diff --git a/lib/AnyEvent/NSQ/Reader.pm b/lib/AnyEvent/NSQ/Reader.pm
index fc49115..833f5d7 100644
--- a/lib/AnyEvent/NSQ/Reader.pm
+++ b/lib/AnyEvent/NSQ/Reader.pm
@@ -6,118 +6,53 @@ package AnyEvent::NSQ::Reader;
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use AnyEvent;
-use AnyEvent::Socket ();
 use Carp 'croak';
-use AnyEvent::NSQ::Connection;
 
-sub new {
-  my ($class, %args) = @_;
-  my $self = bless {}, $class;
+use parent 'AnyEvent::NSQ::Client';
 
-  $self->{topic}      = delete $args{topic}       or croak q{FATAL: required 'topic' parameter is missing};
-  $self->{channel}    = delete $args{channel}     or croak q{FATAL: required 'channel' parameter is missing};
-  $self->{message_cb} = delete($args{message_cb}) or croak q{FATAL: required 'message_cb' parameter is missing};
 
-  $self->{disconnect_cb} = delete($args{disconnect_cb}) || sub { };
-  $self->{error_cb}      = delete($args{error_cb})      || sub { croak($_[1]) };
+#### Parameter parsing
 
-  for my $arg (qw( ready_count client_id hostname requeue_delay connect_timeout )) {
-    $self->{$arg} = delete($args{$arg}) if exists $args{$arg};
+## Parse all Reader specific arguments to new()
+sub _parse_args {
+  my ($self, $args) = @_;
+
+  $self->{topic}      = delete $args->{topic}      or croak q{FATAL: required 'topic' parameter is missing};
+  $self->{channel}    = delete $args->{channel}    or croak q{FATAL: required 'channel' parameter is missing};
+  $self->{message_cb} = delete $args->{message_cb} or croak q{FATAL: required 'message_cb' parameter is missing};
+
+  for my $arg (qw( ready_count requeue_delay )) {
+    $self->{$arg} = delete($args->{$arg}) if exists $args->{$arg};
   }
 
-  if (my $lookupd_http_addresses = delete $args{lookupd_http_addresses}) {
-    $lookupd_http_addresses = [$lookupd_http_addresses] unless ref($lookupd_http_addresses) eq 'ARRAY';
-    $self->{lookupd_http_addresses} = $lookupd_http_addresses;
-    $self->{use_lookupd}            = 1;
-  }
-
-  if (my $nsqd_tcp_addresses = delete $args{nsqd_tcp_addresses}) {
-    croak(q{FATAL: only one of 'lookupd_http_addresses' and 'nsqd_tcp_addresses' is allowed}) if $self->{use_lookupd};
-
-    $nsqd_tcp_addresses = [$nsqd_tcp_addresses] unless ref($nsqd_tcp_addresses) eq 'ARRAY';
-    $self->{nsqd_tcp_addresses} = $nsqd_tcp_addresses;
-    $self->{use_lookupd}        = 0;
-  }
-
-  ## There can be only one, there must be at least one
-  croak(q{FATAL: one of 'nsqd_tcp_addresses' or 'lookup'}) unless defined $self->{use_lookupd};
-
-  $self->connect();
-
-  return $self;
+  return $self->SUPER::_parse_args($args);
 }
 
-sub connect {
-  my $self = shift;
 
-  if ($self->{use_lookupd}) {
-    $self->_start_lookupd_poolers;
-  }
-  else {
-    $self->_start_nsqd_connections;
-  }
+### Connection setup and teardown
 
-  return;
+## called after a successful reply to IDENTIFY, we are ready to rock & roll
+sub _identified {
+  my ($self, $conn, $info) = @_;
+
+  $conn->subscribe(
+    $self->{topic},
+    $self->{channel},
+
+    ## our message handler...
+    sub {
+      ## FIXME: bless it with the future AnyEvent::NSQ::Message
+      my $msg = $_[1];
+
+      my $action = $self->{message_cb}->($self, $msg);
+
+      ## Action below -1 does nothing, we assume the user took care of it himself
+      if (not defined $action) { $conn->mark_as_done_msg($_[1]) }
+      elsif ($action >= -1) { $conn->requeue_msg($_[1], $action) }
+    }
+  );
+
+  $conn->ready($self->{ready_count} || int(($info->{max_rdy_count} || 2000) / 10));
 }
 
-sub _start_nsqd_connections {
-  my ($self) = @_;
-
-  for my $nsqd_tcp_address (@{ $self->{nsqd_tcp_addresses} }) {
-    $self->_start_nsqd_connection($nsqd_tcp_address, reconnect => 1);
-  }
-}
-
-sub _start_nsqd_connection {
-  my ($self, $nsqd_tcp_address, %args) = @_;
-
-  my $conns = $self->{nsqd_conns} ||= {};
-  return if $conns->{$nsqd_tcp_address};
-
-  my ($host, $port) = AnyEvent::Socket::parse_hostport($nsqd_tcp_address, 4150);    ## 4150 is the default port for nsqd
-  croak(qq{FATAL: could not parse '$nsqd_tcp_address' as a valid address/port combination}) unless $host and $port;
-
-  my %conn = (host => $host, port => $port);
-  for my $arg (qw( client_id hostname error_cb requeue_delay connect_timeout )) {
-    $conn{$arg} = $self->{$arg} if exists $self->{$arg};
-  }
-
-  $conn{connect_cb} = sub {
-    my ($conn) = @_;
-    $conn->identify(
-      sub {
-        $conn->subscribe(
-          $self->{topic},
-          $self->{channel},
-          sub {
-            ## FIXME: bless it with the future AnyEvent::NSQ::Message
-            my $msg = $_[1];
-
-            my $action = $self->{message_cb}->($self, $msg);
-
-            ## Action below -1 does nothing, we assume the user took care of it himself
-            if (not defined $action) { $conn->mark_as_done_msg($_[1]) }
-            elsif ($action >= -1) { $conn->requeue_msg($_[1], $action) }
-          }
-        );
-
-        $conn->ready($self->{ready_count} || int(($_[1]{max_rdy_count} || 2000) / 10));
-      }
-    );
-  };
-
-  $conn{disconnect_cb} = sub {
-    ## FIXME: deal with reconnects here
-    $self->{disconnect_cb}->(@_) if $self->{disconnect_cb};
-  };
-
-  $conns->{$nsqd_tcp_address}{conn}  = AnyEvent::NSQ::Connection->new(%conn);
-  $conns->{$nsqd_tcp_address}{state} = 'connecting';
-
-  return;
-}
-
-sub _start_lookupd_poolers { }
-
 1;