
+        eprintln!("tcp line error: {}", e);
     }
 }
 
@@ -154,7 +219,6 @@ fn tst_timeparse() {
 }
 
 fn parse_log_date(year: i32, input: &'_ str) -> Result<NaiveDateTime, Error> {
-    let mut parts = input.split(" ").map(|p| p.trim()).filter(|p| p.len() > 0);
     let (month, input) = input.split_at(3);
     let (day, time) = input.split_at(4);
     let day = day.trim();
@@ -188,9 +252,7 @@ fn parse_log_date(year: i32, input: &'_ str) -> Result<NaiveDateTime, Error> {
 ///     * termination: a non-{alphanum, space, -} character, usually [ or :
 ///     * content: rest of the line
 fn parse_line(line: &'_ str) -> Result<ParsedLine<'_>, Error> {
-    let (prio, line) = line
-        .split_once('>')
-        .expect("log did not contain priority")?;
+    let (prio, line) = line.split_once('>').ok_or("log did not contain priority")?;
     let prio = &prio[1..];
     let prio = prio
         .parse()
@@ -204,9 +266,8 @@ fn parse_line(line: &'_ str) -> Result<ParsedLine<'_>, Error> {
     let logtime = TimeZone::from_local_datetime(&Local, &logtime).unwrap();
 
     // this slightly differs from the rfc: - is considered non-terminating
-    let terminator = |c| !((c == '-') || c.is_alphanumeric());
     let (service, entry) = line
-        .split_once(terminator)
+        .split_once(|c: char| !((c == '-') || c.is_alphanumeric()))
         .ok_or("invalid service or message")?;
     Ok(ParsedLine {
         prio,