diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7c494a74e..ef5de50a7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ all: $(BUILD)/photon_scheduler $(BUILD)/photon_client.so
 $(BUILD)/photon_client.so: photon_client.h photon_client.c common
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) photon_client.c common/build/libcommon.a -fPIC -shared -o $(BUILD)/photon_client.so
 
-$(BUILD)/photon_scheduler: photon.h photon.c common
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ photon.c common/build/libcommon.a common/thirdparty/hiredis/libhiredis.a -Icommon/thirdparty -Icommon/
+$(BUILD)/photon_scheduler: photon.h photon_scheduler.c common
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ photon_scheduler.c common/build/libcommon.a common/thirdparty/hiredis/libhiredis.a -Icommon/thirdparty -Icommon/
 
 common: FORCE
 	git submodule update --init --recursive
diff --git a/lib/python/photon.py b/lib/python/photon.py
index b0fc263a5..36f06ff2a 100644
--- a/lib/python/photon.py
+++ b/lib/python/photon.py
@@ -6,9 +6,57 @@ photon_client_library = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary(photon_client_library_path)
 photon_client_library.alloc_task_spec.restype = ctypes.c_void_p
 photon_client_library.photon_connect.restype = ctypes.c_void_p
 photon_client_library.photon_submit.restype = None
+photon_client_library.photon_get_task.restype = ctypes.c_void_p
 
 ID = ctypes.c_ubyte * 20
 
+buffer_from_read_write_memory = ctypes.pythonapi.PyBuffer_FromReadWriteMemory
+buffer_from_read_write_memory.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_int64]
+buffer_from_read_write_memory.restype = ctypes.py_object
+
+buffer_from_memory = ctypes.pythonapi.PyBuffer_FromMemory
+buffer_from_memory.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_int64]
+buffer_from_memory.restype = ctypes.py_object
+
+photon_client_library.task_function.restype = ctypes.c_void_p
+photon_client_library.task_num_args.restype = ctypes.c_int64
+photon_client_library.task_num_returns.restype = ctypes.c_int64
+photon_client_library.task_arg_type.restype = ctypes.c_int8
+photon_client_library.task_arg_id.restype = ctypes.c_void_p
+photon_client_library.task_arg_val.restype = ctypes.c_void_p
+photon_client_library.task_arg_length.restype = ctypes.c_void_p
+photon_client_library.task_return.restype = ctypes.c_void_p
+
+
+class TaskInfo(object):
+  def __init__(self, function_id, args, return_ids):
+    self.function_id = function_id
+    self.args = args
+    self.return_ids = return_ids
+
+def extract_task(c_task):
+  function_id = buffer_from_memory(photon_client_library.task_function(c_task), 20)[:]
+  num_args = photon_client_library.task_num_args(c_task)
+  num_returns = photon_client_library.task_num_returns(c_task)
+  arg_vals_and_ids = []
+  for i in range(num_args):
+    arg_type = photon_client_library.task_arg_type(c_task, i)
+    if arg_type == 0:
+      arg_id = buffer_from_memory(photon_client_library.task_arg_id(c_task, i), 20)
+      arg_vals_and_ids.append((arg_type, arg_id))
+    elif arg_type == 1:
+      arg_val = photon_client_library.task_arg_val(c_task, i)[:]
+      arg_length = photon_client_library.task_arg_length(c_task, i)
+      arg_value = buffer_from_memory(arg_val, arg_length)[:]
+      arg_vals_and_ids.append((arg_type, arg_value))
+    else:
+      raise Exception("arg_type must be 0 or 1")
+  return_ids = []
+  for i in range(num_returns):
+    ret_id = buffer_from_memory(photon_client_library.task_return(c_task, i), 20)
+    return_ids.append(ret_id[:])
+  return TaskInfo(function_id, arg_vals_and_ids, return_ids)
+
 class UniqueID(ctypes.Structure):
   _fields_ = [("unique_id", ID)]
 
