diff --git a/franz.tests/Program.cs b/franz.tests/Program.cs
index 38afda8..e9a5fd6 100644
--- a/franz.tests/Program.cs
+++ b/franz.tests/Program.cs
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ namespace franz.tests
         static async Task Main(string[] args)
         {
             Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");
-            var f1 = new Telefranz("libfranztest1", "focalor:9092");
+            Telefranz.Configure("libfranztest1", "focalor:9092");
             var f1Reported = false;
-            f1.addHandler<silver_messages.global.report>((r) => {
+            Telefranz.Instance.addHandler<silver_messages.global.report>((r) => {
                 Console.WriteLine($"someone reporting. {r}");
                 if(r.name =="libfranztest1")
                 {
@@ -19,24 +19,6 @@ namespace franz.tests
                 }
             });
             await Task.Delay(1000);
-            f1.ProduceMessage(new silver_messages.global.sound_off());
-            Task.WaitAny(
-                Task.Run(async () => {
-                    while(f1Reported == false)
-                    {
-                        Console.WriteLine("not ready, giving another 100ms");
-                        await Task.Delay(100);
-                    }
-                    Console.WriteLine("done, ready, green");
-                    Environment.Exit(0);
-                }),
-                Task.Run(async () => {
-                    await Task.Delay(30000);
-                    Console.WriteLine("time up");
-                    await Task.Delay(500);
-                    Environment.Exit(-1);
-                })
-            );
             Console.WriteLine("done I guess?");
         }
     }
diff --git a/franz/Telefranz.cs b/franz/Telefranz.cs
index 5c63f34..e79fcfd 100644
--- a/franz/Telefranz.cs
+++ b/franz/Telefranz.cs
@@ -12,35 +12,38 @@ namespace franz
 {
     public class Telefranz
     {
-        static class _TelefranzConsumers<T> where T : silver_messages.message {
-            internal static readonly Dictionary<Action<T>, Action<KafkaRecord<string, string>>> wrappings 
+        private static Telefranz instance = null;
+        private static readonly object createLock = new object();
+
+        static class _TelefranzConsumers<T> where T : silver_messages.message
+        {
+            internal static readonly Dictionary<Action<T>, Action<KafkaRecord<string, string>>> wrappings
                 = new Dictionary<Action<T>, Action<KafkaRecord<string, string>>>();
         }
         private string handling_group { get; set; } = "Liszt";
         private silver_messages.global.report howToReport { get; set; }
         private ClusterClient clusterClient;
-        private Dictionary<string, KafkaConsumer<string, string>> topicConsumers {get;set;}
+        private Dictionary<string, KafkaConsumer<string, string>> topicConsumers { get; set; }
              = new Dictionary<string, KafkaConsumer<string, string>>();
-        private Dictionary<string, int> topicSubscribers {get;set;} = new Dictionary<string, int>();
+        private Dictionary<string, int> topicSubscribers { get; set; } = new Dictionary<string, int>();
         private Kafka.Public.Configuration clusterClientConfig = null;
         private static ConsoleLogger consoleLogger = new ConsoleLogger();
-
-        public Telefranz(string name, string bootstrap_servers,
+        private Telefranz(string name, string bootstrap_servers,
             List<string> commands = null, List<string> checks = null,
             List<string> errors = null, List<string> warnings = null)
         {
-
             var serializer = new StringSerializer();
             var deserializer = new StringDeserializer();
-            var serializationConfig = new SerializationConfig(){SerializeOnProduce = true};
+            var serializationConfig = new SerializationConfig() { SerializeOnProduce = true };
             serializationConfig.SetDefaultSerializers(serializer, serializer);
             serializationConfig.SetDefaultDeserializers(deserializer, deserializer);
-            clusterClientConfig = new Kafka.Public.Configuration { 
-                Seeds = bootstrap_servers, 
+            this.clusterClientConfig = new Kafka.Public.Configuration
+            {
+                Seeds = bootstrap_servers,
                 ClientId = name,
                 SerializationConfig = serializationConfig
             };
-            clusterClient = new ClusterClient(clusterClientConfig, consoleLogger);
+            this.clusterClient = new ClusterClient(clusterClientConfig, consoleLogger);
 
             handling_group = name;
             this.howToReport = new silver_messages.global.report()
@@ -77,28 +80,56 @@ namespace franz
                 }
             });
         }
+        public static void Configure(string name, string bootstrap_servers,
+            List<string> commands = null, List<string> checks = null,
+            List<string> errors = null, List<string> warnings = null)
+        {
+            lock (createLock)
+            {
+                if (instance == null)
+                {
+                    instance = new Telefranz(name, bootstrap_servers, commands, checks, errors, warnings);
+                }
+            }
 
+        }
+
+        public static Telefranz Instance
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                lock (createLock)
+                {
+                    if (instance == null)
+                    {
+                        throw new NotInitializedException("Configure me first");
+                    }
+                }
+                return instance;
+            }
+        }
         public void addHandler<T>(Action<T> theAction) where T : silver_messages.message
         {
             var topic = typeof(T).ToString();
-            
+
             Action<KafkaRecord<string, string>> wrapped = (kr) =>
             {
                 var deserialized = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(kr.Value);
-                if(deserialized != null && deserialized.type == deserialized.GetType().ToString())
+                if (deserialized != null && deserialized.type == deserialized.GetType().ToString())
                 {
                     try
                     {
                         theAction(deserialized);
                     }
-                    catch(Exception e)
+                    catch (Exception e)
                     {
                         consoleLogger.LogError("if I don't catch this error the whole thing dies so...");
                         consoleLogger.LogError(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(e));
                     }
                 }
             };
-            if(!topicConsumers.ContainsKey(typeof(T).ToString())){
+            if (!topicConsumers.ContainsKey(typeof(T).ToString()))
+            {
                 topicConsumers[topic] = new KafkaConsumer<string, string>(topic, clusterClient);
                 topicConsumers[topic].ConsumeFromLatest();
                 topicSubscribers.Add(topic, 0);
@@ -112,7 +143,7 @@ namespace franz
             topicConsumers[typeof(T).ToString()].MessageReceived -= _TelefranzConsumers<T>.wrappings[theAction];
             _TelefranzConsumers<T>.wrappings.Remove(theAction);
             topicSubscribers[typeof(T).ToString()]--;
-            if(topicSubscribers[typeof(T).ToString()] == 0)
+            if (topicSubscribers[typeof(T).ToString()] == 0)
             {
                 topicConsumers[typeof(T).ToString()].StopConsume();
             }
@@ -122,6 +153,10 @@ namespace franz
         {
             clusterClient.Produce(typeof(T).ToString(), message.ToString());
         }
-        public void HiImAFunction(){}
+        public void HiImAFunction() { }
+    }
+    public class NotInitializedException : Exception
+    {
+        public NotInitializedException(string message) : base(message) { }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/franz/franz.csproj b/franz/franz.csproj
index 4897ec2..b62fcff 100644
--- a/franz/franz.csproj
+++ b/franz/franz.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
     <PackageId>silvermeddlists.franz</PackageId>
-    <Version>0.0.3</Version>
+    <Version>0.0.4</Version>
     <Authors>adam</Authors>
     <Company>Silver Meddlists</Company>
   </PropertyGroup>