diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index adebc61..db65efb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 gettext-rs = { version = "0.7", features = ["gettext-system"] }
 gtk = { version = "0.9", package = "gtk4", features = ["gnome_47"] }
+pipewire = "0.8.0"
 
 [dependencies.adw]
 package = "libadwaita"
diff --git a/de.AdaLouBaumann.AudioDeviceManager.json b/de.AdaLouBaumann.AudioDeviceManager.json
index 162eb9c..a33a713 100644
--- a/de.AdaLouBaumann.AudioDeviceManager.json
+++ b/de.AdaLouBaumann.AudioDeviceManager.json
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 {
     "id" : "de.AdaLouBaumann.AudioDeviceManager",
     "runtime" : "org.gnome.Platform",
-    "runtime-version" : "master",
+    "runtime-version" : "22.08",
     "sdk" : "org.gnome.Sdk",
     "sdk-extensions" : [
-        "org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.rust-stable"
+        "org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.rust-stable",
+        "org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.llvm14"
     ],
     "command" : "audio-device-manager",
     "finish-args" : [
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@
         ],
         "env" : {
             "RUST_BACKTRACE" : "1",
-            "RUST_LOG" : "audio-device-manager=debug"
+            "RUST_LOG" : "audio-device-manager=debug",
+            "INCLUDE" : "/lib/clang/14.0.6/include"
         }
     },
     "cleanup" : [
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 71bc0e5..77284e3 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ mod application;
 mod config;
 mod window;
 mod components;
+mod pipewire;
 
 use self::application::AudioDeviceManagerApplication;
 use self::window::AudioDeviceManagerWindow;
diff --git a/src/pipewire.rs b/src/pipewire.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5695d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pipewire.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+use std::thread;
+use std::thread::JoinHandle;
+use gtk::glib::ExitCode;
+use pipewire::{context::Context, main_loop::MainLoop};
+use pipewire::types::ObjectType;
+
+pub fn spawn_pipewire_thread() -> JoinHandle<ExitCode> {
+    let pw_thread = thread::spawn(|| {
+        // Initialize PipeWire and run the main loop
+        // ...
+        let mainloop = MainLoop::new(None).expect("failed to get mail loop");
+        let context = Context::new(&mainloop).expect("failed to get context");
+        let core = context.connect(None).expect("failed to get core");
+        let registry = core.get_registry().expect("failed to get registry");
+
+        let _listener = registry
+            .add_listener_local()
+            .global(|global|
+                {
+                    if global.type_ == ObjectType::Port {
+                        let props = global.props.as_ref().unwrap();
+                        let port_name = props.get("port.name");
+                        let port_alias = props.get("port.alias");
+                        let object_path = props.get("object.path");
+                        let format_dsp = props.get("format.dsp");
+                        let audio_channel = props.get("audio.channel");
+                        let port_id = props.get("port.id");
+                        let port_direction = props.get("port.direction");
+                        println!("Port: Name: {:?} Alias: {:?}  Id: {:?} Direction: {:?} AudioChannel: {:?} Object Path: {:?} FormatDsp: {:?}",
+                                 port_name,
+                                 port_alias,
+                                 port_id,port_direction,audio_channel,object_path,format_dsp
+                        );
+                    } else if global.type_ == ObjectType::Device {
+                        let props = global.props.as_ref().unwrap();
+                        let device_name = props.get("device.name");
+                        let device_nick = props.get("device.nick");
+                        let device_description = props.get("device.description");
+                        let device_api = props.get("device.api");
+                        let media_class = props.get("media.class");
+                        println!("Device: Name: {:?} Nick: {:?} Desc: {:?} Api: {:?} MediaClass: {:?}",
+                                 device_name, device_nick, device_description, device_api, media_class);
+                    }
+                }
+            )
+            .register();
+
+        // Calling the `destroy_global` method on the registry will destroy the object with the specified id on the remote.
+        // We don't have a specific object to destroy now, so this is commented out.
+        // registry.destroy_global(313).into_result()?;
+
+
+        mainloop.run();
+        return ExitCode::FAILURE; // not sure
+    });
+    return pw_thread;
+}
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