diff --git a/src/Config.php b/src/Config.php
index f882735..a84fdcb 100644
--- a/src/Config.php
+++ b/src/Config.php
@@ -2,61 +2,56 @@
 
 namespace Aerex\TaskwarriorPlugin;
 
-
+use DavidBadura\Taskwarrior\Taskwarrior;
+use Aerex\Taskwarrior\TaskwarriorManager; 
 
 class Config {
 
-  public function __construct(){
+   /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $bin;
 
-  }
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $taskrc;
 
-  public function getTaskwarriorInstance(){
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $taskData;
 
-    if(!$this->isValidConfiguration()){
-      $invalidConfigurationString = $this->invalidConfigurations();
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $rcOptions;
 
-      $invalidConfigurationMessage = sprintf('The following configurations are invalid %s and' .
-       ' the default configurations will be used', $invalidConfigurationString);
-      echo($invalidConfigurationMessage);
 
-      $this->setDefaults();
+    public function __construct($taskrc='~/.taskrc', $taskData='~/.task',$rcOptions = [], $bin='task'){
+      $this->taskrc = $taskrc;
+      $this->bin = $bin;
+      $this->taskDat = $taskData;
+      $this->rcOptions = $rcOptions;
+
     }
 
-    $this->taskrc = $this->getTaskRC();
-    $this->taskDataDir = $this->getTaskDataDir();
-    $this->taskBinFile = $this->getTaskBinFile();
+    public function getTaskwarriorInstance(){
 
-    $this->taskwarrior = new $Taskwarrior($this->taskrc,$this->taskdatadir, [], $this->taskbinfile);
-  }
+      $this->taskwarrior = new Taskwarrior($this->taskrc,$this->taskdatadir, [], $this->taskbinfile);
+      $this->taskwarriorManager = new TaskwarriorManager($this->taskwarrior);
+
+      return $this->taskwarriorManager;
+    }
 
 
-  public function getLogger(){
-    return $this->logger;
-  }
-  public function setLogger($logger){
-    $this->logger = $logger;
+    public function getLogger(){
+      return $this->logger;
+    }
+    public function setLogger($logger){
+      $this->logger = $logger;
 
-  }
-  public  function isValidConfigurations(){
-
-  }
-
-  public function setDefaults(){
-
-  }
-
-  public function getTaskRC() {
-
-  }
-
-
-  public function getTaskDataDir(){
-
-  }
-
-  public function getTaskBinFile(){
-
-  }
+    }
 
 }
 ?>
diff --git a/src/Taskwarrior.php b/src/TaskwarriorManager.php
similarity index 50%
rename from src/Taskwarrior.php
rename to src/TaskwarriorManager.php
index 0764bb5..a0ad3db 100644
--- a/src/Taskwarrior.php
+++ b/src/TaskwarriorManager.php
@@ -3,18 +3,43 @@
 namespace Aerex\TaskwarriorPlugin;
 
 use Aerex\TaskwarriorPlugin\Taskwarrior;
+use DavidBadura\Taskwarrior\TaskManager;
+use DavidBadura\Taskwarrior\Task;
 
-class Taskwarrior { 
+class TaskwarriorManager extends TaskManager { 
 
   const DESCRIPTION = 'description';
   const CATEGORIES = 'categories';
+  const TASK_UUID = 'uuid';
+  const ICAL_UID = 'uid';
 
+  /**
+   *
+   *  @var \DavidBadura\Taskwarrior\Task
+   */
+  private $tasks;
 
-  function __constructor(TaskwarriorConfig $taskConfig){
-    $this->taskConfig = $taskConfig;
-    $this->taskWarriorJSON = array();
+  const ENTRY = 'entry';
+  const START = 'start';
+  const MODIFIED = 'modified';
+  const END = 'end';
+
+  public function __construct($taskwarrior){
+    parent::__construct($taskwarrior);
   }
 
+  public function createTask($UUID){
+    $task = new Task();
+    $this->setValue($task, $ICAL_UID, $UUID); 
+    return $task;
+  }
+
+  public function export(){
+    
+  }
+
+
+
   function setEntryTime($entry){
   }
 
