diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index bb270ae..f9f6086 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 mod args;
 mod color;
 
-use color::Color;
-use libc::{c_int, c_void};
+use libc::{c_char, c_int, c_uchar, c_void};
+use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::process;
 
+use color::Color;
+
 const VERSION: &str = "2.0.0";
 
 extern "C" {
     fn nmseffect_set_clearscr(_: c_int) -> c_void;
+    fn nmseffect_exec(input: *const c_char, len: c_int) -> c_char;
     static mut foregroundColor: c_int;
     static mut maskBlank: c_int;
     static mut autoDecrypt: c_int;
@@ -60,4 +63,32 @@ pub extern "C" fn rust_main() {
             autoDecrypt = 0;
         }
     }
+
+    let output = get_input("Enter input: ");
+    if output.len() == 0 {
+        eprintln!("Input is empty"); //TODO use error_log()/error_print() abstraction
+        process::exit(1);
+    }
+    let output_cstring = CString::new(output).unwrap();
+    let ptr = output_cstring.as_ptr();
+    let len = output_cstring.as_bytes().len();
+    let _r = unsafe { nmseffect_exec(ptr, len as i32) };
+}
+
+fn get_input(prompt: &str) -> String {
+    use std::io::{Read, Write};
+
+    let mut stdin = std::io::stdin();
+    let mut stdout = std::io::stdout();
+    let mut buf = String::new();
+
+    if atty::is(atty::Stream::Stdin) {
+        print!("{prompt}");
+        stdout.flush().unwrap();
+        stdin.read_line(&mut buf).unwrap();
+    } else {
+        stdin.read_to_string(&mut buf).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    buf
 }
diff --git a/src/nms.c b/src/nms.c
index da1f872..320889f 100644
--- a/src/nms.c
+++ b/src/nms.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ extern void rust_main();
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	rust_main();
+	/*
 	unsigned char *input = NULL;
 
 	int r = input_get(&input, "Enter input: ");
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	r = nmseffect_exec(input, r);
 
 	free(input);
+	*/
 
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }