diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0a1fb8b..61022dc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ INCDIRS = -I.
 LIBDIRS = -L
 # used libraries
 #LIBS = -lm
-LIBS = -l
+LIBS = -lpthread
 
 # compiler and flags
 CC = gcc
-CFLAGS = -Wall $(INCDIRS) $(LIBDIRS)
+CFLAGS = -Wall $(INCDIRS) $(LIBDIRS) $(LIBS)
 
 # objects are .o files created from all .c files in the directory (same name)
 OBJECTS = $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(wildcard *.c))
diff --git a/moxerver.c b/moxerver.c
index b17ba09..a306aca 100644
--- a/moxerver.c
+++ b/moxerver.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "moxerver.h"
 #include <signal.h> /* handling quit signals */
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 #define NAME "moxerver"
 
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	fd_set read_fds;
 	int fdmax;
 	struct timeval tv;
+
+	pthread_t tty_thread; 
 	
 	
 	/* catch and handle some quit signals, SIGKILL can't be caught */
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	
 	
 	//TODO this is a good place to create and start the TTY thread, use "tty_path" when opening device
-	
+	ret = pthread_create(&tty_thread, NULL, tty_thread_func, "starting tty thread...");
 	
 	/* loop with timeouts waiting for client connection and data*/
 	while (1) {
@@ -177,10 +180,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		
 	} /* END while() loop */
 	
+	pthread_join(tty_thread, NULL);
+	
 	/* unexpected break from while() loop */
 	fprintf(stderr, "[%s] unexpected condition\n", NAME);
 	/* cleanup and exit with -1 */
 	cleanup(-1);
 	
 	return -1;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/moxerver.h b/moxerver.h
index 7275df2..5130333 100644
--- a/moxerver.h
+++ b/moxerver.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ int tty_reconfigure(struct tty_t *tty_dev, struct termios newttyset);
 int tty_read(struct tty_t *tty_dev);
 /* Sends data from a buffer to tty device. */
 int tty_write(struct tty_t *tty_dev, char *databuf, int datalen);
-
+/* Main tty thread function */
+void *tty_thread_func(void *arg);
 
 
diff --git a/tty.c b/tty.c
index c909190..64966a7 100644
--- a/tty.c
+++ b/tty.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "moxerver.h"
-
+#include <string.h>
+#define TTY_THREAD_TIMEOUT_SEC 30
+#define NAME "tty"
 
 /* Opens the tty device and configures it. */
 int tty_open(struct tty_t *tty_dev, char* path) {
@@ -34,4 +36,26 @@ int tty_read(struct tty_t *tty_dev) {
 int tty_write(struct tty_t *tty_dev, char *databuf, int datalen) {
 	// databuf should point to client data buffer
 	return 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+void *tty_thread_func(void *arg) {
+	int i = 0;
+	char *str;
+	str = (char*)arg;
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "[%s] tty thread started with passed argument: %s\n", NAME, str);
+
+	//while ((i * 10) < TTY_THREAD_TIMEOUT_SEC) {
+	while (1) {
+		sleep(10);
+		fprintf(stderr, "[%s] tty thread reporting ...\n", NAME);
+		i++;
+	}
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "[%s] tty thread stoped\n", NAME);
+
+	strncpy(str, "bye", strlen(str));
+	
+	return (void *)str;
+}
+