diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index ac04b1d..dc7f441 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <socks/init.h>
 #include <socks/clock.h>
+#include <socks/input.h>
 #include <socks/panic.h>
 #include <socks/test.h>
 #include <socks/printk.h>
+#include <socks/device.h>
 #include <socks/kext.h>
 #include <socks/object.h>
 #include <socks/sched.h>
@@ -14,22 +16,155 @@ extern unsigned long get_rflags(void);
 
 extern char __pstart[], __pend[];
 
+static char keycode_chars[] = {
+	[KEY_UNKNOWN]                = ' ',
+	[KEY_A]                      = 'a',
+	[KEY_B]                      = 'b',
+	[KEY_C]                      = 'c',
+	[KEY_D]                      = 'd',
+	[KEY_E]                      = 'e',
+	[KEY_F]                      = 'f',
+	[KEY_G]                      = 'g',
+	[KEY_H]                      = 'h',
+	[KEY_I]                      = 'i',
+	[KEY_J]                      = 'j',
+	[KEY_K]                      = 'k',
+	[KEY_L]                      = 'l',
+	[KEY_M]                      = 'm',
+	[KEY_N]                      = 'n',
+	[KEY_O]                      = 'o',
+	[KEY_P]                      = 'p',
+	[KEY_Q]                      = 'q',
+	[KEY_R]                      = 'r',
+	[KEY_S]                      = 's',
+	[KEY_T]                      = 't',
+	[KEY_U]                      = 'u',
+	[KEY_V]                      = 'v',
+	[KEY_W]                      = 'w',
+	[KEY_X]                      = 'x',
+	[KEY_Y]                      = 'y',
+	[KEY_Z]                      = 'z',
+	[KEY_KEY_1]                  = '1',
+	[KEY_KEY_2]                  = '2',
+	[KEY_KEY_3]                  = '3',
+	[KEY_KEY_4]                  = '4',
+	[KEY_KEY_5]                  = '5',
+	[KEY_KEY_6]                  = '6',
+	[KEY_KEY_7]                  = '7',
+	[KEY_KEY_8]                  = '8',
+	[KEY_KEY_9]                  = '9',
+	[KEY_KEY_0]                  = '0',
+	[KEY_ENTER]                  = '\n',
+	[KEY_ESCAPE]                 = 0,
+	[KEY_BACKSPACE]              = '\b',
+	[KEY_TAB]                    = ' ',
+	[KEY_SPACE]                  = ' ',
+	[KEY_MINUS]                  = '-',
+	[KEY_EQUALS]                 = '=',
+	[KEY_LEFT_BRACE]             = '[',
+	[KEY_RIGHT_BRACE]            = ']',
+	[KEY_BACKSLASH]              = '\\',
+	[KEY_NON_US_HASH]            = 0,
+	[KEY_SEMICOLON]              = ';',
+	[KEY_APOSTROPHE]             = '\'',
+	[KEY_GRAVE_ACCENT]           = 0,
+	[KEY_COMMA]                  = ',',
+	[KEY_DOT]                    = '.',
+	[KEY_SLASH]                  = '/',
+	[KEY_CAPS_LOCK]              = 0,
+	[KEY_F1]                     = 0,
+	[KEY_F2]                     = 0,
+	[KEY_F3]                     = 0,
+	[KEY_F4]                     = 0,
+	[KEY_F5]                     = 0,
+	[KEY_F6]                     = 0,
+	[KEY_F7]                     = 0,
+	[KEY_F8]                     = 0,
+	[KEY_F9]                     = 0,
+	[KEY_F10]                    = 0,
+	[KEY_F11]                    = 0,
+	[KEY_F12]                    = 0,
+	[KEY_PRINT_SCREEN]           = 0,
+	[KEY_SCROLL_LOCK]            = 0,
+	[KEY_PAUSE]                  = 0,
+	[KEY_INSERT]                 = 0,
+	[KEY_HOME]                   = 0,
+	[KEY_PAGE_UP]                = 0,
+	[KEY_DELETE]                 = 0,
+	[KEY_END]                    = 0,
+	[KEY_PAGE_DOWN]              = 0,
+	[KEY_RIGHT]                  = 0,
+	[KEY_LEFT]                   = 0,
+	[KEY_DOWN]                   = 0,
+	[KEY_UP]                     = 0,
+	[KEY_NUM_LOCK]               = 0,
+	[KEY_KEYPAD_SLASH]           = '/',
+	[KEY_KEYPAD_ASTERISK]        = '*',
+	[KEY_KEYPAD_MINUS]           = '-',
+	[KEY_KEYPAD_PLUS]            = '+',
+	[KEY_KEYPAD_ENTER]           = '\n',
+	[KEY_KEYPAD_1]               = '1',
+	[KEY_KEYPAD_2]               = '2',
+	[KEY_KEYPAD_3]               = '3',
+	[KEY_KEYPAD_4]               = '4',
+	[KEY_KEYPAD_5]               = '5',
+	[KEY_KEYPAD_6]               = '6',
+	[KEY_KEYPAD_7]               = '7',
+	[KEY_KEYPAD_8]               = '8',
+	[KEY_KEYPAD_9]               = '9',
+	[KEY_KEYPAD_0]               = '0',
+	[KEY_KEYPAD_DOT]             = '.',
+	[KEY_NON_US_BACKSLASH]       = 0,
+	[KEY_KEYPAD_EQUALS]          = '=',
+	[KEY_MENU]                   = 0,
+	[KEY_LEFT_CTRL]              = 0,
+	[KEY_LEFT_SHIFT]             = 0,
+	[KEY_LEFT_ALT]               = 0,
+	[KEY_LEFT_META]              = 0,
+	[KEY_RIGHT_CTRL]             = 0,
+	[KEY_RIGHT_SHIFT]            = 0,
+	[KEY_RIGHT_ALT]              = 0,
+	[KEY_RIGHT_META]             = 0,
+	[KEY_MEDIA_MUTE]             = 0,
+	[KEY_MEDIA_VOLUME_INCREMENT] = 0,
+	[KEY_MEDIA_VOLUME_DECREMENT] = 0,
+};
+
 void print_kernel_banner(void)
 {
 	printk("Socks kernel version " BUILD_ID);
 }
 
