diff --git a/.lintrunner.toml b/.lintrunner.toml
index db84901f..27fb98d0 100644
--- a/.lintrunner.toml
+++ b/.lintrunner.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [[linter]]
 code = 'BLACK-ISORT'
 include_patterns = [
+    '*.py',
     '**/*.py',
 ]
 exclude_patterns = []
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ command = [
 [[linter]]
 code = 'PYRE'
 include_patterns = [
+    '*.py',
     '**/*.py',
     '**/*.pyi',
 ]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 186f0108..f1b5a6b5 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pub mod manager;
 
 use core::time::Duration;
 use std::env;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use pyo3::exceptions::PyRuntimeError;
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ use pyo3::prelude::*;
 #[pyclass]
 struct Manager {
     handle: JoinHandle<Result<()>>,
+    manager: Arc<manager::Manager>,
+    _runtime: Runtime,
 }
 
 #[pymethods]
@@ -55,10 +58,18 @@ impl Manager {
                 ))
                 .unwrap();
             let handle = runtime.spawn(manager.clone().run());
-            Self { handle: handle }
+            Self {
+                handle: handle,
+                manager: manager,
+                _runtime: runtime,
+            }
         })
     }
 
+    fn address(&self) -> PyResult<String> {
+        Ok(self.manager.address().to_string())
+    }
+
     fn shutdown(&self, py: Python<'_>) {
         py.allow_threads(move || {
             self.handle.abort();
@@ -200,6 +211,48 @@ async fn lighthouse_main_async(opt: lighthouse::LighthouseOpt) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[pyclass]
+struct Lighthouse {
+    lighthouse: Arc<lighthouse::Lighthouse>,
+    handle: JoinHandle<Result<()>>,
+    _runtime: Runtime,
+}
+
+#[pymethods]
+impl Lighthouse {
+    #[new]
+    fn new(py: Python<'_>, bind: String, min_replicas: u64) -> PyResult<Self> {
+        py.allow_threads(move || {
+            let rt = Runtime::new().unwrap();
+
+            let lighthouse = rt
+                .block_on(lighthouse::Lighthouse::new(lighthouse::LighthouseOpt {
+                    bind: bind,
+                    min_replicas: min_replicas,
+                    join_timeout_ms: 100,
+                    quorum_tick_ms: 100,
+                }))
+                .unwrap();
+
+            Ok(Self {
+                handle: rt.spawn(lighthouse.clone().run()),
+                lighthouse: lighthouse,
+                _runtime: rt,
+            })
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn address(&self) -> PyResult<String> {
+        Ok(self.lighthouse.address().to_string())
+    }
+
+    fn shutdown(&self, py: Python<'_>) {
+        py.allow_threads(move || {
+            self.handle.abort();
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 #[pymodule]
 fn torchft(m: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
     // setup logging on import
@@ -212,6 +265,7 @@ fn torchft(m: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
 
     m.add_class::<Manager>()?;
     m.add_class::<ManagerClient>()?;
+    m.add_class::<Lighthouse>()?;
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(lighthouse_main, m)?)?;
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/torchft/manager.py b/torchft/manager.py
index 207994b2..e8b8d3ba 100644
--- a/torchft/manager.py
+++ b/torchft/manager.py
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
 from torch.optim import Optimizer
 
 from torchft.checkpointing import CheckpointServer
-
-# pyre-fixme[21]: can't find rust module
 from torchft.torchft import Manager as _Manager, ManagerClient
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -121,7 +119,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         store_addr = store_addr or os.environ["MASTER_ADDR"]
         store_port = store_port or int(os.environ["MASTER_PORT"])
-        self._rank: int = rank or int(os.environ["RANK"])
+        self._rank: int = rank if rank is not None else int(os.environ["RANK"])
         rank = self._rank
         world_size = world_size or int(os.environ["WORLD_SIZE"])
         self._min_replica_size = min_replica_size
@@ -151,7 +149,6 @@ def __init__(
 
