diff --git a/csrc/CMakeLists.txt b/csrc/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e0f8588..fddd734b 100644
--- a/csrc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/csrc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ include(cmake/spdlog.cmake)
 # Let's find LibTorch
 include(cmake/torch.cmake)
 find_package(Torch REQUIRED)
+find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS Interpreter)
 
 # TGI common
diff --git a/csrc/cmake/torch.cmake b/csrc/cmake/torch.cmake
index a8c2af15..b818d468 100644
--- a/csrc/cmake/torch.cmake
+++ b/csrc/cmake/torch.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 fetchcontent_declare(
-    Torch
+    torch
     URL https://download.pytorch.org/libtorch/cu124/libtorch-cxx11-abi-shared-with-deps-2.4.1%2Bcu124.zip
 #    OVERRIDE_FIND_PACKAGE
 )
-FetchContent_MakeAvailable(Torch)
-list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${Torch_SOURCE_DIR})
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(torch)
+list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${torch_SOURCE_DIR})
diff --git a/csrc/common/CMakeLists.txt b/csrc/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 831c0821..bd44e4ed 100644
--- a/csrc/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/csrc/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 set(TGI_COMMON_HEADERS include/common/device.hpp)
 set(TGI_COMMON_SOURCES lib/device.cpp)
 
-add_library(tgi_common SHARED ${TGI_COMMON_HEADERS} ${TGI_COMMON_SOURCES})
-target_link_libraries(tgi_common fmt::fmt spdlog::spdlog ${TORCH_LIBRARIES})
+add_library(tgi_common STATIC ${TGI_COMMON_HEADERS} ${TGI_COMMON_SOURCES})
+target_link_libraries(tgi_common fmt::fmt spdlog::spdlog ${TORCH_LIBRARIES} CUDA::nvml)
 
 target_include_directories(tgi_common PRIVATE
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/common>
diff --git a/csrc/common/include/common/device.hpp b/csrc/common/include/common/device.hpp
index 183e78f8..c0f10dec 100644
--- a/csrc/common/include/common/device.hpp
+++ b/csrc/common/include/common/device.hpp
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <nvml.h>
 #include <optional>
+#include <mutex>
 
 namespace huggingface::tgi {
+    static std::once_flag NVML_INIT_FLAG;
+#define  ENSURE_NVML_INIT() std::call_once(NVML_INIT_FLAG, nvmlInit_v2);
+
     using device_index_t = uint8_t;
 
     /**
diff --git a/csrc/common/lib/device.cpp b/csrc/common/lib/device.cpp
index a703f40b..c80a0d5f 100644
--- a/csrc/common/lib/device.cpp
+++ b/csrc/common/lib/device.cpp
@@ -1,20 +1,48 @@
 //
 // Created by morgan on 27/09/24.
 //
+#include <fmt/format.h>
+#include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
 #include <nvml.h>
 #include "device.hpp"
 
-std::optional<nvmlDevice_t> huggingface::tgi::GetDeviceByIndex(device_index_t device)
+std::optional<nvmlDevice_t> huggingface::tgi::GetDeviceByIndex(device_index_t index)
 {
+    ENSURE_NVML_INIT();
+
+    nvmlDevice_t device;
+    if(nvmlDeviceGetHandleByIndex_v2(index, &device) == NVML_SUCCESS)
+        return std::optional{ device };
+
     return std::nullopt;
 }
 
+bool huggingface::tgi::IsP2PAvailable(device_index_t from, device_index_t to)
+{
+    ENSURE_NVML_INIT();
+
+    // Get devices
+    const auto devFrom = GetDeviceByIndex(from);
+    const auto devTo = GetDeviceByIndex(to);
+
+    if(!devFrom.has_value())
+        SPDLOG_ERROR(FMT_STRING("Failed to retrieve device at index {:d}"), from);
+
+    if(!devTo.has_value())
+        SPDLOG_ERROR(FMT_STRING("Failed to retrieve device at index {:d}"), to);
+
+    // Query link between both
+    nvmlGpuP2PStatus_t status;
+    if(nvmlDeviceGetP2PStatus(devFrom.value(), devTo.value(), NVML_P2P_CAPS_INDEX_NVLINK, &status) != NVML_SUCCESS)
+    {
+        SPDLOG_ERROR(FMT_STRING("Failed to retrieve the p2p status for device {:d} <-> {:d}"), from, to);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return status == NVML_P2P_STATUS_OK;
+}
+
 bool huggingface::tgi::IsP2PComplete()
 {
     return false;
 }
-
-bool huggingface::tgi::IsP2PAvailable(device_index_t from, device_index_t to)
-{
-    return false;
-}
diff --git a/csrc/tgiccl/CMakeLists.txt b/csrc/tgiccl/CMakeLists.txt
index 1437371a..e0bcc68b 100644
--- a/csrc/tgiccl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/csrc/tgiccl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ project(tgiccl LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 set(TGICCL_HEADERS tgiccl.hpp TgiCclBackend.hpp)
 set(TGICCL_SOURCES TgiCclBackend.cpp)
 
