diff --git a/src/Template/Border.php b/src/Template/Border.php
index 9e29f01..428eec8 100644
--- a/src/Template/Border.php
+++ b/src/Template/Border.php
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public function getBuffer(int $width, int $height): Buffer
         // Bottom bar
         $this->drawHorizontal(
             $cornerWidth,
-            $height - count(explode(PHP_EOL, $this->horizontal)),
+            $height - substr_count($this->horizontal, PHP_EOL) - 1,
             $width - $cornerWidth * 2,
             $buffer,
         );
@@ -239,8 +239,12 @@ public function getBuffer(int $width, int $height): Buffer
                     $buffer,
                 );
             } elseif ($connection->type === Connection::TYPE_VERTICAL) {
-                // TODO: implement vertical connections
-                die('Vertical Connections are not implemented yet.');
+                $this->drawVertical(
+                    $beginX,
+                    $beginY + substr_count($beginConnection, PHP_EOL) + 1,
+                    $endY - $beginY - substr_count($beginConnection, PHP_EOL) - 1,
+                    $buffer,
+                );
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Template/BorderTest.php b/tests/Template/BorderTest.php
index 2e916ce..19e1b21 100644
--- a/tests/Template/BorderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Template/BorderTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use RobertWesner\AWDY\Template\Border;
 use RobertWesner\AWDY\Template\Buffer;
+use RobertWesner\AWDY\Template\Connection;
+use RobertWesner\AWDY\Template\Facing;
 
 #[CoversClass(Border::class)]
 #[UsesClass(Buffer::class)]
@@ -131,6 +133,118 @@ public static function dataProvider(): array
                     )
                 // TODO: test connections
             ],
+            'connections' => [
+                <<<EOF
+                .------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
+                |                                                                              |
+                |   .---------------.   .--------------------------------------------------    |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   |               |   |                                                  |   |
+                |   '---------------'   '--------------------------------------------------'   |
+                |                                                                              |
+                |   .----------------------------------------------------------------------.   |
+                |   |                                                                      |   |
+                |   |                                                                      |   |
+                |   '----------------------------------------------------------------------'   |
+                |                                                                              |
+                '------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
+                EOF,
+                80,
+                40,
+                Border::create()
+                    ->horizontal(<<<EOF
+                    -
+                     
+                    -
+                    EOF)
+                    ->vertical(<<<EOF
+                    |   |
+                    EOF)
+                    ->corners(
+                        topLeft: <<<EOF
+                        .----
+                        |    
+                        |   .
+                        EOF,
+                        topRight: <<<EOF
+                        ----.
+                            |
+                            |
+                        EOF,
+                        bottomLeft: <<<EOF
+                        |   '
+                        |    
+                        '----
+                        EOF,
+                        bottomRight: <<<EOF
+                        '   |
+                            |
+                        ----'
+                        EOF,
+                    )
+                    ->connectFacing(
+                        left: <<<EOF
+                        '   |
+                            |
+                        .   |
+                        EOF,
+                        right: <<<EOF
+                        |   '
+                        |    
+                        |   .
+                        EOF,
+                        top: <<<EOF
+                        '   '
+                             
+                        -----
+                        EOF,
+                        bottom: <<<EOF
+                        -----
+                             
+                        .   .
+                        EOF,
+                        all: <<<EOF
+                        '   '
+                             
+                        .   .
+                        EOF,
+                    )
+                    ->connections([
+                        Connection::horizontal()
+                            ->begin(0, -8, Facing::RIGHT)
+                            ->end(-5, -8, Facing::LEFT),
+                        Connection::vertical()
+                            ->begin(20, 0, Facing::BOTTOM)
+                            ->end(20, -8, Facing::TOP),
+                    ])
+            ]
         ];
     }