@@ -19,11 +67,18 @@ def make_id(string):
   return UniqueID(unique_id=ID(*unique_id))
 
 class Task(object):
-  def __init__(self, function_id, args):
+  def __init__(self, function_id, args, return_ids):
     function_id = make_id(function_id)
     self.task_spec = ctypes.c_void_p(photon_client_library.alloc_task_spec(function_id, len(args), 1, 0))
     for arg in args:
-      photon_client_library.task_args_add_ref(self.task_spec, arg)
+      photon_client_library.task_args_add_ref(self.task_spec, make_id(arg))
+
+    # Add return IDs. This may not be the appropriate place for this.
+    num_returns = photon_client_library.task_num_returns(self.task_spec)
+    for i in range(num_returns):
+      ret_id = buffer_from_read_write_memory(photon_client_library.task_return(self.task_spec, i), 20)
+      for j in range(20):
+        ret_id[j] = return_ids[i][j]
 
   def __del__(self):
     photon_client_library.free_task_spec(self.task_spec)
@@ -33,6 +88,12 @@ class PhotonClient(object):
   def __init__(self, socket_name):
     self.photon_conn = ctypes.c_void_p(photon_client_library.photon_connect(socket_name))
 
-  def submit(self, function_id, args):
-    task = Task(function_id, args)
+  def submit(self, function_id, args, return_ids):
+    task = Task(function_id, args, return_ids)
     photon_client_library.photon_submit(self.photon_conn, task.task_spec)
+
+  def get_task(self):
+    c_task = ctypes.c_void_p(photon_client_library.photon_get_task(self.photon_conn))
+    task = c_task # TODO Extract the actual task. EXTRACT...(c_task)
+    # photon_client_library.free_task_spec(c_task)
+    return extract_task(task)
diff --git a/photon.c b/photon.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c84c2b95..000000000
--- a/photon.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-#include <inttypes.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <sys/un.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#include "common.h"
-#include "event_loop.h"
-#include "io.h"
-#include "photon.h"
-#include "state/db.h"
-#include "state/task_queue.h"
-#include "task.h"
-#include "utarray.h"
-
-typedef struct {
-  db_handle *db;
-  UT_array *task_queue;
-} local_scheduler_state;
-
-event_loop *init_local_scheduler() { return event_loop_create(); };
-
-void process_message(event_loop *loop, int client_sock, void *context,
-                     int events) {
-  local_scheduler_state *s = context;
-
-  uint8_t *message;
-  int64_t type;
-  int64_t length;
-  read_message(client_sock, &type, &length, &message);
-
-  switch (type) {
-  case SUBMIT_TASK: {
-    task_spec *task = (task_spec *)message;
-    CHECK(task_size(task) == length);
-    unique_id id = globally_unique_id();
-    task_queue_submit_task(s->db, id, task);
-  } break;
-  case TASK_DONE: {
-  } break;
-  case DISCONNECT_CLIENT: {
-    LOG_INFO("Disconnecting client on fd %d", client_sock);
-    event_loop_remove_file(loop, client_sock);
-  } break;
-  case LOG_MESSAGE: {
-  } break;
-  default:
-    /* This code should be unreachable. */
-    CHECK(0);
-  }
-  free(message);
-}
-
-void new_client_connection(event_loop *loop, int listener_sock, void *context,
-                           int events) {
-  local_scheduler_state *s = context;
-  int new_socket = accept_client(listener_sock);
-  event_loop_add_file(loop, new_socket, EVENT_LOOP_READ, process_message, s);
-  LOG_INFO("new connection with fd %d", new_socket);
-}
-
-void start_server(const char *socket_name, const char *redis_addr,
-                  int redis_port) {
-  int fd = bind_ipc_sock(socket_name);
-  local_scheduler_state state;
-  event_loop *loop = init_local_scheduler();
-
-  state.db = db_connect(redis_addr, redis_port, "photon", "", -1);
-  db_attach(state.db, loop);
-
-  /* Run event loop. */
-  event_loop_add_file(loop, fd, EVENT_LOOP_READ, new_client_connection, &state);
-  event_loop_run(loop);
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-  /* Path of the listening socket of the local scheduler. */
-  char *scheduler_socket_name = NULL;
-  /* IP address and port of redis. */
-  char *redis_addr_port = NULL;
-  int c;
-  while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "s:r:")) != -1) {
-    switch (c) {
-    case 's':
-      scheduler_socket_name = optarg;
-      break;
-    case 'r':
-      redis_addr_port = optarg;
-      break;
-    default:
-      LOG_ERR("unknown option %c", c);
-      exit(-1);
-    }
-  }
-  if (!scheduler_socket_name) {
-    LOG_ERR("please specify socket for incoming connections with -s switch");
-    exit(-1);
-  }
-  char redis_addr[16] = {0};
-  char redis_port[6] = {0};
-  if (!redis_addr_port ||
-      sscanf(redis_addr_port, "%15[0-9.]:%5[0-9]", redis_addr, redis_port) !=
-          2) {
-    LOG_ERR("need to specify redis address like 127.0.0.1:6379 with -r switch");
-    exit(-1);
-  }
-  start_server(scheduler_socket_name, &redis_addr[0], atoi(redis_port));
-}
diff --git a/photon.h b/photon.h
index 6a213c4a5..a59e5566f 100644
--- a/photon.h
+++ b/photon.h
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 enum photon_message_type {
   /** Notify the local scheduler that a task has finished. */
   TASK_DONE = 64,
-};
-
-struct photon_conn_impl {
-  /* File descriptor of the Unix domain socket that connects to photon. */
-  int conn;
+  /** Get a new task from the local scheduler. */
+  GET_TASK,
+  /** This is sent from the local scheduler to a worker to tell the worker to
+   *  execute a task. */
+  EXECUTE_TASK,
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/photon_client.c b/photon_client.c
index a33b25631..1bf87f491 100644
--- a/photon_client.c
+++ b/photon_client.c
@@ -14,6 +14,20 @@ void photon_submit(photon_conn *conn, task_spec *task) {
   write_message(conn->conn, SUBMIT_TASK, task_size(task), (uint8_t *)task);
 }
 
