diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0d5cd15..f835e7c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,3 +10,10 @@ Stateless `X <-> Y` formatting+conversion in Rust
 * [todo] kafka
 
 + a gui for live remapping STDIN to gamepad-ish buttons
+
+## StdIn to UDP
+
+```
+$ INPUT_NAME=stdin OUTPUT_NAME=udp OUTPUT_FORMAT="{{ ms_since_epoch }}|$USER|{{ VALUE }}" cargo run
+$ INPUT_NAME=udp cargo run
+```
diff --git a/src/stream.rs b/src/stream.rs
index 8e1cd92..68f1110 100644
--- a/src/stream.rs
+++ b/src/stream.rs
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ pub struct InputStreamUDP {
 
 pub fn build_input_stream_udp(cfg: &Stream) -> Result<InputStreamUDP, String> {
    let udp_cfg = cfg.engine.udp.as_ref().unwrap();
+   println!("$ echo -n 'hello world' | nc -4u -w0 localhost {}", &udp_cfg.port.to_string());
    return Ok(InputStreamUDP{
       last_socket: None,
       port: udp_cfg.port,
@@ -125,7 +126,6 @@ pub fn build_input_stream_udp(cfg: &Stream) -> Result<InputStreamUDP, String> {
 impl InputStream for InputStreamUDP {
    fn get(&mut self) -> Vec<char> {
       let addr = "0.0.0.0:".to_string() + &self.port.to_string();
-      println!("$ echo -n 'hello world' | nc -4u -w0 localhost {}", &self.port.to_string());
       if self.last_socket.is_none() {
          self.last_socket = Some(std::net::UdpSocket::bind(&addr).unwrap());
       }