diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index cd97eff..429822e 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ import type { S5NodeConfig } from "#node.js";
 import type { SignedRegistryEntry } from "#service/registry.js";
 
 export * from "./types.js";
+export {
+  createTransportSocket,
+  isTransport,
+  createTransportPeer,
+} from "./transports/index.js";
 export type { S5NodeConfig, SignedRegistryEntry };
 
 export function createNode(config: S5NodeConfig) {
diff --git a/src/service/p2p.ts b/src/service/p2p.ts
index 2d05856..7ed03d1 100644
--- a/src/service/p2p.ts
+++ b/src/service/p2p.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ import StorageLocation from "#storage.js";
 import { addStorageLocation, S5Node, stringifyNode } from "#node.js";
 import { URL } from "url";
 import { Buffer } from "buffer";
-import { connect as tcpConnect, TcpPeer } from "../peer/tcp.js";
-import { connect as wsConnect, WebSocketPeer } from "../peer/webSocket.js";
-
+import {
+  createTransportPeer,
+  createTransportSocket,
+  isTransport,
+} from "#transports/index.js";
 export class P2PService {
   private node: S5Node;
   private logger: Logger;
@@ -199,7 +201,7 @@ export class P2PService {
               peer.id = pId;
             } else {
               if (!peer.id.equals(pId)) {
-                throw "Invalid peer id on initial list";
+                throw "Invalid transports id on initial list";
               }
             }
 
@@ -271,7 +273,7 @@ export class P2PService {
           const pk = u.unpackBinary();
           const sre = node.registry.getFromDB(pk);
           if (sre !== null) {
-            peer.sendMessage(node.registry.serializeRegistryEntry(sre));
+            transports.sendMessage(node.registry.serializeRegistryEntry(sre));
           }
         }*/
       },
@@ -456,7 +458,7 @@ export class P2PService {
       );
     }
 
-    const protocol = connectionUri.protocol;
+    const protocol = connectionUri.protocol.replace(":", "");
 
     if (!connectionUri.username) {
       throw new Error("Connection URI does not contain node id");
@@ -475,21 +477,12 @@ export class P2PService {
 
     try {
       this.logger.verbose(`[connect] ${connectionUri}`);
-      if (protocol === "tcp:") {
-        const ip = connectionUri.hostname;
-        const port = parseInt(connectionUri.port);
-        const socket = await tcpConnect(port, ip);
 
-        const peer = new TcpPeer(socket, [connectionUri]);
-        peer.id = id;
-
-        await this.onNewPeer(peer, true);
-      } else {
-        const channel = await wsConnect(connectionUri.toString());
-        const peer = new WebSocketPeer(channel, [connectionUri]);
-        peer.id = id;
-        await this.onNewPeer(peer, true);
-      }
+      const socket = await createTransportSocket(protocol, connectionUri);
+      await this.onNewPeer(
+        createTransportPeer(protocol, socket, [connectionUri]),
+        true,
+      );
     } catch (e) {
       if (retried) {
         return;
diff --git a/src/transports/index.ts b/src/transports/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee3b81d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/transports/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { URL } from "url";
+import { TcpPeer } from "#transports/tcp.js";
+import { WebSocketPeer } from "#transports/webSocket.js";
+import { PeerStatic } from "#types.js";
+
+const transports = new Map<string, PeerStatic>();
+
+export function registerTransport(type: string, transport: PeerStatic) {
+  transports.set(type, transport);
+}
+
+export function isTransport(type: string) {
+  return transports.has(type);
+}
+
+export function createTransportSocket(type: string, uri: URL) {
+  if (!isTransport(type)) {
+    throw new Error(`transport ${type} does not exist`);
+  }
+
+  const transport = transports.get(type) as PeerStatic;
+
+  return transport.connect(uri);
+}
+
+export function createTransportPeer(
+  type: string,
+  socket: any,
+  connectionUris: URL[] = [],
+) {
+  if (!isTransport(type)) {
+    throw new Error(`transport ${type} does not exist`);
+  }
+
+  const transport = transports.get(type) as PeerStatic;
+
+  return new transport(socket, connectionUris);
+}
+
+registerTransport("tcp", TcpPeer);
+registerTransport("ws", WebSocketPeer);
+registerTransport("wss", WebSocketPeer);
diff --git a/src/peer/tcp.ts b/src/transports/tcp.ts
similarity index 84%
rename from src/peer/tcp.ts
rename to src/transports/tcp.ts
index 62f9b0e..1a0ffe0 100644
--- a/src/peer/tcp.ts
+++ b/src/transports/tcp.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import NodeId from "../nodeId.js";
 import * as net from "net";
 import { URL } from "url";
 import { decodeEndian } from "../util.js";
+import * as console from "console";
 
 export class TcpPeer implements Peer {
   connectionUris: Array<URL>;
@@ -79,15 +80,17 @@ export class TcpPeer implements Peer {
       this._socket.on("error", onError);
     }
   }
-}
 
-export async function connect(port: number, host: string): Promise<net.Socket> {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const socket = net.connect(port, host, () => {
-      resolve(socket);
+  public static async connect(uri: URL): Promise<net.Socket> {
+    const host = uri.hostname;
+    const port = parseInt(uri.port);
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const socket = net.connect(port, host, () => {
+        resolve(socket);
+      });
+      socket.on("error", (err) => {
+        reject(err);
+      });
     });
-    socket.on("error", (err) => {
-      reject(err);
-    });
-  });
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/peer/webSocket.ts b/src/transports/webSocket.ts
similarity index 81%
rename from src/peer/webSocket.ts
rename to src/transports/webSocket.ts
index d0a5d56..0db4b9e 100644
--- a/src/peer/webSocket.ts
+++ b/src/transports/webSocket.ts
@@ -56,15 +56,16 @@ export class WebSocketPeer implements Peer {
       this._socket.addEventListener("error", onError);
     }
   }
-}
-export async function connect(uri: string): Promise<WebSocket> {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const socket = new WebSocket(uri);
-    socket.addEventListener("open", () => {
-      resolve(socket);
+
+  public static async connect(uri: URL): Promise<WebSocket> {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const socket = new WebSocket(uri);
+      socket.addEventListener("open", () => {
+        resolve(socket);
+      });
+      socket.addEventListener("error", (err) => {
+        reject(err);
+      });
     });
-    socket.addEventListener("error", (err) => {
-      reject(err);
-    });
-  });
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index f765b1c..47e7815 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ export interface Peer {
   connectionUris: Array<URL>;
   isConnected: boolean;
   challenge: Uint8Array;
-
   sendMessage(message: Uint8Array): void;
 
   listenForMessages(
@@ -28,6 +27,12 @@ export interface Peer {
   renderLocationUri(): string;
 }
 
+// Define the static side of the class
+export interface PeerStatic {
+  new (_socket: any, uri: URL[]): Peer;
+  connect(uri: URL): Promise<any>;
+}
+
 export interface Logger {
   info(s: string): void;
   verbose(s: string): void;