+task_spec *photon_get_task(photon_conn *conn) {
+  write_message(conn->conn, GET_TASK, 0, NULL);
+  int64_t type;
+  int64_t length;
+  uint8_t *message;
+  /* Receive a task from the local scheduler. This will block until the local
+   * scheduler gives this client a task. */
+  read_message(conn->conn, &type, &length, &message);
+  CHECK(type == EXECUTE_TASK);
+  task_spec *task = (task_spec *)message;
+  CHECK(length == task_size(task));
+  return task;
+}
+
 void photon_task_done(photon_conn *conn) {
   write_message(conn->conn, TASK_DONE, 0, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/photon_client.h b/photon_client.h
index 3163d8b7d..76b09455c 100644
--- a/photon_client.h
+++ b/photon_client.h
@@ -4,24 +4,63 @@
 #include "common/task.h"
 #include "photon.h"
 
-typedef struct photon_conn_impl photon_conn;
+typedef struct {
+  /* File descriptor of the Unix domain socket that connects to photon. */
+  int conn;
+} photon_conn;
 
-/* Connect to the local scheduler. */
+/**
+ * Connect to the local scheduler.
+ *
+ * @param photon_socket The name of the socket to use to connect to the local
+          scheduler.
+ * @return The connection information.
+ */
 photon_conn *photon_connect(const char *photon_socket);
 
-/* Submit a task to the local scheduler. */
+/**
+ * Submit a task to the local scheduler.
+ *
+ * @param conn The connection information.
+ * @param task The address of the task to submit.
+ * @return Void.
+ */
 void photon_submit(photon_conn *conn, task_spec *task);
 
-/* Get next task for this client. */
+/**
+ * Get next task for this client. This will block until the scheduler assigns
+ * a task to this worker. This allocates and returns a task, and so the task
+ * must be freed by the caller.
+ *
+ * @todo When does this actually get freed?
+ *
+ * @param conn The connection information.
+ * @return The address of the assigned task.
+ */
 task_spec *photon_get_task(photon_conn *conn);
 
