diff --git a/experiments/erlang/src/hop_relay.erl b/experiments/erlang/src/hop_relay.erl
index b26eee9..8843e55 100644
--- a/experiments/erlang/src/hop_relay.erl
+++ b/experiments/erlang/src/hop_relay.erl
@@ -20,7 +20,18 @@
 -behaviour(gen_server).
 -export([init/1, terminate/2, code_change/3, handle_call/3, handle_cast/2, handle_info/2]).
 
--export([start_link/1]).
+-export([hop_create/1, start_link/1]).
+
+hop_create([HostBin, PortBin]) ->
+    Host = binary_to_list(HostBin),
+    Port = list_to_integer(binary_to_list(PortBin)),
+    case gen_tcp:connect(Host, Port, [{active, false}]) of
+        {ok, Sock} ->
+            {ok, Pid} = start_link([Sock]),
+            {ok, []};
+        {error, Reason} ->
+            {error, iolist_to_binary(io_lib:format("Connect failed: ~p", [Reason]))}
+    end.
 
 start_link(Args) ->
     gen_server:start_link(?MODULE, Args, []).