diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2ed41ff..b4b6a52 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 bytes = "1.0.1"
 tokio = { version = "1.7.0", default-features = false, features = ["net"] }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tokio = { version = "1.7.0", default-features = false, features = ["macros", "rt"] }
diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 9671cac..dd7f1cf 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -2,29 +2,49 @@ use crate::metric::Metric;
 use std::io::Error;
 use tokio::net::{ToSocketAddrs, UdpSocket};
 
-pub struct Client<'a> {
+pub struct Client {
     socket: UdpSocket,
-    target: &'a str,
 }
 
-impl<'a> Client<'a> {
+impl Client {
     pub async fn new<T: ToSocketAddrs>(
-        host_address: &T,
-        target_address: &'a str,
-    ) -> Result<Client<'a>, Error> {
-        Ok(Self {
-            socket: UdpSocket::bind(host_address).await?,
-            target: target_address,
-        })
+        host_address: T,
+        target_address: &str,
+    ) -> Result<Client, Error> {
+        let socket = UdpSocket::bind(host_address).await?;
+        socket.connect(target_address).await?;
+        Ok(Self { socket })
     }
 
-    pub async fn send<I, T>(&self, metric: Metric<'_, I, T>) -> Result<usize, Error>
+    pub async fn send<I, T>(&self, metric: Metric<'_, I, T>) -> Result<(), Error>
     where
         I: IntoIterator<Item = T>,
         T: AsRef<str>,
     {
-        self.socket
-            .send_to(metric.to_bytes().as_ref(), self.target)
+        let bytes = metric.into_bytes();
+        self.socket.send(&bytes).await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_client() {
+        let udp_receiver = UdpSocket::bind("127.0.0.1:8125").await.unwrap();
+        let v: &[&str] = &[];
+        let client = Client::new("127.0.0.1:1234", "127.0.0.1:8125")
             .await
+            .unwrap();
+        client.send(Metric::increase("test", v)).await.unwrap();
+        udp_receiver.connect("127.0.0.1:1234").await.unwrap();
+        let mut bytes_received: usize = 0;
+        let mut buf = [0; 8];
+        while bytes_received < 8 {
+            bytes_received += udp_receiver.recv_from(&mut buf).await.unwrap().0;
+        }
+        assert_eq!(&buf, b"test:1|c");
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/metric.rs b/src/metric.rs
index 39df64a..009ba63 100644
--- a/src/metric.rs
+++ b/src/metric.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ where
         }
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn to_bytes(self) -> Bytes {
+    pub(crate) fn into_bytes(self) -> Bytes {
         let mut buf;
         match self.frame_type {
             Type::Count(count) => {
@@ -155,29 +155,41 @@ mod test {
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_to_bytes() {
+    fn test_into_bytes() {
         let v: &[&str] = &[];
-        assert_eq!(Metric::increase("test", v).to_bytes().as_ref(), b"test:1|c");
         assert_eq!(
-            Metric::decrease("test", v).to_bytes().as_ref(),
+            Metric::increase("test", v).into_bytes().as_ref(),
+            b"test:1|c"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            Metric::decrease("test", v).into_bytes().as_ref(),
             b"test:-1|c"
         );
-        assert_eq!(Metric::count(2, "test", v).to_bytes().as_ref(), b"test:2|c");
         assert_eq!(
-            Metric::gauge("1.2", "test", v).to_bytes().as_ref(),
+            Metric::count(2, "test", v).into_bytes().as_ref(),
+            b"test:2|c"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            Metric::gauge("1.2", "test", v).into_bytes().as_ref(),
             b"test:1.2|g"
         );
         assert_eq!(
-            Metric::histogram("1.2", "test", v).to_bytes().as_ref(),
+            Metric::histogram("1.2", "test", v).into_bytes().as_ref(),
             b"test:1.2|h"
         );
         assert_eq!(
-            Metric::distribution("1.2", "test", v).to_bytes().as_ref(),
+            Metric::distribution("1.2", "test", v).into_bytes().as_ref(),
             b"test:1.2|d"
         );
         assert_eq!(
-            Metric::set("1.2", "test", v).to_bytes().as_ref(),
+            Metric::set("1.2", "test", v).into_bytes().as_ref(),
             b"test:1.2|s"
         );
+        assert_eq!(
+            Metric::increase("test", &["a:b", "c"])
+                .into_bytes()
+                .as_ref(),
+            b"test:1|c|#a:b,c"
+        );
     }
 }