-/* Tell the local scheduler that the client has finished executing a task. */
+/**
+ * Tell the local scheduler that the client has finished executing a task.
+ *
+ * @param conn The connection information.
+ * @return Void.
+ */
 void photon_task_done(photon_conn *conn);
 
-/* Disconnect from the local scheduler. */
+/**
+ * Disconnect from the local scheduler.
+ *
+ * @param conn The connection information.
+ * @return Void.
+ */
 void photon_disconnect(photon_conn *conn);
 
-/* Send a log message to the local scheduler. */
+/**
+ * Send a log message to the local scheduler.
+ *
+ * @param conn The connection information.
+ * @return Void.
+ */
 void photon_log_message(photon_conn *conn);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/photon_scheduler.c b/photon_scheduler.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf5672bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/photon_scheduler.c
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "common.h"
+#include "event_loop.h"
+#include "io.h"
+#include "photon.h"
+#include "state/db.h"
+#include "state/task_queue.h"
+#include "task.h"
+#include "utarray.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+  /** The file descriptor used to communicate with the worker. */
+  int client_sock;
+} available_worker;
+
+/* These are needed to define the UT_arrays. */
+UT_icd task_ptr_icd = {sizeof(task_spec *), NULL, NULL, NULL};
+UT_icd worker_icd = {sizeof(available_worker), NULL, NULL, NULL};
+
+typedef struct {
+  db_handle *db;
+  /** This is an array of pointers to tasks that are waiting to be scheduled. */
+  UT_array *task_queue;
+  /** This is an array of file descriptors corresponding to clients that are
+   *  waiting for tasks. */
+  UT_array *available_worker_queue;
+} local_scheduler_state;
+
+void try_to_assign_task(task_spec *task, local_scheduler_state *s);
+void try_to_assign_task_to_worker(int client_sock, local_scheduler_state *s);
+
+event_loop *init_local_scheduler() { return event_loop_create(); };
+
+void process_message(event_loop *loop, int client_sock, void *context,
+                     int events) {
+  local_scheduler_state *s = context;
+
+  uint8_t *message;
+  int64_t type;
+  int64_t length;
+  read_message(client_sock, &type, &length, &message);
+
+  switch (type) {
+  case SUBMIT_TASK: {
+    task_spec *task = (task_spec *)message;
+    CHECK(task_size(task) == length);
+    /* Create a unique task instance ID. This is different from the task ID and
+     * is used to distinguish between potentially multiple executions of the
+     * task. */
+    unique_id id = globally_unique_id();
+    // task_queue_submit_task(s->db, id, task);
+    /* Try to assign the task to a worker locally. TODO(rkn): This should
+     * probably go somewhere else. */
+    try_to_assign_task(task, s);
+  } break;
+  case TASK_DONE: {
+  } break;
+  case GET_TASK: {
+    try_to_assign_task_to_worker(client_sock, s);
+  } break;
+  case DISCONNECT_CLIENT: {
+    LOG_INFO("Disconnecting client on fd %d", client_sock);
+    event_loop_remove_file(loop, client_sock);
+  } break;
+  case LOG_MESSAGE: {
+  } break;
+  default:
+    /* This code should be unreachable. */
+    CHECK(0);
+  }
+  free(message);
+}
+
+void try_to_assign_task(task_spec *task, local_scheduler_state *s) {
+  /* Assign this task to an available worker. If there are no available workers,
+   * then add this task to the local task queue. */
+  if (utarray_len(s->available_worker_queue) > 0) {
+    /* Get the last available worker in the available worker queue. */
+    available_worker *worker =
+        (available_worker *)utarray_back(s->available_worker_queue);
+    /* Tell the available worker to execute the task. */
+    write_message(worker->client_sock, EXECUTE_TASK, task_size(task),
+                  (uint8_t *)task);
+    utarray_pop_back(s->available_worker_queue);
+    /* TODO: Do we need to free the available_worker struct? */
+  } else {