-find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
-
-add_library(tgiccl SHARED ${TGICCL_HEADERS} ${TGICCL_SOURCES})
+add_library(tgiccl STATIC ${TGICCL_HEADERS} ${TGICCL_SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(tgiccl PUBLIC tgi_common fmt::fmt spdlog::spdlog CUDA::nvml ${TORCH_LIBRARIES})
 
 add_executable(test_tgiccl test_tgiccl.cpp)
diff --git a/csrc/tgiccl/TgiCclBackend.cpp b/csrc/tgiccl/TgiCclBackend.cpp
index 1c4250bc..19c5cdfc 100644
--- a/csrc/tgiccl/TgiCclBackend.cpp
+++ b/csrc/tgiccl/TgiCclBackend.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,42 @@
 #include "TgiCclBackend.hpp"
 
 
+auto fmt::formatter<c10d::ReduceOp>::format(c10d::ReduceOp op, format_context& ctx) const -> format_context::iterator {
+    string_view name = "unknown";
+    switch (op) {
+        case c10d::ReduceOp::AVG:          name = "ReduceOp::AVG"; break;
+        case c10d::ReduceOp::BAND:         name = "ReduceOp::BAND"; break;
+        case c10d::ReduceOp::BOR:          name = "ReduceOp::BOR"; break;
+        case c10d::ReduceOp::BXOR:         name = "ReduceOp::BXOR"; break;
+        case c10d::ReduceOp::MAX:          name = "ReduceOp::MAX"; break;
+        case c10d::ReduceOp::MIN:          name = "ReduceOp::MIN"; break;
+        case c10d::ReduceOp::PREMUL_SUM:   name = "ReduceOp::PREMUL_SUM"; break;
+        case c10d::ReduceOp::PRODUCT:      name = "ReduceOp::PRODUCT"; break;
+        case c10d::ReduceOp::SUM:          name = "ReduceOp::SUM"; break;
+        case c10d::ReduceOp::UNUSED:       name = "ReduceOp::UNUSED"; break;
+    }
+    return formatter<string_view>::format(name, ctx);
+}
+
+
+
 void huggingface::tgi::tgiccl::InitTgiCcl()
 {
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+huggingface::tgi::tgiccl::TgiCclBackend::TgiCclBackend(const int rank, const int size) : Backend(rank, size) {
+    SPDLOG_INFO(FMT_STRING("Creating {} on rank {:d} (world_size={:d})"), getBackendName(), rank, size);
+
+}
+
+const std::string huggingface::tgi::tgiccl::TgiCclBackend::getBackendName() const {
+    return CCL_BACKEND_NAME;
+}
+
+c10::intrusive_ptr<c10d::Work>
+huggingface::tgi::tgiccl::TgiCclBackend::allreduce(std::vector<at::Tensor> &tensors, const c10d::AllreduceOptions &options) {
+    TORCH_CHECK(options.reduceOp == c10d::ReduceOp::SUM, fmt::format(FMT_STRING("tgiccl only supports ReduceOp::SUM, got {}"), options.reduceOp))
+    tensors[0] += 1;
+    return c10::make_intrusive<c10d::Work>();
+}
diff --git a/csrc/tgiccl/TgiCclBackend.hpp b/csrc/tgiccl/TgiCclBackend.hpp
index cbf6e0e1..a0ed6994 100644
--- a/csrc/tgiccl/TgiCclBackend.hpp
+++ b/csrc/tgiccl/TgiCclBackend.hpp
@@ -9,17 +9,30 @@
 #include <torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/Backend.hpp>
 
