diff --git a/AltStore/Server/Server.swift b/AltStore/Server/Server.swift
index 4314c1df..86d26606 100644
--- a/AltStore/Server/Server.swift
+++ b/AltStore/Server/Server.swift
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ extension Server
         case wireless
         case wired
         case local
+        case manual
     }
 }
 
@@ -48,12 +49,23 @@ struct Server: Equatable
 extension Server
 {
     // Defined in extension so we can still use the automatically synthesized initializer.
-    init?(service: NetService, txtData: Data)
+    init?(service: NetService, txtData: Data) // TODO: this is all that's needed for a server connection
     {
         let txtDictionary = NetService.dictionary(fromTXTRecord: txtData)
-        guard let identifierData = txtDictionary["serverID"], let identifier = String(data: identifierData, encoding: .utf8) else { return nil }
+        guard let identifierData = txtDictionary["serverID"], let identifier = String(data: identifierData, encoding: .utf8) else { 
+            NSLog("Ahh, no serverID in TXT record for service: \(service)")
+            return nil 
+        }
         
         self.service = service
         self.identifier = identifier
     }
+
+    init?(service: NetService)
+    {
+        self.service = service
+        self.connectionType = .manual
+        self.identifier = String(data: "yolo".data(using: .utf8)!, encoding: .utf8)
+    }
 }
+
diff --git a/AltStore/Server/ServerManager.swift b/AltStore/Server/ServerManager.swift
index abc88c43..8083668b 100644
--- a/AltStore/Server/ServerManager.swift
+++ b/AltStore/Server/ServerManager.swift
@@ -42,10 +42,21 @@ extension ServerManager
     {
         guard !self.isDiscovering else { return }
         self.isDiscovering = true
-        
+
         self.serviceBrowser.searchForServices(ofType: ALTServerServiceType, inDomain: "")
-        
+
         self.startListeningForWiredConnections()
+        
+        // Print log mentioning that we are manually adding this
+        NSLog("Manually adding server")
+        let ianTestService = NetService(domain: "69.69.0.1", type: "_altserver._tcp", name: "AltStore", port: 43311)
+
+        if let server = Server(service: ianTestService)
+        {
+            self.addDiscoveredServer(server)
+        } else {
+            NSLog("Check for manual server failed!!")
+        }
     }
     
     func stopDiscovering()
@@ -78,7 +89,8 @@ extension ServerManager
             {
             case .local: self.connectToLocalServer(server, completion: finish(_:))
             case .wired:
-                guard let incomingConnectionsSemaphore = self.incomingConnectionsSemaphore else { return finish(.failure(ALTServerError(.connectionFailed))) }
+                guard let incomingConnectionsSemaphore = self.incomingConnectionsSemaphore else { return 
+finish(.failure(ALTServerError(.connectionFailed))) }
                 
                 print("Waiting for incoming connection...")
                 
@@ -87,7 +99,7 @@ extension ServerManager
                 switch server.connectionType
                 {
                 case .wired: CFNotificationCenterPostNotification(notificationCenter, .wiredServerConnectionStartRequest, nil, nil, true)
-                case .local, .wireless: break
+                case .local, .wireless, .manual: break
                 }
                 
                 _ = incomingConnectionsSemaphore.wait(timeout: .now() + 10.0)
@@ -101,13 +113,23 @@ extension ServerManager
                     finish(.failure(ALTServerError(.connectionFailed)))
                 }
                 
-            case .wireless:
+            case .wireless: 
                 guard let service = server.service else { return finish(.failure(ALTServerError(.connectionFailed))) }
                 
-                print("Connecting to service:", service)
+                print("Connecting to mDNS service:", service)
                 
                 let connection = NWConnection(to: .service(name: service.name, type: service.type, domain: service.domain, interface: nil), using: .tcp)
                 self.connectToRemoteServer(server, connection: connection, completion: finish(_:))
+            case .manual:
+                guard let service = server.service else { return finish(.failure(ALTServerError(.connectionFailed))) }
+                
+                connectNetmuxd()
+                
+                print("Connecting to manual service:", service.domain)
+                print("Port: ", String(service.port.description))
+
+                let connection = NWConnection(host: NWEndpoint.Host(service.domain), port: NWEndpoint.Port(String(service.port))!, using: .tcp)
+                self.connectToRemoteServer(server, connection: connection, completion: finish(_:))
             }
         }
     }
@@ -186,7 +208,7 @@ private extension ServerManager
             @unknown default: break
             }
         }
-        
+        print("Connected to server!")
         connection.start(queue: self.dispatchQueue)
     }
     
@@ -215,6 +237,9 @@ extension ServerManager: NetServiceBrowserDelegate
     func netServiceBrowserWillSearch(_ browser: NetServiceBrowser)
     {
         print("Discovering servers...")
+        
+        // Send a post request to JitStreamer to deal with the devil
+        connectNetmuxd()
     }
     
     func netServiceBrowserDidStopSearch(_ browser: NetServiceBrowser)
@@ -272,3 +297,70 @@ extension ServerManager: NetServiceDelegate
         print("Service \(sender) updated TXT Record:", txtDict)
     }
 }
+
+func connectNetmuxd() {
+  
+  // declare the parameter as a dictionary that contains string as key and value combination. considering inputs are valid
+  
+    let parameters: [String: Any] = ["nothing": 0]
+  
+  // create the url with URL
+  let url = URL(string: "http://69.69.0.1/netmuxd/")!
+  
+  // create the session object
+  let session = URLSession.shared
+  
+  // now create the URLRequest object using the url object
+  var request = URLRequest(url: url)
+  request.httpMethod = "POST" //set http method as POST
+  
+  // add headers for the request
+  request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type") // change as per server requirements
+  request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept")
+  
+  do {
+    // convert parameters to Data and assign dictionary to httpBody of request
+    request.httpBody = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: .prettyPrinted)
+  } catch let error {
+    print(error.localizedDescription)
+    return
+  }
+  
+  // create dataTask using the session object to send data to the server
+  let task = session.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
+    
+    if let error = error {
+      print("Post Request Error: \(error.localizedDescription)")
+      return
+    }
+    
+    // ensure there is valid response code returned from this HTTP response
+    guard let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse,
+          (200...299).contains(httpResponse.statusCode)
+    else {
+      print("Invalid Response received from the server")
+      return
+    }
+    
+    // ensure there is data returned
+    guard let responseData = data else {
+      print("nil Data received from the server")
+      return
+    }
+    
+    do {
+      // create json object from data or use JSONDecoder to convert to Model stuct
+      if let jsonResponse = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: responseData, options: .mutableContainers) as? [String: Any] {
+        print(jsonResponse)
+        // handle json response
+      } else {
+        print("data maybe corrupted or in wrong format")
+        throw URLError(.badServerResponse)
+      }
+    } catch let error {
+      print(error.localizedDescription)
+    }
+  }
+  // perform the task
+  task.resume()
+}