+static void hang(void)
+{
+	while (1) {
+		printk("tick");
+		milli_sleep(2000);
+	}
+}
+
 void background_thread(void)
 {
 	printk("background_thread() running on processor %u", this_cpu());
 	milli_sleep(500);
 
 	while (1) {
-		printk("tock");
-		milli_sleep(1000);
+		//printk("tock");
+		milli_sleep(2000);
 	}
 }
 
+static void putchar(char c)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	struct queue *consoles = get_consoles(&flags);
+	queue_foreach(struct console, con, consoles, c_list) {
+		console_write(con, &c, 1);
+	}
+
+	put_consoles(consoles, flags);
+}
+
 void kernel_init(uintptr_t arg)
 {
 	ml_init(arg);
@@ -51,8 +186,46 @@ void kernel_init(uintptr_t arg)
 
 	create_kernel_thread(background_thread);
 
-	while (1) {
-		printk("tick");
-		milli_sleep(1000);
+	struct object *kbd_obj;
+	status = object_namespace_get_object(global_namespace(), "/dev/system/misc/ps2kbd", &kbd_obj);
+	if (status != KERN_OK) {
+		printk("no keyboard available");
+		hang();
 	}
+
+	struct device *kbd_dev = cast_to_device(kbd_obj);
+	if (!kbd_dev) {
+		printk("no keyboard available");
+		hang();
+	}
+
+	struct input_device *kbd = INPUT_DEVICE(kbd_dev);
+	if (!kbd) {
+		printk("no keyboard available");
+		hang();
+	}
+
+	while (1) {
+		struct input_event ev;
+		size_t r;
+		status = device_read(kbd_dev, &ev, sizeof ev, &r);
+
+		if (status != KERN_OK || r != sizeof ev) {
+			printk("keyboard read error: %s", kern_status_string(status));
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (ev.ev_type != INPUT_TYPE_KEY || ev.ev_key.state != INPUT_KEYSTATE_DOWN) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		char c = keycode_chars[ev.ev_key.key];
+		if (c == 0) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		putchar(c);
+	}
+
+	hang();
 }