diff --git a/shared/tunnelbroker-client/Cargo.lock b/shared/tunnelbroker-client/Cargo.lock
--- a/shared/tunnelbroker-client/Cargo.lock
+++ b/shared/tunnelbroker-client/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.68"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2cb2f989d18dd141ab8ae82f64d1a8cdd37e0840f73a406896cf5e99502fab61"
+checksum = "224afbd727c3d6e4b90103ece64b8d1b67fbb1973b1046c2281eed3f3803f800"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "async-stream"
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
-version = "0.1.61"
+version = "0.1.64"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "705339e0e4a9690e2908d2b3d049d85682cf19fbd5782494498fbf7003a6a282"
+checksum = "1cd7fce9ba8c3c042128ce72d8b2ddbf3a05747efb67ea0313c635e10bda47a2"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum"
-version = "0.6.2"
+version = "0.6.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1304eab461cf02bd70b083ed8273388f9724c549b316ba3d1e213ce0e9e7fb7e"
+checksum = "4e246206a63c9830e118d12c894f56a82033da1a2361f5544deeee3df85c99d9"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum-core",
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-core"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f487e40dc9daee24d8a1779df88522f159a54a980f99cfbe43db0be0bd3444a8"
+checksum = "1cae3e661676ffbacb30f1a824089a8c9150e71017f7e1e38f2aa32009188d34"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dfb24e866b15a1af2a1b663f10c6b6b8f397a84aadb828f12e5b289ec23a3a3c"
+checksum = "89b2fd2a0dcf38d7971e2194b6b6eebab45ae01067456a7fd93d5547a61b70be"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
@@ -118,15 +118,15 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "90e5c1c8368803113bf0c9584fc495a58b86dc8a29edbf8fe877d21d9507e797"
+checksum = "7fcaabb2fef8c910e7f4c7ce9f67a1283a1715879a7c230ca9d6d1ae31f16d91"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a7a407cfaa3385c4ae6b23e84623d48c2798d06e3e6a1878f7f59f17b3f86499"
+checksum = "e51093e27b0797c359783294ca4f0a911c270184cb10f85783b118614a1501be"
 dependencies = [
  "instant",
 ]
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
-version = "0.3.25"
+version = "0.3.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "38390104763dc37a5145a53c29c63c1290b5d316d6086ec32c293f6736051bb0"
+checksum = "13e2792b0ff0340399d58445b88fd9770e3489eff258a4cbc1523418f12abf84"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-channel"
-version = "0.3.25"
+version = "0.3.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "52ba265a92256105f45b719605a571ffe2d1f0fea3807304b522c1d778f79eed"
+checksum = "2e5317663a9089767a1ec00a487df42e0ca174b61b4483213ac24448e4664df5"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
@@ -170,15 +170,15 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-core"
-version = "0.3.25"
+version = "0.3.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "04909a7a7e4633ae6c4a9ab280aeb86da1236243a77b694a49eacd659a4bd3ac"
+checksum = "ec90ff4d0fe1f57d600049061dc6bb68ed03c7d2fbd697274c41805dcb3f8608"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-executor"
-version = "0.3.25"
+version = "0.3.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7acc85df6714c176ab5edf386123fafe217be88c0840ec11f199441134a074e2"
+checksum = "e8de0a35a6ab97ec8869e32a2473f4b1324459e14c29275d14b10cb1fd19b50e"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-task",
@@ -187,15 +187,15 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-io"
-version = "0.3.25"
+version = "0.3.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "00f5fb52a06bdcadeb54e8d3671f8888a39697dcb0b81b23b55174030427f4eb"
+checksum = "bfb8371b6fb2aeb2d280374607aeabfc99d95c72edfe51692e42d3d7f0d08531"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-macro"
-version = "0.3.25"
+version = "0.3.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bdfb8ce053d86b91919aad980c220b1fb8401a9394410e1c289ed7e66b61835d"
+checksum = "95a73af87da33b5acf53acfebdc339fe592ecf5357ac7c0a7734ab9d8c876a70"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -204,21 +204,21 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-sink"
-version = "0.3.25"
+version = "0.3.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "39c15cf1a4aa79df40f1bb462fb39676d0ad9e366c2a33b590d7c66f4f81fcf9"
+checksum = "f310820bb3e8cfd46c80db4d7fb8353e15dfff853a127158425f31e0be6c8364"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-task"
-version = "0.3.25"
+version = "0.3.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2ffb393ac5d9a6eaa9d3fdf37ae2776656b706e200c8e16b1bdb227f5198e6ea"
+checksum = "dcf79a1bf610b10f42aea489289c5a2c478a786509693b80cd39c44ccd936366"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-util"
-version = "0.3.25"
+version = "0.3.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "197676987abd2f9cadff84926f410af1c183608d36641465df73ae8211dc65d6"
+checksum = "9c1d6de3acfef38d2be4b1f543f553131788603495be83da675e180c8d6b7bd1"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
