diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b010331..f681663 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "proxy-common"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "hex",
  "log",
  "rnex-core",
  "thiserror",
diff --git a/proxy-common/Cargo.toml b/proxy-common/Cargo.toml
index 6ba9ba7..bd13ffa 100644
--- a/proxy-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxy-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ thiserror = "2.0.12"
 rnex-core = { path = "../rnex-core", version = "0.1.1" }
 tokio = { version =  "1.47.0", features = ["full"] }
 log = "0.4.25"
+hex = "0.4.3"
diff --git a/proxy-common/src/lib.rs b/proxy-common/src/lib.rs
index 3bd902d..dc6ed11 100644
--- a/proxy-common/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proxy-common/src/lib.rs
@@ -187,17 +187,14 @@ pub async fn new_backend_connection(
         }
     };
 
-    if let Err(e) = stream
-        .send_buffer(
-            &ConnectionInitData {
-                prudpsock_addr: addr,
-                pid: pid,
-            }
-            .to_data()
-            .unwrap(),
-        )
-        .await
-    {
+    let data = ConnectionInitData {
+        prudpsock_addr: addr,
+        pid: pid,
+    }
+    .to_data()
+    .unwrap();
+
+    if let Err(e) = stream.send_buffer(&data).await {
         error!("unable to send establishment data to backend: {}", e);
         return None;
     };
diff --git a/prudpv0/src/packet.rs b/prudpv0/src/packet.rs
index e94ab46..50bfe55 100644
--- a/prudpv0/src/packet.rs
+++ b/prudpv0/src/packet.rs
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ pub fn new_connect_packet(
             .checksummed_data()
             .expect("packet malformed in creation"),
     );
+    info!("header: {:?}", packet.header());
 
     packet.0
 }
diff --git a/rnex-core/src/rnex_proxy_common.rs b/rnex-core/src/rnex_proxy_common.rs
index 7f2c363..d103e43 100644
--- a/rnex-core/src/rnex_proxy_common.rs
+++ b/rnex-core/src/rnex_proxy_common.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,40 @@
 use crate::{PID, prudp::socket_addr::PRUDPSockAddr};
 use macros::RmcSerialize;
 
-#[derive(Debug, RmcSerialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, RmcSerialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[rmc_struct(0)]
 pub struct ConnectionInitData {
     pub prudpsock_addr: PRUDPSockAddr,
     pub pid: PID,
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use std::{
+        io::Cursor,
+        net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr, SocketAddrV4},
+    };
+
+    use crate::{
+        prudp::{socket_addr::PRUDPSockAddr, virtual_port::VirtualPort},
+        rmc::structures::RmcSerialize,
+        rnex_proxy_common::ConnectionInitData,
+    };
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test() {
+        let data = ConnectionInitData {
+            prudpsock_addr: PRUDPSockAddr {
+                regular_socket_addr: SocketAddr::V4(SocketAddrV4::new(Ipv4Addr::BROADCAST, 19293)),
+                virtual_port: VirtualPort::new(10, 2),
+            },
+            pid: 100,
+        };
+
+        let ser = data.to_data().unwrap();
+
+        let de = ConnectionInitData::deserialize(&mut Cursor::new(ser)).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(data, de);
+    }
+}