diff --git a/mason-mariadb/src/connection/establish.rs b/mason-mariadb/src/connection/establish.rs
index f71ac108..19c52cd3 100644
--- a/mason-mariadb/src/connection/establish.rs
+++ b/mason-mariadb/src/connection/establish.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use crate::protocol::{
     server::Deserialize,
     server::Capabilities,
     client::HandshakeResponsePacket,
+    client::ComQuit,
+    client::ComPing,
     client::Serialize
 };
 use futures::StreamExt;
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ pub async fn establish<'a, 'b: 'a>(
     options: ConnectOptions<'b>,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let init_packet =  if let Some(message) = conn.incoming.next().await {
+        conn.sequence_number = message.sequence_number();
         match message {
             ServerMessage::InitialHandshakePacket(message) => {
                 Ok(message)
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ pub async fn establish<'a, 'b: 'a>(
 
     if let Some(message) = conn.incoming.next().await {
         println!("{:?}", message);
+        conn.sequence_number = message.sequence_number();
         Ok(())
     } else {
         Err(failure::err_msg("Handshake Failed"))
@@ -60,10 +64,11 @@ pub async fn establish<'a, 'b: 'a>(
 mod test {
     use super::*;
     use failure::Error;
+    use failure::err_msg;
 
     #[runtime::test]
     async fn it_connects() -> Result<(), Error> {
-        Connection::establish(ConnectOptions {
+        let mut conn = Connection::establish(ConnectOptions {
             host: "localhost",
             port: 3306,
             user: Some("root"),
@@ -71,7 +76,22 @@ mod test {
             password: None,
         }).await?;
 
-        Ok(())
+        conn.ping().await?;
+
+        if let Some(message) = conn.incoming.next().await {
+            match message {
+                ServerMessage::OkPacket(packet) => {
+                    conn.quit().await?;
+                    Ok(())
+                }
+                ServerMessage::ErrPacket(packet) => {
+                    Err(err_msg(format!("{:?}", packet)))
+                }
+                _ => Err(err_msg("Server Failed"))
+            }
+        } else {
+            Err(err_msg("Server Failed"))
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/mason-mariadb/src/connection/mod.rs b/mason-mariadb/src/connection/mod.rs
index 78c19560..3e0a2edf 100644
--- a/mason-mariadb/src/connection/mod.rs
+++ b/mason-mariadb/src/connection/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use crate::protocol::{
     client::Serialize,
+    client::ComQuit,
+    client::ComPing,
     server::Message as ServerMessage,
     server::Capabilities,
     server::InitialHandshakePacket,
@@ -79,17 +81,31 @@ impl Connection {
         */
         // Reserve space for packet header; Packet Body Length (3 bytes) and sequence number (1 byte)
         self.wbuf.extend_from_slice(&[0; 4]);
-        self.wbuf[3] =self.sequence_number;
-        self.sequence_number += 1;
+        self.wbuf[3] = self.sequence_number;
 
         message.serialize(&mut self.wbuf, &self.server_capabilities)?;
         serialize_length(&mut self.wbuf);
 
+        println!("{:?}", self.wbuf);
+
         self.writer.write_all(&self.wbuf).await?;
         self.writer.flush().await?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    async fn quit(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        self.send(ComQuit()).await?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    async fn ping(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        self.sequence_number = 0;
+        self.send(ComPing()).await?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 async fn receiver(
diff --git a/mason-mariadb/src/protocol/server.rs b/mason-mariadb/src/protocol/server.rs
index 5ebef799..d0317e6d 100644
--- a/mason-mariadb/src/protocol/server.rs
+++ b/mason-mariadb/src/protocol/server.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@ pub enum Message {
     ErrPacket(ErrPacket),
 }
 
+impl Message {
+    pub fn sequence_number(&self) -> u8 {
+        match self {
+            Message::InitialHandshakePacket(InitialHandshakePacket{ sequence_number, ..}) => sequence_number + 1,
+            Message::OkPacket(OkPacket{ sequence_number, ..}) => sequence_number + 1,
+            Message::ErrPacket(ErrPacket { sequence_number, .. }) => sequence_number + 1,
+            _ => 0
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 bitflags! {
     pub struct Capabilities: u128 {
         const CLIENT_MYSQL = 1;
@@ -123,6 +134,7 @@ pub struct InitialHandshakePacket {
 
 #[derive(Default, Debug)]
 pub struct OkPacket {
+    pub sequence_number: u8,
     pub affected_rows: Option<usize>,
     pub last_insert_id: Option<usize>,
     pub server_status: ServerStatusFlag,
@@ -134,6 +146,7 @@ pub struct OkPacket {
 
 #[derive(Default, Debug)]
 pub struct ErrPacket {
+    pub sequence_number: u8,
     pub error_code: u16,
     pub stage: Option<u8>,
     pub max_stage: Option<u8>,
@@ -269,7 +282,7 @@ impl Deserialize for OkPacket {
 
         // Packet header
         let length = deserialize_length(&buf, &mut index)?;
-        let _sequence_number = deserialize_int_1(&buf, &mut index);
+        let sequence_number = deserialize_int_1(&buf, &mut index);
 
         // Packet body
         let packet_header = deserialize_int_1(&buf, &mut index);
@@ -289,6 +302,7 @@ impl Deserialize for OkPacket {
         let info = Bytes::from(&buf[index..]);
 
         Ok(OkPacket {
+            sequence_number,
             affected_rows,
             last_insert_id,
             server_status,
@@ -305,7 +319,7 @@ impl Deserialize for ErrPacket {
         let mut index = 0;
 
         let length = deserialize_length(&buf, &mut index)?;
-        let _sequence_number = deserialize_int_1(&buf, &mut index);
+        let sequence_number = deserialize_int_1(&buf, &mut index);
 
         let packet_header = deserialize_int_1(&buf, &mut index);
         if packet_header != 0xFF {
@@ -340,6 +354,7 @@ impl Deserialize for ErrPacket {
         }
 
         Ok(ErrPacket {
+            sequence_number,
             error_code,
             stage,
             max_stage,
@@ -366,7 +381,7 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     fn it_decodes_errpacket_real() -> Result<(), Error> {
         let buf = BytesMut::from(b"!\0\0\x01\xff\x84\x04#08S01Got packets out of order".to_vec());
-        let _message = InitialHandshakePacket::deserialize(&buf.freeze())?;
+        let _message = ErrPacket::deserialize(&buf.freeze())?;
 
         Ok(())
     }