diff --git a/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml b/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml
index edd3ed4..f1071ba 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ license = "gpl-3"
 [dependencies]
 tracing = "0.1.29"
 thiserror = "1.0.30"
-chrono = "0.4.19"
 rmp-ipc = {version = "0.7.2", optional=true}
 tauri = {version = "1.0.0-beta.8", optional=true}
 
@@ -17,5 +16,10 @@ tauri = {version = "1.0.0-beta.8", optional=true}
 version = "1.0.130"
 features = ["serde_derive"]
 
+[dependencies.chrono]
+version = "0.4.19"
+features = ["serde"]
+
 [features]
-tauri-plugin = ["tauri", "rmp-ipc"]
\ No newline at end of file
+tauri-plugin = ["client-api","tauri", "rmp-ipc"]
+client-api = ["rmp-ipc"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/error.rs b/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd8f8df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+pub type ApiResult<T> = Result<T, ApiError>;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum ApiError {
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    IPC(#[from] rmp_ipc::error::Error)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/mod.rs b/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6d7b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+pub mod error;
+
+use rmp_ipc::ipc::context::Context;
+use rmp_ipc::IPCBuilder;
+use crate::client_api::error::ApiResult;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct ApiClient {
+    ctx: Context,
+}
+
+impl ApiClient {
+    /// Creates a new client from an existing ipc context
+    pub fn new(ctx: Context) -> Self {
+        Self {ctx}
+    }
+
+    /// Connects to the ipc Socket
+    pub async fn connect(address: &str) -> ApiResult<Self> {
+        let ctx = IPCBuilder::new().address(address).build_client().await?;
+
+        Ok(Self::new(ctx))
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mediarepo-api/src/lib.rs b/mediarepo-api/src/lib.rs
index 56ce163..1c1dbbe 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 pub mod types;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "client-api")]
+pub mod client_api;
+
 #[cfg(feature = "tauri-plugin")]
 pub mod tauri_plugin;
diff --git a/mediarepo-api/src/types/files.rs b/mediarepo-api/src/types/files.rs
index 4c121b0..e80e67a 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/src/types/files.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-api/src/types/files.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 use chrono::NaiveDateTime;
 use crate::types::identifier::FileIdentifier;
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ pub struct FileMetadataResponse {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct ThumbnailMetadataResponse {
     pub id: i64,
-    pub hash: Strin,
+    pub hash: String,
     pub height: i32,
     pub width: i32,
     pub mime_type: Option<String>,
diff --git a/mediarepo-api/src/types/identifier.rs b/mediarepo-api/src/types/identifier.rs
index 8617373..b8df84e 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/src/types/identifier.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-api/src/types/identifier.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum FileIdentifier {
     ID(i64),
diff --git a/mediarepo-api/src/types/misc.rs b/mediarepo-api/src/types/misc.rs
index 77307cf..137524f 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/src/types/misc.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-api/src/types/misc.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct InfoResponse {
     pub name: String,
diff --git a/mediarepo-api/src/types/tags.rs b/mediarepo-api/src/types/tags.rs
index 252b3d0..4917af8 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/src/types/tags.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-api/src/types/tags.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct TagResponse {
     pub id: i64,