+    /* Add the task to the task queue. */
+    task_spec *task_copy = malloc(task_size(task));
+    memcpy(task_copy, task, task_size(task));
+    utarray_push_back(s->task_queue, &task_copy);
+  }
+}
+
+void try_to_assign_task_to_worker(int client_sock, local_scheduler_state *s) {
+  if (utarray_len(s->task_queue) > 0) {
+    /* Get the last task in the task queue. */
+    task_spec **task_ptr = (task_spec **)utarray_back(s->task_queue);
+    task_spec *task = *task_ptr;
+    /* Send a task to the worker. */
+    write_message(client_sock, EXECUTE_TASK, task_size(task), (uint8_t *)task);
+    /* Update the task queue data structure and free the task. */
+    utarray_pop_back(s->task_queue);
+    free(task);
+  } else {
+    /* Check that client_sock is not already in the available workers. */
+    for (available_worker *p =
+             (available_worker *)utarray_front(s->available_worker_queue);
+         p != NULL;
+         p = (available_worker *)utarray_next(s->available_worker_queue, p)) {
+      CHECK(p->client_sock != client_sock);
+    }
+    /* Add client_sock to a list of available workers. */
+    available_worker worker_info = {.client_sock = client_sock};
+    utarray_push_back(s->available_worker_queue, &worker_info);
+    LOG_INFO("Adding client_sock %d to available workers.\n", client_sock);
+  }
+}
+
+void new_client_connection(event_loop *loop, int listener_sock, void *context,
+                           int events) {
+  local_scheduler_state *s = context;
+  int new_socket = accept_client(listener_sock);
+  event_loop_add_file(loop, new_socket, EVENT_LOOP_READ, process_message, s);
+  LOG_INFO("new connection with fd %d", new_socket);
+}
+
+void start_server(const char *socket_name, const char *redis_addr,
+                  int redis_port) {
+  int fd = bind_ipc_sock(socket_name);
+  local_scheduler_state state;
+  event_loop *loop = init_local_scheduler();
+
+  state.db = db_connect(redis_addr, redis_port, "photon", "", -1);
+  db_attach(state.db, loop);
+  utarray_new(state.task_queue, &task_ptr_icd);
+  utarray_new(state.available_worker_queue, &worker_icd);
+
+  /* Run event loop. */
+  event_loop_add_file(loop, fd, EVENT_LOOP_READ, new_client_connection, &state);
+  event_loop_run(loop);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  /* Path of the listening socket of the local scheduler. */
+  char *scheduler_socket_name = NULL;
+  /* IP address and port of redis. */
+  char *redis_addr_port = NULL;
+  int c;
+  while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "s:r:")) != -1) {
+    switch (c) {
+    case 's':
+      scheduler_socket_name = optarg;
+      break;
+    case 'r':
+      redis_addr_port = optarg;
+      break;
+    default:
+      LOG_ERR("unknown option %c", c);
+      exit(-1);
+    }
+  }
+  if (!scheduler_socket_name) {
+    LOG_ERR("please specify socket for incoming connections with -s switch");
+    exit(-1);
+  }
+  char redis_addr[16] = {0};
+  char redis_port[6] = {0};
+  if (!redis_addr_port ||
+      sscanf(redis_addr_port, "%15[0-9.]:%5[0-9]", redis_addr, redis_port) !=
+          2) {
+    LOG_ERR("need to specify redis address like 127.0.0.1:6379 with -r switch");
+    exit(-1);
+  }
+  start_server(scheduler_socket_name, &redis_addr[0], atoi(redis_port));
+}
diff --git a/test/test.py b/test/test.py
index 2307f2276..0517c40a5 100644
--- a/test/test.py
+++ b/test/test.py
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ class TestPhotonClient(unittest.TestCase):
     self.p2.kill()
 
   def test_create(self):
-    l = [photon.make_id(20 * "a"), photon.make_id(20 * "b"), photon.make_id(20 * "c")]
-    self.photon_client.submit(20 * "a", l)
+    l = [20 * "a", 20 * "b", 20 * "c"]
+    r = [20 * "e", 20 * "f"]
+    # Submit a task.
+    self.photon_client.submit(20 * "d", l, r)
+    # Get the task.
+    task = self.photon_client.get_task()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   unittest.main(verbosity=2)