@@ -270,9 +270,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2540771e65fc8cb83cd6e8a237f70c319bd5c29f78ed1084ba5d50eeac86f7f9"
+checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
@@ -325,9 +325,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
-version = "0.14.23"
+version = "0.14.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "034711faac9d2166cb1baf1a2fb0b60b1f277f8492fd72176c17f3515e1abd3c"
+checksum = "5e011372fa0b68db8350aa7a248930ecc7839bf46d8485577d69f117a75f164c"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-channel",
@@ -434,14 +434,14 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
-version = "0.8.5"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e5d732bc30207a6423068df043e3d02e0735b155ad7ce1a6f76fe2baa5b158de"
+checksum = "5b9d9a46eff5b4ff64b45a9e316a6d1e0bc719ef429cbec4dc630684212bfdf9"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
  "wasi",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -462,9 +462,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
-version = "1.17.0"
+version = "1.17.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6f61fba1741ea2b3d6a1e3178721804bb716a68a6aeba1149b5d52e3d464ea66"
+checksum = "b7e5500299e16ebb147ae15a00a942af264cf3688f47923b8fc2cd5858f23ad3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
@@ -474,9 +474,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "petgraph"
-version = "0.6.2"
+version = "0.6.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e6d5014253a1331579ce62aa67443b4a658c5e7dd03d4bc6d302b94474888143"
+checksum = "4dd7d28ee937e54fe3080c91faa1c3a46c06de6252988a7f4592ba2310ef22a4"
 dependencies = [
  "fixedbitset",
  "indexmap",
@@ -532,9 +532,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.50"
+version = "1.0.51"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6ef7d57beacfaf2d8aee5937dab7b7f28de3cb8b1828479bb5de2a7106f2bae2"
+checksum = "5d727cae5b39d21da60fa540906919ad737832fe0b1c165da3a34d6548c849d6"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -710,9 +710,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sync_wrapper"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "20518fe4a4c9acf048008599e464deb21beeae3d3578418951a189c235a7a9a8"
+checksum = "2047c6ded9c721764247e62cd3b03c09ffc529b2ba5b10ec482ae507a4a70160"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
@@ -730,9 +730,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.24.2"
+version = "1.25.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "597a12a59981d9e3c38d216785b0c37399f6e415e8d0712047620f189371b0bb"
+checksum = "c8e00990ebabbe4c14c08aca901caed183ecd5c09562a12c824bb53d3c3fd3af"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "bytes",
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@
  "pin-project-lite",
  "socket2",
  "tokio-macros",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -780,9 +780,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.7.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0bb2e075f03b3d66d8d8785356224ba688d2906a371015e225beeb65ca92c740"
+checksum = "5427d89453009325de0d8f342c9490009f76e999cb7672d77e46267448f7e6b2"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
@@ -976,9 +976,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "which"
-version = "4.3.0"
+version = "4.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1c831fbbee9e129a8cf93e7747a82da9d95ba8e16621cae60ec2cdc849bacb7b"
+checksum = "2441c784c52b289a054b7201fc93253e288f094e2f4be9058343127c4226a269"
 dependencies = [
  "either",
  "libc",
@@ -1022,6 +1022,30 @@
  "windows_x86_64_msvc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.45.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "75283be5efb2831d37ea142365f009c02ec203cd29a3ebecbc093d52315b66d0"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.42.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e2522491fbfcd58cc84d47aeb2958948c4b8982e9a2d8a2a35bbaed431390e7"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc",
+ "windows_i686_gnu",
+ "windows_i686_msvc",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.42.1"
diff --git a/shared/tunnelbroker-client/src/lib.rs b/shared/tunnelbroker-client/src/lib.rs
--- a/shared/tunnelbroker-client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/shared/tunnelbroker-client/src/lib.rs
@@ -1 +1,26 @@
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio::runtime::{Builder, Runtime};
+use tonic::transport::Channel;
 
+pub mod tunnelbroker_pb {
+  tonic::include_proto!("tunnelbroker");
+}
+use tunnelbroker_pb::tunnelbroker_service_client::TunnelbrokerServiceClient;
+
+lazy_static! {
+  pub static ref RUNTIME: Arc<Runtime> = Arc::new(
+    Builder::new_multi_thread()
+      .worker_threads(1)
+      .max_blocking_threads(1)
+      .enable_all()
+      .build()
+      .unwrap()
+  );
+}
+
+pub fn initialize_client(addr: String) -> TunnelbrokerServiceClient<Channel> {
+  RUNTIME
+    .block_on(TunnelbrokerServiceClient::connect(addr))
+    .expect("Failed to connect to the Tunnelbroker Service")
+}