diff --git a/src/h5_zmq_writer.cpp b/src/h5_zmq_writer.cpp
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+#include <iostream>
+#include <zmq.hpp>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <csignal>
+#include <atomic>
+
+#include "RingBuffer.hpp"
+#include "H5ChunkedWriter.hpp"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+void write(RingBuffer *ring_buffer, string output_file) 
+{
+    string dataset_name = "data";
+    HDF5ChunkedWriter writer(output_file, dataset_name);
+
+    while (true) {
+        pair<FrameMetadata, char*> received_data = ring_buffer->read();
+        
+        writer.write_data(received_data.first.frame_index, 
+                          received_data.first.frame_shape, 
+                          received_data.first.frame_bytes_size, 
+                          received_data.second);
+
+        ring_buffer->release(received_data.first.buffer_slot_index);
+    }
+
+    writer.close_file();
+}
+
+void receive(int num_io_threads, string connect_address, int n_slots=100)
+{
+    bool ring_buffer_initialized = false;
+    RingBuffer ring_buffer(n_slots);
+
+    thread writer_thread(write, &ring_buffer, "output.h5");
+
+    zmq::context_t context(num_io_threads);
+    zmq::socket_t receiver(context, ZMQ_PULL);
+    receiver.connect(connect_address);
+
+    // int has_more = 0;
+    // size_t has_more_size = sizeof(has_more);
+    
+    zmq::message_t message_data;
+    FrameMetadata frame_metadata;
+
+    for (int i=0; i<10; i++) {
+        // Get the message header.
+        receiver.recv(&message_data);
+        string header = string(static_cast<char*>(message_data.data()), message_data.size());
+        frame_metadata.frame_header = header;
+
+        // Extract frame_index and frame_shape from the message header.
+        frame_metadata.frame_index = i;
+        frame_metadata.frame_shape[0] = 1;
+        frame_metadata.frame_shape[1] = 10;
+        
+        // Get the message data.
+        receiver.recv(&message_data);
+        frame_metadata.frame_bytes_size = message_data.size(); 
+
+        if (!ring_buffer_initialized) {
+            ring_buffer.initialize(frame_metadata.frame_bytes_size);
+        }
+
+        // Commit the frame to the buffer.
+        ring_buffer.write(frame_metadata, static_cast<char*>(message_data.data()));
+   }
+    
+}
+
+
+int main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    int num_io_threads = 1;
+    receive(num_io_threads, "tcp://127.0.0.1:40000");
+    return 0;
+}