diff --git a/experiments/localstore.nim b/experiments/localstore.nim
index 5912d615..b15f8f73 100644
--- a/experiments/localstore.nim
+++ b/experiments/localstore.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,65 @@
-import pkg/task_runner
+import std/os
 
-var runner = TaskRunner.new()
+import pkg/[chronicles, stew/byteutils, task_runner]
 
-echo "Hello from localstore experiment #1"
+logScope:
+  topics = "localstore"
+
+type LocalstoreArg = ref object of ContextArg
+
+const localstore = "localstore"
+
+proc localstoreContext(arg: ContextArg) {.async, gcsafe, nimcall,
+  raises: [Defect].} =
+
+  let contextArg = cast[LocalstoreArg](arg)
+  discard
+
+proc readFromStreamWriteToFile(rfd: int, destFilePath: string)
+  {.task(kind=no_rts, stoppable=false).} =
+
+  let task = taskArg.taskName
+
+  let reader = cast[AsyncFD](rfd).fromPipe
+  var destFile = destFilePath.open(fmWrite)
+
+  while workerRunning[].load:
+    let data = await reader.read(12)
+    discard destFile.writeBytes(data, 0, 12)
+
+  destFile.close
+
+proc runTasks(runner: TaskRunner) {.async.} =
+  let (rfd, wfd) = createAsyncPipe()
+  asyncSpawn readFromStreamWriteToFile(runner, localstore, rfd.int,
+    currentSourcePath.parentDir / "foo.txt")
+
+  let writer = wfd.fromPipe
+  while runner.running.load:
+    let n = await writer.write("hello there ".toBytes)
+    await sleepAsync 10.milliseconds
+
+proc scheduleStop(runner: TaskRunner, s: Duration) {.async.} =
+  await sleepAsync 10.seconds
+  await runner.stop
+
+proc main() {.async.} =
+  var
+    localstoreArg = LocalstoreArg()
+    runner = TaskRunner.new
+    runnerPtr {.threadvar.}: pointer
+
+  runnerPtr = cast[pointer](runner)
+  proc stop() {.noconv.} = waitFor cast[TaskRunner](runnerPtr).stop
+  setControlCHook(stop)
+
+  runner.createWorker(thread, localstore, localstoreContext, localstoreArg)
+  await runner.start
+  asyncSpawn runner.runTasks
+  asyncSpawn runner.scheduleStop(10.seconds)
+
+  while runner.running.load: poll()
+
+when isMainModule:
+  waitFor main()
+  quit QuitSuccess