diff --git a/sylvilagus/scala/src/main/scala/com/meatballhat/sylvilagus/ch02/HelloWorldConsumer.scala b/sylvilagus/scala/src/main/scala/com/meatballhat/sylvilagus/ch02/HelloWorldConsumer.scala
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+package com.meatballhat.sylvilagus.ch02
+
+import com.rabbitmq.client._
+
+object HelloWorldConsumer extends App {
+    val factory = new ConnectionFactory()
+    factory.setUri("amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672")
+    val connection = factory.newConnection
+    val channel = connection.createChannel
+
+    channel.exchangeDeclare("hello-exchange", "direct", true)
+    channel.queueDeclare("hello-queue", false, false, false, null)
+
+    var consumer = new QueueingConsumer(channel)
+    channel.basicConsume("hello-queue", true, consumer)
+
+    println("Waiting for messages...")
+
+    while (true) {
+        new String(consumer.nextDelivery.getBody) match {
+            case "quit" => println("Exiting..") ; connection.close ; exit
+            case msg@_ => println("Received '%s'".format(msg))
+        }
+    }
+}