@@ -41,7 +66,10 @@ class Taskwarrior {
     
     $this->taskWarriorJSON[self::CATEGORIES] = $categories;
   }
-     private function taskExists($taskUuid){
+
+  
+
+     public function taskExists($taskUuid){
        $taskIsInCache = isset($this->cachedTasks[$taskUuid]);
 
        if($taskIsInCache){
@@ -58,12 +86,26 @@ class Taskwarrior {
    public function save(){
 
    }
-  public function setUUID(){
-  }
   public function build(){
 
-  }
+  }    
+  /**
+     * @param Task $task
+     * @param string $attr
+     * @param mixed $value
+     */
+    public function setValue(Task $task, $attr, $value)
+    {
+        $refClass = new \ReflectionClass(Task::class);
+        $refProp = $refClass->getProperty($attr);
+        $refProp->setAccessible(true);
+        $refProp->setValue($task, $value);
+    }
+
+ 
   function setDescription($description){}
+  function parseiCalDateTime($iCalDateTime){}
+  function convertToStringArray($categories){} 
   function setDueDate($dueDate){}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/iCalEventProcessor.php b/src/iCalEventProcessor.php
index fc6a290..8596335 100644
--- a/src/iCalEventProcessor.php
+++ b/src/iCalEventProcessor.php
@@ -69,24 +69,35 @@ class iCalEventProcessor {
  
        if($this->taskwarrior->exists($ToDoComponent->UID)){
          $this->logger->error("Event already exists " . (string)$ToDoComponent->UID);
-         throw new Exception\BadRequest("Event already exists " . $ToDoComponent->UID);
        }
 
 
        try {
-        $this->taskwarrior->setUUID($ToDoComponent->UID);
-        $this->taskwarrior->setEntryTime($ToDoComponent->DSTAMP);
-        $this->taskwarrior->setDueDate($ToDoComponent->DUE);
-        $this->taskwarrior->setModifiedTime($ToDoComponent->{'LAST-MODIFIED'});
-        $this->taskwarrior->setStartTime($ToDoComponent->DSTART);
-        $this->taskwarrior->setEndTime($ToDoComponent->DTEND);
-        $this->taskwarrior->setSummary($ToDoComponent->DESCRIPTION);
-        $this->taskwarrior->setCategories($ToDoComponent->CATEGORIES);
-        $this->taskwarrior->setDescription($ToDoComponent->DESCRIPTION);
 
-        $this->taskwarrior->build();
 
-        $this->taskwarrior->save();
+         // parse iCalendar event times to DateTime objects
+         $entry = $this->taskwarrior->parseiCalDateTime($ToDoComponent->DSTAMP);
+         $start = $this->taskwarrior->parseiCalDateTime($ToDoComponent->DSTART);
+         $modified = $this->taskwarrior->parseiCalDateTime($ToDoComponent->{'LAST-MODIFIED'});
+         $end = $this->taskwarrior->parseiCalDateTime($ToDoComponent->DTEND);
+
+         $task = $this->taskwarrior->createTask($ToDoComponent->UID);
+
+         $tags = $this->taskwarrior->convertToStringArray($ToDoComponent->CATEGORIES);
+         $task->setTags($tags);
+
+         $task->setDue($ToDoComponent->DUE->getDateTime());
+         $task->setDescription($ToDoComponent->DESCRIPTION);
+
+
+         // override protected taskwarrior properties using iCal event
+
+         $this->taskwarrior->setValue($task, $this->taskwarrior::ENTRY, $entry);
+         $this->taskwarrior->setValue($task, $this->taskwarrior::START, $start);
+         $this->taskwarrior->setValue($task, $this->taskwarrior::MODIFIED, $modified);
+         $this->taskwarrior->setValue($task, $this->taskwarrior::END, $end);
+
+         $this->taskwarrior->save($task);
 
        } catch(Exception $e){
          $this->logger->error($e->message);
diff --git a/tests/iCalEventProcessorTest.php b/tests/iCalEventProcessorTest.php
index 3ee32ef..badf179 100644
--- a/tests/iCalEventProcessorTest.php
+++ b/tests/iCalEventProcessorTest.php
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 use Sabre\DAV\Exception\BadRequest;
 use Monolog\Logger;
 use Sabre\VObject\Component\VCalendar;
-use Aerex\TaskwarriorPlugin\Taskwarrior;
+use Aerex\TaskwarriorPlugin\TaskwarriorManager;
 use Aerex\TaskwarriorPlugin\iCalEventProcessor;
 use Aerex\TaskwarriorPlugin\Config;
+use DavidBadura\Taskwarrior\Task;
 use DateTime;
 