             if replica_id is None:
                 replica_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
-            # pyre-fixme[16]: can't find rust module
             self._manager = _Manager(
                 replica_id=replica_id,
                 lighthouse_addr=lighthouse_addr,
diff --git a/torchft/manager_integ_test.py b/torchft/manager_integ_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9c9261d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/torchft/manager_integ_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+import torch
+import torch.distributed as dist
+from torch import nn, optim
+
+from torchft.ddp import DistributedDataParallel
+from torchft.manager import Manager
+from torchft.optim import OptimizerWrapper
+from torchft.process_group import ProcessGroupGloo
+from torchft.torchft import Lighthouse
+
+
+class MyModel(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.model = nn.Sequential(
+            nn.Linear(3, 4),
+            nn.Sigmoid(),
+        )
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        return self.model(x)
+
+
+def train_loop(replica_id: int, lighthouse_address: str) -> None:
+    store = dist.TCPStore(
+        host_name="localhost",
+        port=0,
+        is_master=True,
+        wait_for_workers=False,
+    )
+
+    def load_state_dict(state_dict):
+        m.load_state_dict(state_dict["model"])
+        optimizer.load_state_dict(state_dict["optim"])
+
+    def state_dict():
+        return {
+            "model": m.state_dict(),
+            "optim": optimizer.state_dict(),
+        }
+
+    pg = ProcessGroupGloo()
+    manager = Manager(
+        pg=pg,
+        min_replica_size=2,
+        load_state_dict=load_state_dict,
+        state_dict=state_dict,
+        replica_id=str(replica_id),
+        store_addr="localhost",
+        store_port=store.port,
+        rank=0,
+        world_size=1,
+        lighthouse_addr=lighthouse_address,
+        port=19530 + replica_id,
+    )
+    m = DistributedDataParallel(manager, MyModel())
+    optimizer = OptimizerWrapper(manager, optim.Adam(m.parameters()))
+    criterion = nn.CrossEntropyLoss()
+
+    while True:
+        inputs = torch.rand(2, 3)
+        labels = torch.randint(4, (2,))
+
+        optimizer.zero_grad()
+        out = m(inputs)
+        loss = criterion(out, labels)
+
+        loss.backward()
+        optimizer.step()
+
+        # TODO: assert weights are equal across replicas
+
+        if manager.current_step() >= 5:
+            break
+
+    manager.shutdown()
+
+
+class ManagerIntegTest(TestCase):
+    def test_ddp(self):
+        lighthouse = Lighthouse(
+            bind="[::]:0",
+            min_replicas=2,
+        )
+        num_replicas = 2
+        futures = []
+
+        with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=num_replicas) as executor:
+            for replica_id in range(num_replicas):
+                futures.append(
+                    executor.submit(train_loop, replica_id, lighthouse.address())
+                )
+
+        for fut in as_completed(futures):
+            fut.result()
+
+        lighthouse.shutdown()
diff --git a/torchft/torchft.pyi b/torchft/torchft.pyi
index c86c4e5d..c3fc2b37 100644
--- a/torchft/torchft.pyi
+++ b/torchft/torchft.pyi
@@ -8,3 +8,21 @@ class ManagerClient:
     ) -> Tuple[int, int, int, str, str, int, Optional[int], int, bool]: ...
     def checkpoint_address(self, rank: int) -> str: ...
     def should_commit(self, rank: int, step: int, should_commit: bool) -> bool: ...
+
+class Manager:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        replica_id: str,
+        lighthouse_addr: str,
+        address: str,
+        bind: str,
+        store_addr: str,
+        world_size: int,
+    ) -> None: ...
+    def address(self) -> str: ...
+    def shutdown(self) -> None: ...
+
+class Lighthouse:
+    def __init__(self, bind: str, min_replicas: int) -> None: ...
+    def address(self) -> str: ...
+    def shutdown(self) -> None: ...