 
+template <> struct fmt::formatter<c10d::ReduceOp>: formatter<string_view> {
+    auto format(c10d::ReduceOp op, format_context& ctx) const -> format_context::iterator;
+};
+
+
+
 namespace huggingface::tgi::tgiccl
 {
+#define CCL_BACKEND_NAME "tgiccl";
+
     void InitTgiCcl();
 
+    class TgiCclBackend;
+    class TgiCclBackendWork final: c10d::Work {
+        friend TgiCclBackend;
+
+
+    };
+
+
     class TgiCclBackend final : c10d::Backend {
     public:
-        TgiCclBackend(const int rank, const int size): Backend(rank, size)
-        {
-            SPDLOG_INFO(FMT_STRING("Creating TgiCclBackend on rank {:d} over {:d}"), rank, size);
-        }
-
+        TgiCclBackend(int rank, int size);
+        const std::string getBackendName() const override;
         c10::intrusive_ptr<c10d::Work> allreduce(std::vector<at::Tensor>&, const c10d::AllreduceOptions&) override;
     };
 }
diff --git a/csrc/tgiccl/test_tgiccl.cpp b/csrc/tgiccl/test_tgiccl.cpp
index f7a25f6b..84bef94d 100644
--- a/csrc/tgiccl/test_tgiccl.cpp
+++ b/csrc/tgiccl/test_tgiccl.cpp
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
 // Created by morgan on 26/09/24.
 //
 
+#include <vector>
+#include <torch/torch.h>
 #include "tgiccl.hpp"
 
 int main() {
-    auto a = huggingface::tgi::tgiccl::IsNvLinkAvailable(0, 1);
-    auto b = huggingface::tgi::tgiccl::IsNvLinkAvailable(0, 2);
-    auto d = huggingface::tgi::tgiccl::IsNvLinkAvailable(0, 3);
+    auto backend = huggingface::tgi::tgiccl::TgiCclBackend(0, 4);
+    auto tensor = torch::zeros({128});
+    auto tensors = std::vector<torch::Tensor>();
+    tensors.push_back(tensor);
+    backend.allreduce(tensors, c10d::AllreduceOptions());
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/csrc/tgiccl/tgiccl.hpp b/csrc/tgiccl/tgiccl.hpp
index 782ee116..ca509673 100644
--- a/csrc/tgiccl/tgiccl.hpp
+++ b/csrc/tgiccl/tgiccl.hpp
@@ -11,48 +11,8 @@
 
 #include "TgiCclBackend.hpp"
 
-constexpr auto CLL_BACKEND_NAME = "tgiccl";
-
 namespace huggingface::tgi::tgiccl
 {
-    static std::once_flag NVML_INIT_FLAG;
-#define  ENSURE_NVML_INIT() std::call_once(NVML_INIT_FLAG, nvmlInit_v2);
-
-    inline std::optional<nvmlDevice_t> GetDeviceByIndex(const size_t index)
-    {
-        ENSURE_NVML_INIT();
-
-        nvmlDevice_t device;
-        if(nvmlDeviceGetHandleByIndex_v2(index, &device) == NVML_SUCCESS)
-            return std::optional{ device };
-
-        return std::nullopt;
-    }
-
-    inline bool IsNvLinkAvailable(const int from, const int to)
-    {
-        ENSURE_NVML_INIT();
-
-        // Get devices
-        const auto devFrom = GetDeviceByIndex(from);
-        const auto devTo = GetDeviceByIndex(to);
-
-        if(!devFrom.has_value())
-            SPDLOG_ERROR(FMT_STRING("Failed to retrieve device at index {:d}"), from);
-
-        if(!devTo.has_value())
-            SPDLOG_ERROR(FMT_STRING("Failed to retrieve device at index {:d}"), to);
-
-        // Query link between both
-        nvmlGpuP2PStatus_t status;
-        if(nvmlDeviceGetP2PStatus(devFrom.value(), devTo.value(), NVML_P2P_CAPS_INDEX_NVLINK, &status) != NVML_SUCCESS)
-        {
-            SPDLOG_ERROR(FMT_STRING("Failed to retrieve the p2p status for device {:d} <-> {:d}"), from, to);
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        return status == NVML_P2P_STATUS_OK;
-    }
 
 }