 
@@ -23,13 +24,14 @@ class iCalEventProcessorTest  extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
   private $mockTaskwarriorConfig;
 
   /***
-   * @var \PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject   
+   * @var \PHPUnit_Framework__MockObject   
    */
   private $mockLogger;
 
   function setup(){
 
-    $this->mockTaskwarrior = $this->createMock(Taskwarrior::class);
+    $this->mockTaskwarrior = $this->createMock(TaskwarriorManager::class);
+    $this->mockTask = $this->createMock(Task::class);
     $this->mockTaskwarriorConfig = $this->createMock(Config::class);
     $this->mockLogger = $this->createMock(Logger::class);
 
@@ -62,34 +64,30 @@ class iCalEventProcessorTest  extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
     $mockVTodo->add('DESCRIPTION', $description);
     $mockVTodo->add('CATEGORIES', $categories);
 
-    $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->once())->method('setUUID')
-      ->with($this->equalTo($mockVTodo->UID));
-    $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->once())->method('setEntryTime')
-      ->with($this->equalTo($mockVTodo->DSTAMP));
-    $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->once())->method('setEndTime')
-      ->with($this->equalTo($mockVTodo->DTEND)); 
-    $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->once())->method('setDueDate')
-      ->with($this->equalTo($mockVTodo->DUE)); 
-    $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->once())->method('setSummary')
-      ->with($this->equalTo($mockVTodo->DESCRIPTION));
-    $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->once())->method('setCategories')
-      ->with($this->equalTo($mockVTodo->CATEGORIES));
+    $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->exactly(4))
+      ->method('parseiCalDateTime')
+      ->will($this->onConsecutiveCalls($startTime, $startTime, $modifiedTime, $endTime));
+
+    $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->once())->method('createTask')->with($this->equalTo($uuid))
+      ->willReturn($this->mockTask);
+    $this->mockTask->expects($this->once())->method('setDue')->with($this->equalTo($dueDate)); 
+    $this->mockTask->expects($this->once())->method('setDescription')->with($this->equalTo($description));
+    $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->once())->method('convertToStringArray')->with($this->equalTo($mockVTodo->CATEGORIES))
+      ->willReturn($categories);
+
+    $this->mockTask->expects($this->once())->method('setTags')
+      ->with($this->equalTo($categories));
+
+    $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->exactly(4))
+      ->method('setValue');
 
     $this->mockLogger->expects($this->never())->method('error');
 
-    $this
-      ->mockTaskwarriorConfig
+    $this->mockTaskwarriorConfig
       ->expects($this->once())
       ->method('getTaskwarriorInstance')
       ->will($this->returnValue($this->mockTaskwarrior));
 
-
-
-    $this
-      ->mockTaskwarrior
-      ->expects($this->once())
-      ->method('build');
-
     $this
       ->mockTaskwarrior
       ->expects($this->once())
@@ -106,7 +104,7 @@ class iCalEventProcessorTest  extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
    */
   function testFailTaskNoComponentDefine(){
     
-    $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->never())->method('setUUID');
+    $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->never())->method('createTask');
     $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->never())->method('setEntryTime');
     $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->never())->method('setEndTime');
     $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->never())->method('setDueDate');
@@ -129,11 +127,14 @@ class iCalEventProcessorTest  extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
 
   }
 
+
   /**
    * @expectedException Sabre\DAV\Exception\BadRequest
    *
    *
    */
+
+  /*
   function testFailTaskExists(){
     $uuid = '9f353281-1051-4c45-92db-462f5d353c76';
 
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ class iCalEventProcessorTest  extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
     $mockVTodo = $mockVCalendar->add('VTODO', ['UID' => $uuid]);
     $expectedErrorMessage = "already exists";
     
-    $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->never())->method('setUUID');
+    $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->never())->method('createTask');
     $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->never())->method('setEntryTime');
     $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->never())->method('setEndTime');
     $this->mockTaskwarrior->expects($this->never())->method('setDueDate');
@@ -165,6 +166,8 @@ class iCalEventProcessorTest  extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
     $twCalEvent->importTask($mockVTodo);
 
   }
+   */
+
 }